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[ONE General] DualSportDad:
Battery life was the main thing that made me move to the OnePlus. Other than that there isn't much difference other than the obvious.

Fwiw I'd sell the nexus 5 if you like the OnePlus, the phones are too similar to keep both.
[ONE General] BoundsChecking:
Had a Nexus 5, and sold it. Battery was utter garbage, and the camera was lackluster at best.

To me the OPO is the Nexus 5 with all of the problems fixed. (barring wireless charging) Extensive Dev community, great hardware backed up with a great price, and I am now an advocate of internal only storage. Have all of my music on it, along with a couple of movies and still have 14 gigs left. Couldn't be happier with it. Best phone I've owned by far.
[ONE General] wajahebat:
My previous device was S4 i9505 and LG G2, i sold off my S4 due to boring design. Uses LG G2 and i am amazed about its battery life reaching 7Hrs sot. So just got extra money and i bought OnePlus One.

My opinion, its just freaking awesome. Camera is soo well performed but in lowlight LG G2 beats it due to its OIS. But in good light its capability is just overpassing any other smartphone ive used so far. Battery life is as nearly as good as my G2. Performance? No doubt, it is CM11s who even have the question abt performance anymore? Customization? Once again it is CyanogenMod. And i love the double tap to wake features, to me OPO is just my G2 reborn with updated hardware and software. The only problem to me so far is to comfort my hand with that 5.5" size. Haha
[ONE General] nX3NTY:
I bought this replacing my Nexus 5. Reason I take this phone any my impression is:

1) Screen is not too big, its bigger than my liking (5 inch and below) but still manageable. Color is good out of the box, not too saturated or too mute.

2) Capacitive button at the bottom. Absolutely loves it, increased screen real estate.

3) Great camera, when I tested it I love its 8 sec long shutter. Take great pics in the dark with low ISO. High ISO also produce low noise which is nice.

4) CyanogenMod has gone a long way from what I used on Atrix 2 and CSL Mi410. Loving the gestures when the screen is off, and all the essential I needed without using custom ROM, kernel or 3rd party apps (performance profile to reduce speed, and personalization like notification bar).

5) Big battery capacity, 3100mAH could lasted my whole day usage with no problems.

6) Nexus-like devs support. This is Nexus 5 and 6 without its drawback.

7) 64GB storage options. Nuff said.

8) Great dual speaker at the bottom. I tweak it with AudioFX and I got what I wanted. By stock it is louder than Nexus 5 and with more body (bass). Volume is quite high too, rarely I need to ramp the volume up to listeb to music. I'd say the speaker beats a lot of phone speaker and some laptop too in terms of quality and loudness.

I used to flash custom kernel and tweak here and there but with this phone I just rooted it and tweak it with its own native apps (plus some like kernel tweaker to reduce GPU speed when not gaming). Absolutely the best buy yet.
[ONE General] Craleb:
I bought a OPO off eBay and it arrives tomorrow. I have read almost every post in this thread. Thanks to everyone for sharing! It helped me make my decision.
[ONE General] Chad_Petree:
Well after being afraid of getting an unit with the yellow strip and the touchscreen glitches I think I'm ready to make the jump , I've read the new batches don't have these issues anymore so I'm hoping for the best :victory:, what I want to know is how the screen compares to the Nexus 5 , I've read the one's has poor contrast :( , I've seen pictures and the nexus 5 looks like it has punchier colors , which worries me cause I've never tough of my Nexus 5 as of having a punchy screen, is it possible to tweak the colors of the one's screen a bit without having root? I don't want something too exaggerated like the Galaxy S4 screen neither .

One last thing what do you think of the back materials? Sandpaper doesn't sound like a confortable thing to hold in your hands :eek: , yes I realize the white version is only 16 gb but I could live with that if the in-hand feel of the phone would be better.

Thanks for the help

:highfive:
[ONE General] nX3NTY:
About screen color, do you check with similar brightness? If the screen is dimmer the color also worsen. The screen on OPO is better than N5, contrast is good and the color is good too. There are options to enable color enhancement but I dont like unnatural color.

The back of the phone is NOT sandpaper. Its sandstone black, the name of the color. Its rougher than regular phone but its definitely not sandpaper rough. If its not to your liking you can buy a case for it, so I would rather get 64GB over white with 16GB storage.

