OnePlus 5T, or wait for 6?

1. Budget: 35k
2. Display type and size: preferably AMOLED, no size preference
3. Dual sim: good to have, but not necessary
4. Preferred choice of brand: any brand with good dev support such as Motorola or OnePlus
5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera): excellent primary camera.
6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc): Android only
7. Preferred connectivity options (3G, 4G ready): 4G with VoLTE
8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc): multimedia, office work, camera, productivity
9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration: OnePlus 5T 64 GB
10. Any other info that you want to share

I currently own a Moto G 2nd generation and it has started to be very slow with new apps. OnePlus 5T 64 GB is my obvious choice but I know a OnePlus 6 with awesome Snapdragon 845 is on the way. OnePlus generally relasesits phones in July but rumors have been in the flow that they may release it earlier in Q2 to place it strategically with competition. Also, we have MWC in three weeks.

My main issue right now is that -
1. With a new chipset OnePlus 6 may not be as stable as 5T. Remember what happen to flagships with brand new 820 chipset (over heating)?
2. With OnePlus 6 releasing, 5T may get a price drop as has other OnePlus phones in the past.
3. If the new chipset is stable, it will be awesome.

I may not be able to wait until June with my current phone. Please help decide if I should get 5T or wait for 6.

1. S820 was never problematic. the only problematic ones from Qualcomm were S810 & S615. Qualcomm has a good record otherwise. So it's not a thing I'd worry about because if that happens you can get old flagship even cheaper.
2. Price drops in OP phones were never more than 2-3k. Newer OP phones have been launched at higher price than its predecessor.
3. Most probably it will be stable. But you don't need that kind of power for a smooth phone. Even 10k phones are smooth enough for normal usage since 2 years now.

Looking at previous major launches from OP, June-July is a good time to expect a new flagship but it OP again releases a T version in 4-5 months of OP6, then consumers will lose trust. Many are already sceptical now as it has happened 2 times already.

All 3 of the below mentioned phones are great choice for under 35k, OP5T 128GB isn't worth spending money on.
Get OP 5T, if:
- You love stock android (it has decent amount of customisation though)
- AMOLED display (blacks are great)
- Want great selfie camera
- Hates glass back phones. Metal build is better IMO
- Want best performance (You would observe better performance in games over S821, otherwise no observable difference between 821 & 835).

Get Honor View 10, if:
- You hate stock android
- Want great selfie camera
- Want best performance (It is similar to S835 in CPU & GPU performance)
- Want lots of storage (128GB vs 64GB in other two)
- You want to save some money (30k vs 33k for other two)

Get LG G6, if:
- You hate stock android
- Want better rear cameras with OIS on main one (G6's 2nd camera is more useful than 5T's considering they even removed the zoom lens now)
- Better brand value & support (LG is a bigger brand)
- Better display than View 10 for sure. One of the best LCD displays with HDR certification, so its good
- Waterproof
- Would like a bit smaller phone (5.7" display is big enough)

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Get a 5t. You will keep waiting like this forever. Moreover they will release 6t in around Q3 which will be better than the 6.

Holy shit dude, welcome back.

I'd say wait for 6 to (at least) get announced. That would bring the rate of 5T down. Also, you would better be able to judge out of these two then.
It should get announced in March.

I am also having the same confusion..to get stable 5T or wait for 6...looking at the past record of One plus...OP3, OP6 both had lot of bugs which were fixed with OP3T and OP6T launched in october.
I want to get handset soon, and I am really confused

sujoyp said:
I am also having the same confusion..to get stable 5T or wait for 6...looking at the past record of One plus...OP3, OP6 both had lot of bugs which were fixed with OP3T and OP6T launched in october.
I want to get handset soon, and I am really confused

In a way, the waiting game will go on forever, but you can wait for OP6 if you want it so badly. I personally thought OP3 was ok but OP 5 was not ok because they didn't implement the 18:9 display. But still, OP5 sold a lot even though G6 was priced pretty close to it.

OP is going to be unveiled on 5th May but the problem with OP is that they might launch OP6T whenever they will feel like which is really sick on their part.

