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[ONE General] _MetalHead_:
I dunno, there was just a lot of hype around this thing and I guess I had unrealistic expectations. It's not the performance that's the issue, there's no arguing that it is top notch in that regard, I think it's the design and feel of it... it doesn't really scream "flagship killer" to me. It's a great device, but it's not for me. Already tossed it up on Craigslist.
[ONE General] Jooosty:
The marketing worked in their favor.

Debating whether I wanna keep it or not .
[ONE General] Forks&knives:
Geez, based on your experiences and feedback on the device, it seems like a better idea to just wait and save up for the G3 or another device.
[ONE General] drakester09:
Experiences are very subjective by nature.

I would prefer the better battery life, better stock experience (it will stabilize with time, plus there's an upgrade path assured).

The yellow banding issue is nowhere near as bad as this:

http://xdaforums.com/lg-g3/help/lg-g3-d855-shutsdown-t2803292

Currently the G3 display is terribly configured, LG tried too hard to showcase it as vibrant and detail and went overboard with sharpening and saturation. It's a shame because it's a regression from the excellent LG G2.

Also the battery life is a major regression compared to the G2, it's astounding how they messed up after having the most balanced flagship of the last gen, the LG G2 was (and still is) great.

I wouldn't want to say anything else regarding the G3 because I don't own one, what I'm trying to do is to show that every single flagship can be nitpicked nowadays. There is no single flagship to rule them all. They are all a collection of compromises in different areas, what matters is what makes the difference to you.
[ONE General] mjjferreira:
It was a flagship killer because of its price only. They all have the same top notch hardware, and they all have their pros and cons!

Its you that have to decide what pros fit you the most. :D

The opo has the following pros (in my opinion):

- PRICE

- CM11S (with android L confirmed)

- 3GB/64GB (followed by the latest tech specs)

- BATTERY

I thing the hype about this device should be based only in the price and perhaps the cm11.

All the flagships have the same **** inside, and they all do the same! Eheh :p

NNID: leugim

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I was decided to buy a G3, its an amazing phone, but that screen its killing it

Meanwhile, I was given an opo invite, so i will give it a try, it should arrive next week.

I currently have an iphone 5s... I have been in apple eco system for 3 year (i had iphone 4s, iphone 5 and now 5s). I switch phones every year. Before that i had been arround in android using galaxy s2 and galaxy s3. Its time to give android another chance. :)

I'm not a fan boy of apple neither of android. I just use the phone that fill my needs.

If the opo surpasses my iphone 5s on the thinks i give the most value i will sell the 5S, if not, i will keep it. Simple as that. :)

NNID: leugim
[ONE General] _MetalHead_:
I figured out what bugs me about it. It's the "chrome" ring. I think it makes it look/feel cheap. If it didn't have that, I think I'd like it a lot better. Does that make me shallow? lol

If this phone was just a solid block of polycarb I think I would be in love with it.
[ONE General] SolarTrans:
Yup but she doesn't really care about the cost. She never sells any of her stuff anyways, only buys on contract etc.

I'm also transferring everything over and getting it set up, so that kinda balances it out ;)
[ONE General] IIIPowerIII:
And oneplus one answered that customer theyll reimburse the fee if they're charged on a RMA order...

The yellow band is already gone here, it was pretty quick.
[ONE General] jdk2:
What was the solution to the yellow band? Did it just go away on its own?

I've got it and it's very distracting. Hoping that it evaporates in the next couple of days. I had it looping a video this afternoon on full brightness while plugged in and it doesn't seem to have done anything for the issue.
[ONE General] SolarTrans:
Exposing the screen (with the phone off) to a UV lamp (people have been borrowing ones at nail salons) has yielded success for many so far.
[ONE General] Forks&knives:
Thanks for the reply, great post.

It's a risk with any device or product, ie cars. I think I just expect certain features to be present and kinks in the product to be absent when you're spending about 700 - 800$ on a device. It's entering the price range for building a gaming rig. The problem is that there is a lack of future proofing phones.