Its best if possible you check it out yourself, if there is anyone in your area you test it first before buying.
[ONE General] kenhicg:
The simple answer is. I don't think you'll find a better phone anywhere near $350.00. Also consider its the most sought after phone in the hardcore tech community.
[ONE General] tvdang7:
Same. But the nexus 5 camera took much better low light no flash photos. My only small gripe. Day time photos are great and pictures get taken much faster just low light graininess and detail is my problem.
[ONE General] kolyan:
Here is Moto X 2013 HDR vs N5 HDR+ vs OPO Clear Image
[ONE General] pnut22r:
What do you think? Give me your thoughts?
[ONE General] kolyan:
Had a day with OPO. Had some weird bugs but most are gone after factory reset (only bug I have left is there is no AM/PM in status bar clock). Solid built, no touchscreen issues or yellow band, in fact screen is very nice. Feels good in hand, everything works as expected so far...WIFI, Blueooth audio streaming, LTE, GPS....all good so far. Speakers are decent and even too loud for me, camera is also decent, I wish it was just a bit better. There are very low light shots that look better on OPO then on N5, and then there are room light shots that look better on N5. I was afraid that camera will be as bad as MX, but as you can see above thats not the case (MX is horrible). So far I am happy with product quality and fast delivery, actually beyond my expectations. You can also flash CM11 nightlies or just stick with CM11S, you pick what you think runs better. Keep in mind this review is based on 1.5 days of use and some minor tweaking.

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I thought OPO is going to be bad but its pretty decent for phone camera, good enough for me. Compared to MX its night and day difference. I like N5 image more, but then again I havent tried other OPO modes (only Clear Image w/AUTO ISO and w/avg metering), perhaps OPO can do a bit better with some other settings. OPO is just a bit too warm
[ONE General] tvdang7:
All look acceptable but to be fair there is plenty of light in that room. Maybe if the light was 50% less I'm sure the nexus 5 will pull ahead with its OIS.
[ONE General] kolyan:
This morning I took a pic with both phones in dark low light room and N5 pictures came out dark while OPO were well lit. Acceptable noise on both. I dont even remember which mode I used

Thats the beauty of N5, 1 mode lol, HDR+. OPO camera needs some testing
[ONE General] Chad_Petree:
It still amazes me how the opinions regarding this phone are so divided :(

Google is being naughty by keeping the HDR+ mode exclusive to the nexus 5 and nexus 6, I think even the nexus 9 doesn't have it
[ONE General] bkeaver:
But its like this with every phone out there. This one is no different.
[ONE General] kolyan:
But HDR+ is just a fcking post processing crap, how hard is it to make a decent camera on OPO that supposedly has better camera lens then N5.

PS. People say ColorOS camera on OPO takes amazing pictures that kill CM shots but it hasn't been ported to CM ROM yet
[ONE General] oneplus:
Go in a dark room. Lower the brightness of your phone. Open google chrome. Look at the upper half of the screen and compare to the bottom of the screen. Repeat. Realize that you have it. Also when phone boots up focus on lower part of the screen. When in black background you see backlight bleeding. Have seen 10 different phones all had same issue.
[ONE General] Craleb:
Ah OK.

I do see it. I didn't realize brightness had to be down to see it. Didn't really see it on bootup but definitely on chrome..... Doesn't really bother me. But good to know about i guess.
[ONE General] oneplus:
You get used to it I guess but you see it in the contact list as well and you will see it more when we get android 5.0 update since it has so much whites. Sucks thought because is a great phone, but when it comes to smartphone screen is very important and for me this is a deal breaker.
[ONE General] Craleb:
Yeah I to agree the screen is very important,and its def a bummer that this issue is on these phones. But I do have to say I love this phone, coming from locked down carrier supplied phones like the note 3 and lg g3... this is the best. (Side note: I wish I could afford a nexus6 to try out)
[ONE General] kolyan:
I played with camera alittle more and I am happy with it in general. Clear Mode pictures look pretty decent compared to N5 HDR+. Front camera is light years ahead of N5 though.
[ONE General] vanessaem:
Hello,

I did some light cleaning in here. I'm sure we all can have a simple discussion and/or debate without the name-calling so please refrain from doing so.

