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How does everyone feel about Oneplus phones? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by MargotRobbie@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world

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Previously on Lemmy: Motorola

Maybe we should just make this a series now.

Never settle for Oneplus.

I've always felt that Oneplus is a brand that I should like on principle of having clean software with barebones but powerful hardware, but in reality, every single Oneplus phone I've seen always had some sort of big BUTs attached to them, so buying Oneplus always feels like settling.

Take the Oneplus One for example, that sandstone textured cover was THE most creative material I felt a phone could have had, and I'm honestly shocked nobody has ever done it again. But along with that of course, comes with the cringy "smash your phone" marketing campaign, the half-hearted attempt to distance themselves from their parent company Oppo, the whole software mess with CyanogenMod/OxygenOS, etc.

Had a Oneplus 3T for a while, same deal: Great phone when it works as intended, but they raised their price without making the phone better, and the inexplicable random restarts/battery drain is so irritating, never had another phone that does that.

Recently they've dropped all pretense of not being Oppo and abandoned their core audience, choosing to have the "courage" to drop the headphone jack. Mediocre Chinese phones with flagship specs are a dime a dozen, I just don't see a reason to buy them anymore.

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[–] moon_matter@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I am only slightly better than a "casual" user in terms of Android phones. The most I've done is flash LineageOS on my phone. I think smartphones have reached the pinnacle for users like me. Like TVs I'm really wondering where smartphones could possibly go from here. As long as all the apps work and the battery can last a full working day I don't think I'll be replacing my 8T any time soon.

If there's one thing I'd be looking for it would be Android's answer to iMessage. But that ball is in Google's court. Ideally it would be an open protocol, preferably they would just adopt something that already exists, like Matrix Chat.

[–] HunterBidensLapDog@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I appreciate they have unlocked bootloaders. Now that I'm comfortable upgrading my old phones with the latest Android and security updates I'll never buy another phone that doesn't let me unlock the bootloader like Samsung. It's why I replaced my Note.

[–] Basche@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

What phones have unlocked bootloader now? Looking to see for options to replace my OP3T lol

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My friend recommended the brand saying he never had a problem with it and it was as fast as the day he got it. My wife got one because her Pixel 3 died (apparently a relatively common thing for that model). Then after my wife got one my friend started complaining about his phone and my wife didn't like her new phone. Then he got a pixel lol. Then I got one. It's a nice phone. The Pixel 3 was my wife's favorite before it died. So 2 years later we ditched the one plus for a new Pixel for her.

It seems like one plus used to be a good brand and maybe my friend had some loyalty still or his phone coincidentally started to slow down right after he recommended it lol

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OnePlus got purchased by Oppo, and it hasn't been as special since

The founder left and made "Nothing" phones after Oppo's takeover

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Again, OnePlus did not get purchase by Oppo; it was always Oppo, and Carl Pei was a mid-level executive at Oppo when he founded OnePlus.

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Then when they finally admitted it and Oppo wanted it to be more profitable, it stopped making decent phones

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Oneplus 7 series was the last one that seemed good. Newer models have worse cameras somehow too.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

More like "Hassel-BAD" am I right?

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[–] imrichyouknow@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

I would prefer Pixel or Motorola

[–] MrGrivixer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I had a OnePlus 6T and a OnePlus 8T.

OnePlus 6T: had it for 1.5 years and sold it because it had some weird bugs (can't remember exactly which).

OnePlus 8T: had it for almost 2 years. Updated to Android 12, was shit after few weeks. Factory reset to 11, used that a long time. Updated to 12 for a a few days and then to Android 13. Was alright but again a few bugs. Factory reset it again a few (staying on Android 13). Later Factory reset it to Android 11.

I have factory reset it 5 times in 1 the last year i had the OnePlus 8T.

And despite the many factory resets, every few days had a bug where it became so slow it wasn't useable anymore and had to reboot.

Short story: OnePlus had a lot of potential and I bought a OnePlus 6T for the price and the good software support they had in 2018. I feel a little betrayed because they became so worse over the few years I had my OnePlus phones.

I now have a Samsung S23 Ultra which has good software support and yes it has some bloat. But i don't have stupid bugs and the phone stays fast.

[–] Zuberi@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

As somebody who doesn't want the US gov access into my phone, I love my gapp-free, super cheap, easily rooted, boy ass bitch phone.

[–] eric5949@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

My wife loves them, I don't care for them though. I used lg phones until they gave up so oneolus was never really my thing.

[–] Anti_Weeb_Penguin@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Poco is better

[–] tree1000@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

A lot of friends of mine have OnePlus for a reason, but I have personally stayed away since the data collection scandal in 2017 (https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/11/16457954/oneplus-phones-collecting-sensitive-data). I don't trust Chinese phones in general very much because the government can force data collection very quickly but this is documented behavior by the company. I understand why developers use telemetry but everything but the most basic stuff should be opt in.

[–] Voytrekk@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

I agree with your assessment. I never had a OP phone, but they seemed like solid mid-range choices at the start. I did consider picking up a used on recently, but it would have been for installing LineageOS on it. I wouldn't trust the default software that comes on the phone like any Chinese phone.

[–] anthoniix@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Typing this comment on one right now

[–] TwinTurbo@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have good hardware, but their software is—or, at least, feels—unreliable. With so many digital interactions virtually expecting to be done from a mobile device these days, the last thing I want is for the phone to glitch and give up on me when I need it. Yes, customization is nice, but these days I value reliability much more than that, even more than performance in some respects. Unfortunately, that mostly leaves Samsung and Apple as options for "reliable" software...

[–] arin@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Their software was great until 2023, an update really fucked up my one plus 7 pro experience. Luckily i already switched to Samsung. I don't know about the newer one plus devices and how their software works on them though.

I really loved the one plus software until 2023, honestly the best, i even considered getting another one plus devices instead of Samsung but Samsung had better hardware

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