You can always keep playing the wait game.
Go for OP5T unless you hate lack of SD Card Slot and One Plus (they have played some really dirty stuff lately).

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Don't go for op, it is crap. Yes I am writing the exact opposite of what I wrote a couple of weeks back. A colleague of mine got it and he is regretting it for the reasons mentioned below-
1. No call recording software will work in the phone properly without flashing a custom rom.
2. Apps like Samsung health won't work. Surprisingly it works well in other Chinese OEM phones.
3. The stock camera software, algorithm is crap. They won't do something about it because they are busy with the 6.
4. You will get regular security patches for few months and then they will be after the 6t or the 7 and you will be forgotten.
5. Paint chipping issue, google it. Even op admits it but won't do something about it, what a shame.
6. After public backlash they gave users the option of toggling on/off sending stuff to their servers in China but you will find some folders with Mandarin every now and then.
7. They are just copying the design of SHITpple. Period.
All the above points were raised in the op community and reported to the bug hunters of op but their reply was nonsene. They should change their slogan from Never Settle to Never A OP Phone Again.

I think google is responsible for Call recording software not working but im not sure. I remember I faced this issue in some roms on my old phone (Xperia M).
Anyone with pure stock android can probably test that.

billubakra said:
Don't go for op, it is crap. Yes I am writing the exact opposite of what I wrote a couple of weeks back. A colleague of mine got it and he is regretting it for the reasons mentioned below-
1. No call recording software will work in the phone properly without flashing a custom rom.
2. Apps like Samsung health won't work. Surprisingly it works well in other Chinese OEM phones.
3. The stock camera software, algorithm is crap. They won't do something about it because they are busy with the 6.
4. You will get regular security patches for few months and then they will be after the 6t or the 7 and you will be forgotten.
5. Paint chipping issue, google it. Even op admits it but won't do something about it, what a shame.
6. After public backlash they gave users the option of toggling on/off sending stuff to their servers in China but you will find some folders with Mandarin every now and then.
7. They are just copying the design of SHITpple. Period.
All the above points were raised in the op community and reported to the bug hunters of op but their reply was nonsene. They should change their slogan from Never Settle to Never A OP Phone Again.

I'm sorry that you had to face such issues with OnePlus, but if they really were that bad , they would have gone out of business a long time ago, let alone have a vibrant group of loyalists.

Every point you mentioned regarding software issues sound surprising since OP fans attribute its success to the Oxygen OS which works almost flawlessly.

Camera software is not the best but not crap by any means. You can try some other app if you're disatisfied.

Updates are quite regular, again, it would be unfair to grill them over it.

Paint chipping issue is being exxagerated by clickbaiters. OnePlus build quality is superb. A friend of mine still uses the OnePlus One since 2014.

They are guilty of copying design, undoubtedly, i guess its a chinese thing (?), anyway i'm not complaining, on the contrary they look great. Looks are subjective, so to each his own.

P.S. Don't hate Apple , once you get used to it you'll learn to love it.

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@mitraark

I'm sorry that you had to face such issues with OnePlus, but if they really were that bad , they would have gone out of business a long time ago, let alone have a vibrant group of loyalists.
Not mine. Yes, they have a bunch of fanboys who even go head over heels for even 8 gigs of ram.

Every point you mentioned regarding software issues sound surprising since OP fans attribute its success to the Oxygen OS which works almost flawlessly.
Camera software is not the best but not crap by any means. You can try some other app if you're disatisfied.
OS is good but why the hell it does not let other apps to work properly? Their camera is also good but the software is letting the same down.

Updates are quite regular, again, it would be unfair to grill them over it.
It seems so, I told him to look at my Samsung's patch. He had a 3t also and it was getting regular updates, so as compared to the past no regular updates.

Paint chipping issue is being exxagerated by clickbaiters. OnePlus build quality is superb. A friend of mine still uses the OnePlus One since 2014.
Paint chipping issue is real
[MEGA THREAD] OnePlus 5T Paint Chipping Issue

They are guilty of copying design, undoubtedly, i guess its a chinese thing (?), anyway i'm not complaining, on the contrary they look great. Looks are subjective, so to each his own.
Why copy someone, make your own design? They are using almost the same design of their sister concern vivo which copied from CRapple.

