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I still have my old 8 Pro and wondering if others made the jump to the new OnePlus 11 and what your thoughts are? I know that battery life should be way better but losing wireless charging is definitely a bummer. Thoughts on camera quality/differences and build quality? Considering making the switch but not sure if it's really enough of an upgrade
The design of the phone feels premium. The frame is plastic and it's not my favourite, but it's something you quickly forget and get used to - and then start to appreciate and largely forget. This is because the device is lighter. As phones are getting big now-a-days, having a light device makes it a lot easier to hold on to for long periods of time - it's not so much the weight but the fact that a lot of it is further away from the center of gravity in the middle of your hand, . Think like a seesaw - if you stand on the middle of the seesaw it's easy for somebody at the end, further away from the center of the seesaw to push the seesaw down.
Honestly for me it was a toss up between the OnePlus Nord and the Pixel 4a. The lower end spec of the pixel in terms of how the device will feel was a little offputting at first, as the pixel has a lower end processor and a 60hz display. But then seeing photos from the pixel camera really got me excited. But unfortunately the pixel is not available in our market, even though they already produce the phone for Australia (where they have the same power plugs so they could just sell them here too...) so this was my strong second option.
I could have purchased a Pixel 4a through family in australia (I couldn't afford the 4a 5G), but this would come with no warranty protection as google doesn't extend their warranty if the phone is "abroad" from where it was originally purchased. This, combined with complaints of unreliability issues with the Pixel, made me feel skeptical that I would get my moneys worth from the purchase.
Context: I've planned to switch from Samsung Note 20 Ultra (which I absolutely love, but was bored with in 3 years - still works like a charm though, and looks brand new), and since there were no other exciting possible upgrades, thought I'd go with the foldable - cool concept, cameras are not a dealbreaker for me. Couldn't force myself to go with any of the Z Folds (aspect ratio is ridiculous), really didn't like the crease and huge bezel on Pixel Fold, and was super excited about OPO - so went ahead and got one on pre-order immediately.
(+) the material quality is just fantastic in OPO and from a purely engineering standpoint the thing is a spaceship with a nearly invisible crease, absolutely sick screen quality, etc.
(-) I really multitask maybe 15% of the time and the rest of the time I'm using a single app fullscreen and most of them really look worse fullscreen on this huge square inner screen than they do on my N20U which is just a usual 2:1 aspect phone with a bigger screen. This has nothing to do with OnePlus and everything to do with developers not willing to optimize their apps for square'ish screens, but aside from YouTube (arguably) and Chrome (sometimes) and a couple of other apps, everything looks bloated and actually shows less useful information in a full-screen mode, than in the usual 2:1 mode. So again, compared to N20U, which has a bigger 2:1 screen it usually feels like a downgrade.
We interviewed two designers from the mobile phone user experience design team, Allison Liu and Logan. The two are mainly responsible for the mobile phone OS interactive design and user research. This design team is responsible for creating a visually and interactively attractive user-centric operating system with the help of research and a dynamic approach.
After the initial stage, there is the stage concerning visual and interactive design. Using ProtoPie, designers build their prototypes and conduct their analyses, e.g. user testing and collecting feedback from users, while continuously optimizing. This stage involving hi-fi interactions emphasizes heavily on logical thinking as the focus is set to ensuring the most simple and comprehensible interface for users. ProtoPie is mainly used as it offers great support for testing on actual devices and prototypes can be stored offline on smart devices, both benefiting convenient user testing.
To start off, this is a phone with a 5.5" 1080p display from JDI (Japan Display Inc.), and ships with a 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 801, which clearly shows the high-end aspirations for this phone. The rest of the specs can be seen below.
As shown above, the Find 7a and the OnePlus One are extremely similar phones outside of a few key areas, with a thinner and somewhat lighter build on the OnePlus One, along with a larger battery, deletion of the microSD slot and a unibody construction that prevents easily swapping batteries. OnePlus has also detailed their curved back design, which goes from 4.6mm on the edge to 8.9mm in the middle, which means that the design is curved similarly to the One (M8) and other HTC designs, although without the associated pyramidal internal stack that would increase volumetric efficiency for such a design.
