OnePlus owners who have also owned top end flagships, do you ever feel you have a "compromised" or "

[technutcounselor]

Re: OnePlus owners who have also owned top end flagships, do you ever feel you have a "compromised"

I have the Pixel 3 and I'm wandering by looking at the 6T. How is the fingerprint sensor under the screen? Ive heard it's a bit slow.

 

[benjamin19]

Re: OnePlus owners who have also owned top end flagships, do you ever feel you have a "compromised"

I have the Pixel 3 and I'm wandering by looking at the 6T. How is the fingerprint sensor under the screen? Ive heard it's a bit slow.

What would be your reason for moving to the 6T? My wife has a Pixel 3 and i have a 6T. If you already have a 3 the only thing my 6T has over the 3 (besides price, which is irrelevant now that you already own the 3) is a bigger screen and better battery life.

As a tech enthusiast, I love having the first in display fingerprint sensor, but if you want it to just work and never give you an issue, stick with capacitive ones.

To be honest, I think the phones are equivalent with one having bigger battery and the other having better camera. If the battery is more important to you than the camera, then by all means make the switch. These two phones are the best out there in my opinion.

 

[jchapman01]

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it's a little slow, but it's getting faster. I just received an update to fix it

 

[technutcounselor]

Re: OnePlus owners who have also owned top end flagships, do you ever feel you have a "compromised"

What would be your reason for moving to the 6T? My wife has a Pixel 3 and i have a 6T. If you already have a 3 the only thing my 6T has over the 3 (besides price, which is irrelevant now that you already own the 3) is a bigger screen and better battery life.

As a tech enthusiast, I love having the first in display fingerprint sensor, but if you want it to just work and never give you an issue, stick with capacitive ones.

To be honest, I think the phones are equivalent with one having bigger battery and the other having better camera. If the battery is more important to you than the camera, then by all means make the switch. These two phones are the best out there in my opinion.

You make some good points. The battery life isn't great on the 3 and the camera is great, but this is a work phone. I have an iPhone XS as my primary phone (too many friends, family, and other Apple gadgets to go all in with Android). For my work I don't use the camera (I'm a mental health/addiction therapist). My own addiction is tech, so that's why I'm looking. I've also been looking at a used Note 9(because I'm obsessed). Thanks for the feedback.

 

[benjamin19]

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You make some good points. The battery life isn't great on the 3 and the camera is great, but this is a work phone. I have an iPhone XS as my primary phone (too many friends, family, and other Apple gadgets to go all in with Android). For my work I don't use the camera (I'm a mental health/addiction therapist). My own addiction is tech, so that's why I'm looking. I've also been looking at a used Note 9(because I'm obsessed). Thanks for the feedback.

Without a doubt, if camera is not a priority, the 6t is a better phone. Weird knowing that my phone has as much RAM as my Pixelbook and twice the storage! Definitely an enthusiast phone. Also love knowing that the community will keep this phone going long after official support stops. OnePlus has truly having the replacement for the Nexus phones.

 

[Theot]

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You make some good points. The battery life isn't great on the 3 and the camera is great, but this is a work phone. I have an iPhone XS as my primary phone (too many friends, family, and other Apple gadgets to go all in with Android). For my work I don't use the camera (I'm a mental health/addiction therapist). My own addiction is tech, so that's why I'm looking. I've also been looking at a used Note 9(because I'm obsessed). Thanks for the feedback.

I've never understood why people stick with apple products because friends and family do. I'm Android and my wife is iPhone and we communicate fine.

 

[qtrxist]

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This year is my 20th year carrying a cellphone daily. Time has passed and technology got better. Phones were heavy and chunky, then got smaller, then the all screen war begun.

It is nice that we can do all sorts of things on our phones now, and that being said, having tried the latest and greatest, the OP6T is compromised in many ways. Screen, speakers (earpiece and main), headphone, expandable memory, IR blaster, but the real question to me was..

Is this phone really a compromise?
My personal answer is no. One can nitpick on a phone that wasnt released yet and it is crazy.

Over the years consumers become overly demanding to their phones making it the center of their world. Break free!

I use mine for calls and text. Light browsing, google, messaging family overseas. Oneplus finally worked with Verizon so I can ditch the dual phone life.

This phone fits me perfect at the moment. If it stays lag free, it will a phone worth keeping for at least 3 years.

 

[neil74]

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In terms of performance and features there are not many compromises but here are the key ones IMO. YMMV…..

· No always on display (This was there before so hopefully oneplus can add it back in) – probably my biggest frustration
· Screen resolution. Non-issue for me, the screen is lovely
· No wireless charging. Not going to lie this one is annoying.
· Camera is a small step down. Not an issue for me and it is more than imo good enough. I have not tried the google apk as I do not trust these hacked apps but by all accounts using it improves the camera performance.
· No official water resistance rating. All I really care about is a phone to be able to survive if I got caught in the rain and I think the OP ticks that box, so a non-issue again.

Other than that where you will really notice it IMO is in-hand feel. I have the midnight black model and honestly I think it feels cheap vs. my Note 9 or the other droid flagships I have tried, the haptics only add to this feeling imo. On the flip side though the OP6 absolutely smokes the Note 9 for performance and has android P so it is not all compromise!

