Let me share my thoughts with u. I was hesitant about getting ap unit. All this while I bought original set, it feels safe to be covered by warranty. Thankfully out of the 3 android phones I own previously, all Samsung, I never had any hardware failure. I bought one ap Nexus 7 tablet. One of the first batch to get it unofficially in Malaysia. My tablet have speaker problem. I was devastated. Fortunately Asus accept international warranty and fixed mine foc within a week. Strange because Asus always has a bad rep for service center.
Anyways, I understand the importance of having original unit and warranty. But so why would I still buy ap one plus? First is for the price. Second, if u got folo one plus quite closely. U will notice there are 2 main groups. The majority are happy with it and are total fan boys, who can blame them? The phone itself is cheap and good, both hardware and software. But for the people who hate oneplus. Only got one thing in common. Warranty claim issue.
Every single complain about one plus is always about warranty claim. Any news about oneplus the comment section sure got people complain warranty claim. And their non existent customer service.
Which makes me think. They are new company. Lack of man power. Sell also sell near cost price. Barely making money. Every warranty claim for them is a lost. There are some successful warrant claims but that also took 2 months or longer.
Since rarely hear any hardware problem in this forum. Unlike Nexus 7 speaker problem which is very frequent. I feel it's quite safe to get the ap set. Besides getting official warranty might not mean much also judging by their horrendous warranty history.
If you're using something older than the galaxy s5. Just go ahead and buy. Definitely won't regret. If you using one of the flagship in 2014, don't waste money, hang on to it and wait for future phone. Oneplus is greaf value for money. But it really isn't a flagship killer. Put the pricing aside. It's really just almost as good as other 2014 flagship and you won't really gain much. In fact newer flagship like note 4 and xperia z3 have features that oneplus won't ever get
i guess those fans anticipated these warranty issue and they would like to have a phone which is not common in malaysia market like samsung, htc and etc..