P.S. Don't hate Apple , once you get used to it you'll learn to love it.
Nope, happy with my Samsung vfm.

There will always be Fans and Haters...no end to it.

One plus, Vivo and Oppo belongs to same parent company BBK Electronics.
They do copy design from Apple..so do Xiaomi (apple of China)

I still have one plus one (updated to LineageOS Oreo) and my Dad is using it right now only thing is the battery is not original now.
18:9 and Notch display is the new trend which all phone companies are following.
And now Honor 10 is coming will 100% full bezel to body ratio.

One plus one is growing but not a VFM phone company to look for, as its targeting premium customers only.

It should support call recording apps, right now I am using ACR Pro on One plus one and its the King of call recording (really)

Apple is on a different league of its own and once you enter its ecoSystem then there is no going back.(u can ask this question to any Apple user, not a Fanboy)
I do love both Android and iOS (started with ipodTouch 4G in 2011 to get the idea of what it is).
recently I bought the all new iPad Pro 2017 10.5 and its amazingly beautiful. (though there is some file sharing issue, but no deal breaker)
the only thing I wish is to try my hands on MacOS (which I will by using Hackintosh in future

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@OP: I would advice not to buy OP5T right now. and keep looking for phones which satisfy your requirements such Samsung, Honor or even Xiaomi.
As if your preference is AMOLED then your filter criteria is narrowed down to Samsung,One plus and few other companies who do use AMOLED.

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Zangetsu said:
There will always be Fans and Haters...no end to it.

One plus, Vivo and Oppo belongs to same parent company BBK Electronics.
They do copy design from Apple..so do Xiaomi (apple of China)

I still have one plus one (updated to LineageOS Oreo) and my Dad is using it right now only thing is the battery is not original now.
18:9 and Notch display is the new trend which all phone companies are following.
And now Honor 10 is coming will 100% full bezel to body ratio.

One plus one is growing but not a VFM phone company to look for, as its targeting premium customers only.

It should support call recording apps, right now I am using ACR Pro on One plus one and its the King of call recording (really)

Apple is on a different league of its own and once you enter its ecoSystem then there is no going back.(u can ask this question to any Apple user, not a Fanboy)
I do love both Android and iOS (started with ipodTouch 4G in 2011 to get the idea of what it is).
recently I bought the all new iPad Pro 2017 10.5 and its amazingly beautiful. (though there is some file sharing issue, but no deal breaker)
the only thing I wish is to try my hands on MacOS (which I will by using Hackintosh in future )

@OP: I would advice not to buy OP5T right now. and keep looking for phones which satisfy your requirements such Samsung, Honor or even Xiaomi.
As if your preference is AMOLED then your filter criteria is narrowed down to Samsung,One plus and few other companies who do use AMOLED.

Even Xiaomi supports Samsung health but not op. One more point the prices of op's accessories, including earphones, are insane.
ACR pro stops automatically in the 5, 5t. Akhand chutiyapa.

Buys Op6. Gets disappointed when 6T launches with whole lot of new features for almost the same price.

billubakra said:
Even Xiaomi supports Samsung health but not op. One more point the prices of op's accessories, including earphones, are insane.
ACR pro stops automatically in the 5, 5t. Akhand chutiyapa.

Samsung Health App is meant for Samsung phones made by Samsung. Oneplus has no responsibility. If you have an issue, talk to the app developers.

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Stormbringer said:
Samsung Health App is meant for Samsung phones made by Samsung. Oneplus has no responsibility. If you have an issue, talk to the app developers.

Please read what I have wrote above, it is working in all phones including Chinese OEM one's except op. It is an Android app and will work in any Android phone. As per inputs from XDA, op is blocking it as it works in custom roms.

vito scalleta said:
Buys Op6. Gets disappointed when 6T launches with whole lot of new features for almost the same price.

Seriously, they should discard the OP6 model and only release the T version.

billubakra said:
Even Xiaomi supports Samsung health but not op. One more point the prices of op's accessories, including earphones, are insane.
ACR pro stops automatically in the 5, 5t. Akhand chutiyapa.

