The OnePlus One Review
by Joshua Ho on November 19, 2014 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
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WiFi
On the OnePlus One, it's quite surprising to see the retention of 802.11ac WiFi as such features are often the first to be cut to reduce the price of a product. In the case of the OnePlus One, we see Qualcomm Atheros' WCN3680 solution, which is a single spatial stream for a maximum physical link rate of 433 Mbps. While the physical link rate is one thing, practical bandwidth and performance is another. In order to test this, we use iperf on Android with Asus' RT-AC68U for maximum perfomance in this area.
In this test, I saw that the OnePlus One noticeably out-performed the rest of the single stream competition, but I suspect that there are some irregularities here as iperf would report bandwidth above 433 Mbps in certain cases. Subjectively, there are no real issues with WiFi performance and one should have little issue with this on the OnePlus One.
GNSS
As one might have guessed, the OnePlus One leverages the on-die modem for GNSS. This means that one can expect IZat (GPSOne) gen 8B. In general, I haven't found any issues with GPS on this device. With a cold lock (airplane mode on, no assistance data) I found that it took around 50 seconds to first acquire position, then around another 30 seconds to get high accuracy.
Misc
The haptic feedback on the OnePlus One is noticeably different from every other device I've used, with much more noise than vibration. The same TI BQ27541 fuel gauge is shared with the Oppo Find 7A, as is the TI BQ24196 charger chip. Reception, at least for T-Mobile US' band 4/AWS LTE is noticeably worse than most devices that I've tried. The dual speakers are loud and the quality is relatively good, but no better than what one might find on the iPhone 6.
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wrkingclass_hero - Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - link
Wow, I am surprised that you guys reviewed this. Thank you.leexgx - Saturday, November 22, 2014 - link
not read the review yet but one note for EU buyers who want 4G it lacks band 20 4G800 support so it may not work on some networks in the EU (like UK O2, part support for EE and 3 due to some masts using 4G800), they need to make a revision EU model that supports the band 20MantasPakenas - Monday, November 24, 2014 - link
I'm surprised they didn't review some other great phones that are actually for sale. E.g. Sony Xperia Z3 (including the compact version)...paulstraker6 - Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - link
I have an invitation to buy this phone If anyone want to use it.INVITE CODE - GLC0-VOVS-HM2M-UZDX - One - 64 GB Sandstone Black.
account.oneplus.net/invite/claim/GLC0-VOVS-HM2M-UZDX
Pls use the above link or inv code to buy the phone and need to use it today.
garretelder - Thursday, December 4, 2014 - link
The OnePlus One will never rank among the top phones (see rankings such as http://www.topreport.org/phones/).paulstraker6 - Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - link
I have an invitation to buy this phone If anyone want to use it.INVITE CODE - GLC0-VOVS-HM2M-UZDX - One - 64 GB Sandstone Black.
account.oneplus.net/invite/claim/GLC0-VOVS-HM2M-UZDX
Pls use the above link or inv code to buy the phone and need to use it today.
flyingpants1 - Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - link
Great battery, but too big. 5.25" should do it.Ortanon - Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - link
Size problems aren't just a screen thing: http://tabtec.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/LG-G3...tipoo - Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - link
Yeah, but it couldn't have accommodated such a large battery with a smaller one. It's bezels are also a bit larger than some phones with the same or larger screen size, but same thing there, it's for the battery, no space is wasted.dragosmp - Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - link
They could make it thicker :)