Not surprising. Nowadays 64GB is kinda considered the minimum "low-end" spectrum in storage capacity on any mobile devices. For a higher more premium branded phone, OP would of course just choose a 128GB as the minimum benchmark rather than producing anymore variants with a lower storage capacity.

Anyway, Michael Fisher a.k.a. MrMobile first impression is in.

Reviews are in.




Durability test and teardown.



This post has been edited by Sigint: Oct 30 2018, 02:47 AM

According to OnePlus and reviewers, they ditched the headphone jack because it was taking up space without making the phone any bulkier and heavier that it already has. I can see why, the headphone jack is largely archaic by today's standards and no one bothered to trim it down apart from the 2.5mm sized jack that virtually no manufacturers bothered with. In fact, the last device I ever used that featured a 2.5mm jack was the Motorola E398, afterwards I have never seen any mobile devices ever used the 2.5mm standard.

The market want slimmer and sleeker devices but with more and improved features as the years go by and the only way without looking like a huge brick is removing those "dead weight" components that either have another more modern substitute or no one really bothered with. Same thing like how removable batteries and even FM radio functionality are hard to find in even flagship phones these day.

I would agree on this, in-display fingerprint scanner a.k.a. optical fingerprint scanner are more of a gimmicky feature currently. The technology just isn't mature and on par with physical fingerprint scanner yet.

I would much rather wait to see what Qualcomm and Samsung have been cooking up once they finalized their ultrasonic fingerprint scanner technology that they have worked on for so long. They claim it's going to be more secure and perform faster than any current fingerprint scanners.



This post has been edited by Sigint: Oct 30 2018, 09:48 PM

It's also a lot less secure than physical fingerprint scanners and even IR face scanners not to mention slower. You must almost have pinpoint precision when touching the on-screen fingerprint area in order for the optical sensor to scan your print.

This post has been edited by Sigint: Oct 30 2018, 09:48 PM

OP 6T flagships night camera comparison.

Megatasking by keeping loads of apps open and running or for those into custom ROMs who can tailor it to run more memory intensive processes without slowing down the phone while running other tasks.

For the average user, something like 4GB to 6GB would be more than sufficient. Developers like PUBGM said that their app will be scaled according to how much RAM your device have, so having more RAM is kinda of futureproofing I guess though technology in the mobile space just move too damn fast with usually significant leaps in processing power in terms of CPU and GPU performance.

Because all modern smartphone displays are using a slight curvature glass a.k.a. what consumer and the industry like to call "2.5D" display. To create a screen protector like tempered glass to fit perfectly into the minor curve around the display edges require precision machinery and people who are knowledgeable enough to operate such manufacturing process both of which are very costly especially when most tempered glass manufacturer have mostly low margins for every single piece of glass sold while mostly relying on purchases in large volumes.

True 2.5D or edge-to-edge "3D" tempered glass protector are very expansive and rare, usually manufacturer will only offer them to premium high-end flagship models.