Don't buy those overpriced ones. There are plethora of good options available at lower prices.
As for call recording, it is present in custom roms. Not sure why you'd keep yourself restricted to OOS.

Zangetsu said:
Seriously, they should discard the OP6 model and only release the T version.

Then they'll release a 6TU 6 months later. :rofl:

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SaiyanGoku said:
Don't buy those overpriced ones. There are plethora of good options available at lower prices.
As for call recording, it is present in custom roms. Not sure why you'd keep yourself restricted to OOS.

My colleagues got those phones, not me. Not everyone has the time or expertise for custom roms. Why block certain apps to work well in an os is the million dollar question?

OP makes good phones but their marketing and strategies have come a long way from being community friendly to what can be called Greedy.
Its business and profits, so can't blame them for that plus they certainly have a tag line of Don't settle :evillaugh:

Although they are probably amongst the few phone makers that give
->Amoled display 6"+
->3000+Mah battery with one of the fastest charging
->Excellent Dev community
->Very good build quality
->High end SoC and Camera

I don't see anyone else giving this combo ~30k. The only disappointment with OP is that they have the habit of forgetting about their older models for the sake of profits on new model, pretty much like other manufacturers...... And (2) the lack of SD Cards. [**** then for this].
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I don't see any other company providing good developer support,flagship SOC and AMOLED display for 35k I personally don't trust OP but apart from moto who else provides these in 35k and after lenovo acquired moto has gone down the drain there is no more regular updates from them and they are ignoring 1 year old devices

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Minion said:
I don't see any other company providing good developer support,flagship SOC and AMOLED display for 35k I personally don't trust OP but apart from moto who else provides these in 35k and after lenovo acquired moto has gone down the drain there is no more regular updates from them and they are ignoring 1 year old devices

I think fist bold part is the reason why most of the people fall for op phones. I read somewhere that they are able to provide those things in that price range because their per phone cost is way way too less. They manufactured dash chargers in bulk and the same continued atleast till 5t, charging wire too short, no earphones, cheap quality paint/outer components. Their profit margins are very very high, just take a look at the price of the accessories. There's a channel SharmaJi Technical, the guy posted a video wherein the price of replacing the screen and mobo was quoted more the price of the phone itself by the authorized service centre. Moreover faking benchmark tests, restricting apps to work properly just sucks.
The second bold part is also so true. They even call 6 months old devices as old stuff. op is following the same trend.
Op phones till 5t didn't had any official treble support. But devs took care of it. There are some great minds at xda and they have made every smartphone maker their biatch.
There's a famous hindi saying, "Mehenga roye 1 bar, sasta roye baar baar" that is so true when it comes to atleast these flagship smartphones.

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billubakra said:
I think fist bold part is the reason why most of the people fall for op phones. I read somewhere that they are able to provide those things in that price range because their per phone cost is way way too less. They manufactured dash chargers in bulk and the same continued atleast till 5t, charging wire too short, no earphones, cheap quality paint/outer components. Their profit margins are very very high, just take a look at the price of the accessories. There's a channel SharmaJi Technical, the guy posted a video wherein the price of replacing the screen and mobo was quoted more the price of the phone itself by the authorized service centre. Moreover faking benchmark tests, restricting apps to work properly just sucks.
The second bold part is also so true. They even call 6 months old devices as old stuff. op is following the same trend.
Op phones till 5t didn't had any official treble support. But devs took care of it. There are some great minds at xda and they have made every smartphone maker their biatch.
There's a famous hindi saying, "Mehenga roye 1 bar, sasta roye baar baar" that is so true when it comes to atleast these flagship smartphones.

Even Apple and Samsung does the same iPhone X is 370$ to manufacture while they charge 1000$ while Samsung mid range are very pricey around 30k also Samsung charges too much for servicing .
About bulk manufacturing,Its the reason why we are getting phones at buy able rates to produce a single phone is way costlier than producing them in bulk.I can agree about OP service but you can't always get everything unless you spend upwards of 50k for true flagship and good developer support is the main reason why OP devices are selling.

