**** The Official OnePlus 5 Thread ****

Hmm I'm not surprised by the pricing as I had been expecting that tbh. I'm surprised they've not moved on from the same 1080p display though. I'd rather buy a 3T or S8 for that matter should my 6P die at some point.

I must say that I was quite unimpressed by the camera samples on Ars. Very noisy and have weird post processing artifacts on them.
 
Matteysan said:
it is basically Stock Android with a few touches here & there it is good enough as it is
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Whilst this is true, even Google make efforts to add new features to each revision, and OEMs build on top of that with their UX. OnePlus is another such OEM, with their own tweaks and bits thrown in which is perfectly fine, but nothing seems to have changed since the last generation of OP phones in this area. It doesn't feel like you're getting anything extra for the extra money being spent. This is mostly a smaller nitpick I guess, as anyone who is familiar with Android will be immediately customising with third party launchers and apps anyway and making it better than stock.

Matteysan said:
Why do you need HDR on a phone?
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Nobody "needs" it, but for the money, and it being a flagship, it's kind of expected/desirable. It also means the screen is brighter in stronger lighting due to the requirement for the HDR specification. Netflix, Amazon and others are now starting to support HDR for mobile devices as well, and if you've watched any HDR content on a mobile display next to a phone without HDR, you'll know how much of an improvement it is, especially on a nice big AMOLED panel.

Matteysan said:
Maybe the reviewer prefers a smaller screen, with no curves & funky aspect ratio
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This could be true, but he had an S8 as a "daily driver", which leads me to believe he was perfectly fine with it.

Matteysan said:
The 1080p panel will be better for battery
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Plenty of comparisons on phones that have resolutions options show it makes marginal difference going from 1080P to 1440P in terms of battery life. There is a difference, but it's too small to worry about. Visually images and videos look similar, but text does ever so slightly appear sharper at higher resolutions.

Matteysan said:
but are there any out there that are?
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LG G6, also a QHD+ display, also HDR, also very sleek and professional looking. The new iPhone will also be an edge to edge display, and lots of Asian market flagships now have them too. 2017 seems to be the year fat bezels get the chop.

Matteysan said:
solid upgrade but nothing special.
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Pretty much sums it up. It's not £500 special vs the 3T. And considering the S8 can be bought for similar money now... You get the idea.
 
mrk said:
Plenty of comparisons on phones that have resolutions options show it makes marginal difference going from 1080P to 1440P in terms of battery life. There is a difference, but it's too small to worry about. Visually images and videos look similar, but text does ever so slightly appear sharper at higher resolutions.
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The problem is the 1080p displays from Samsung are made to previous generation specs so despite the lower number of pixels there really isn't any benefit to battery life vs the newer 1440p displays..

Regardless of what OnePlus claim the only reason for using them is to do with cost saving, continuing to use them after jacking up the price is not a great move.
 
Was hoping for a bit more if I'm honest.
Ready to upgrade from my OP3 in the coming months, might have to wait for Pixel 2 - even if it's a bit more than I would like to spend.
 
mrk said:
Not really a big enough battery, cheating when it detects a benchmark app running, no IPX rating, no wireless charging, no shift in software UX from the 3T... it does have a good camera now which is a plus (keks), but the old generation design of the phone, coupled with non expandable storage (should have a 256GB option if no SD card slot is on it) and lack of advanced features will leave this behind the competition once again, even if the price is in the acceptable range.
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Benchmarks....meh, battery will last me a full day most of the time, dash charge is better than Samsung's fast charge (old QC2 standard) by a mile when the phone is in use (handy in the car) and better/faster in general, never had IPX on any of my previous phones so not fussed with that, no sd slot i'll give you that but 128 vs 64GB of fast storage and dual sim which is always handy.

Advanced features? Samsung can't even get the basics right. That FPS location is a joke, single camera albeit a good one, 4GB ram, runs on old software and personally I prefer a flat screen to curved.

Stock android over anything, enough RAM that you never need to think about apps getting kicked from memory, a stock ROM build that has custom rom like custom features, class leading FPS, dual cams, runs the latest version of Android. Metal back vs glass, much less of a fingerprint mess and more durable. There's no other phone available that ticks all the boxes that the OP5 does. I'm just happy there's plenty of choice out there for everyone, and the S8 is a great phone with a lovely design no doubt, but it's beauty isn't enough to win me over. A phone for me is a tool first and foremost and the OP5 fits my bill better.


mrk said:
One reviewer said his OP5 is now the daily driver, overtaking the Galaxy S8, yet in the same review he states the display and things won't wow anyone, they're just good, but nothing spectacular. I wonder how much OnePlus coined him to big it up that way given that the Galaxy S8 currently has one of the best displays on the market, the OP5 AMOLED panel isn't even HDR.
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Really? Nitpicking over HDR. Yet the S8 doesn't even get FPS right, has 4GB RAM and runs an old build of Android.

mrk said:
Considering all other flagships are going the minimal bezel approach with advanced features, hell even LG saw the light with the updated G6, it's not a good show from OnePlus.
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G6 is LCD, S8 is curved. Neither is perfect. I'd rather have a 16:9 flat OLED.

mrk said:
To me, this is another HTC, it's too little too late, just HTC go one step further up the derp scale with their pricing structure. Although that's typical for HTC.
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The OP5 will be OP's best selling phone to date. There's no shortage of buyers.
 
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kona786 said:
The OP5 will be OP's best selling phone to date. There's no shortage of buyers.
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I'm not sure it will, at £500 I'm now looking at the Galaxy S8 and even the Galaxy S8 Plus.

At this point I'd rather spend £150 more and get the Galaxy S8 Plus to be honest.
 
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In the same way I was planning to buy the S8 before it launched and have now gone for the OP5.
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Guess we're going in different directions this year. :)

OnePlus 3 has been good to me but for £309 it was a bargain, at £500 I'd rather just spend a little more and actually have a flagship phone.
 
ebilcake said:
Guess we're going in different directions this year. :)

OnePlus 3 has been good to me but for £309 it was a bargain, at £500 I'd rather just spend a little more and actually have a flagship phone.
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Flagship. You've mistaken me for someone that cares for titles.

booyaka said:
I presume these are sim free from O2??
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Should be. It's a dual sim phone after all.
 
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It all comes down to a matter of choice plain and simple. I'm just glad that OP are around to give consumers a near stock experience and not shoving curved screen tech and a UI that has everything and the kitchen sink (although I must admit Samsung have done well to trim their OS down) but to me it's not enough.

I would always take the OP over any Samsung device and their gimmicky features.

The OP5 offers phenomenal value for money for the tech it has in it. LPX RAM? Bluetooth 5? UFS 2.1? It has all those and yet still comes in under £500.

For anyone not wanting a Samsung device and can't afford a Pixel phone the OP5 is a no brainer.

Well done OP
 
For me it comes down to my HTC M9 is 2 years old, I want to upgrade and I dislike Samsung phones (wife has had a S4 and S6)

This is top of my price point (HTC was on contract so effectively was £480 over last 2 years) so £500 for this is bang on budget for me.

Ordered from o2 - pick up tomorrow.
 
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