Going through the marketing materials, there's quite a bit that OnePlus is advertising that isn't necessarily a point of differentiation. Things like Touch On Lens (TOL) and Content-Adaptive Backlight Control (CABC) are commonly used throughout the industry, and TOL has already been supplanted by in-cell touch technologies used by OEMs such as LG and Apple. CABC is a power-saving technique often seen in most LCD-screened phones, and is often identified as dynamic contrast due to some implementations having a visible flicker effect from image to image. The LTPS display is also nothing new, as most LCDs use such technology in order to have manageable levels of power consumption at the high pixel densities that most mobile displays have.The camera is also identical to the one found in the Oppo Find 7a, with no clear differentiation.
What is interesting is the UI, which runs a custom version of CyanogenMod 11. It seems to be a new skin over AOSP, and represents the first departure that I've seen by CyanogenMod from AOSP-UI in a long time. An example of the lock screen and theming application can be seen below. The phone also has a capacitive menu button with no multitasking button, so it'll be interesting to see if this will pass Android CTS as most of the major OEMs seem to have moved to home/back/multitasking configurations despite previously adhering to home/back/menu.
The two best parts of the Nord N30 are its battery life and performance. The 5,000-mAh cell easily lasted two full days on a single charge, hitting 15 percent by 10 pm at the end of the second day. My second day was pretty busy too, with lots of photography, GPS navigation as I rode my scooter from Brooklyn to Manhattan, and music playback. Even better, OnePlus includes a 50-watt charging adapter in the box that can bring the battery back up to 80 percent in just 30 minutes, and that lined up with my testing. This is one area where it outperforms all of its peers, with only Motorola coming close with its similar battery life.
The problems with the Nord N30? The haptics and the cameras. The vibrations coming out of this phone are super-weak as if the haptic motor is minutes away from its last breath. As for the cameras, you get a 108-megapixel primary sensor along with a 2-MP macro camera and a 2-MP depth sensor for improving the blur effect in portrait mode photos. They're nothing to write home about.
The OnePlus Watch's unremarkable stainless steel case houses a 1.39-inch AMOLED display with 454x454 pixel resolution. It's dust- and water-resistant (up to 50 meters), with fairly thin bezels and a screen that looks crisp ... from afar. However, the closer your eyes get to the display, the more pixelated the font and iconography appear.
I mean, this is a brand that doesn't shy away from innovation when it comes to design. Its AirPods knockoffs aside, OnePlus smartphones have always been really cool. The OnePlus 6T was one of the first phones in the U.S. to feature an in-display fingerprint sensor, while the OnePlus 7 Pro featured a pop-up selfie camera. There's also its concept phones: The OnePlus Concept One has disappearing rear cameras and the OnePlus 8T Concept phone changes color.
Prior to this review, OnePlus had forbid press from showing the Watch OS in action and now I know why. It's a frustrating and buggy experience. It's also proof the company rushed out what is clearly unfinished software.
As for my sleep assessment, well, the OnePlus Watch has deemed my sleep quality as "poor." Apparently, I suffer from sleep deprivation and insufficient deep sleep. I'll be sure to add "get more than two hours of sleep" to my to-do list.
For a few years, Samsung has had a rule of the foldable market globally, though folding phones have been available in China. That will change with OnePlus Open (Rs 139,999). We have been using the phone for a few days and we will give you an in-depth look at the device in a few days. Before that, I have some thoughts.
On January 11, 2022, OnePlus updated the firmware for OnePlus device owners and HeyMelody app users to version 531.531.410. You can now enable the dual connection feature from the headphone settings from your OnePlus smartphone or the HeyMelody app.
Regardless of how much inspiration OnePlus may have taken from Apple, these look premium, especially at this price point. A reflective metal stem complements the matte black finish (also available in white).
OnePlus only includes three ear tip sizes, each made from silicone as opposed to the memory foam ear tips included with the Sony WF-1000XM4. However, since the earbuds are featherlight, comfort was a nonissue. The earbuds have in-ear detection which automatically pauses your music when you remove an earbud and resumes playback when you insert it.
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