Previously on Lemmy: Motorola
Maybe we should just make this a series now.
Never settle for Oneplus.
I’ve always felt that Oneplus is a brand that I should like on principle of having clean software with barebones but powerful hardware, but in reality, every single Oneplus phone I’ve seen always had some sort of big BUTs attached to them, so buying Oneplus always feels like settling.
Take the Oneplus One for example, that sandstone textured cover was THE most creative material I felt a phone could have had, and I’m honestly shocked nobody has ever done it again. But along with that of course, comes with the cringy “smash your phone” marketing campaign, the half-hearted attempt to distance themselves from their parent company Oppo, the whole software mess with CyanogenMod/OxygenOS, etc.
Had a Oneplus 3T for a while, same deal: Great phone when it works as intended, but they raised their price without making the phone better, and the inexplicable random restarts/battery drain is so irritating, never had another phone that does that.
Recently they’ve dropped all pretense of not being Oppo and abandoned their core audience, choosing to have the “courage” to drop the headphone jack. Mediocre Chinese phones with flagship specs are a dime a dozen, I just don’t see a reason to buy them anymore.
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Used to be high spec and a low price. Now they’re average spec and an above-average price.
Nowadays phones are all pretty similar in price and spec, so I’d rather get a slightly more expensive phone from a company with proven, accessible warranty.
I’m using a OnePlus 6 right now. I’ve never had a problem, and I’ll probably stick with the brand.
Most of the OnePlus series, including older models, is fully supported by LineageOS, and unlocking the bootloader is straightforward. That were the most important reasons for me to go OnePlus. For me and my family there was nothing else comparably easily supported by Lineage with a good price/performance ratio. We currently use 6T and 8T models, that we bought used. The only downside for me is the lack of a notification light.
Pre ColorOS they were my goto. These days Pixel all the way.
They used to be great value, good specs for affordable prices, then slowly turned into premium shit when they got more popular. Same happening with Nothing now.
Exactly that, they were great until 4 or 5, I think. Then they became premium. It’s kinda a version of enshittifcation for hardware makers: Pander to enthusiast community at the start, get some marketshare and mindshare, then go premium and raise prices, abandoning the original group of fans.
I’ve had the 3t for a couple of years until the 6t came out and I’m still using that to this day. I’ve been happy with both of them, the 6t still works well and although e.g. the camera isn’t the greatest I have no intention of getting another phone until this one is completely dead.
That said, I wouldn’t buy a newer models since the pricing policy and the move away from their former principles made them a mediocre phone amongst many and I would definitely get a Pixel next if I had to.
I had a few Oneplus phones, but the 7 pro was my last of theirs. the 5 and 7 pro were phenomenal phones and the 7 pro is still one of my favorites phones ever. That being said, I didn’t like the direction they were going and the full merge with Oppo so that oneplus phones are basically stripped down version of Oppo phones, just soured me to them completely. Then you have their non-existent customer service reputation and they’ve been put on my list to avoid.
I was a huge fan of Oneplus, but will not buy any of their products again
I appreciate they have unlocked bootloaders. Now that I’m comfortable upgrading my old phones with the latest Android and security updates I’ll never buy another phone that doesn’t let me unlock the bootloader like Samsung. It’s why I replaced my Note.
I am only slightly better than a “casual” user in terms of Android phones. The most I’ve done is flash LineageOS on my phone. I think smartphones have reached the pinnacle for users like me. Like TVs I’m really wondering where smartphones could possibly go from here. As long as all the apps work and the battery can last a full working day I don’t think I’ll be replacing my 8T any time soon.
If there’s one thing I’d be looking for it would be Android’s answer to iMessage. But that ball is in Google’s court. Ideally it would be an open protocol, preferably they would just adopt something that already exists, like Matrix Chat.
Matrix does seem to be the way forward, but last time I used Element it was absurdly slow, so I don’t think it’s ready yet.
I really liked my Oneplus 8T for about 90% of the time I had it. Liked the look, good size, felt well built with that glass back, but then it just completely became unusable in the span of about three months. Definitely in “good” phone territory, but am a little hesitant to get another device.
I would prefer Pixel or Motorola
My 5T has been my daily driver for years. I’ve replaced the battery & USB port on it once so far, and that’s it. I’ve also run LineageOS (rooted + Magisk) since day 1, which I agree is its own set of challenges. Seriously no complaints and I’m not really shopping for anything more right now.
If the Fairphone 5 specs are solid I may take the plunge, but for my needs nothing else out there has been compelling enough to make a change.
I’ve always been thinking about switching to a 3rd party OS, but been kindof wary due to bank apps and such. Do they work with LineageOS as well?
I use my bank apps and GPay without too many issues. There’s a checklist to follow for Lineage + Magisk + some modules & settings, but it works.
Some hotel apps won’t work, but I don’t stay at those places often enough to matter.
Alright, thanks 👍
I’m using OP6 and for 2023 it’s rocking like a brand new phone. Everything works exactly as I want and I rooted and installed AOSP 13 so I’m pretty much up to date, about the new ones I’m not quite sure what to say; far as I heard the new OnePlus is Nothing Phone
Got the 6 as well in 2018, and it also works like new. Honestly not sure what to get if it dies on me. Most modern $500 phones I’ve looked at have weaker specs.
Got an OP6 back in 2019 and definitely has that new phone energy. Sadly I suffer from LinusDropItis and so my phone has developed a cracked corner that is now essentially a crack in the corner of my heart. Thinking about 11, but would rather stick with OP6 until the battery or screen goes. This warrior has lasted me longer than my last 3 phones combined. Carl Pei was 1/2 of the Oneplus founder’s team together with Pete Lau. He left Oneplus/OPPO in 2020 and announced Nothing Phone in 2021. I just had my hands on a Nothing (1) a couple days back, and I really wanna like it, but the lights just seem too strange for me.
Fun fact: Steve Huffman (CEO of Reddit) is one of the investors of Nothing Phone https://us.nothing.tech/pages/about
My friend recommended the brand saying he never had a problem with it and it was as fast as the day he got it. My wife got one because her Pixel 3 died (apparently a relatively common thing for that model). Then after my wife got one my friend started complaining about his phone and my wife didn’t like her new phone. Then he got a pixel lol. Then I got one. It’s a nice phone. The Pixel 3 was my wife’s favorite before it died. So 2 years later we ditched the one plus for a new Pixel for her.
It seems like one plus used to be a good brand and maybe my friend had some loyalty still or his phone coincidentally started to slow down right after he recommended it lol
OnePlus got purchased by Oppo, and it hasn’t been as special since
The founder left and made “Nothing” phones after Oppo’s takeover
Again, OnePlus did not get purchase by Oppo; it was always Oppo, and Carl Pei was a mid-level executive at Oppo when he founded OnePlus.
I got a OnePlus Nord. I think they are pushing too many phones. They do like Xiaomi, they announce a phone, it doesn’t even have time to arrive in the stores that a new one is already announced. This is confusing as they need to resort to ridiculous naming like “OnePlus Nord 2 ce lite se 5g”. Stores can’t hold 100 identical phones that are differing only in the name. The store where i bought my Nord, dropped OnePlus entirely because “we already carry Oppo, vivo, realme, it’s the same brand”
And this reflects also in the updates. They can’t possibly continue to send updates with this many phones.
I like to get a phone that gets at least 3 years of updates, but in total for the bbk group it means supporting and testing 400 phone models at the same time? They have thousands of employees but they’re not enough , what happens is that software development is basically dropped as soon the new model comes out
Why can’t they do like Apple??? Just three phones per year. Easier to market, easier to support…