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Minion said:
Even Apple and Samsung does the same iPhone X is 370$ to manufacture while they charge 1000$ while Samsung mid range are very pricey around 30k also Samsung charges too much for servicing .
About bulk manufacturing,Its the reason why we are getting phones at buy able rates to produce a single phone is way costlier than producing them in bulk.I can agree about OP service but you can't always get everything unless you spend upwards of 50k for true flagship and good developer support is the main reason why OP devices are selling.

I know about those companies. But op's profit margin is the highest, I will share the article once I have access to a PC.

Wait for the 6T

billubakra said:
I know about those companies. But op's profit margin is the highest, I will share the article once I have access to a PC.

No company comes close to Apple in terms of profits
No Surprise That Apple's iPhone Dominates Smartphone Profits

I seriously doubt OP's per phone profit will be close to even Samsung, forget Apple.

Walkley’s figures show how successful Apple has been in dominating the smartphone profit landscape .

2013: 62% of Operating Profit Value Share

2014: 77%

2015: 90% (iPhone 6 was launched in September 2014)

2016: 83%

2017 March quarter: 84%

2017 June quarter: 68%

2017 September quarter: 72%

2017 December quarter: 87%

2017: 79%

That's 79% of profits of whole smartphone industry.

"The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people."

A bit too dramatic for the context maybe, but I wanted to put it out here nonetheless.

Many people might be influenced and get misled by the rant in the comments above. Sometimes 1 bad review dampens the impression for thousands of potential buyers even though hundreds, thousands of customers who are satisfied with the product remain aloof from penning down a review.

OnePlus makes great phones, at great prices. It has become a staple for the tech savvy crowd, which is no mean feat with the likes of Samsung and Apple fighting their own battles for the top spot. Please check other threads and forums to get counter-opinions about the company and it's products, and then decide. All the best.

I am fine with what OP is offering at those great prices. But I am greately disappointed by the 'T' version they release after fixing the issues. Its makes a bad impression on the buyers.
when OP5 came, it didnt have 18:9 screen, camera had some issue, screen had issue. They fixed it all in OP5T at same price just 3 months after OP5. Why should I get those bugs in the first place, not tested properly? else they should just release 2 phones a year OP6 and OP7 this year.

So OP6 is here...what you guys say.

I am slightly disappointed with useless secondry camera...no zoom, no wideangle,no b&w then why have it.

I am anyways going to have it this week as my wife is bigg fan of One plus..

sujoyp said:
So OP6 is here...what you guys say.

I am slightly disappointed with useless secondry camera...no zoom, no wideangle,no b&w then why have it.

I am anyways going to have it this week as my wife is bigg fan of One plus..

OP6 is what OP5T should've been. I'm using OP3 but I don't think of OP6 as a major upgrade considering the price. Hate the notch and low battery capacity. When Asus, Nokia and Xiaomi can have 4k+ mAh batteries, Oneplus not bumping theirs up to 6-10k mAh is disappointing (don't care about the phone being 1-2 cm thick).

6T will disappoint 6 users in the coming 3 months

Zangetsu said:
6T will disappoint 6 users in the coming 3 months

Never ending game of OP

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Sujoy a friend of mine is using the 5t since the past 2-3 months. Let me tell you few things before you go for the same. The os is full of bugs. Many softwares are restricted by the os and hence do not work. About the camera, many other brands offer a much better camera and an IP rating in that range. I would suggest you to go for the S8+ in this range, show your wife the qwhd screen of Sammy and she will reject the op. Moreover once they release the T version after few months, your phone won't get its bug fixes.

Hmm i will put the words in her ears...let the fan vs logic war begains

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ok so I managed to change her mind...now what do you suggest under 50k within a week or max 30th may.

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sujoyp said:
ok so I managed to change her mind...now what do you suggest under 50k within a week or max 30th may.

S8/S8+ check Samsung's official site, tons of offers going on. Also check rates from the market. Congratulations in advance. BTW note 8 is around 52k in the market after discounts.

S8 s8plus are bit too old..i was thinking of lgv30 but saw lg v30s comming very soon.

Is the lg thinq worth waiting

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sujoyp said:
S8 s8plus are bit too old..i was thinking of lgv30 but saw lg v30s comming very soon.

