OnePlus Buds are failing left and right
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OnePlus Buds are failing left and right
The OnePlus Buds might be great cheap Apple AirPods alternatives, but of course, that's only true when they actually work. It seems that many people who
7Pro front camera stopped working, it's gonna cost me isn't it? :/
https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/comments/k8um0k/7pro_front_camera_stopped_working_its_gonna_cost/
https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/comments/k8um0k/7pro_front_camera_stopped_working_its_gonna_cost/
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OnePlus 7 & 7T series is facing data decryption failure after the upgrade to Android 11.
https://www.gizchina.com/2020/12/17/oneplus-7-7t-series-are-facing-some-problems-with-the-android-11-update/
https://www.gizchina.com/2020/12/17/oneplus-7-7t-series-are-facing-some-problems-with-the-android-11-update/
Gizchina
OnePlus 7/7T series are facing some problems with the Android 11 update
OnePlus 7/7T series are facing some problems with the Android 11 update. The company is working with Qualcomm to fix the issue.
OnePlus will not be releasing Android 11 for the 7/7T series in December like originally promised.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/kewiyk/oneplus_will_not_be_releasing_android_11_for_the/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/kewiyk/oneplus_will_not_be_releasing_android_11_for_the/
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https://www.gizmochina.com/2021/01/21/oneplus-oppo-rd-merges-software-features-unaffected/
*2018 OnePlus* - "We are an independent company"
*2018 OnePlus* - "We are an independent company"
Gizmochina
OnePlus merges with OPPO’s R&D department, software features will remain unaffected: Report
Earlier this week, a new report had surfaced that stated that OnePlus and OPPO have merged their respective research and development departments into one. Both brands have now merged their R&D but will still offer unique features and software. As per a new…
https://www.91mobiles.com/hub/oneplus-9-pro-two-year-warranty-not-in-india/
Hey let's not give 2 year warranty to our biggest market (India) and the second biggest market (US)
Hey let's not give 2 year warranty to our biggest market (India) and the second biggest market (US)
91mobiles.com |
OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro India variants will not get two years of warranty
OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro India launch is on March 23rd and the company has confirmed the two-year warranty offer is not available in the country.
The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro have different SKUs again for the North American unlocked and carrier variants, European and Indian models. The North American variant of the 9 has CDMA for Verizon but does not support mmWave, the T-Mobile variant has IP68 water and dust resistance while the unlocked models do not and the Indian variant has a whopping two 5G bands.
The OnePlus 9 also does not have OIS while the cheaper 8T (and by extension the 9R do), they also downgraded the frame on the 9 to plastic. Cameras don't seem great according to reviewers either.
Edit: The Indian version of the OnePlus 9 also lacks wireless charging.
The OnePlus 9 also does not have OIS while the cheaper 8T (and by extension the 9R do), they also downgraded the frame on the 9 to plastic. Cameras don't seem great according to reviewers either.
Edit: The Indian version of the OnePlus 9 also lacks wireless charging.
Let's also talk about the 9R, it's a rebranded 8T with a Snapdragon 870 and a plastic back. Everything else including the cameras and the band support (one 5G band) is identical.
The Verge about the 9 Pro
https://www.theverge.com/22344840/oneplus-9-pro-review-price-camera-screen-specs
"The camera system is good, but it can’t quite match the quality you get from an iPhone 12 Pro Max or Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. It handles a variety of conditions quite well, but sometimes I just had to take an extra beat to compose my shot. It let me better judge what the viewfinder was showing and, honestly, gave me time to try the shot again."
"I like the colors the 9 Pro produces, but sometimes it just tries too hard and whiffs. Similarly, OnePlus seems to want to bring a little of that Pixel contrast magic to bear but instead just oversharpens. And lightening shadows is sometimes laudable, but not when it adds completely unnecessary and distracting image noise."
"I loved using it (ultrawide camera) right up until it went haywire with sharpening."
"The telephoto camera is 3.3x, and it’s not anything special at that zoom level. Beyond it, digital zoom is kind of a mess. It gets pantsed by the S21 Ultra with its periscope-style lens. There’s also a monochrome camera that serves only as a helper for the rest of the system, but I suspect it’s not doing anything especially important. OnePlus did drop the gimmicky and pointless “color filter” camera from last year’s 8 Pro this time around. It will probably drop the monochrome camera next year, if I had to guess.
OnePlus’ software-focused Nightscape mode works really well for capturing nighttime shots, although to my tastes, it over-brightens the image. Portrait mode is a mixed bag; heads often look artificially cut out from the blurry background. Again, I can get good shots, but portrait mode was often one of those situations where I needed to try the shot a second time. The selfie camera is passable in good light but falls down fast in the dark.
