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.
I’m still on my 5T. A lovely device and I’ll use it for as long as I can (replaced the battery once already). My only two complaints would be the lack of stabilization on the camera and a slightly dim display in daylight.
Apart from that - it’s everything I want in a phone, but I won’t buy another oneplus. No audio jack and a real stiff price increase. If I were to switch today I’d probably aim for asus zenphone lineup if I can afford it.
Yeah I had the 5T and gave up on it after the battery started to get horrible. but for a couple of years before that, I quite enjoyed it.
That was actually one of the things I looked up before buying it. Opening up the device is doable, if a bit difficult. Phone felt like new after the replacement, and is still going strong after almost 6 years now.
Only trouble I’ve had is finding new phone cases xD