It's to do with the DPI setting not PPI.
Default DPI is 480 IIRC. Some of us have lowered it to 400 to make everything look much smaller and crisper. It can be done without root.
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It's to do with the DPI setting not PPI.
Default DPI is 480 IIRC. Some of us have lowered it to 400 to make everything look much smaller and crisper. It can be done without root.
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I regularly have 3+ days idle time and 4+ hours screen time, but I obviously don't use it a lot.
Well that sounds promising...
Would like to hear how you get on, I'm considering purchasing this week.
I'm also considering purchasing this or holding out for the next Nexus. I won't pay £400+ for a phone anymore and I'm guessing the new Nexus phones will be at least this much.
Coming from a Moto X (2014), more than anything, I want decent battery life. With no more than 3hrs SOT, my Moto X struggles to get through a day. The battery is also slowly dying and cuts out completely at circa 15%.
Do I dive in now or wait to see what Google announce (which will no doubt be end of September)?
Coming from a Moto X (2014), more than anything, I want decent battery life. With no more than 3hrs SOT, my Moto X struggles to get through a day. The battery is also slowly dying and cuts out completely at circa 15%.
Do I dive in now or wait to see what Google announce (which will no doubt be end of September)?
Depends how patient you are.
We don't know what the specs will be any any new announcements. But if you do buy the OP3 now you can always flog it in a month and recoup most of your money, if you like the sound of the new Nexus/Google phone.
We don't know what the specs will be any any new announcements. But if you do buy the OP3 now you can always flog it in a month and recoup most of your money, if you like the sound of the new Nexus/Google phone.
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I highly doubt the Pixel XL (if thats what it is going to be called) will be sub £400.
Recently bought a OnePlus3 for the wife who returns from holiday today. Need to set her up with a SIM asap though. Also purchased the glass protector from OnePlus themselves but haven't had the time to install it due to work reasons. There are no decent ones from other manufacturers at all yet.
I've heard some small cons about the OnePlus protector though. It is the best one but you stupidly lose about a millimetre from the bezels, which makes scrollbars a bit hard to see. I'll try it tonight hopefully and update this post.
One quick question for you guys. I am fully charging the wifes OnePlus3 from 8% as I let it run down during the week since she wasn't home to use it. Does the back get fairly warm during dashcharge for you all? CPU-Z reports 42c on thermals. A colleague of mine with the same device says his is cool to the touch during charging.
Yeah, I had a read about this last night, they do 2 protectors, a slightly rounded one that goes right up to the edge, but its an extra £5. This one also has problems though in that you can't see text that goes right up to the edge of the screen, but this is very rarely a problem. - https://oneplus.net/uk/oneplus-3-curved-tempered-glass-screen-protector
I wish I could go and see one of these before ordering, one of the downsides to the OP3 I guess.
Well that sounds promising...
Would like to hear how you get on, I'm considering purchasing this week.
First night of work, we don't have wireless there and I'm running a dual sim so I'm not sure if that has an impact on the battery (EE/GiffGaff). Unplugged from charger at 17:00 to go to work, got home this morning and went to bed at 7am with 41% of battery left with approx. 3 hours of screen on time.
My type of usage at work is constantly checking emails/whatsapp/chrome browser/Facebook/eBay mucking about with camera etc etc. So the screen is only on for around 3-5 mins at a time, but in and out of the pocket a lot!
I ordered the OnePlus tempered screen protector and to be honest the plastic one that came ready installed looked better. Due to the nature of the tempered glass the edges have slight lift and it's quite thick too, but I have it in the clear Spigen case which has a raised lip so it's not noticeable to the touch.
You can see around the edges where it's not sitting because of the slight curve of the screen.
The other tempered protector is out of stock, i'll be ordering it as soon as they have them back in.
So far very impressed with it. Especially the dash charging!
I was all set to hit "buy" on this phone but the biggest plus for me is that it is like a Nexus, but cheaper. Rumours on the Oneplus forums are that they will merge HydrogenOS and OxygenOS so is it likely to lose it's Nexus-like skin? I'm not convinced I want a phone with a MIUI skin.
I know you can root / install Roms etc but I've wasted so much time with those in the past that I just want a phone that works out of the box, is cheap and as close to pure Android as possible.
I know you can root / install Roms etc but I've wasted so much time with those in the past that I just want a phone that works out of the box, is cheap and as close to pure Android as possible.
It does seem like a long time I know, but most folk (including me) do appear to have received their phones a few days before the quoted date.
As soon as it is dispatched you will be able to track its progress across Europe, which is always good fun!
Good Luck!
Transferred my missus iPhone 4 WhatsApp databases over to the OnePlus3 last night and everything went according to plan. About 12k of messages, 5k of media transferred perfectly. Man, these 3mb 'Good morning' animated lame videos need to be banned from the service - users spread them around too much, especially old folk. It then bloats out the phone massively.
So far the OnePlus3 is very impressive in use. It feels a bit more fluid in use than my 6P, charging is definitely faster. I haven't put on the OnePlus tempered glass protector yet - going to ask for a refund this weekend as I am not impressed by initial reviews.
So far the OnePlus3 is very impressive in use. It feels a bit more fluid in use than my 6P, charging is definitely faster. I haven't put on the OnePlus tempered glass protector yet - going to ask for a refund this weekend as I am not impressed by initial reviews.