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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2021
Original review below for comparison. Good hardware still needs good software and in this regard Oneplus have failed with their android 12 roll out. After 3 beta tests the stable release broke some essential features (like mobile signal...) And removed some existing ones (One plus have now withdrawn the update for further work). If you need a new phone get a pixel 6 or an S21 instead.
Old review:
Good things (coming from an s20 ultra)
-Latest Snapdragon chip
-The matte finish on the back is better than shiny glass.
-Fingerprint reader is very fast and much more accurate than my last phone.
-Oxygen OS is close enough to stock android to use as is (sooo much better than One UI).
-Supplied wired charger is superfast!
-Camera is pretty good so far. I prefer not having super saturated photos as I did with the s20 ultra.
-Comes with a case
-Battery life is good, the phone lasts me the day.
-Cheaper than a Samsung
-The whole throttling thing
-Despite that it can get quite hot under heavy load.
-One+ are apparently merging oxygen OS with Colour OS and future updates will be based on that.
-Not much clarity on the number of OS updates for the device (Samsung are actually good at this now, how things change).
-No SD card slot or headphone jack.
I guess I'm happy enough. I think the days of new phones surprising with design or new features are long gone. This is a good device with a few drawbacks that will nonetheless do very well for most people at a slightly lower pricepoint than its competitors.
Old review:
Good things (coming from an s20 ultra)
-Latest Snapdragon chip
-The matte finish on the back is better than shiny glass.
-Fingerprint reader is very fast and much more accurate than my last phone.
-Oxygen OS is close enough to stock android to use as is (sooo much better than One UI).
-Supplied wired charger is superfast!
-Camera is pretty good so far. I prefer not having super saturated photos as I did with the s20 ultra.
-Comes with a case
-Battery life is good, the phone lasts me the day.
-Cheaper than a Samsung
-The whole throttling thing
-Despite that it can get quite hot under heavy load.
-One+ are apparently merging oxygen OS with Colour OS and future updates will be based on that.
-Not much clarity on the number of OS updates for the device (Samsung are actually good at this now, how things change).
-No SD card slot or headphone jack.
I guess I'm happy enough. I think the days of new phones surprising with design or new features are long gone. This is a good device with a few drawbacks that will nonetheless do very well for most people at a slightly lower pricepoint than its competitors.
