Oct 25, 2016 12:42 PM
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(Updated Oct 25, 2016 12:38 PM)
Review:
This is a in depth review of pros and cons after 8 days of usage. One plus entered the market with the tagline "Flagship Killer" and it did give tough competition to flagships with OnePlus1, although OnePlus2 failed to reach the expectations, the company is back with a bang with OnePlus3!.
Inside the Box:
Phone(of course!:P)
Charger
USB type C cable
Sim tray opening tool
User manuals( Please go through them, you will understand your phone better)
Pros:
From the moment you take the phone out of the box you will feel that build quality is excellent. You just cant stop looking at your OnePlus3. Oneplus2 was top heavy but they got it right this time, weight distribution is managed really well and you will not feel that phone is bulky. Metal unibody construction will give you a premium feel when you hold it in your hand.
Cellular call quality is excellent, earpiece is loud and clear. I didn't face any problem with signal reception.
Fingerprint scanner is embedded in a capacitive touch home button. It is very fast, one of the best fingerprint scanner out there in the market, huge improvement over OnePlus2.
Battery life is pretty decent. My phone is always connected to wifi or cellular data, I use social media a lot. I used to get 4.5 - 5 hours of screen on time, which is more than enough for a average user. So full charge in the morning will easily last a day.
I am one of those who prefers having LED notification light and this phone has a multi color one which is really helpful to save some battery life.
Camera performance: 16MP primary camera is really good in daylight conditions, color reproduction was accurate. Pictures are better than any other phone in this price range. It skims on laser auto focus so cant take micro shots. It has Optical Image Stabilisation(Iphone6 does not have OIS:P). Front camera has wide angle lens and takes pretty good selfies for your social media, it does a very good job with video calling too. So thumbs up for the camera.
Dash Charge: Oh yeahhhhhhhhh! It is the king of all chargers out there. From 10% - 100% it will roughly take 65-70 minutes. No I am not kidding, its really fast. We need these kinda chargers with every phone. 10% - 80% is much faster actually, it takes more time from 80%-100%.
One more important thing I would like to mention is, this phone does not get heated up when it is charging, even though it has all metal body! Good job OnePlus.
Oxigen OS works like a breeze, it is very close to stock android experience. There is no lag at all. There are options for several customisations which will make phone usage much better.
Amoled screen is bright and does a pretty good job indoors but under direct sunlight its just ok even under max brightness.
Gaming: I am not a big gamer, but I do play simple games. I also tried asphalt8 and NOVA3 in this phone. They worked just fine, did not experience any lag. And ya I didn't experience any overheating during gaming.
6GB RAM! Whoooooo!. Initially there were several complaints regarding RAM management but after the latest update OnePlus has solved this issue and multitasking works like a breeze!
Cons:
Speaker is not just loud enough for me, OnePlus1 had a better speaker than this. Even the sound output through headphone jack is not that good, music is flat it produces very little base(I tested with different headphones).
Single LED flash will not give good pics in low light conditions, Dual tone flash would have been better.
Dash charging works only when you use the USB type C cable provided by OnePlus, if you use any other cable it will not charge faster(I tested it with USB type C cable of Nexus 6P). So keep the cable and charger safe!
But no matter what, this is the best phone you can get at this price range!
