https://www.anandtech.com/show/16794/oneplus-9-performance-examination
"We have detected that OnePlus is blacklisting popular applications away from the its fastest cores, causing slow down in typical workloads such as web browsing."
"The only sensible rationale for such a decision is to improve a device’s power efficiency and battery life. The OnePlus 9 Pro, even though it advertises itself as using the latest LTPO OLED technology as Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra for example, still suffers from notably worse power characteristics and worse power efficiency. In our web-browsing battery life test, even with this performance crippling mechanism in place, with both devices at 120Hz under the same test conditions, the OnePlus 9 Pro achieves 11.75 hours of runtime, versus the S21 Ultra’s 13.98 hours, the latter which runs at the SoC’s full performance potential."
"While application behaviour and performance varies case by case, the one aspect that holds true in almost all scenarios is that the OnePlus 9 Pro doesn’t deliver on the full characteristics of the Snapdragon 888. In blacklisted/detected applications, when and if the X1 cores are being used at all, frequencies beyond 2.38GHz are unreachable save for brief booster moments. The vast majority of apps fall back to 2GHz Cortex-A78 cores. This is all a bit ironic as the reason the larger more performance X-series cores were created in the first place was to serve high transient response performance workloads, something they’re not allowed to do here."
"We have detected that OnePlus is blacklisting popular applications away from the its fastest cores, causing slow down in typical workloads such as web browsing."
"The only sensible rationale for such a decision is to improve a device’s power efficiency and battery life. The OnePlus 9 Pro, even though it advertises itself as using the latest LTPO OLED technology as Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra for example, still suffers from notably worse power characteristics and worse power efficiency. In our web-browsing battery life test, even with this performance crippling mechanism in place, with both devices at 120Hz under the same test conditions, the OnePlus 9 Pro achieves 11.75 hours of runtime, versus the S21 Ultra’s 13.98 hours, the latter which runs at the SoC’s full performance potential."
"While application behaviour and performance varies case by case, the one aspect that holds true in almost all scenarios is that the OnePlus 9 Pro doesn’t deliver on the full characteristics of the Snapdragon 888. In blacklisted/detected applications, when and if the X1 cores are being used at all, frequencies beyond 2.38GHz are unreachable save for brief booster moments. The vast majority of apps fall back to 2GHz Cortex-A78 cores. This is all a bit ironic as the reason the larger more performance X-series cores were created in the first place was to serve high transient response performance workloads, something they’re not allowed to do here."
AnandTech
Examining OnePlus' Performance Behaviour: Optimization or Misrepresentation?
Benchmarks and performance measurements are a main-stay of evaluation of devices and integral parts of the review process for a lot of people – including both actual consumers as well as publications or analysts as ourselves. In the past, when this relationship…
https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/1412823855169736710
"Our top priority is always delivering a great user experience with our products, based in part on acting quickly on important user feedback. Following the launch of the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro in March, some users told us about some areas where we could improve the devices' battery life and heat management. As a result of this feedback, our team has been working over the past few months to optimize the devices' performance when using 300 of the most popular apps, including Chrome, by matching the app's processor requirements with the most appropriate power. This has helped to provide a smooth experience while reducing power consumption. While this may impact the devices' performance in some benchmarking apps, our focus as always is to do what we can to improve the performance of the device for our users."
"Our top priority is always delivering a great user experience with our products, based in part on acting quickly on important user feedback. Following the launch of the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro in March, some users told us about some areas where we could improve the devices' battery life and heat management. As a result of this feedback, our team has been working over the past few months to optimize the devices' performance when using 300 of the most popular apps, including Chrome, by matching the app's processor requirements with the most appropriate power. This has helped to provide a smooth experience while reducing power consumption. While this may impact the devices' performance in some benchmarking apps, our focus as always is to do what we can to improve the performance of the device for our users."
The Head of Strategic Planning for the Nord subbrand uses an iPhone as their daily driver
https://twitter.com/_inliuof/status/1411966500139769857
https://twitter.com/_inliuof/status/1411966500139769857
https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/07/14/the-969-base-model-oneplus-9-pro-is-never-coming-to-the-us/
Android Police
OnePlus says it will never sell the base model OnePlus 9 Pro in the US
When OnePlus launched the 9 Pro, the company highlighted the $969 starting price for the new phone in an 8GB/128GB "base" model. Unfortunately, it wasn't
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQIlOUmtaJs&t=109
OxygenOS has already become ColorOS with a different theme
OxygenOS has already become ColorOS with a different theme
YouTube
OnePlus NORD 2: OxygenOS Meets ColorOS!
OnePlus has just launched the new OnePlus NORD 2 and this is a phone that shows us the OxygenOS + ColorOS changes that are starting to happen and oh, the pho...
https://9to5google.com/2021/07/22/oneplus-oxygenos-is-now-a-skin-on-top-of-oppos-coloros-starting-w-nord-2/
https://twitter.com/AdamConwayIE/status/1418235297893081090
Confirmed by 9to5Google and Adam Conway.
https://twitter.com/AdamConwayIE/status/1418235297893081090
Confirmed by 9to5Google and Adam Conway.
9to5Google
OnePlus’ OxygenOS is now a skin on top of Oppo’s ColorOS, starting w/ Nord 2
The Nord 2 being its launch vehicle, OnePlus is now officially offering its OxygenOS as a skin on top of Oppo's ColorOS, on top of Android.
OnePlus 7 and 7T series updated to fix Widevine L1 issue, but you may have to work for it https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/07/30/oneplus-7-and-7-pro-updated-to-fix-widevine-l1-issue-but-you-may-have-to-work-for-it/
Android Police
OnePlus 7 and 7T series updated to fix Widevine L1 issue, but you may have to work for it
J̶u̶l̶y̶ June security patch included
https://mobile.twitter.com/eranksh/status/1421726749071532035?s=19
Update :- The tweet got removed (probably one plus got to them with damage control)
So here is the gist -
--- Ankur Sharma on Twitter : Today morning around 6AM IST, my wife went out for cycling with her new OnePlus Nord 2 (5days old) in her sling. All of a sudden phone blasted and smoke started coming out of it. Due to this blast, she met with an accident. She is in trauma after this incident 😞 ---
Update :- The tweet got removed (probably one plus got to them with damage control)
So here is the gist -
--- Ankur Sharma on Twitter : Today morning around 6AM IST, my wife went out for cycling with her new OnePlus Nord 2 (5days old) in her sling. All of a sudden phone blasted and smoke started coming out of it. Due to this blast, she met with an accident. She is in trauma after this incident 😞 ---
https://twitter.com/OnePlus_IN/status/1424640496585093125
The OnePlus Buds Pro is only currently available for purchase in China
The OnePlus Buds Pro is only currently available for purchase in China
Twitter
OnePlus India
Name a better duo, we will wait. Enjoy fast and smooth pairing with #OnePlusBudsPro #HearTheUnheard
OnePlus 8T joins the 8 and 8 Pro with update that adds bloat and AOD Bitmoji
https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/08/17/oneplus-8-and-8-pro-update-adds-bloat-and-bitmoji-for-you-to-play-with/
https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/08/17/oneplus-8-and-8-pro-update-adds-bloat-and-bitmoji-for-you-to-play-with/
Android Police
OnePlus 8T joins the 8 and 8 Pro with update that adds bloat and AOD Bitmoji
As your phone ages, the rate at which new features arrive tends to seriously slow down — and the gap between getting new ones increases, too. This
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