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What I Love and Hate about my new OnePlus 5! Jun 27, 2017

bus_ter , Jun 27, 2017 :

My OP5 has replaced my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge which unfortunately was dropped and shattered the front glass. It's expensive/difficult to replace the glass on these so I treated myself to a new phone. So this is what I Love and Hate about my new OnePlus 5!

Love

• The Snapdraggon 835 -The phone is Fast and bang up to date in connectivity support.
• Fast storage and lots of memory- More Speed
• No bloatware and streamlined Android -Contributes to the speed and simplicity.
• The silent/DnD slider button -No more taking my phone out and turning the display on to switch it to silent! Fantastic.
• Fast responsive finger print unlocking.
• Solid Home button -Sooner or later the push down home buttons on galaxies start to wear causing rocking, noises/rattles, missed clicks etc because of their frequent use. Hopefully nothing to wear out here.
• The deep blacks and saturation from the AMOLED panel
• 3.5mm jack -Can still use my headphones without an adapter.
• Battery -Amazing battery life and the DASH charge is great too.
• USB C -So easy to plug in the charger in the dark now.
• Gorilla Glass 5 -better drop resistance, the gorilla glass 4 on my Galaxy S7 drop failed :-(
• Glass on one side. Feels less premium in a way, but reduces the weight of the phone. This means less force when it falls and less chance of shattering the screen. However metal dents and scratches easily.

Hate

• The Camera. So much hype and so much disappointment. Good on paper and for taking 'benchmark' photos. But very poor in real world phone usage. The S7 camera is WAY better. I'm so disappointed I gave it it's own thread.
• Only 1080P screen. Also if the brightness is turned up I can see 'noise' on the display. Also get some weird distortions when scrolling. Viewing angle is good, but not excellent. Automatic brightness control is also hit and miss. The S7 was much better. A big downgrade on the S7 display in all areas.
• Design is good. But it doesn't look as nice as say a galaxy S8
• Having DRM issues, such as reduced quality Netlix streaming. I hope this gets sorted soon.
• Sound is loud, but quality is average.
• Not waterproof
• No SD Card support. Who really wants two sim card holders? Make the other slot for an sdcard like Samsung.
• Price. £450 is not a value bargain like the old versions. You can buy a Samsung S8 on Amazon for £550 now.

In a nutshell. It's a mid range phone in regards to features and design, but with high end performance. I don't think it's a bargain. I think the price is about right for what you get.