Sorry for digressing
[ONE General] KSmithInNY:
Here's my 3 minute thought video

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The bad news is, holy bugs batman. The good news is CM is a nimble young company and can respond to issues faster than the lumbering giants like Samsung and LG. They have a direct to device update path without carrier certification slowing things down. I think in 4-6 months most of the nasty bugs will be fleshed out and the software wil match the build quality of the phone.

And P.S... I still ordered a second one for my wife :D she will complain now about giving up the stability of her Nexus 5 but in a few months she'll thank me.
[ONE General] drakester09:
Completely agree, the higher risk with this device is the not so good track record of them acknowledging issues.

Hopefully they'll improve that with experience and time. Otherwise it'll hurt their reputation even more.
[ONE General] The Jack of Clubs:
theyve actually fixed almost every bug reported to jira so far and will have it all in the next update coming out within the next week.
[ONE General] sundoggy1112:
OP company is not that good. They just ban me because I was posting too much about the yellowing band. "You have been banned for the following reason: Constant spreading of conspiracy and negativity. Lots of off topic and little content of value.. Your ban will be lifted on Aug 21, 2014."

They ban me for 1 month which is quite a bit. I will probably never going buy their phones again. phone wise way too many problems and poor customer service. Inconsistency in QC.

Not a good company and won't admit anything was their problem.
[ONE General] Hellscythe:
Yeah I'm aware if that now. I posted that a long time ago when I thought the company was not built on top of lies and broken promises.
[ONE General] sundoggy1112:
The thing is they didn't even gave me a warning. people were start talking about using paypal reverse. I was just explaining that if the customer support can't reply in 3 days or won't RMA just call up Paypal and they are censoring a lot of stuff on there a negative stuff. Rather than explaining what's going on they have been silent for quite a while. Especially David S. in there.

I live in a free country I will say whatever I can say that's right. Sorry China censorship is not useful here. This will be my last time dealing with OP

Initially i spoke to my cousin about this phone since they are hardcore apple fan. They embarrassed by delaying release by 1 month. what a joke.

I really hope their account gets lock by paypal.
[ONE General] soleons:
OPO is very cool as its high specs and thin look. Many people want one, but need to wait a invite, like xiaomi
[ONE General] Hellscythe:
It's not really to do with China censorship, it's just their company is run by a bunch of dicks.
[ONE General] Hellscythe:
Xiaomi doesn't use invite
[ONE General] sundoggy1112:
they are dicks for sure especially David S.

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Wow in OP forums they are really censoring a lot of stuff now. Any new yellow band, refund paypal anyone dislike selling their phone all got shot down. LOL time to get out of there.
[ONE General] Hellscythe:
I find it amusing how they still make posts on Facebook when 90% of the comments are just poking fun at their delays and inability to deliver.
[ONE General] LiquidSolstice:
Wow, a lot of butthurt and jealousy going on in this thread.
[ONE General] drakester09:
This thread is the pinnacle of civilized humanity compared to the OnePlus forums... :eek:
[ONE General] SolarTrans:
^This is true
[ONE General] _MetalHead_:
Yeah, it's crazy over there. I'm surprised with all the censoring OnePlus has been doing that they haven't just shut their forums down completely. Far more pissed off people over there than happy ones. Thank god my One is flawless- even though I'm not a huge fan of it at least I don't have to deal with that company trying to do a return or RMA.
[ONE General] mcbyte_it:
I was getting mad about the whole invitation system to get a OnePlus, but yesterday finally I got an invitation through the Early Supporters program, which was at 10 AM local time, within 15 minutes I completed the order and paid with paypal, and chose the Express shipping (To Italy). Today at 9:50 AM the phone was on my door step !!!!! 23 hours 45 minutes...

I have to say, this is FAST... Amazons next day take longer than that....

And as a first impression, I LIKE IT :good:
[ONE General] janitorjohnson:
Anybody have an honest review of the phone? I just got an LG G3 last week and I love it......except for some of the UI. I really got used to Google's QuickTile Settings and LG doesn't have that.