Regards...
[ONE General] matase:
Got my phone today. Replacing Htc One

Like:

-Great Screen

-Looks great, software and hardware

-Feels great in hand even with this large size ( compared to z2)

-CM out of the box is smooth as hell

Dislike:

-Vibrations feels/sounds cheap

-Front camera is bad (washed out and colors not accurate at all)

-Off screen gestures take forever to activate, especially the flashlight
[ONE General] kolyan:
I like the sound and front camera compared to Nexus 5
[ONE General] heardamir:
Had mine for a few weeks. Originally, I only had a problem with a yellow tint. I could deal with that, but now my screen doesn't register touches, and also, a couple of times a day it won't let me unlock as its as if I'm mashing my fingers on the screen. It also makes typing annoying, as I am frequently missing keystrokes etc.

Having said that, I'm happy to persist. Hopefully there is a fix on the way.

I do like the camera, screen size and shark skin like back cover.
[ONE General] manuelrod22:
I just want to say something.

Im not a genius marketing guy, i dont if this strategy is going to work, i just say benefit it men, but this one, and if the second has the same price, buy it also men.

This is moment and we own it[emoji2]
[ONE General] zs77706:
very cheap quality of sandstone cover.

after 3 months it begins to loose structure.

now iam writing about 1 month with support, they say that is normal!

look at this:
[ONE General] chak29:
I didn't have back cover issues after 5months having opo. The only thing I don't like about its there support. They are very sl
[ONE General] kolyan:
One reviewer said OPO camera has some native HDR support and older cameras like N5 dont, so in reality it should take much better HDRs then Nexus if postprocessing is done right

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I figured this would be the case because its the same material used in Chinese cases like BearMotion and its wearing pretty badly on my Moto X.

I use case so I look past this issue on OPO, but issue sure is there.

I am really not sure why they even used this material, I mean I don't make phones and I already knew about this issue even before I received my phone lol. I think Aluminum and rubberized plastic are the best materials you can use on a phone. So make the chrome AL and back rubberized = BIG win, its that easy
[ONE General] heardamir:
I've had issues from day one. Ghost touches. Unresponsive, random reboots. What's worse is their support is completely ****house. Ongoing dialog with about 8 business days for them to respond. When they do, they're unhelpful and ask for completely unreasonable things like allow some johnny shmo in China to remote connect and take control of my PC to flash the same ROM and kernel my phone already has, after we had already established what ROM and kernel I had. Its just holding action to chew up time and to screw you out of a dispute. Anyway, here's an extract from zendesk:

Hi Andy,

Well I will type in some commands on to your computer to which your phone will be connected. It will flash the whole kernel and OS. I would also request you to please backup all your important data.

My working hours are 09:30-18:30 Beijing time. Please do let me know when are you available for this.

Also please download these files and tool on your computer before I can take the remote. :)

USB Drivers ->https://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html

ROM ->http://builds.cyngn.com/factory/bacon/cm-11.0-XNPH44S-bacon-signed-fastboot.zip

Android SDK ->https://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-windows-x86-20140702.zip

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwVwtv1me2AqTndRZ2RYbDQzNG8/view?usp=sharing

Tool for remote ->http://get.teamviewer.com/oneplus

Please do let me know the exact date and time (Beijing time zone), when you are ready for this as you need to be there during the remote session.

Please Note that you need to be there when I take the remote as few steps requires your intervention.

Please let me know the timings (Beijing Time Zone) 24 Hours in Advance so that I can book the slot for you.

Regards,

Johnny
[ONE General] stratoario:
But the question is, did I wasted my money buying this phone?
[ONE General] Pygy95:
You spent a small amount of money on a phone with amazing specs and almost everything best in class. If you got a faulty one then you probably did waste your money, but if it works then it's the best phone out. I'm loving every bit of mine :D
[ONE General] obakesan:
Just got one plus. First day using am enjoying it so far
[ONE General] SoRiNuS:
[MENTION=4485793]Fr3lncr[/MENTION] - You can go to Display, Brightness, hit the Settings Icon then Ajust and increase the brightness of the screen for the quantity of light you want!

What i like at OPO: The software, the backplate, the hardware buttons ( i don´t understand the phones with software buttons, they are rubbish).

