Anyone excited for OnePlus?

[sze5003]

Wow you are lucky the sun trick worked. I left it one week on my window sill area and the yellow is still there. It seems to have just gone up the side and through the middle portion. I've packed it up and waiting for the rma to approve. God knows how long that will take.

 

[Red Storm]

The back is a fingerprint magnet on the Sandstone Black. My case should be here tomorrow. Cheap transparent case from Amazon. I actually like how those cheap hard plastic cases look on my devices.

How is the back a fingerprint magnet? It's anything but.

I will say the Sandstone Black cover is pretty terrible. I will probably buy the Bamboo back once it releases, but I would also love to get the White back as well, though I don't know if they will sell it.

 

[amdhunter]

How is the back a fingerprint magnet? It's anything but.

I will say the Sandstone Black cover is pretty terrible. I will probably buy the Bamboo back once it releases, but I would also love to get the White back as well, though I don't know if they will sell it.

Grease magnet. I have oily fingers I guess. I can't wait for my case to arrive tomorrow.

 

[EvilYoda]

For those curious, in my very limited usage I've detected no yellowing of the bottom of the screen. Yay me?

 

[sze5003]

For those curious, in my very limited usage I've detected no yellowing of the bottom of the screen. Yay me?

Looks like these later batches may have been better. Maybe I should have waited until later but now I guess I'll wait for nexus 6.

 

[EvilYoda]

Hah...I take it back. I went to about:blank for a white screen and I can definitely see the shading at the bottom of the screen. Doesn't bother me though...we'll see if that changes.

 

[sze5003]

Hah...I take it back. I went to about:blank for a white screen and I can definitely see the shading at the bottom of the screen. Doesn't bother me though...we'll see if that changes.

Hey if it doesn't bother you don't worry about it. I read a lot on my phone at work and the way mine shows up is just in your face annoying lol. That and this is the first time I experience something like this.

The CS also bothered me. They take forever to reply with a cut and paste reply and seem to not understand customer concerns. This worries me if something were to happen I would feel abandoned with a faulty device. Glad to see you guys got decent devices compared to all the dead pixel and LCD lines threads I've seen on the one plus forums.

 

[Evilviking]

Thanks! You have it on your OPO already, right? How's the "feel"? Swiping and gestures feel normal?

It's on my phone right now. It's ever so slightly too small. I would prefer if it went from bezel to bezel. It's not a big deal to me. It feels like super smooth glass to me.

 

[EvilYoda]

It's on my phone right now. It's ever so slightly too small. I would prefer if it went from bezel to bezel. It's not a big deal to me. It feels like super smooth glass to me.

Good to know...I'll see if I can get used to the one I bought. Sometimes it's fine and others I feel like I'm draaaagging my finger across the screen.

 

[s44]

Hah...I take it back. I went to about:blank for a white screen and I can definitely see the shading at the bottom of the screen.

Don't understand how everyone is cutting them so much slack. Imagine if this were the year's flagship from Samsung, Apple, HTC, or LG. The internet ragefest would be deafening.

 

[Fire&Blood]

Agreed, I'm sure he could. But this brings up a question I've had in my mind for a while now, why not just test the phone with all the bells and whistles ON the way you might normally use the phone and see how long it lasts in that fashion? I think that's far more telling than turning everything off and barely touching it.

I wish I had taken pics, but after the first week of usage and "conditioning" I did this with my OPO. Took it off the charger at 5AM and just hammered the phone all day long. Just before I put it back on the charger at 10:45PM it was down to about 15% (can't remember the exact percentage). And I used the hell out of the phone. Calls. YouTube. Hangouts messaging. Facebook Messenger. Facebook. GMail. Corporate email (Exchange). Podcasts (audio). MP3 playback (Poweramp). All day long. My configuration at the time was CM11S XNPH25R with Google Now Launcher and two active widgets (Podcast Republic and Poweramp). I think I may try this again soon to see if the battery life has changed significantly under XNPH30O.

They changed our work policies a few months ago, we are no longer allowed to use phones while at work and because of the timing, that screenshots includes 16 hours at work and another 10 sleeping and commuting, that's why that was a low usage scenario. Don't be deceived by it though, the phone was periodically pulling twitter and sport scores updates and constantly trying to connect to the network and like I said the coverage is terrible inside, max is 2 bars, more than half the time there is no reception at all.

The Diztronic case came in today. It fits perfectly, minor imperfection with the mic hole note quite centered around the mic on the back. It's soft, feels nice to touch. Dropping the phone in this case, it should be impossible for the screen to make contact with even surface. I had my Nexus in a similar case, dropped it a few times without damage, should be the same with this one, I should sell the official flip case.

 

[sze5003]

Don't understand how everyone is cutting them so much slack. Imagine if this were the year's flagship from Samsung, Apple, HTC, or LG. The internet ragefest would be deafening.

They are mostly all fanboys. It seems like you don't need QC anymore just an invite is all it takes for most people to be happy.

 

[SpacemanSpiffVT]

I just received mine, its freaking huge! Going from a nexus 4 to this is quite jarring. I am sure I will get used to it. Also, slight yellow tint on the bottom... I don't think it will be a big problem, we will see..

