Just like the OnePlus One, the OnePlus Two hits the bullseye. It offers a slick build and a spec-list that matches most of the far pricier high-end devices, like the Samsung Galaxy S6 . Oh, and it only costs £239.
Yet, it’s not perfect. You still have to battle with the annoying invite system and even though the phone has been out a few months you can’t just go onto the website and buy one. It lacks NFC too, which isn’t ideal if you want to take advantage of Android Pay.
If you’re happy to spend £400-500 and money is not a major concern, phones like the Nexus 6P and iPhone 6S still top the OnePlus 2. But for the money it’s hard to argue against.
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OnePlus 2: Design
At first glance, the OnePlus 2 doesn’t appear anything special. Coming from a manufacturer no-one has heard of you might expect it to bear some obvious USP that’ll scream at you from the shelf.
But that’s not the point. The OnePlus 2 isn’t meant to be sold on shelves, ever. Aside from the odd importer, you can only buy the phone from OnePlus direct. You need an invite to even be able to order the thing and, at the time of writing, they aren’t too easy to get hold of.
The cynics among you may think: what better way to breed hype and anticipation than by limiting stock? Such thoughts aren’t groundless, but if there was a middle-man retailer or network in-between, you can bet the OnePlus 2 would not cost £239. There’s a lot of new-model marketing behind the phone, but that the thing is hard to get hold of isn’t just something made up by the OnePlus marketing department.