The OnePlus 3 is due to launch in June-July, so what will the specifications be? Well Pete Lau has sat down with Indian OnePlus fans to discuss their dream specs and suggest a few options they could have.
At a meeting with OnePlus fans in India, Pete Lau spoke about the OP3 and offered the fans a chance to voice their dream hardware specs for the new flagship phone. During the talk Lau offered the phone could run either 4GB RAM and 128GB memory or 6GB RAM or 64GB memory, to which fans choose less RAM and more memory (sensible).
At the end of the discussion the fans final specs for their dream OP3 were written on a whiteboard. Let’s see what you think of these possible hardware parameters:
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Possible OP3 specifications;
- Full HD AMOLED screen
- Thinner phone size
- HDMI connectivity
- 128 GB internal memory
- A 16-megapixel camera
- 24-hour battery life on full charge
- Curved screen like in Samsung Galaxy S6
- Stereo speakers in front
- Near field communication (NFC)
I have to agree with most of the details here, however the curved display could be ditched in favour for a quality OIS system. What do you think of these specs? Is there anything that you would add?
Why thinner. OP2 thickness is fine,1cm isn’t bad, squeeze in as much battery as possible.
9.9mm (OP2) is way to thick for a 2016 phone. Should be at least under 8mm, that is one of the biggest reasons I could never own a OP (the other being the invite system). Their devices are too bulky for me.
9.9mm is not bad per se, the problem here is their work around to have removable back panel to sell the bamboo back, but in a way made to negate the chance to have a removable battery… Result: phone as thick as possible, but with a rather small battery! And this is totally retarded: with a thickness of around 8mm you can put a big removable battery and you can still sell your bamboo backs, and everyone’s happy!
I don’t need or want a removable battery. I would much prefer a slimmer phone.
I don’t understand the urge to have a not removable battery: if you want, you can take advantage of the feature, otherwise you keep your battery locked in… I see only pros and no cons, unless you choose to believe in the usual lie “if we use a not removable battery, we can put a bigger battery, make the phone slimmer, and we can save puppies from starving… You don’t want puppies to starve, right?!”.
However, the point was that oneplus, to seal the battery inside, made the phone 3mm thicker than needed, and that sure is retarded by every mean, else you like removable batteries or not.
I haven’t had a need to remove a battery since the beginning days of Android when battery pulls were needed to reset phones. It is a completely useless feature to me. And personally I would prefer a unibody phone which doesn’t have a removable back, it is more durable.
If borders and design were ergonomically correct (read: rounded) I think some thicker phones wouldn’t suffer too much just for being thick if they are kind on the hand and great on battery life performance. I would love a 9.3 if it had a 4600mah+ good a for a full 8-9 SOT and 2 full days of normal use.
Is that extra mm or 2 really going to make a difference?
Compared to some phones like the Ulefone power or the new S7 edge, sure the OP2’s battery to size ratio is looking rather bad.
OP2: 3300mAh with 9.9mm
S7 edge: 3600mAh with 7.7mm
Ulefone power: 6050mAh with 9.5mm
So if Oneplus 3 can get 4000+ at least with a <9mm thickness, I'd be happy with that. But it being thicker by a mm isn't going to turn off the majority of buyers. Oneplus customers usually are more power-users, whether it is 7,8 or 9 mm thick isn't on the top of most's priority list.
I think slimness is the most important dimension. Its the measurement which matters most because it doesnt make the phone feel bulky in the pocket
+ removable battery, infrared. No curved display….