Hands-on Review:- Oneplus x

DISCLAIMER

The opinion of this product is not to discourage the buyers for buying such product.

The opinion is just to state the pros and cons, with some introduction and specifications.

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1. Introduction 

The OnePlus X exterior is as premium as it can get - there is a metal frame with 17 etched grooves, flanked by two panels of black glass on either side something they call Onyx Black.

It reminds me of the gorgeous Sony Ericsson C902 from yesteryear and there’s almost no faulting the OnePlus X in this area. It’s thin and light which is a big improvement on the pretty brick-like OnePlus 2 – just 6.9mm and 138g.

I say almost because the glass back does make for a slippery experience, whether it be sliding off the arm of your sofa or moving gradually across a flat surface when you’re trying to scroll – you get the idea. Something which helps this is OnePlus’ range of cases for the X which come in various options like the StyleSwap backs for the OnePlus 2 at a cost of £24. Some are still a little slippy but nothing like the glass - opt for the Sandstone cover if you want maximum grip.

In case you are into exclusive editions, then OnePlus will be offering only 10,000 units of the OnePlus X with a back made out of ceramic. Each supposedly takes up to 25 days to make so that should count for something.

2. What I liked about it

-Metal frame + glass/ceramic back

-5" AMOLED display with 1080p resolution;

-441ppi;

-Corning Gorilla Glass 3Snapdragon 801 chipset;

-CPU: quad-core 2.3GHz Krait 400;
 
-Adreno 330 GPU; 3GB of RAM13MP main camera with a LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus;

-1080p video capture at 30fps8MP front-facing camera, 1080p at 30fps video recording

-Oxygen 2.1 OS based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop16GB of built-in storage;




-microSD expansion slot

-Dual SIM, LTE Cat.4, Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, FM radio, microUSB

-Dual-microphone active noise canceling

-Attractive price tag

-2,525mAh non-removable battery

3. Main disadvantages

-Non-removable battery and no quick charging support

-Connectivity lacks dual-band Wi-Fi and NFC

-No 64-bit processor

The lack of 64-bit support is the only possible complaint we may have towards the Snapdragon 801 chip today, but we wouldn't say this feature is indispensable, at least not for a few more years. The connectivity package took the biggest hit - it lacks support for 5 GHz Wi-Fi networks, there is no NFC, and no support for quick charging. None of those are deal breakers but you should consider those.

4. In my opinion (Read the Disclaimer above before reading the following)

I've  the phone. It is riddled with software bugs. The worst of which is continuously failing to update, and not reading the SD card. There is no support at all and I'm stuck with a phone that I can't update and has tiny storage. I even rooted it and tried to flash a new ROM but it just says failed to update. Horrible phone! Unless you are an android I'd steer clear I think I'll eBay it and buy a Xiaomi mi4c.

I need your help. The soft keys of my oneplus X don't work

Does this phone support OTG pen drive..??

I am currently in the middle of a bad interaction with Technical support at Oneplus. Within the first week I had the one plus X, the screen broke. Their website touts "you can return your phone for any reason within the first 15 days"; Given the circumstances of the break, I think there may have been a flaw within the screen (not uncommon for the glass used on cell phones: any bubbles or impurities create a brittle weak spot) ;

however, they are not standing behind their product, and instead I have a couple hundred dollar piece of useless plastic, cuts on my hands from the pieces of the glass going everywhere, and A large distaste for the company's willingness to take responsibility and stand up for their product.

Slimmer than I thought but definitely not a bad thing. 2.5D curved edges make it feel somewhat like the S6 edge. Only one of the speaker grills on the bottom (left) is the actual speaker, the other one is for the microphone. speaker grill gets muted with hand while gaming, just turn the

The OnePlus X's capacitive (soft) keys do not have backlight actually.

"Below the display are the three practically invisible Home, Back, and Overview keys. They don't have any backlight and you will spot the markings denoting their places only under bright light." Works as intended.
Super phone.... slim and awesome look
Great phone. Internal memory should've been 32 GB instead of 16 GB. If One Plus decides to launch a variant with 32 GB and rest of the specs same. This phone will be sold like hot cakes.

Unfortunately no compass, battery below 3000 mAh. Other spec. very good. I own an Oneplus X and I can guarantee it has a compass, it's just not specified in this spec

Oneplus x have fingerprint sensor or not
This is a really good phone for the price, the camera is good enough, the gestures work flawless, very good amoled display and the quality built is amazing for just $250. I'm very happy with it.

Good phone with few drawbacks, gets heat up fast; speaker volume is low, no switch to shut camera and worst is sound quality is often not clear. For me Moto 3G is much better option in same price.

If fingerprint scanner and new specs is your thing choose Redmi note 3,if u want good software and amoled screen is your thing go of Oneplus x. But for me, go with the Oneplus x

5. Specification

NETWORK

Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE

2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2

3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Europe HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 – USA

4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300) - Europe LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900) – USA

Speed HSPA, LTE

GPRS Yes

EDGE Yes

LAUNCH

Announced2015, October

Status Available. Released 2015, November

BODY

Dimensions 140 x 69 x 6.9 mm (5.51 x 2.72 x 0.27 in)

Weight138 g / 160 g (4.87 oz)SIM

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size 5.0 inches (~71.3% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution1080 x 1920 pixels (~441 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch Yes

Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 – OxygenOS UI

PLATFORM

OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)

Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

CPU Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400

GPU Adreno 330

MEMORY

Card slot microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

Internal16 GB, 3 GB RAM

CAMERA

Primary 13 MP, f/2.2, phase detection autofocus, LED flash

Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDRVideo1080p@30fps, 720p@120fpsSecondary8 MP, f/2.4

SOUND

Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Loudspeaker Yes

3.5mm jack Yes

COMMS

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot

Bluetoothv4.0, A2DPGPSYes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS

Radio FM radio

USB micro USB v2.0

FEATURES

Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity

Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email

Browser HTML5

Java No 

- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/FLAC player
- Document viewer
- Photo/video editor
- Notification profiles hardware switch

BATTERY 

Non-removable Li-Po 2525 mAh battery

Stand-by Talk time

MISC

Colors Onyx, Ceramic

SAR US1.11 W/kg (head)     1.11 W/kg (body)    

SAR EU0.32 W/kg (head)     0.42 W/kg (body) 

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