What i don´t like: it´s a little to big for a 5.5 inch screen (5.7 inch note 3 is about the same dimensions), non removable backplate. It´s a non known brand so everbody thinks that is a clone or a replica ( yeah, i know.....), and the sound quality it is a bit low, and when vibrating the backplate makes a strange noise.
[ONE General] Fr3lncr:
Yes, that is one of the things that I liked about the OPO. It's great that you can adjust the auto brightness settings since more often than not (like on the Nexus 5), the brightness was often too bright in low light situations. Now I can set it at 0%. I do wish the brightness for the hardware buttons could be brighter as you can't see them outdoors but that doesn't stop me from knowing where to press.

I agree too that the backplate is nice (different). Having the phone in a flip case, I don't get to feel it though. (I do wonder if the finish would smooth out over time?). And I thought you could remove the backplate as they sell different version (it's just that it isn't easy to so).

I don't mind the sound quality (seems better than the Nexus 5 which wasn't great) but then again I rarely listen to things out loud. For sure it isn't as clear or as loud as my BB Z30 (which is comparable to the HTC M8).

I find the vibration... maybe a little too sharp? I prefer a more full body rattle so I can feel it in my pocket or something but I'll live with how it is.
[ONE General] cephaus:
My previous phone was a Nexus 5

So far so good, Im really liking the look and feel of this phone. Im anxiously awaiting my diztronic case and screen shields so i can protect the sandstone black from fading. Screen quality is great, camera is doing great. Software is great.

Couple things though

The Radios definitely seem to be weaker than the N5, i got bad LTE reception in my room to begin with, and it was even worse with the OPO. Wi-fi speeds seem to be hit or miss, on my 5G network, my N5 was blazing fast, like 4-6mb/s. However, this is not the same with the OPO, depending on my location within my house, the OPO is consistently slower when on the 5G network, much slower, like running at 10th of the speeds that i should be getting. But my regular 2.4G network seems to be doing at par when compared to the N5.

If youve had the N5, you should know about its Vibration, its really odd and chirpy.

Vibration on the OPO is slightly better, typing feels much better, but i still get a chirpy/rattling noise when i get notifications

Overall, A really nice phone, Im enjoying Calk's Cyanogen ontop of AK kernel.

EDIT

installing proper adb drivers was also fun
[ONE General] kolyan:
I've just tested LTE and 5G Wifi on OPO vs 2013 Moto X. In most cases OPO was either better or same on both LTE and Wifi

I am on T-Mobile network BTW
[ONE General] cephaus:
CM or AOSP?
[ONE General] kolyan:
CM11S latest
[ONE General] spacemanvt:
are people with new OPOs still having yellow band and touchscreen issues??
[ONE General] KhalMinos:
I have had my OPO for almost a month now. Im loving it and haven't seen yellow band, ghost touches, random reboots or any other issue mentioned before. Im running 44S and it is very smooth. I don't think any major issue is still happening. Hope this helps. Cheers!
[ONE General] Fr3lncr:
The build date on mine was Nov. 4th (received Nov. 23rd) and it has the yellow band at the bottom and it has touchscreen issues (no ghosting but intermittently it wont respond to touches). So, yes, unfortunately an unknown percentage of them still have issues.

It's a shame as if it wasn't for these two issues, I'd be a much bigger fan of the phone.
[ONE General] MisterRich:
My A0001 has a build date of Nov 4 and my problems seemed to be spaced out far enough it gains my trust, and loses it again...

-It will not pair with most bluetooth devices. My Moto360, it will see it, but, when I try to pair, it goes 8-10 minutes, and then I just interrupt it. Syncs from a fresh restart to my Nexus 7 in seconds...

-The power button is a once out of every 3-4 time wake up. I guess it depends on what kind of mood it's in.

-On a reboot, it takes a significantly long period of time for the phone to connect to my cell network. I can speed it up by going into the settings and manually searching, but, I would never presume that to be a "faster alternative"

-Forces closes. Force closes everywhere...

-When using Google Keyboard ( I use Google Now launcher and Google Keyboard because I do miss my Nexus ) if I switch from landscape to portrait, there is a huge delay before the keyboard populates.

There's probably other ones that will come up. I've had the A0001 for maybe, a little over a week now, and these are the major concerns. I'm sure there's more to come.
[ONE General] david72262:
1out of three no issues hmmm hope i didn't make a mistake ordering.
[ONE General] ArmorD:
I've had no problems with mine. Rooted straught out of the box and been enjoying the hell out of it. 64gigs, top tier hardware, one of the best cameras and THE best OS... officially supported! And all this cost me only 300€, no better way to spend my money. It woulda been beer and cigarettes anyway [emoji21]

Took two days to arrive with express shipment. Yeah I'm happy with it!
[ONE General] slonn:
Best camera...really? I think it's a great phone but compared to the cameras in the Samsung and Sony phones I've owned the camera on the opo is inferior. Low light photos are completely noisy which is a shame.