Unfortunately, video is equally messy. The OnePlus 9 Pro will let you shoot up to 8K 30 or 4K 120, but neither looked good. In fact, regular old 4K 30 has that overprocessed and oversharpened look you see so often from smartphones. The big new feature is improved HDR for backlit subjects, but the effect is minimal at best."
https://www.theverge.com/22344840/oneplus-9-pro-review-price-camera-screen-specs
"The camera system is good, but it can’t quite match the quality you get from an iPhone 12 Pro Max or Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. It handles a variety of conditions quite well, but sometimes I just had to take an extra beat to compose my shot. It let me better judge what the viewfinder was showing and, honestly, gave me time to try the shot again."
"I like the colors the 9 Pro produces, but sometimes it just tries too hard and whiffs. Similarly, OnePlus seems to want to bring a little of that Pixel contrast magic to bear but instead just oversharpens. And lightening shadows is sometimes laudable, but not when it adds completely unnecessary and distracting image noise."
"I loved using it (ultrawide camera) right up until it went haywire with sharpening."
"The telephoto camera is 3.3x, and it’s not anything special at that zoom level. Beyond it, digital zoom is kind of a mess. It gets pantsed by the S21 Ultra with its periscope-style lens. There’s also a monochrome camera that serves only as a helper for the rest of the system, but I suspect it’s not doing anything especially important. OnePlus did drop the gimmicky and pointless “color filter” camera from last year’s 8 Pro this time around. It will probably drop the monochrome camera next year, if I had to guess.
OnePlus’ software-focused Nightscape mode works really well for capturing nighttime shots, although to my tastes, it over-brightens the image. Portrait mode is a mixed bag; heads often look artificially cut out from the blurry background. Again, I can get good shots, but portrait mode was often one of those situations where I needed to try the shot a second time. The selfie camera is passable in good light but falls down fast in the dark.
Unfortunately, video is equally messy. The OnePlus 9 Pro will let you shoot up to 8K 30 or 4K 120, but neither looked good. In fact, regular old 4K 30 has that overprocessed and oversharpened look you see so often from smartphones. The big new feature is improved HDR for backlit subjects, but the effect is minimal at best."
The Verge
OnePlus 9 Pro review: a refined, niche flagship
The top of the line from OnePlus is a nice alternative to Samsung.
AP's review- the heading itself tells a lot "OnePlus 9 Pro review: An upgrade today isn't worth an update tomorrow; One step forward, two security patches back"
https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/03/23/oneplus-9-pro-review/
"The fingerprint sensor in the 9 Pro does have one big flaw: It's way too far down on the screen, close to the bottom edge. It's not ergonomic, but it's also just an awkward spot to hit accurately. Some long-term OnePlus users have also had issues with burn-in from the optical sensor's display-based illumination."
Already has a lot of bugs in the software
"Poor Bluetooth audio performance, with frequent disconnections (using OnePlus' own Buds) even in uncongested areas.
Issues with dark themes in certain apps like Slack.
Weird stutters or green flashes watching videos in some apps.
Some missed calls with full bars — it just wouldn't ring.
More frequently dropped calls in areas with a marginal signal.
The camera would sometimes randomly open when the phone was set on a surface or drop me into a "tap to launch camera" screen it shows when the camera is idle for too long.
Content declaring wide-color support dramatically adjusts white point and display temperature from your current configuration — distracting in apps like YouTube."
"OnePlus also hasn't kept up with software as well as it should. Long ago, its two years of OS updates and three years of security patches promise was competitive, but now it's near the bottom of what you can expect for a flagship phone. The company is slow to roll out major OS updates and tends to ignore its older devices (when it isn't just releasing buggy software on them). While I'm confident that OnePlus will give the 9 Pro the attention it deserves in 2021, I'm more concerned about how it will fare in 2022 or 2023 when the company has moved on to newer models"
"General performance was quite good, as you'd expect for the latest Snapdragon 888, though I did have one weird hiccup: Something about touch latency felt odd or a little laggy at times, especially while typing fast in Gboard."
"Furthermore, the wireless charger is kind of loud with the fan on, and the fan stays on constantly while the phone is docked, even once it's fully charged, unless you kick things over into "bedtime mode" for lower-power fan-free operation."
"A camera is never blanket good or bad, and outside the unfortunately strong lens flare, I actually think the 9 Pro can do a good job in low-light. But my examples still show the sorts of inconsistencies that indicate unpredictable and unreliable performance. In short: The OnePlus 9 Pro doesn't usually leave me saying "wow" on a positive note after shooting a photo, as the Pixel so frequently can."
"OnePlus has a long-standing reputation for wormy, muddy processing that tends to destroy the texture of faces or fine details, and so far, that's still an issue with the 9 Pro. It's not a small problem, and for some of us at Android Police, that makes this phone a $1,000 non-starter. While it does do a good job with strong contrasting edges, fine low-contrast details tend to get ruined. So the edges of objects or details like tree branches can come out nice, but it still manages to destroy the finer more subtle texture in scenes. On top of that, the telephoto is regularly washed out and outright bad. And it's upsetting, because I really do like some of the photos I took with the 9 Pro, but I just can't rely on it to do a good job every time like I can with a Pixel. "
"The benefits of this Hasselblad partnership are overstated, and the quality of results remain OnePlus-inconsistent. If I had to choose a phone based on photo quality today, it would be a cheaper Pixel or a more expensive Galaxy S21 Ultra."
https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/03/23/oneplus-9-pro-review/
"The fingerprint sensor in the 9 Pro does have one big flaw: It's way too far down on the screen, close to the bottom edge. It's not ergonomic, but it's also just an awkward spot to hit accurately. Some long-term OnePlus users have also had issues with burn-in from the optical sensor's display-based illumination."
