June 2016
OnePlus has made their mark on the back of low-cost, high-performance phones and the OnePlus 3 seems to continue that trend. Even better, it’s the first OnePlus phone to be available for general sale, with the Chinese company ditching the irksome invite system they’ve used in the past. How does it compare to other phones on the market? Let’s ask the experts.
Reviewer: Dan Seifert
“The OnePlus 3 is the rare kind of phone that I can recommend without reservations, other from making sure it works on your carrier. It hits all the marks for what an Android phone should offer in 2016, and it does so at a price that’s significantly less than the competition.”
Reviewer: John McCann
“The Chinese startup has improved on a number of issues fans had with its predecessor, wrapping the OnePlus 3 in a new premium suit and managed to keep the price low enough to worry the established names in the market.”
Reviewer: Andrew Williams
“The tech is as aggressively packed-in as ever, but this is also the best-looking, most expensive-feeling OnePlus phone to date. If an extra £300 is nothing to you, there are slightly better screens and cameras available. But last time we checked, most of our readers like a good deal. This is an unbeatable one.”
Reviewer: Jonathan Bray
“Add everything together and there’s no doubt that the OnePlus 3 is a superb smartphone. It marries top-level performance, an excellent camera, decent display quality and great design with a refreshingly simple Android skin to deliver a true flagship smartphone for silly money.”
Reviewer: Victoria Woollaston
“The OnePlus 3 is almost perfect. It hasn’t scrimped on style or substance and there are so many seemingly insignificant touches that actually make a vast difference to the overall impression of the phone. Any Android software with a skin is going to have its flaws, and Android itself has its own built-in, but this is the least offensive skin we’ve seen.”
Reviewer: Brandon Chester
“As it stands, my recommendation on the OnePlus 3 is… a conditional one. If the problems with the display don’t bother you then there’s a lot to like here… the OnePlus 3 represents a really great device at a more than fair price.”
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