Is the lg thinq worth waiting

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That notch+skin, please avoid. I would again suggest those two as I did in the last post, wait for goku or anupam to chip in.

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@sujoyp
Camera results of the op6 are out and as expected it sucks. Just a little improved when compared to the 5t's camera.

sujoyp said:
So OP6 is here...what you guys say.

I am slightly disappointed with useless secondry camera...no zoom, no wideangle,no b&w then why have it.

I am anyways going to have it this week as my wife is bigg fan of One plus..

OP 5T also had similar secondary camera. Only OP5 had zoom lens. I would say OP6 is a good all rounder at 35k.

Zangetsu said:
6T will disappoint 6 users in the coming 3 months

Maybe they won't do it 3rd time in a row, only time will tell....

sujoyp said:
ok so I managed to change her mind...now what do you suggest under 50k within a week or max 30th may.

I would suggest S8 at 40k, check locally. A friend of mine bought S9+ for 55k locally.

sujoyp said:
S8 s8plus are bit too old..i was thinking of lgv30 but saw lg v30s comming very soon.

Is the lg thinq worth waiting

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V30 Thin Q is V30 with AI additions. Normal V30 got that update as a software update.

I won't recommend LG V30 for a girl because it has inferior selfie camera compared to all other phones in that price range (except maybe Apple ones). 5MP front cam was a poor decision by LG. Although its rear camera is inferior to S8/Note 8 as well.

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anupam_pb said:
I would suggest S8 at 40k, check locally. A friend of mine bought S9+ for 55k locally.

V30 Thin Q is V30 with AI additions. Normal V30 got that update as a software update.

I won't recommend LG V30 for a girl because it has inferior selfie camera compared to all other phones in that price range (except maybe Apple ones). 5MP front cam was a poor decision by LG. Although its rear camera is inferior to S8/Note 8 as well.

S8+ 46 in local market after discount.
Vineet here also got the s9+ around the same price that you have mentioned.

Great..i will check locally before deciding

billubakra said:
S8+ 46 in local market after discount.
Vineet here also got the s9+ around the same price that you have mentioned.

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Just ordered the OP6. Scheduled to be delivered today. The buyback for my OP3 was about 8.3 k which made the 128 GB + 8GB version 31k and change , plus the SBI 2k buyback made it around 29 k , hence took the plunge. Hoping that the decision goes well for me. One question , do I need to return the charger alongside the OP3 or would they accept an aftermarket charger ?TIA

justgothere said:
Just ordered the OP6. Scheduled to be delivered today. The buyback for my OP3 was about 8.3 k which made the 128 GB + 8GB version 31k and change , plus the SBI 2k buyback made it around 29 k , hence took the plunge. Hoping that the decision goes well for me. One question , do I need to return the charger alongside the OP3 or would they accept an aftermarket charger ?TIA

8k is too low for OP3. No need to give any accessory with the phone. Keep the dash charger with you as it costs ~2k.

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SaiyanGoku said:
8k is too low for OP3. No need to give any accessory with the phone. Keep the dash charger with you as it costs ~2k.

Thanks Mate

justgothere said:
Just ordered the OP6. Scheduled to be delivered today. The buyback for my OP3 was about 8.3 k which made the 128 GB + 8GB version 31k and change , plus the SBI 2k buyback made it around 29 k , hence took the plunge. Hoping that the decision goes well for me. One question , do I need to return the charger alongside the OP3 or would they accept an aftermarket charger ?TIA

Congrats! do post a review once u receive

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Zangetsu said:
Congrats! do post a review once u receive

Just delivered , getting it set up. They have supplied a transparent plasticky back cover ( greyish and hopefully that wouldn't turn yellow as these type of covers usually do ). The question is why , is the glassy back not enough robust ? Yes , will post my user experience , though I'm very basic kind of user I'm afraid.

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justgothere said:
Just delivered , getting it set up. They have supplied a transparent plasticky back cover ( greyish and hopefully that wouldn't turn yellow as these type of covers usually do ). The question is why , is the glassy back not enough robust ? Yes , will post my user experience , though I'm very basic kind of user I'm afraid.

