It’s probably the phone we deserve, and definitely the one (Two, actually) that we need right now. And we’ll hunt it. Because OnePlus can take it. But they’re our hero. OnePlus is a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A flagship killer – 2016 it is, killing 2015 flagships are too mainstream apparently.
It should be noted that Maxis – the one who is in charge of bringing in the OnePlus One to Malaysia – tweeted out saying that they’ll be bringing the OnePlus 2 soon, though by invitation only.
The phone itself got a major improvement in the design department. It’s much more beautiful now, has better flushed looks and even the build quality is improved – that means a magnesium-aluminium alloy rim around the side and no reflective metal like it was on the OnePlus One.
Now it carries some extreme hardware upgrades too.
- 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 octa-core processor running at 1.8GHz
- Adreno 430 graphics
- LPDDR4 RAM
- 5.5-inch 1080p IPS display
- Oxygen OS based on Android 5.1 Lollipop
- 13MP rear-facing camera with 6-lenses, optical image stabilization, larger CMOS pixel sensors, with laser focus
- 5MP front-facing camera
- USB type-C
- 3,300mAh lithium polymer (LiPo) battery
- Touch-based fingerprint sensor
- Dual 4G nano SIM
- Customizable capacitive keys
- Alert slider
The thing I like the most on this phone is the laser focusing system on the flush designed rear camera with OIS. That’s not an easy task to do – look at Apple’s iPhones and Samsung’s flagships – their cameras just bulge out and stick out like a red painted sore thumb in a sea of blueness!
There are however a few things to be noted – the OnePlus 2 does not have these things : 1) NFC; 2) Qualcomm Quick Charging; and 3) wireless charging. Though I don’t really bother all these features much, but it’s definitely really nice to have – especially NFC.
The Alert Slider is definitely the first of its kind. In Lollipop, you can select your notifications to be completely turned on, off, or in partial mode – depending on what type of notification it is. To change the modes however is tedious – typically you’ll have to press any of the volume button and press it on the screen. OnePlus 2 offers a physical switch to change it directly.
Holy OMG this is excellent!
There is a little issue – OnePlus offers their new flagship killer at a surprising USD $329 (approx. RM1,250.63) for 16GB storage and 3GB RAM, and another version of USD $389 (approx. RM1,478.71) for 64GB storage with 4GB RAM. I’d really hoped that USD $329 version would have been at least 32GB though – but sadly not. Though that extra $60 means a complete upgrade to 64GB storage and another extra gig of RAM.
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