OnePlus 5T or HTC U11+

kona786 · 23 Nov 2017 at 18:05

Matteysan said:
Seems as though Treble will help custom development https://www.xda-developers.com/stock-android-oreo-huawei-mate-9-project-treble/

This is what I read about back in the ARS Technica deep dive on Oreo. Beautiful.

AOSP rom but with OEM Camera app is all we really need.

Matteysan · 23 Nov 2017 at 18:15

kona786 said:
This is what I read about back in the ARS Technica deep dive on Oreo. Beautiful.

AOSP rom but with OEM Camera app is all we really need.

I don't think that'll work sadly

As you'll need the framework that the OEM puts in & that won't work with AOSP afaik. So a Samsung phone with AOSP & their camera app I don't think will be a possibility. But you never know! I agree it would be awesome, More phones should be like the old GPE days!

stoosh · 25 Nov 2017 at 08:42

Matteysan said:
Hehe sorry if i seem a little rude with my replies.

If it was before Lenovo took over I'd have recommended Motorola all day long but not anymore.

It's all good no need to apologise I wasn't offended at all. Agree Lenovo killed Motorola's fine update record. I have a G5 sitting at home and it hasn't even received one update and is still stuck on the Jan 2017 security patch.

benparker · 25 Nov 2017 at 14:17

@lamboman where did you order from and how much did you pay?

TheOtherOption · 26 Nov 2017 at 22:40

Pre-ordered me a U11+ for £629 - couldn't resist really!

Now to hope they don't run out of stock and I have to wait until January to receive it

My Motorola X Style is getting really sluggish now so looking forward to something fresh.

Rimsy · 27 Nov 2017 at 13:21

yeah its a damn good price for an awesome phone!

lamboman · 27 Nov 2017 at 16:41

benparker said:
@lamboman where did you order from and how much did you pay?

@benparker As those above, from HTC themselves (linking as I don't think this classes as competition for OcUK: https://www.htc.com/uk/newsletter/) at £629. Steal at that price to be honest.

Today is the last day of the offer so I'd hurry!

I've had a quick scout around at the other offerings, Huawei have the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro but the former is 16:9, the latter is lower resolution OLED, and both do not have a microSD card slot (nice bonus that the U11+ has).

lamboman · 28 Nov 2017 at 10:01

The deal has been extended for an extra day (end of today).

benparker · 28 Nov 2017 at 11:27

lamboman said:
The deal has been extended for an extra day (end of today).

So you don't pay anything yet just sign up your interest?

Rimsy · 28 Nov 2017 at 11:52

lamboman said:
The deal has been extended for an extra day (end of today).

It's has but everything aside from the U11+ has sold out. Not surprised as the regular U11 was under £500 which is an absolute steal!

benparker · 28 Nov 2017 at 15:17

I can't see the deal for £629.

lltfdaniel · 28 Nov 2017 at 16:40

I love the usonic feature of this phone.

Can't live without it.

I love the sound quality, makes everything else sound too echoey.

lamboman · 28 Nov 2017 at 20:24

benparker said:
I can't see the deal for £629.

@benparker Follow the link I posted, register using your email address, then log in via 'HTC Club Member Sign In'. Can't miss it after that.

U11+ has not sold out yet (perhaps they don't have a limit but I doubt they'd have sold too many units, seems to be a very quiet release unfortunately).

TheOtherOption · 28 Nov 2017 at 21:29

It does now say back ordered on the HTC Club page when you click through from the screen where all the other phones are "Sold Out" which I'm pretty sure it wasn't when I pre-ordered so maybe they've now sold their initial production run!

Just hoping this arrives before the 22nd of Dec as that's when I'm off to Austria for Christmas!

benparker · 29 Nov 2017 at 08:56

Welp, tried registering yesterday and never got the email

Earth[Tera].bin · 4 Dec 2017 at 06:37

Ordered a translucent model from HK, just over £630 on fleabay which will hopefully be here sometime this week. After the bashing it took on the GSMArena review I'm interested to see if the points they made are valid.

kona786 · 4 Dec 2017 at 08:09

Earth[Tera].bin said:
Ordered a translucent model from HK, just over £630 on fleabay which will hopefully be here sometime this week. After the bashing it took on the GSMArena review I'm interested to see if the points they made are valid.

That peak brightness measurement is disappointing. As is the colour deltas.

Earth[Tera].bin · 4 Dec 2017 at 08:24

Yes I read the review. Owners of the actual phone don't seem to find it an issue and disagree with the battery life results.

Been following some posted on XDA but will judge the device when it arrives.

FishLicker · 4 Dec 2017 at 13:05

That is a surprisingly poor result for the battery - but then didn't they have the same with the Razer phone, which other reviews tended to find otherwise? The screen, well that seems to be the hot topic of late for phones, I'm sure its probably fine in real use. I've been happy enough with the "crap" screen on my Pixel 2 XL. I guess its about managing expectations.

Earth[Tera].bin · 4 Dec 2017 at 14:23

Exactly, I'm quite impressed with the Pixel 2 XL screen lol.