Details can be found in the software section of this review. Update : OnePlus has released a new firmware update containing Android 8.1 Oreo. Is it worth switching to the newer version? It also has to outdo its predecessor, the OnePlus 3T. The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, still competitive in performance and features a year later, is now cheap enough to compete on the OnePlus 5 price point. We have compared it with the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the iPhone 7 Plus. But if the device really wants to remain a "flagship killer", it has to act like one. The Honor 8 Pro is a direct competitor concerning both price and features. Other manufacturers have also started to use direct distribution, such as Huawei for its subsidiary Honor. So you can see, the OnePlus 5 is not quite as good of a bargain anymore. It is still cheaper than many flagship devices the OnePlus One, however, was available for $299. The OnePlus 5 costs between $530 and $625. One great advantage is that all smartphones have dual SIM capacity. The manufacturer has now developed its source code into its own OxygenOS. At first, OnePlus worked with the open-source CyanogenMod, an Android spin-off. It also has warehouses in Europe and the US, which is important to offer buyers an easy purchase without the hassles of importing individual phones from China. Its predecessors were considered "flagship killers" direct distribution enabled the manufacturer to keep the price low. After uncountable leaks, the highly anticipated OnePlus 5 - the manufacturer's sixth smartphone - was presented on June 20th 2017.
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Of course the Chinese manufacturer knows how to count - but the number four is considered unlucky in Asia, so OnePlus has decided to skip that number for their smartphones. Perhaps with another X somewhere in the middle. For the original German review, click here.ġ, 2, 3, T, 5 - this is how they count at OnePlus.