I just got an invite to get a One+ 1 so a review would be nice to have. If it took less than a week to get to me it might be worth it and I could return my LG
[ONE General] drakester09:
Nah we are all liars and we are deceiving everyone with our impressions... :silly:
[ONE General] janitorjohnson:
I don't mean to sound like a troll or a ****.....I just went through a few pages and it's all about how everyone at OnePlus is a **** and the yellow band. Maybe I should ask a different question. If I live in in the US in AZ if I order one today can I expect to see it this month? I don't see anywhere the option for express shipping.

I'm a huge Pure Android guy so it appears that I would love the UI compared to the G3.

Still, if anyone has handled the G3 or has any impressions on that front I'd love your input.
[ONE General] Guitarfreak26:
I'm changing from G3 to oneplus when it arrives. G3 is nice but there is no development and I'm a massive fan of cm so it made sense :)
[ONE General] SolarTrans:
Standard shipping got it to me in 2 days. Distribution center for the US is in California.
[ONE General] FuNKSioN:
I don't believe there is a distro center. more so, that's just where the packages get handed off to USPS. once shipped, mine took a few days before it showed it had actually made it to the initial CA post.

A few notes of my own....

The bad:

Yes, mine has the yellowing at the bottom of my screen, but you don't notice unless you're looking for it.

The lowest volume setting for system sounds/notifications is REALLY LOUD.

The side buttons seem to be placed lower than they should be

It's nearly impossible to remove the backplate without breaking it.

Google Play Services are eating up a LOT of battery in the updated build of CM11S

Support from OnePlus is worthless

Your warranty is worthlss ($60 to RMA)

The good:

Other than the yellow bottom (about 1"), the screen is great!

Phone is extremely fast!

Back cover feels really good in the hand.

Works flawlessly on AT&T HSPA+ and LTE (in DC area anyway).

Google Wallet works everywhere I've tried.

The price cannot be beat for similar specs.

That said, I think I'm going to sell it and get a G3.
[ONE General] SolarTrans:
Naw man wait for the G3 prime XD

I think it's some sort of warehouse there, because when I ordered it was shipped from there that night according to USPS tracking. Gotta be their US center of operations at least, if not a total distribution center.
[ONE General] tonymtl:
I can't comment on the phone, but the shipping is very fast. Ordered mine on Wednesday, and according to the tracking will be getting it today on Friday. And I'm in Canada, so yeah can't wait.
[ONE General] FuNKSioN:
Let us know if yours also arrives with a hefty tax bill.
[ONE General] tehpud:
I also got an invite. I went ahead and ordered it while I had the chance. I can always resell it if I don't like it. I'm up in the air with the OPO vs my G3. I have the G3 and it's a great phone. Really love it. Aside from bloatware freezing, it was a breeze to get it all set up.

That being said - I am also wanting to see more development on there too. The screen is bright which is not the same report from other G3 owners. Some report low brightness on higher settings. I actually set it to 0% the other evening and it was still bright. I'm not exaggerating.

I can't decide between the G3 or OPO right now. I think the decision will come once it arrives. To be honest - I am not a fan of the business practice OPO has used and also caused in the CM environment. The tactics to market and sell have been an unpleasant one for me.

Should have it in hand by Tuesday if shipping is anything similar to other users experiences so far.
[ONE General] damage98:
2 of my buddies have g3's and keep the phone on the charger a lot. I love the battery life on this phone after my nexus5. Really miss Qi.
[ONE General] SolarTrans:
IMO, the OnePlus is better than the G3 because it's faster and has better battery life.

The G3 prime, on the other hand, is insane!

The S805 makes phones with 2k displays have better battery life than those with 1080p ones+S801, and it makes the performance skyrocket too!
[ONE General] LiquidSolstice:
Properly software tweaked, my OPO has been incredibly satisfying to use.

I came from a Nexus 5 and I have no regrets. I don't think I have the yellow band, but I'm not as stupidly paranoid about it as some of the people on the OPO forums and I'm not going to bother looking for it. I have a feeling that if I start to force myself to search for it, I'll find it.