Post some photos from your basic pov so that sujoy can make a final call.

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Congo..

Glass is glass, and glass breaks

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Sujoy watch it+tons of bugs are in this phone like paint effect camera, low speaker sound. Some members are even complaining about the loss of VOLTE in both Sims. 1 more thing about 2 months back reviewers who were saying that 5t is a beast with the best camera in the segment, are now saying that it's subpar and the 6 is a powerhouse lol. After 4 months they will say the same for the 6t. Now I know how op's sales is increasing.

Yes you are correct..even i am not too satisfied with camera setup..its just another jack of all master of none phone..wannabe topend.

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Hello guys. Just sharing the user-experience in most incoherent and useless manner. As I have stated earlier that my needs are modest, usual calling , texting , a bit of social-networking , lot of Netflix and Prime video with headphone and quite minimal usage of camera. My impressions are that of a basic user who have upgraded from OP3 and NEEDS a two sim phone which is fast and smooth.
Let me rant :

The box contains the phone , few booklets , a charger , one grey back cover and a pin to unlock the sim-tray , all very much in line of the OP3 except the back cover.
You immediately notice that the phone is bigger and heavier , perceptibly so. Gone are the sharp ages and you often need two hands to use it , my palms are big but still it's a stretch.
The phone is fast , setting up is breeze , Face and fingerprint set up is easy and both are working fine . Face recognition is fast and working ok except in pitch darkness , perhaps that's expected.
One noticeable improvement is wifi , it is working at a farther distance from the home router than the OP3. It seems that calling has become faster too. Sound is ok while calling , nothing to complain about.
The screen is easy on the eye. The default color rendition didn't feel right so I have tweaked a bit and now it's ok.
All the apps are working fine so far.
Yet to use the camera.
Having said all this , I must say the I could have easily lived with the OP3 and perhaps could have saved 30K in the process. At least for me not worth the spend so far.

Hope I haven't bored you all to death. One screenshot of the desktop , where my favourite bird looks at me from a new perch

adios

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justgothere said:
Hello guys. Just sharing the user-experience in most incoherent and useless manner. As I have stated earlier that my needs are modest, usual calling , texting , a bit of social-networking , lot of Netflix and Prime video with headphone and quite minimal usage of camera. My impressions are that of a basic user who have upgraded from OP3 and NEEDS a two sim phone which is fast and smooth.
Let me rant :

The box contains the phone , few booklets , a charger , one grey back cover and a pin to unlock the sim-tray , all very much in line of the OP3 except the back cover.

You immediately notice that the phone is bigger and heavier , perceptibly so. Gone are the sharp ages and you often need two hands to use it , my palms are big but still it's a stretch.

The phone is fast , setting up is breeze , Face and fingerprint set up is easy and both are working fine . Face recognition is fast and working ok except in pitch darkness , perhaps that's expected.

One noticeable improvement is wifi , it is working at a farther distance from the home router than the OP3. It seems that calling has become faster too. Sound is ok while calling , nothing to complain about.

The screen is easy on the eye. The default color rendition didn't feel right so I have tweaked a bit and now it's ok.

All the apps are working fine so far.

Yet to use the camera.

Having said all this , I must say the I could have easily lived with the OP3 and perhaps could have saved 30K in the process. At least for me not worth the spend so far.

Hope I haven't bored you all to death. One screenshot of the desktop , where my favourite bird looks at me from a new perch

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You forgot to mention about the notch ha ha. The phone is good if someone's upgrading from a op phone but if you have used the Samsung Experience and a Galaxy, you will hate this trash. 8gigs of Ram is a gimmick. 4 or max 6 does the job just fine.

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sujoyp said:
Yes you are correct..even i am not too satisfied with camera setup..its just another jack of all master of none phone..wannabe topend.

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They will "fix" the camera in the 6t.
Get a S9+, it has the highest dxo score, I am ignoring that triple camera huawei phone because of the notch and skin.

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billubakra said:
They will "fix" the camera in the 6t.
Get a S9+, it has the highest dxo score, I am ignoring that triple camera huawei phone because of the notch and skin.

