Caporegime
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Waited a whole 23 minutes for a response before bumping his own post, patient....
**** The Official OnePlus 6 Thread ****
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Looks pretty annoying alright, think I'll keep an eye out for a deal on the 6 instead. The T doesnt really offer much more, the screen fingerprint is a gimmick imo, bigger battery is great but I'd much rather have a headphone jack and notification light.
Looks pretty annoying alright, think I'll keep an eye out for a deal on the 6 instead. The T doesnt really offer much more, the screen fingerprint is a gimmick imo, bigger battery is great but I'd much rather have a headphone jack and notification light.
I use WhatsApp all the time and haven't found this an issue in every day use. The black wallpaper makes it look worse too.
Soldato
Just an update and sorry mods for going off topic, I ordered a oneplus 6t online from JL and went to collect the other day and after collecting, I asked 3 members of staff (inc customer service desk) about distance selling regs and they all told me once I open the oneplus 6t box it’s classed as used and can’t be returned (unless faulty), I then asked the manager in the technology dept and was told the same.
So went to the refund desk to get a refund as that’s not what I wanted, the refund is done at the tech support desk and I asked the chap there about it and and he said we do indeed accept returns due to dsr! I questioned why no one else knew and I was given false info and he said staff have been told to give this answer.
He was a bit vague too, he said you can open box, hold the phone but cannot switch it on lol
Anyway, due their incompetence I got a refund and if I order again il order from elsewhere, and you wonder why JL have had a 99% loss this year :/
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DSR doesn't apply any more, it was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Contracts Regulations. The basic 14 day period still applies, but the retailer can make deductions to the refund they give you if they feel that the value of the goods has been diminished by the amount you handled them. So unpacking the phone, taking the plastic protectors off the phone and accessories, things like that, could result in them giving you less money back for the device. It's a bit poor that John Lewis staff don't know the returns rules, CCR replaced DSR over four years ago, they should all know by now.
If you'd bought the phone in-store and opened it then you'd have no right to return it unless faulty, so the rules they were quoting you were accurate for something bought in-store. Again, if JL are going to accept online returns in-store then they should know the difference in the laws.
If you'd bought the phone in-store and opened it then you'd have no right to return it unless faulty, so the rules they were quoting you were accurate for something bought in-store. Again, if JL are going to accept online returns in-store then they should know the difference in the laws.
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I know they're a big store which should train their staff but I wasn't aware of this either until you mentioned it.
How the bloody hell did I miss this for four years?
As said previously the DSR ceased to exist in 2015. These have been replaced by the CRA/CCR which in fact has added more teeth to the regulations so ln many ways better for the consumer.
If you are looking to try out a phone then your only option is Apple. Wherever you buy a OnePlus phone from you cannot try it out - period.
Well I don't know anyone who would put the Google search right at the bottom of the screen. Honestly, some of this nit picking is pretty pathetic.
I do wonder if those finding petty little niggles to complain about are the same people who spend their time looking to be offended.
Finally managed to get get havoc OS on my oneplus6, its not quite feature complete still but a LOT better than oxygen OS, however I have never had so much trouble installing a custom rom.
No idea yet if this rom is actually stable tho for day to day use, I have not put sim in the phone yet or transferred data, the rom is still been released every couple of weeks with lots of changes so the code is changing still.
I was using the special split storage feature on my S7 which I will never do so again, a sort of half done feature by google that was not really supported by samsung, which has meant I have bits of data split in two locations which I will need to merge to one, but it will be worth it when it is done, I have the 128 gig/8 gig ram model.
I would prefer android 8 (for compatibility) vs 9, but 9 has had a lot of visual enhancements, I also see a ton of bug fixes for havoc OS since he ended 8.x support so I have gone with Android PIE and will just hope the old apps I still use work.
Notification LED is tiny but not as bad as the hauwei I have, at least this led doesnt bleed in with the phone itself so fairly easy to notice and this can use the ambient screen to notify you as well.
No idea yet if this rom is actually stable tho for day to day use, I have not put sim in the phone yet or transferred data, the rom is still been released every couple of weeks with lots of changes so the code is changing still.
I was using the special split storage feature on my S7 which I will never do so again, a sort of half done feature by google that was not really supported by samsung, which has meant I have bits of data split in two locations which I will need to merge to one, but it will be worth it when it is done, I have the 128 gig/8 gig ram model.
I would prefer android 8 (for compatibility) vs 9, but 9 has had a lot of visual enhancements, I also see a ton of bug fixes for havoc OS since he ended 8.x support so I have gone with Android PIE and will just hope the old apps I still use work.
Notification LED is tiny but not as bad as the hauwei I have, at least this led doesnt bleed in with the phone itself so fairly easy to notice and this can use the ambient screen to notify you as well.
If O2 are like EE you maybe could with them, EE let you use a phone for upto a month and then let you return providing undamaged at no cost to yourself. O2 sell oneplus6 on contract but its a very expensive way to buy one, the markup is huge.
Real tempting, although gearbest have a good deal on at the moment but then there's the potential warranty issues.
Real torn at the moment between the two devices. Would really like the 6t but the no notification situation puts me off.
May even hold out for a 2nd hand 6 device
**** it. I think I'm sold. Don't want to lose my headphone jack, beyond the front FPS on the 6T there's not a huge amount that makes it a deal breaker. I'd prefer a smaller phone but no one's making them anymore. Hmn. 6 for me I think.
Ask yourself why you want it, and its only because its the latest model.
The 6 is a better phone in my view, a phone without a notification LED is just stupid.
They are still been made but just been sold in the asian markets for some reason, the UK is seen as a market where the highest prices models are sold, and the better value ones are limited to asian markets.
Prefer the notch and finger print sensor on the 6t (I know it's not as good as the 6's).
Then there's price... granted specs are pretty much identical butl I would have liked there to be a bigger saving between the price of the 128gb models for both - £50 if from UK seller as far as I can see? Although I guess its still new tech!
Makes me wonder if price will move again come black friday?
Really an £80 saving the 8gb 128gb 6T is £529, the 6gb 6T is £499
Even the "better" Asian phones are either leaning towards losing the jack or just as big.
https://www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-phones-uk-united-kingdom-924078/ e.g. I don't think any of the Xiaomi lineup are under 6" tall are they? Maybe the Mi A2 Lite?
EDIT: lol now I'm looking at the A2 lite I realise not-only is it smaller but it had a headphone jack too. Hmn..
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