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Hope the student discount is honoured, which I'm sure it will. Perks of learning in the workplace!
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I'm going to hold out for some real world camera tests. This swedish site posted some sample pics and they look pretty awful: http://www.swedroid.se/hands-med-oneplus-5t/
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Not sure what the second camera is doing, doesn't seem very intelligent to me..
However, it's still the same primary shooter as the OP5 so it was never going to be GS8 or Pixel 2 quality, most of the comparisons I've seen look more than good enough to me.
Maybe they can tweak the software, this is the same company that released the OP5 with no stabilization at all for 4K
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To be honest even the telephoto lens offered more than this. I don't know what was going through their mind.
This is what happens when marketers design a phone, rather than an engineer.
1.6x zoom never really appealed to me, from a marketing point of view wouldn't that have been easier to sell with both the latest phones from Samsung and Apple offering similar solutions.
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I think the other way round. Remember, OnePlus was born on the idea you could get what Samsung and Apple are offering, at a lower price.
Except now they don't offer telephoto or good lowlight shots. A step backwards.
That second camera looks to be a waste of time, sure you should be able to manually switch to it.
I just wish the screen on the Pixel XL2 wasn't such a disappointment, as my upgrade is due and I would have loved that camera.
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Have you had a Pixel 2 XL in hand, or just going by reviews? Its not as bad as they make it out to be
very positive impressions and reviews. If the pixel was cheaper with a better screen i'd have gone for that but this is by far best bang for buck for a more stock android experience. My S7E is lagging like mad these days.
edit: i checked the XL in the shop and the blue tint was enough to do my head in. I cant begin to imagine what it would be like when sat on a dock for navigation either.
edit: i checked the XL in the shop and the blue tint was enough to do my head in. I cant begin to imagine what it would be like when sat on a dock for navigation either.
Yes, finally saw one yesterday in person. They haven't sorted out the natural mode by calibrating the reds (why?), instead they've included a super saturated mode that looks almost neon like. Then there's the blue shift which is quite noticeable to me. Lastly, those side bezels are twice as big as they should be (as big as the Nexus 6 which is 3 years old), makes the phone look dated.
These odd decisions puzzle me on a £900 phone.
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I've owned curved phones with tiny bezels. Pretty, but not great from a utility stand point. In their situation, I'd have done the same.
With regards to optimising calibration, it is indeed a bit daft. Just boosting saturation rather than properly calibrating. Blue shift doesn't bother me - all phones I've had the last few years exhibit some sort of shift, with my most recent G6 being extremely difficult to see ever so slightly off axis (though like due to screen protector). But it doesn't bother me
Regarding the size bezels and 2.5d glass, the 5 and 5T is about spot on IMO.
The have pretty much the same SoC power, though this will feel a touch faster due to the better rom.