There is a huge price difference between S9+ & OP6.Slow updates and less or non existent developer support are a problem for Samsung phones

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Minion said:
There is a huge price difference between S9+ & OP6.Slow updates and less or non existent developer support are a problem for Samsung phones

8gb+128gb op is 40k, not sure someone recheck the price. Samsung s9+ is 64gb+6gb 52k after offers. For the additional price you are getting that state of the art display, vr, dolby speakers, those great headphones, sd card support, awesome camera and many more features. Op's camera=Asus zenfone camera which costs 10k.
Yes op gives more updates than Samsung but it is full of bugs, those updates are more or less of the security patches, which as per Google should be updated every month but no oem except Nokia is doing that at the moment. My friends 5t is on 1st April patch which was released with Oreo update. 1 more reason for "slow" Samsung updates is because they have to test the os at multiple levels before releasing the same to millions of users. Google hotspost, paint chipping issue, software blocking, memory consumed by others issues with op. These are just some of the issues. Op is successful thanks to its marketing strategies+the reviewers on yt.
About developer support, I don't think most users use custom roms and for those who do check xda tons of developer support is there.
Once you use the Samsung Experience, you will hate the stock Android.

I like Samsung S series phones even the Camera of S7 is excellent. But the only issue is their exaggerated price mark.
Which keeps most of the mid-segment buyers at bay.

sujoyp said:
Yes you are correct..even i am not too satisfied with camera setup..its just another jack of all master of none phone..wannabe topend.

Get the Lilac purple one.

checkout this video

Thanks for all the advice but I had to go against the advices . sometimes we need to just get things someone wants on birthday rather then analysing the logic behind it

I really wanted to check other options but ...I ordered

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sujoyp said:
Thanks for all the advice but I had to go against the advices . sometimes we need to just get things someone wants on birthday rather then analysing the logic behind it
I really wanted to check other options but ...I ordered

You should have told us earlier that it's her birthday lol. A women needs something on her birthday, no one can change her mind ha ha.
Congrats brother, wish her a very happy birthday.

Thanks

..phone was delivered yesterday evening..feels big in hand ..screen not better then g6..camera is better then g6..but no wide or zoom...speaker is not too loud..front cam is good.

Any questions?

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sujoyp said:
Thanks ..phone was delivered yesterday evening..feels big in hand ..screen not better then g6..camera is better then g6..but no wide or zoom...speaker is not too loud..front cam is good.

Any questions?

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If the camera is better than G6, then it's a good one. A friend of mine ordered one as well, will compare it against my S8 soon.

sujoyp said:
Thanks for all the advice but I had to go against the advices . sometimes we need to just get things someone wants on birthday rather then analysing the logic behind it
I really wanted to check other options but ...I ordered

Congrats! pics please

Zangetsu said:
Congrats! pics please

Will add pics at night

We bought the shiny black one as it was in stock, the greyish one was out of stock.
I can assure you that OP6 looks just like any other handset. Not a looker.

oh and forgot to mention...what ever good it looked is negated by its poor quality of cover provided.

out of the softtoys pics top is from G6 and bottom from OP6

*farm1.staticflickr.com/976/41604033814_a46f0c8d47_c.jpgOP6 (2) by Sujoy Packrasy, on Flickr

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@sujoyp
Any call drop/call not connecting issues in bhabhi's phone?

Nope..alll good..no complains yet..

billubakra said:
@sujoyp
Any call drop/call not connecting issues in bhabhi's phone?

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sujoyp said:
Nope..alll good..no complains yet..

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You are the lucky one I guess. Tons of users are reporting the same on XDA. Seems that it will be fixed in the 6t ha ha.

Really..but one plus continuously release patches..donno if its already fixed..we got a 600 mb update next day.

billubakra said:
You are the lucky one I guess. Tons of users are reporting the same on XDA. Seems that it will be fixed in the 6t ha ha.

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sujoyp said:
Really..but one plus continuously release patches..donno if its already fixed..we got a 600 mb update next day.

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Not fixed, as of now it is hardware fault. One of the op reps said that early adopters should be ready for these kinda issues lol

Yaah happens every time..nothing surprising

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