[ONE General] sn0warmy:
I won an invite from the Storm Of Invites about 3 weeks ago. I promptly placed an order and the phone finally arrived today. However, while the phone was in transit I chose to sell it to my co-worker and order the LG G3 instead. After doing more research I felt the G3 would better fit my needs. I finally got my hands on the OnePlus One in person today and after messing with it side by side with the G3, I must admit that I am VERY glad that I sold the One to my co-worker and opted for the G3.

Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of pros to the One, but the cons greatly outweigh them for me...

Pros:

- It's very snappy. It feels as snappy right out of the box as my Nexus 5 does with all the tweaks and CM11 installed. And definitely snappier than the LG G3 in stock form.

- The back plate of the phone feels fantastic in the hand. It's very premium and will hold up vey well to scratching.

- The reviews convinced me that the phone would be too big for use with one hand. This is not the case. At best, I have very average sized hands and can say that the One feels great in one hand. I was not afraid of dropping it at all.

- Overall the phone feels like a premium ($600+) device and I'd argue that the overall feel is higher quality than the LG G3. And light years above the Nexus 5 which I've loved for 6 months now.

Cons:

- The d*** yellow tint at the bottom of the screen. I've read about it from many users. Some said it was very noticeable while others said it wasn't a big deal. It's there, it absolutely is noticeable on light grey/white backgrounds, and there is no doubt in my mind that it is a defect. The fact that OnePlus refuses to admit this is a defect and replace phones with this issue is very off-putting and tells me a lot about the company.

- Chrome bezels. This is personal preference but I hate phones with chrome bezels because they just scratch way too easily, in my experience. I wasn't a fan of the chrome bezels on my Nexus 4 and I surely don't like them on the OnePlus One. I have no doubt that they will get scratched up (even with a case) rather quickly.

- While the phone does feel good in one hand, it's still too tall. The height of the phone is borderline awkward looking in person. OnePlus really should have eliminated the capacitive buttons and tried trimming the bottom bezel down a bit.

- Piggy backing off that last one, why the hell does it have capacitive buttons? Google designed great on screen buttons for a reason. There is no need to tack on additional buttons as well. OnePlus should have left that B.S. with HTC and Samsung. I understand you can disable them for the on screen buttons but it's redundant and unnecessary to have them.

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Anyway, aside from the yellow tint (which definitely would be a deal breaker on its own), the remaining "cons" would not be big issues individually. However, when combined, they made me significantly less impressed with the phone as a whole. Had I not sold the phone to my co-worker I would have returned it for a full refund.

For those who may be curious, here are some other big reasons why I decided to go with the G3 before the OnePlus One even arrived...

- Wifi calling. The One won't have this and since my cell reception at home is horrendous, I've been wanting to get a phone capable of Wifi calling on T-Mobile for a while now.

- After watching MANY reviews of the OnePlus One and LG G3 over the past month or so, it seems everyone was most impressed with the G3's camera. The extremely fast laser focus is a very cool feature that I plan on making good use of.

- Buttons on the back instead of the sides. To me this is a great evolution of the smart phone. Over the past few years I've grown quite annoyed of side buttons that tend to cause issues with cases fitting perfectly and getting accidentally pressed constantly. Plus I've felt that it can be awkward to access side buttons properly with one hand without feeling like you are going to drop the phone. The back buttons on the G3 are very welcomed, in my opinion.

Just my $0.02 for anyone on the fence about buying it. So take it as you wish.