Already has a lot of bugs in the software
"Poor Bluetooth audio performance, with frequent disconnections (using OnePlus' own Buds) even in uncongested areas.
Issues with dark themes in certain apps like Slack.
Weird stutters or green flashes watching videos in some apps.
Some missed calls with full bars — it just wouldn't ring.
More frequently dropped calls in areas with a marginal signal.
The camera would sometimes randomly open when the phone was set on a surface or drop me into a "tap to launch camera" screen it shows when the camera is idle for too long.
Content declaring wide-color support dramatically adjusts white point and display temperature from your current configuration — distracting in apps like YouTube."
"OnePlus also hasn't kept up with software as well as it should. Long ago, its two years of OS updates and three years of security patches promise was competitive, but now it's near the bottom of what you can expect for a flagship phone. The company is slow to roll out major OS updates and tends to ignore its older devices (when it isn't just releasing buggy software on them). While I'm confident that OnePlus will give the 9 Pro the attention it deserves in 2021, I'm more concerned about how it will fare in 2022 or 2023 when the company has moved on to newer models"
"General performance was quite good, as you'd expect for the latest Snapdragon 888, though I did have one weird hiccup: Something about touch latency felt odd or a little laggy at times, especially while typing fast in Gboard."
"Furthermore, the wireless charger is kind of loud with the fan on, and the fan stays on constantly while the phone is docked, even once it's fully charged, unless you kick things over into "bedtime mode" for lower-power fan-free operation."
"A camera is never blanket good or bad, and outside the unfortunately strong lens flare, I actually think the 9 Pro can do a good job in low-light. But my examples still show the sorts of inconsistencies that indicate unpredictable and unreliable performance. In short: The OnePlus 9 Pro doesn't usually leave me saying "wow" on a positive note after shooting a photo, as the Pixel so frequently can."
"OnePlus has a long-standing reputation for wormy, muddy processing that tends to destroy the texture of faces or fine details, and so far, that's still an issue with the 9 Pro. It's not a small problem, and for some of us at Android Police, that makes this phone a $1,000 non-starter. While it does do a good job with strong contrasting edges, fine low-contrast details tend to get ruined. So the edges of objects or details like tree branches can come out nice, but it still manages to destroy the finer more subtle texture in scenes. On top of that, the telephoto is regularly washed out and outright bad. And it's upsetting, because I really do like some of the photos I took with the 9 Pro, but I just can't rely on it to do a good job every time like I can with a Pixel. "
"The benefits of this Hasselblad partnership are overstated, and the quality of results remain OnePlus-inconsistent. If I had to choose a phone based on photo quality today, it would be a cheaper Pixel or a more expensive Galaxy S21 Ultra."
Android Police
OnePlus 9 Pro review: An upgrade today isn't worth an update tomorrow
OnePlus has been hugely successful in 2020. It's the only company in the US that managed to grow during the pandemic and decline of smartphone sales.
AP review conclusion
"But I still hesitate to recommend it to everyone outright, especially given the nearly $1,000 price. Even if you like the camera performance (which still has its objective drawbacks and the company's usual muddy processing) OnePlus still has one very big problem right now: Updates. It just isn't taking software seriously. The Android 10 rollout for the OnePlus 6 was botched last year, and this year the OnePlus 7 series had similar issues on top of being even later. I have zero faith that OnePlus will gracefully handle the Android 12 update for the 8 series next year, and that's ignoring the fact that it's base update policy simply isn't competitive for 2021. We're keeping our phones longer and longer, and OnePlus's middling software commitment does not justify the 9 Pro's nearly $1,000 price. If I was buying an Android smartphone in the US in this range today, for my money, I'd probably opt for a Galaxy S21+ or wait for a sale on the S21 Ultra."
"But I still hesitate to recommend it to everyone outright, especially given the nearly $1,000 price. Even if you like the camera performance (which still has its objective drawbacks and the company's usual muddy processing) OnePlus still has one very big problem right now: Updates. It just isn't taking software seriously. The Android 10 rollout for the OnePlus 6 was botched last year, and this year the OnePlus 7 series had similar issues on top of being even later. I have zero faith that OnePlus will gracefully handle the Android 12 update for the 8 series next year, and that's ignoring the fact that it's base update policy simply isn't competitive for 2021. We're keeping our phones longer and longer, and OnePlus's middling software commitment does not justify the 9 Pro's nearly $1,000 price. If I was buying an Android smartphone in the US in this range today, for my money, I'd probably opt for a Galaxy S21+ or wait for a sale on the S21 Ultra."