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OnePlus 5 and 5T will get Netflix and Amazon Prime HD streaming soon confirms OnePlus

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OnePlus 5 and 5T are a great value for money phones currently in the market with no close competition. However, all is not that good with the phones as they lack the ability to play HD content from sources like Netflix, Amazon, Google Play Movies, etc. This is due to the lack of support for the correct DRM level for HD playback. The issue has been pointed by members at the OnePlus forum and is nothing that is new for OnePlus devices.
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OnePlus 5T OxygenOS 4.7.4 update brings optimized Camera UI, improvements in photo quality and more

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OnePlus 5T has received its second OxygenOS update to version 4.7.4, couple of weeks after the OxygenOS 4.7.2 update that brought several fixes and improvements. The latest update brings optimized Camera UI and improvements to photo quality along with optimizations for audio from loudspeaker and headphones, face unlock and more. It also improves stability of fingerprint and GPS along with the usual set of bug fixes and stability improvements. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T OxygenOS 4.7.4 update brings optimized Camera UI, improvements in photo quality and more”

OnePlus 5T Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating

OnePlus launched the flagship OnePlus 5T smartphone in India last month. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 3300mAh battery battery, same as the predecessor and supports its own Dash Charge fast charging technology. It has a 6.01-inch Full HD+ Optic AMOLED display, is powered by Snapdragon 835, has 6/8GB of RAM and runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) with Oxygen OS. Check out the test results. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating”

OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS beta update brings aptX HD support, Gallery photo map view and more

OnePlus has released new Oreo-based open betas (Beta 19 for OnePlus 3T and Beta 28 for OnePlus 3) that brings several new features including support for aptX/aptX HD, better shortcut menu, photo map in Gallery to view photos by location, emergency information (ICE) in Contacts to add your personal information and more along with several optimizations and bug fixes.

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OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition announced in India

OnePlus, one of the sponsors of Comic Con India that is happening in Bengaluru, just introduced the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition smartphone at the event. This comes after the Lava Red OnePlus 5T that was introduced in China earlier this week. The OnePlus 5T was launched in India and other countries only in Midnight Black color. The phone went on open sale in the country earlier this week. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition announced in India”

OnePlus introduces Lava Red OnePlus 5T

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OnePlus introduced its flagship OnePlus 5T smartphone in Midnight Black variant. Today at its launch event in China the company has introduced a new Lava Red commemorative edition of the smartphone.This has black bezel on the front and comes with bright red finish on the back and the sides of the phone.

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OnePlus 5T goes on open sale in India starting at Rs. 32999

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OnePlus launched its flagship OnePlus 5T smartphone earlier this month, which went on early sale in India on November 21st. Today the smartphone went on open sale in the country on Amazon.in, oneplusstore.in, select Croma stores and OnePlus Experience zones in Bangalore and Noida at a price of Rs. 32,999 for the 6GB RAM with 64GB storage and Rs. 37,999 for the 8GB RAM with 128GB version.

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OnePlus 5 gets Android 8.0 Oreo update in Open Beta

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OnePlus has released its first OxygenOS Open Beta 1 that brings Android 8.0 (Oreo) for the phone, as it had promised at the OnePlus 5T launch earlier this month. It brings all the Android Oreo features such as background limits that puts a big priority on improving user’s battery life, snoozing that lets users to snooze notifications to reappear at a later time and wide-gamut color for apps among many other things.

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OnePlus 5T OxygenOS 4.7.2 update brings fingerprint, face unlock optimizations, update for camera improvements soon

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OnePlus 5T went on sale earlier this week running OxygenOS 4.7.1. The company has rolled out a new OxygenOS 4.7.2 update that brings optimization for fingerprint and face unlock also improves screen off gestures and EIS during 4K video recording. It also fixes KRACK WP2 Wi-Fi protocol vulnerability. Check out the complete changelog below.

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OnePlus 5T goes on sale, gets massive reception at pop-up events

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OnePlus officially introduced its newest flagship smartphone, the 5T at a recently held event in Brooklyn, New York. Just like its predecessors, the latest OnePlus 5T has also managed to create a lot of buzz among tech enthusiasts and has become the talk of the town. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T goes on sale, gets massive reception at pop-up events”

OnePlus confirms Android 8.1 Oreo for 3, 3T, 5 and 5T, but no Project Treble

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Project Treble is something that Google is very ambitiously working on in order to make Android updates faster and consistent. This feature was launched as a feature of Android Oreo, and later that makes OTAs modular. That means devices that launch with Android Oreo will support Treble and those that get the Oreo update after its launch won’t. Continue reading “OnePlus confirms Android 8.1 Oreo for 3, 3T, 5 and 5T, but no Project Treble”

OnePlus 5T Review

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Lately, the Chinese handset maker OnePlus has been in the headlines for pulling off some amazing stunts in the premium smartphone segment. However, this doesn’t end here, as the company, again, arguably, announced the upgrade of the current OnePlus 5 flagship in a gap of just five months. Dubbed as OnePlus 5T, it is a mid-cycle refresh after the OnePlus 5, offering an 18:9 aspect ratio display, improved camera, and of course the new advanced facial recognition technology. So, should you be pissed or excited about this upgrade? Let’s check it out. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T Review”

OnePlus 5T Benchmarks – Snapdragon 835 and 8GB RAM

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OnePlus launched its flagship OnePlus 5T smartphone in India. We already brought you the unboxing of the phone, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The OnePlus 5T is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 10nm Mobile Platform with that has four custom Kryo 280 Performance cores clocked at 2.46GHz per core and four smaller Efficiency Kryo 280 cores are clocked at 1.90GHz per core and has 710 MHz Adreno 540 GPU, 8GB LPDDR4x RAM, same as OnePlus 5, but this has a larger 6.01-inch 18:9 Full HD+ Optic AMOLED display and runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) with Oxygen OS 4.7. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T Benchmarks – Snapdragon 835 and 8GB RAM”

OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS 5.0 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out

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OnePlus released Android 8.0 Oreo update in open beta last month for OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T smartphones. Today it has finally started rolling out Android Oreo update for the smartphones for all in the form of OxygenOS 5.0 update. This brings several new features including new parallel apps feature that lets you run a parallel version of the same app using a separate account, Picture in Picture, New Quick Settings design and more. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS 5.0 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”

OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS beta update brings new Do Not Disturb UI, standby battery optimizations and more

OnePlus rolled out the Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T smartphones last month . Now it has released new Oreo-based open betas (Beta 18 for OnePlus 3T and Beta 27 for OnePlus 3) that brings new UI for DND, optimizations for standby battery usage, performance improvements along with bug fixes and optimizations

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