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OnePlus 3

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OnePlus 3
Rajesh Tiwari@rajeshtiwari204
Nov 06, 2016 02:56 AM, 2186 Views
(Updated Dec 05, 2016)
My First Impression with OnePlus 3

Wosame product I just got it few day before. It’s metallic graphite color and also you can get a soft gold too. It’s a mid range segment phone cost 28K approximately. You can get discount in festive season. It’s fell nice in hand as OnePlus used aluminium which is good in quality and strong too. So you will fell very premium like Samsung or else high end phine. In OnePlus 3 the company really work hard on design, hardware, software feature and finally got a real beast. It’s has optic AMOLED screen, 6 GB RAM, 3000 mAh battery with very special Dash charger technology. I will give you more details review do just keep in touch.


you are the sort who likes to flaunt a phone, then the OnePlus 3 could be a really good option. It is stylish, but without being flashy. It is metallic, but without being blingy. This is a phone that understands the value of being subtle. And despite the resemblance to some other devices, it is also unique in more ways than one. That camera module, the notifications toggle, or just the curved edges… there is a lot you will love about this phone.


Flagships these days try and lure you with a 2K screen, and the time is not faraway when even 4K displays will become standard. But do you really need it as a user? No, at least not yet. And that is why the Full HD( 480 dpi) display of the OnePlus 3 will keep you more than happy. The screen can be bright enough to work well even under the harsh sun light.


I have used the phone for well over a week and haven’t experienced any stalls or stutters. I have done most things a regular user would from multi-tab browsing to multi-tasking and the OnePlus 3 has been able to handle all of that well. There is a hit of heat at times, especially when you are working online, but the phone has really not heated up. And this is an important point on which I will elaborate later. The 6GB RAM on the phone also comes in handy when you are playing heavy duty games.


For me, the best feature of this phone has to be its camera. OnePlus has always excelled with its cameras, and the third edition takes it to a whole new level. The kind of detail available on this phone is incredible and puts it right there next to the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge or the LG G5. But given that this phone will cost half of its competitors, I am inclined to say this is the best Android camera around.


The phone offers a lot of controls in the manual mode and for those who like to play with settings, especially shutter speeds and ISOs, this phone opens up a whole new world of possibilities. The toggle for macro is something that will let you use this phone to its best. It is a bit hard to figure out, but the phone actually offers 4K recording too.


Since its India with Cyanogen, OnePlus has been working on its own Android-based Oxygen OS. The OnePlus 3 runs Oxygen OS version 3, which is pretty much stock Android, well almost. There are enough tweaks here and there that improve the user experience significantly. I loved the screen to the left of home screen which offers Apple widget-like features with most used apps, favorite contacts and quick notes.


Battery life was an issue with the OnePlus 2, because the phone was prone to random bouts of overheating. The OnePlus 3 has so far managed to keep its cool and hence the battery has been able to last well over 12 hours of active use with 4G SIMs in both slots. That is pretty good given the powerful specs of the phone. What is not that good?


I don’t want to go around nitpicking and will tell you that in the time I have had the phone, I have noticed no big issues. However, I want to make this statement with a caveat. The OnePlus 2 was a great phone till a software update made it lose whatever was helping keep the thermal footprint of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810.


And the issues with over heating and the results drop in battery life started creeping in only after a month or so. If possible I would like to revisit this phone after a month’s use to tell you if it is actually as flawless as I consider it now.


The 6GB RAM is a great feature to flaunt on the box of a phone, but there is hardly any use for it at the moment. Thank God, you are not really paying a premium for the extra RAM at the moment.


Verdict


The OnePlus 3, at the moment, appears to be a serious flagship killer as the brand has always intended its smartphones to be. It has at least one feature which even top flagships haven’t offered users at the moment; that is 6GB RAM.


Plus, in my books, it offers the best Android camera, comparable with the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge. I would buy the phone just for its camera. The phone also looks like a flagship, which is important when you are talking about this range.


And add on the fact so far the phone has not displayed any serious flaws and the OnePlus 3 could be a winner in a market like India. My only fear though is that the phone is priced in the corridor of uncertainty, where no device has done well in the past year or so. This is the range where people are not really convinced they should be paying this much, or muster the courage to pay more and buy a big brand tag.


Still, if you are looking for flagship features in a stylish body with a superb camera, then go for the OnePlus 3.

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