 

[technutcounselor]

I've never understood why people stick with apple products because friends and family do. I'm Android and my wife is iPhone and we communicate fine.

Well, when you started out with a first gen iPhone and have a MacBook, Apple TV and Apple Watch and you don't have to worry about sending photos in less than full quality from an Android to imessage, plus different calendars where invites can't happen, and you have all your music in Apple Music through a family plan, it's not as easy as you tried to make it. Plus, when I have tried, and I've done it a handful of times in the past 3 years since dabbling with Android, I always go back because Android is still nowhere as fluid, dependable, intuitive (on phones other than Pixels) or easy to use (I could care less about customization) and unless you buy a Pixel, the hardware and software are controlled by different companies, I'd say those are all good reasons. But hey, you do you.

 

[benjamin19]

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Well, when you started out with a first gen iPhone and have a MacBook, Apple TV and Apple Watch and you don't have to worry about sending photos in less than full quality from an Android to imessage, plus different calendars where invites can't happen, and you have all your music in Apple Music through a family plan, it's not as easy as you tried to make it. Plus, when I have tried, and I've done it a handful of times in the past 3 years since dabbling with Android, I always go back because Android is still nowhere as fluid, dependable, intuitive (on phones other than Pixels) or easy to use (I could care less about customization) and unless you buy a Pixel, the hardware and software are controlled by different companies, I'd say those are all good reasons. But hey, you do you.

I think you may have misunderstood what he is saying. His reply was to a comment saying they had an iPhone simply for messaging friends. No doubt if you are the primary one that is entrenched in their ecosystem it is hard to switch, but if messaging is the only reason there are ways to send media back and forth that allows that to happen Android to iPhone without compromising quality.

I'm in the same boat as you but on Google side. I have so much money over the past 8 years in the Google Play Store ecosystem that switching is definitely not an option. I do like however that i have multiple partners to choose from, but that's also the reason why Android has been slower to match the iPhone in fluidity. Now on money l most mid range and above i feel the experience is nearly indistinguishable. It's all about ecosystems now.

 

[wase4711]

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got rid of my note 8 for a 6t; tons faster, no samsung crap to deal with, and, HALF THE PRICE!!!!

 

[shook187]

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I got rid of my s9 plus to get the iPhone XS Max after I played with it for a little while I got rid of it thanks to its high resale value and now I have the OnePlus 6t... And between the three phones I really don't feel like I skipped a beat or taking a step backwards

 

[Wildo6882]

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My XR will be here tomorrow and I'm shipping out my XS Max tomorrow to the buyer.

How’s the 6T treating you? I’m waiting for mine to ship after the Black Friday deal.

 

[mumfoau]

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Ah man, I just dropped off the XR at FedEx to send it back to Apple. I sent the 6T back to OnePlus due to the lack of complete Verizon compatibility. I'm now using a Pixel 2 XL and my Note 9 will be here Thursday along with an iPhone SE to keep my Series 4 Apple Watch health data synced.

Don't judge me. Lol

How’s the 6T treating you? I’m waiting for mine to ship after the Black Friday deal.

 

[Wildo6882]

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Ah man, I just dropped off the XR at FedEx to send it back to Apple. I sent the 6T back to OnePlus due to the lack of complete Verizon compatibility. I'm now using a Pixel 2 XL and my Note 9 will be here Thursday along with an iPhone SE to keep my Series 4 Apple Watch health data synced.

Don't judge me. Lol

No judging here. I’m on ATT do I won’t have that issue. Oh, and I also have a Pixel 3 and 3XL and a Note 9 coming. Black Friday was rough...

 

[mumfoau]

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Sheesh. I didn't take advantage of any Black Friday deals. I bought the note 9 from Swappa.

No judging here. I’m on ATT do I won’t have that issue. Oh, and I also have a Pixel 3 and 3XL and a Note 9 coming. Black Friday was rough...

 

[Wildo6882]

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Sheesh. I didn't take advantage of any Black Friday deals. I bought the note 9 from Swappa.

I figured I can check them all out, lock in the sale prices, and then return what I don’t want.

I’m tired of iOS and Apple charging an arm and a leg for their products that aren’t worth what they charge. I’m excited to get back to Android, just don’t know what I want!

 

[mumfoau]

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That's always the problem I have when I move back. Looking to try all the stuff I missed. But this time I'm going with arguably the phone of the year and calling it a day.

I figured I can check them all out, lock in the sale prices, and then return what I don’t want.

I’m tired of iOS and Apple charging an arm and a leg for their products that aren’t worth what they charge. I’m excited to get back to Android, just don’t know what I want!

 

[Wildo6882]

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That's always the problem I have when I move back. Looking to try all the stuff I missed. But this time I'm going with arguably the phone of the year and calling it a day.

Oh yeah - too many options is sometimes a bad thing. But I know I want Android again. iOS has lost its luster to me. I was never a huge fan but it seemed like a necessary evil while Android got its thing figured out. Now that that has happened, iOS is unnecessary for me.