The device is an absolute joy to use and I would strongly recommend it to anyone who's interested.
[ONE General] Sisyphus306:
I've only had the OPO for a few days, but I really like it so far. The display is great, the UI snappy, the sound (via headphones) pretty damn good, and it feels great in the hand. I love the texture of the sandstone black back. My aim was to go back and forth between this phone and my One M8, which I love to death, but unless some major flaw exposes itself at any point the OPO might see more use.
[ONE General] SolarTrans:
I was in the same position as you: Had the M8 and bought an OPO. Liked the OPO better initially, but went back to the M8 a week later due to the screen, speed, battery life, and speakers.
[ONE General] drakester09:
What ROM are you using? :)
[ONE General] LiquidSolstice:
I tried Mahdi, and it's definitely full of features, but somehow (and I know this is going to sound as vague and muddy as possible), CyanogenMod just "feels" better.

The only complaint I have with CM right this moment (apart from several ethical/developmental decisions they make) is that the Back button cannot be remapped.

I shut off the backlight for the cap keys, and my plan was to swap the Hardware key layout to the Nexus style (Back, Home, Recents), and I found that you can't do that. Madhi could, as could Slim, so I hope someone makes a CM11S derivative that can do it.
[ONE General] SolarTrans:
Yeah I had that problem with the buttons too. By default they're Samsung style, which isn't too bad, but there's no reason to not be able to remap back if you can already remap the others.
[ONE General] drakester09:
Same here. Unfortunately Mahdi does not show an overflow button in Chrome and as silly as it sounds it's a real work flow breaker to me.

Using CM11 nightlies.

Edit: Nevermind, I now understand what you meant. Yes, you can't remap the back button in CM stock.

Guess I got used to the Galaxy S5 layout.
[ONE General] J_Dutch:
All people considering a LG G3 over the OPO, i'm doing the exact oppositie. The G3 is a Nice device with a great form factor but it had this random shutdown bug so i returned it. Be aware of this and look at thread here at xda. Actually i had both bugs, random shutdown and reboot.

Now i ordered the opo and hoping i will be satisfied.
[ONE General] madgalaxy:
The OPO is simply a fantastic device! Probably the best phone I have ever owned. Luckly I have had no issues some have reported (yellow tint, battery drain, etc) although I saw some stutter on CM11s, so I installed Mahdi and it is even more amazing (loved Mahdi on my G2). Battery life is thee best!

I bought a G3 at launch (just before I got OPO invite) and I took it back two days later. The feel of the devices is great and the screen does have some good points and I do prefer the back buttons. It got really hot using it for extended times and there were several apps that were not compatible with the screen res and I really just prefer the AOSP look and feel. Also $350 vs $579+Tax

Just my 2 cents!!
[ONE General] SolarTrans:
I think I found out my problem with the OnePlus One:

I got mine a few weeks ago, and initially I really liked it. And now, I'm back to using my M8.

It isn't a bad phone, but everything just seems average.

Nothing blows me away.

Average battery life.

Average screen quality.

Average performance.

Average camera.

Maybe it's because the price doesn't matter to me for phones, but I expect something meant to compete with the "big boys" would actually beat them in an area other than price.

I have no reason to use the OPO over my M8, other than the camera and bigger screen (neither of which are very important to me).

The M8 has better battery life, better performance (the M8 is slightly more snappy due to better optimization. This could change in updates), a cooler screen (better for me), and better speakers.

Not saying it's a bad phone by any means whatsoever, but it just isn't really better than other flagships in any way but price.

This is my opinion after a couple weeks of usage, but your mileage may vary.﻿
[ONE General] :
Battery life, fixable with OTAs, same with performance. Screen temperature (warmth) can be adjusted in the settings menu, but the speakers will never come up to par with the M8s fantastic set of quality speakers, that's one thing everyone can agree on.

The real point of the OPO is a budget phone, which has equivalent specs to most £500 mainstream phones out there. Seeing as you already had the M8, you wouldn't really experience much of a change, migrating to the OPO, but from a sub £100 dual core phone which can't even play 3D games? The change would be intense.
[ONE General] SolarTrans:
Exactly. I just feel like although OPO pushed this as a "flagship killer", it just isn't.

It is, however, an outstanding option for the price, and if you have anything but a 2014 flagship, it'll be a great upgrade.

I'm just a little disappointed that it offers little reason to purchase itself over $700 flagships, especially because it was advertised as such.
[ONE General] Spl4tt:
Official root.

