Oneplus
3 Review
OnePlus 3 the newborn member of OnePlus
family from a Chinese firm aiming to take on the big name among flagship phones
Galaxy 7, i phone 6s, LG G5. Here is a full and depth review on Oneplus 3.
Design
and Build
Compared to other OnePlus member this
appears in a much more slender look 7.35mm and more manageable weight of
158. Metal uni- body chassis machined
from a single Aluminum block makes it unique from other OnePlus products and
feels extremely premium and resemblance to other metal phones such as Apple,
HTC, Huawei etc.
Anteriorly 2.5D Gorilla glass 4 meets
the metal chassis in a smooth and luxuriously flush away. A greepy texture surface
on left Alter slider facilitates a solid satisfy motion.
Initially metallic texture would only
appear in graphite silver but there will be soft gold option soon. If there is any who may dislike the metallic
texture or you may want to protect it from scratches you can follow usual
ranges of cases Rosewood, Black Apricot,
Bamboo, Karbon and the classic Sandstone
which are extremely thin and do not add much weight.
As the firm's best product, this
impresses us with its terms of well design and built. It is a kind of a tall
phone comparatively with tiny bezels on either side of screen. Perhaps a smaller
version can be expected as OnePlus 3 mini or as New OnePlus X in near future.
Hardware
Specs and Performances
Oneplus 3 has
struck with both 5.5 in screen size and Full HD resolution. According to the
information from the firm there is no difference in phone's resolution compared
to Quad HD. Also resolution will help in thinks like performance and battery life.
OnePlus is a SUPER AMOLED in terms of Optic AMOLED
technology which looks better thanks to more vibrant colors and better contrast
levels and also is what allows the phone to have those small bezels.
We can particularly understand the choice from
the view of performance as the GPU has only small work to do rendering the
interface so it feels slicker in use.
Thus, the presence of dual-polarizing layer a
better view can be obtained even under the bright sunlight.
OnePlus 3 processor, RAM and benchmark tests.
OnePlus 3 is powered by a Qualcomm
Snapdragon 820 processor, compared to the OnePlus 2
uses the 810. The quad-core chip configuration built with the Adreno 530 GPU
and is clocked little bit higher than other smart devices at 2.2GHz – the other
two cores are 1.6GHz.
The OnePlus 3 comes with a
slightly insane 6GB of LPDDR4 RAM. That's a full 2GB, or 50 percent, compared
to the rivals.
In both benchmark results
and real life, the OnePlus 3 offers you tremendously slick powerful
functionality with performance.
Moreover, this would work
according to your speed without any hesitations as it is extremely responsive
and fast.
OnePlus 3 storage
The most magnificent feature in this model that
it bears a capacity of 64GB or nothing at all.
That's a huge value
considering the price where rivals tend to starts at 32GB or even 16GB.
OnePlus 3 fingerprint scanner and
connectivity
The fingerprint scanner stands as a primary
feature and placed at the bottom of the screen as usual. The fingerprint with a
golden rim around it is extremely fast and accurate when scanning and can be
used to unlock the device from sleep mode and online purchases including
Android Pay.
One of the most interesting news to the OnePlus
fans, this device can be used for a series of various tasks including Android
Beam for sharing content, quick pairing and searching for Bluetooth devices
which comes with NFC and online payments.
Also it has capability of connecting with 4G LTE
(Cat 6), 11ac Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth same as rivals. Although there's no
expandable storage, the OnePlus 3 comes with dual-SIM compatibility along with
perfectly designed two Nano-SIM slots.
OnePlus 3 battery life
The OnePlus 3 has a
slightly smaller battery capacity of 3000mAh (down from 3300mAh) is all unmatched
with its size. But it has capability of charging fast and the battery is non-removable.
OnePlus touts over 60 percent in 30 minutes which means you can fill the battery
level to the maximum within a small time period.
As usual, the phone has a reversible USB Type-C
port and is given with a new portable Dash charger which provides an output of
5V and 4A.
The interesting part of this is that it has
moved the power management controller to the charger instead of housing it in
the phone. Due to this facility provided the phone remain to keep cool while
charging so you can watch movies or play games while it is connected to the
charger. To avoid any mishaps, when a different charger or cable is connected
the charging speed automatically turns down to regular speed.
In our test the OnePlus 3 charged a total of 61
percent within 28 minutes, but the only problem is the surface of the device
become little bit warm despite when having a case on during the charging
process.
OnePlus 3 camera.
Going by specs alone, the
most exciting facility is OnePlus 3’s main camera. It has a 16Mp Sony IMX298 sensor
and a lens with an f/2.0 aperture. There’s optical image stabilization (OIS),
electronic image stabilization (EIS) detects phase and focus automatically.
OnePlus claims the camera will give you the
ability capture clear shots with a shutter speed of 0.2 seconds, so you’ll
easily catch images of moving objects quickly. JPEG as well as Raw files can be
obtained using a new manual mode and if you want to get the whole control of
the ISO, shutter shooting speed and focus.
The rear primary camera has the ability to 4K
video recording, but while there’s OIS for photos, but this doesn't appear for
video which depends on EIS. It’s really effective if you stand for it, but
start moving while watching the device around and you’ll see its limitations
and disadvantages soon. 4K has a very high video quality sharp and packed with
detail. The only problem exists is the soundtrack. Voices when heard feel like distant
and muffled, as through the water – this would be a failure of dual microphones
used for noise cancellation. But this is not a big issue, this can be fixed via
a new software update in the future.
Extra modes consist of a full view panorama
function which make it fine with the variations of brightness and lighting
across a scene, and a slow-motion mode which can record at 720p.
The front secondary camera is an 8Mp with 1.4um
pixels and moreover selfies would become higher with the quality than you
expected. A Smile detection Capture option comfort you without letting you
stretching for pressing the shutter button.
Software and apps
OnePlus provides its Oxygen OS which is a very
close to stock Android with a few different features and ways to customize the
interface.
The software update fixes
bugs and improvements such as RGB mode in developer options, RAM managing
efficiency, improved audio playback effects and camera quality and easy functionality.
For starters, it's nice to see OnePlus hasn't got
a below level compared to the list of other rivals by keeping the app draw/menu.
When you open it you'll notice that there is no bloat-ware installed in your
phone.
The existing features in rivals such as the dark
mode, an accent color for the nice themes, customizable LED pop-up
notifications and the Shelf menu
features which is swiped away from the home screen are the common features of
this amazing device. Shelf lets you to get robust access and switching between
things like applications, contacts and other information you will also add
widgets like you are adding app icons and widgets on the home screen. If you need,
you can change the Shelf off completely.
Either side of the fingerprint scanner, you will
be able to see two capacitive buttons, this is same as the Galaxy S7 but the
buttons can be chosen in order to your own will-which one should be the back
button or the button for recent apps. Additionally you will be able to choose
shortcuts through long presses on app icons. Furthermore, you can use onscreen
buttons if you really want.
Our conclusion.
This
has become Chinese bestselling smartphones due to its well design and built. It
has become bit more expensive than its predecessors due to its design, storage,
memory, hardware and due to other magnificent facilities that are
provided.
If there are any dislikes any negative feedbacks
it will be due lack of waterproofing, less battery capacity and may be due to
the expandable storage.
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