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[ONE General] shicomm:
Got it about 2 months ago , coming from the xiaomi mi2s.

I got it because i just loved CM on my mi2s so i guessed it would be great one the oneplus.

The phone is truely huge but it's simply awesome...

The 'sand effect' back is clever , the big screen looks good and works even better and it's fast.

So far i'm still running stock ( 44S ) but i'm really curious about lollipop !
[ONE General] Nexus MC:
No touchscreen issues but the OPO i got with build date of Oct. has the yellow band of screen on the bottom.

Besides that, the phone is great. Battery life is superb, coming from N4
[ONE General] srpanadero:
Build date October. If I try hard, I think I can see the yellow, but it isn't easy. Had one touch screen issue going crazy on maps, went away with a reboot, never saw again. Using 44s, all stock. Battery life is fantastic. Nothing is laggy or slow ever. My N5 seems faster, but I think that is just the transition animations. Really feels luxurious in all ways, like a really high end device, which it is. Just didn't cost like one.

My only issue is outgoing call quality. Its fine, but could be better. But that's typical, smartphone reviews don't even talk about it any more.

Edit: I use Bluetooth daily, it is solid. Travel through a lot of differing network conditions daily too, about the same as the N5.
[ONE General] Forged1ntuition:
So I graduated from my N4 to the 16gb OPO four days ago. Night and day. I miss lollipop but that shall be remedied this weekend when I root and install one of the new test builds. I'm excited for the future of this phone. I'm so happy with my choice and I look forward to participating in this awesome community! Phone is lightning fast, has amazing battery life, is highly customizable, screen is spectacular, it does my laundry... What more could I ask for?
[ONE General] Fr3lncr:
Well, I ended up selling my OPO as someone was interested in it and didn't mind the issues (actually after a fresh wipe, well two wipes, I didn't notice the touchscreen issues anymore and some people don't mind the yellow band).

Anyways, I think I'll try the phone again in maybe a month or so to see if a new build may resolve more issues (or at least maybe a new OS update will be out that might fix more things). Of course, I'll have to try and get another invite (unless I get one myself direct from OPO since I did buy the phone once already). As much as it has/had issues, I still can't think of another Android phone I'd want to own at the moment. Though if I wait long enough (as I already have another phone so I don't 'need' it), I might as well wait for the second version if they don't over price it...
[ONE General] ogrillion:
I just received my phone on wednesday, the 64gig version. (Wanted the 16gig but had an invite for the 64, oh well sure I will use the space)

Anyways I loved the packaging the phone came in, I know its minor but man it was so sleek - very good presentation.

I have owned a HTC EVO3d, to a Nexus 4, and got my wife the nexus 5.. And the One Plus One easily beats all of them. The phone's build quality is awesome, it feels so solid.

I have had no issues with my touch screen (other then I bought a tempered glass screen protector and it definitely reduced the sensitivity a little, hardly noticeable if I wasn't always looking for issues with the touch screen!) But no yellowing and no ghosting etc etc.

Signal is great, i have Tmobile LTE in my area and on my Nexus 4 I got 25Mbps, on the OnePlus I get 38Mbps..

Also man the speakers on the phone and nice and loud - and crisp.. All my other phones were so low I always had them maxed out - this phone the alarm went off at full volume and scared the hell out of my wife and I!

And finally the battery life is better then I could have imagined. Easily double the life of my nexus 4.

Love this phone, best purchase. I am thinking of selling my wifes nexus 5 for another one.

** Oh and as far as Lollipop, my opinion of course -but I hardly miss it.. CM really did a great job with the stock rom - I didn't even root it or even flash a custom recovery for that matter.. Felt no need. Only thing I did was unlock the bootloader. Giving my dad my nexus 4 and I actually flashed CM over lollipop just so I can control wakelocks easy, maybe squeeze some battery life out of it for him.

-Ogrillion
[ONE General] Zephyr!:
Any users who wish to post some genuine reviews about One Plus One? I am currently using Galaxy S4 and would love to upgrade to phones within this range..