No more words needed.
[ONE General] :
Yeah, each 2014 flagship have their respective "traits", and I think what OP have tried to do, is merge a little bit of everything, albeit at a significant cost to their marketing plan. It seems pretty silly to market a product via a closed invite system, if it is mainly aimed at tech enthusiasts, as the "normal people", will just end up buying your standard Galaxy S5, M8 or Z2 on contract. Apart from the price, like you said, there really is no other reason to go for it; especially seeing as their customer service and aftercare (much more important than the phone, IMHO) is really bad. They continue to deny the yellow screen issue as a manufacturing fault, and their customers are left feeling victimised.
[ONE General] GTCC:
I have the M8 as well and I haven't made up my mind about the OPO yet but I do like it. I don't use the speakers on the phone much so I don't take advantage of the ones on the M8

I also have a Nokia 1520 so no android phone is going to be as smooth as I'm used to with WP but the OPO and M8 come dam close.

I actually think the OPO is the better looking phone but the M8 is the better in hand because of the size.
[ONE General] farangutan:
Love the OPO. Coming from the Nexus 5 all I wanted was to try a bigger screen to compete with girlfriend's note 3 and to better fit my big hands, and I wanted better battery life.

On all those points, it doesn't disappoint. The battery life proves it is possible to have an all day phone suitable for a non gamer moderate-to-heavy user. I get about 4 hours of screen on time after 10 hours with 40% battery remaining on average.

My only gripe is possibly a fixable one. I would like to use the hardware buttons because why not. But I've been using nexus phones and tablets since the galaxy nexus first came out and I'm left handed. The order of the hard buttons "menu-home-back" slows me down when I reach my thumb across the phone to hit "back". I use recents a lot but not near as much as I use back and home. Now, I believe a software change can allow me to remap the menu button as back and back as recents, after all, you can already change the hard menu button to recents.

So for now, after about two weeks with the phone, I enabled the soft buttons that I know and love but it still bugs me that I have some screen space that I can free up.

Absolutely, fantastic phone to hold me over til the next big thing.
[ONE General] kufikugel:
Well currently there are only 2 hardware key rebinding solutions present. The one from CM and the one from Slim. CM is a bit easier and straight forward..... Slims allows a lot more (so settings are a bit more complicated) but you can bind whatever you want on whatever key + use the navbar at the same time.

Both solutions have its pro and con. But it is simple.....on all the ROMs you will find either cms or slims solution lol

And I doubt that cm will kill their complete rebinding concept neither slim will do it.

Simply two philosophies
[ONE General] kennypow3rs:
I'm going from a oneplus to a nexus 5 lol. OPO is just too big for me. Hope the N5 is awesome I ordered a 32gb red from the play store.

Also I have a G3 (ATT) and it's a nice phone but no dev support.
[ONE General] SolarTrans:
I've been strongly contemplating a 32GB red Nexus 5 as well for the Android L preview XD

I'm pretty sure you'll like it, as from what I've heard it's the most comfortable to hold of all three colors.
[ONE General] drakester09:
I got a N5 second hand from Swappa just to play with L Preview and my love for the device. I deeply regretted selling it and had to get another one. [emoji16]
[ONE General] Pygy:
I've been using my OnePlus One for about 3 or so days now. The battery is amazing, it hasn't slowed down at all with very heavy usage. The display is very nice and big. It did have a yellow tinge at the bottom of the screen but after a few days it seems to have cleared. CM11S is good but it sometimes crashes which is annoying since it's supposed to be made for the phone specifically...

It's camera is amazing. I think I'm going to use this phone for a long while!
[ONE General] mjjferreira:
And i am about to sell my iphone 5S and keep my OPO. At least until the next iphone shows up, i have low expectations on the iphone6... :S so if the ip6 doesn't fill them, i will continue even further with my OPO. :D
[ONE General] jmudrick:
Coming from Nexus 5 only one disappointment which is the camera. While fast and flexible, in situations where the N5 can utilize HDR+ it absolutely smokes the OPO whose low light photos tend to be far more blurry and noisy. OIS on the N5 really makes a difference. Other than that a brilliant phone.