My concern are Android updates

[Zorachus]

I think the specs for the OnePlus Three for the price are AMAZING and unbelievable, it's almost $150 less than the Nexus 6P, with 2016 flagship hardware, and the leaked pictures show it to be a very high quality crafted device. The new Three looks like a larger HTC 10, which is fine by me, as the 10 is a great smartphone.

But...

My biggest gripes with OPO are the slow Android updates. I recall Lollipop taking for god damn ever to officially make it out for the original One, like 6 months, or you could have installed the alpha CM11 at the time, which was pretty buggy until the bugs were worked out, obviously, but the official OnePlus One Lollipop OS update took a very long time.

This OnePlus Three will be lucky to see Android N within 90 days after the Nexus phones get it first in October, or you can install the alpha CM14 sooner on it, and live through all the kinks and bugs, that will have, while waiting for OPO to release N.

I thought one of the big features on these OPO phones being AOSP based, would have been super fast Android updates, not Nexus fast updates obviously, but at least faster than the skinned versions of Android like HTC, LG, Samsung, etc... but that hasn't been the case. I thought OnePlus would have the latest version of Android on them within like 30 days or so after Nexus phones, in reality they are worse than Samsung.

Bottom line; Great flagship hardware for a budget price. Beautiful design.

But...software is really amateur for an official professional phone release. I'd rather Cyanogen be back on board creating a stable pro CM13S for this phone. Oxygen OS still seems like some weekend development project.

 

[washichi]

OnePlus came late with their Android6.0 update for the OP2, so I share your concerns.
But the custom development for the OP3 will be great, so many ROMS there before the official updates.
And many other brands are also slow with updates, or even slower. (not an excuse for OnePlus )

I will go for the OP3 because:
to go for a device with guaranteed faster updates you limit your device choice, you will most likely pay a lot more, and the specs won't be much better, and the XDA development will most likely be worse.

So (expecting) slow updates is a legit disadvantage, but it doesn't win from the advantages in my opinion.

 

[Zorachus]

Good points thanks

Now let's see some real hands on reviews. How good is the AMOLED screen being in 1080p ? Is the build quality as high and great like HTC 10 ? Speaker sounds ? Feel in hand ?

I know hardware wise it's gonna be a champ.

 

[anessie]

I guess you did not see the news?

http://www.xda-developers.com/oxygenos-open-sourced-ahead-of-oneplus-3-launch/

 

[Zorachus]

Will that news get us Android N much faster ? I wanna see the OnePlus Three get Android N like 30 days after the Nexus phones, then i impressed.

 

[Djspinister]

I just got the one plus two yesterday, found out about the 3 two days after I ordered, ugh. No worries though, I believe it will be released by the 14th and that is well within my return period!

I can't even explain how cool just the box it comes in is! This is quality I would pay s7 prices for, hands down. I keep looking around for cops every time I pick up the phone, feels like I stole it! But seriously, the OTA's don't bother me a bit, they'll get here when they get here! I feel like the development here on xda will be enough to tide someone over until we get a proper image. I feel like this OP3 is going to be the banger for one plus all together.

The 1080p question the OP had, I honestly feel like that's just a marketing ploy by the big boys, can the naked eye really tell on a phone, even this size? For me personally, I don't notice anything! I honestly think you'll be able to look past both of those once you feel the box...lol!

Sent from my ONE A2005 using XDA-Developers mobile app

 

[starche.old]

while we all are at xda, i don't really care about update from OP. You bet - the very first custom ROM will be available in weeks from June 14th and android N will be on OP# in days.

 

[EP2008]

As someone who has paid top dollar for Samsung flagship phones, all I can say is that updates are slow here, too - maybe even slower than Oneplus .

Sent from my SM-N910U using Tapatalk

 

[fix-this!]

obviously it will be slower getting ota's compared to nexus devices. but the op3 should have a good dev community so i wouldn't worry.

 

[2x4]

how do we know there won't be development issues with the OP3 like there were with the OP2?

 

[saintxseiya]

how do we know there won't be development issues with the OP3 like there were with the OP2?

We don't but as oos is open source and i think oneplus won't make the mistake twice, as the community will have a look, how they handle stuff

 

[casual_kikoo]

We don't but as oos is open source and i think oneplus won't make the mistake twice, as the community will have a look, how they handle stuff

Well, OOS isn't so "open-source". They forked CAF code and they put it on github.

 

[gsantner]

how do we know there won't be development issues with the OP3 like there were with the OP2?

Maybe this forums.oneplus.net/threads/rom-6-0-1-unofficial-cyanogenmod-13.450156 answers your question.

 

[Super Chimp]

obviously it will be slower getting ota's compared to nexus devices. but the op3 should have a good dev community so i wouldn't worry.

I don't care about the development community for any device. I judge a phone by the speed of its official updates.

 

[fix-this!]

I don't care about the development community for any device. I judge a phone by the speed of its official updates.

It will get N just not as fast as nexus but probably faster than samsung or lg.

 

[malek777]

It will get N just not as fast as nexus but probably faster than samsung or lg.

I wouldn't count on that. The oneplus team is very small and it took them longer than lg and Samsung to release marshmallow.

 

[skibbi_pl]

I'm considering replacing my Nexus 5 with OP3. Do they provide monthly security updates like google?

 

[DespairFactor]

There's a Telegram Super Group where Devs/Modders/Testers/Users can join and expect quick replies and updates.
Lets join it https://telegram.me/OnePlus_3

Seriously considering getting one of these, just trying to justify the amount of money I need to spend to obtain one, at that point I will join the group.

 

[gee2012]

First OTA update for the OP3

 

[DespairFactor]

First OTA update for the OP3

Can you send me the boot.img from your device? I will remove verity checks and I am not sure if encryption is on by default, I can also remove that.