Going to leave it out in the sun and play with it for a few days before I decide.

 

[Megatomic]

I ordered my Orzly on Aug 6 and it got here on the 14th. Shipped via Royal Mail. Impressive. Just as fast as UPS across country basically.

Quick comparison with the Nillkin - the edges are definitely rounded.

Damn, I didn't have any shipping options when I ordered mine (from G-Hub on Amazon Store), I hope mine shows up soon. My order confirmation shows an estimated date of receipt from 8/27 to 9/4. wtf....

 

[Megatomic]

They are mostly all fanboys. It seems like you don't need QC anymore just an invite is all it takes for most people to be happy.

I've nothing to cut them slack over, and I purchased my phone without an invite from a fellow forum member. Completely NIB, not cherry picked in any way. Everyone who touches my device wants one, three coworkers and my spouse are all anticipating buying one.

 

[sze5003]

I've nothing to cut them slack over, and I purchased my phone without an invite from a fellow forum member. Completely NIB, not cherry picked in any way. Everyone who touches my device wants one, three coworkers and my spouse are all anticipating buying one.

Yea well unfortunately not everyone gets a perfect device as you normally should when you order one? My friends checked it out and after hearing of the customer service and seeing that crap yellow band, turned it down.

Hopefully you never have to send it in. I wish they could do something but they can't and won't. I would have loved to keep mine.

 

[amdhunter]

Whatever screen protectors I ordered from Amazon (thanks to suggestions in this thread) won't arrive until Monday so I'll be babying this thing until then.

It's when you baby it that accidents happen most.

Also, yellow kinda came back on my phone, though not strong at all. Left it out in the sun again today. Just to see wtf.

Should have my nano sim adapter here and cheapo transparent case today. Will post pics.

 

[amdhunter]

I should sell the official flip case.

What color, I'll give you $5 for it. :biggrin:

 

[EvilYoda]

"Fanboys"...that term is tossed around too easily. How am I a fanboy of a brand new company? I wouldn't, and didn't, notice the screen discoloration unless specifically looking for it. That makes me a fanboy, LOL. Sorry your experience was so bad...just leave the thread if it sucks so much.

 

[Red Storm]

A bit of suntanning seemed to remove the yellow from the bottom right side, but it's still there on the left. Will leave it on the car dash on the way home today and see what happens.

I love this phone because it looks nice, has great specs, and is ridiculously more affordable than other flagship phones.

 

[isekii]

"Fanboys"...that term is tossed around too easily. How am I a fanboy of a brand new company? I wouldn't, and didn't, notice the screen discoloration unless specifically looking for it. That makes me a fanboy, LOL. Sorry your experience was so bad...just leave the thread if it sucks so much.

yea~ i'm in no way a fanboy, but i didn't have any issues with the phone at all when I had it. Only reason I flipped is because I got offers i couldn't refuse. Just return it and call it a day and get an LG G3 or the upcoming note 4.

 

[sgrinavi]

They are mostly all fanboys. It seems like you don't need QC anymore just an invite is all it takes for most people to be happy.

I'm not a fan boy of any particular device and mine is 100% fine, not a single one of the issues that's been going around - I would normally assume that the issues are being over blown by the vocal minority - but in this case it does seem wide spread.

ATM I wouldn't recommend this phone to the average bear, you have to be willing to put up with some poop, but for the money, if you get a good one, it's killer.

 

[sweenish]

It applies here as much as does to the G2/G3 ravers.

They constantly plug their device and refuse to hear other opinions on it. It gets grating. I'm glad they like their phones. That's important. I like my N5 a ton; I don't go on and on and on and on the way OnePlus and LG fans do. And I can take the criticisms.

I am curious to know what the actual percentage of yellow banding and other screen issues is, though. The invite system and amount of posts makes me think it's higher than the usual internet din about defects.

It's likely a very nice phone. It'd just be nice if people could buy it. It's also succumbing to the thing that bugs me so much, delayed software updates. I'm not going to hop on a nightly channel just to get something as minor as 4.4.4 as soon as I should. They just got it, but the update kills batteries. At least they're aware of it and looking to fix it. CM takes longer than most OEMs to hit stable when a new version of Android drops. That's not cool. It's not okay when Samsung or HTC or Sony or LG take forever to update their phones, and it shouldn't be okay for CM to be slow like this either.

 

[jacktesterson]

I'm pretty sure all OnePlus One's have the yellow banding at the bottom. Most are minimal and only noticed if the background is white on the bottom of the phone. Some are worst than that.

 

[sze5003]

"Fanboys"...that term is tossed around too easily. How am I a fanboy of a brand new company? I wouldn't, and didn't, notice the screen discoloration unless specifically looking for it. That makes me a fanboy, LOL. Sorry your experience was so bad...just leave the thread if it sucks so much.

I didn't mean it in that context. I'm mostly talking of the people over in the oneplus forums. I should have been more clear. Anyway I'll stick around to hand out invites when I get them or maybe I won't get any since I'm returning the phone.