I've had my OnePlus One over a month now, and it's been far from a smooth experience. Everyone praises the specs on the phone at the price point its offered. I'd agree, spec wise, at this price point, it seems like a fantastic phone. However, in execution, it fails to deliver big time.
I'm not going to get into the positives on the phone, everyone's read them and truthfully I'm ready to throw this thing in the trash. Full disclaimer, I've never rooted or installed any ROM/update to my OPO that wasn't pushed directly to the phone. I've factory reset the phone 3 times in 2 weeks and have seen the same problems repeat themselves.
Starting with the hardware, the screen more specifically. It's Gorilla Glass, yet somehow, I've managed to scratch the screen. I never use screen protectors on phones, I don't like the tactile feedback from them. I've been using smart phones since resistive touch screens with styluses and since Windows Mobile, and I've NEVER scratched a screen, ever. Somehow, my OPO screen got scratched and it's never been dropped. Maybe it's a coincidence, but it's worth noting given as I've never scratched or cracked a screen.
The GPS is slow to track many times. Using Google Navigation, I'll make the suggested route move, and the GPS thinks I missed the turn and will start recalculating. It corrects itself after it catches up, but it does this quite frequently.
Let's talk about the software, oh the software. The software on this phone is horrendous. It's absolutely positively filled with bugs. It feels like you're using a nightly ROM from your favorite creator. I consistently experience random reboots during phone calls, general usage or just sitting on my desk at work. Apps crash out constantly. I've experienced quite a few problems with Google Maps crashing constantly requiring reboots to get it to work.
The absolute BIGGEST problem I've seen so far is something that many OPO users are experiencing. The phone will NOT make a phone call when connected to an LTE network and not WiFi. It lets you dial, it connects, you hear the person on the other end and within 1-5 seconds of the call, the phone hangs up. It's not a proximity sensor issue, as I can put the phone on the desk on speaker and be no where near it and it will still drop calls. You have to turn off LTE to get the phone to make a call. As someone who uses their phone as a phone for work, this is completely UNACCEPTABLE. The phone is unusable currently on LTE, so in my opinion, it's a worthless paper weight.
In closing, I'll be moving to a Galaxy Note 4 or Nexus 6 shortly. The phone is not working out. I guess it's true what the say, you get what you pay for. With the OPO, you're getting a basket case of a phone that no one wants to say anything negative about.
I'm not going to get into the positives on the phone, everyone's read them and truthfully I'm ready to throw this thing in the trash. Full disclaimer, I've never rooted or installed any ROM/update to my OPO that wasn't pushed directly to the phone. I've factory reset the phone 3 times in 2 weeks and have seen the same problems repeat themselves.
Starting with the hardware, the screen more specifically. It's Gorilla Glass, yet somehow, I've managed to scratch the screen. I never use screen protectors on phones, I don't like the tactile feedback from them. I've been using smart phones since resistive touch screens with styluses and since Windows Mobile, and I've NEVER scratched a screen, ever. Somehow, my OPO screen got scratched and it's never been dropped. Maybe it's a coincidence, but it's worth noting given as I've never scratched or cracked a screen.
The GPS is slow to track many times. Using Google Navigation, I'll make the suggested route move, and the GPS thinks I missed the turn and will start recalculating. It corrects itself after it catches up, but it does this quite frequently.
Let's talk about the software, oh the software. The software on this phone is horrendous. It's absolutely positively filled with bugs. It feels like you're using a nightly ROM from your favorite creator. I consistently experience random reboots during phone calls, general usage or just sitting on my desk at work. Apps crash out constantly. I've experienced quite a few problems with Google Maps crashing constantly requiring reboots to get it to work.
The absolute BIGGEST problem I've seen so far is something that many OPO users are experiencing. The phone will NOT make a phone call when connected to an LTE network and not WiFi. It lets you dial, it connects, you hear the person on the other end and within 1-5 seconds of the call, the phone hangs up. It's not a proximity sensor issue, as I can put the phone on the desk on speaker and be no where near it and it will still drop calls. You have to turn off LTE to get the phone to make a call. As someone who uses their phone as a phone for work, this is completely UNACCEPTABLE. The phone is unusable currently on LTE, so in my opinion, it's a worthless paper weight.
In closing, I'll be moving to a Galaxy Note 4 or Nexus 6 shortly. The phone is not working out. I guess it's true what the say, you get what you pay for. With the OPO, you're getting a basket case of a phone that no one wants to say anything negative about.
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