OnePlus 3 Smartphone specs, features, price and feedback

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Design and looks

The phone features an all Aluminium body. As has been the usual practice with One Plus, you get the snap on covers made of wood, bamboo and other materials. The right edge has the notifications slider. Finger print scanner in embedded within the Home button. You also have a USB Type C port. The plastic case on the rear (on the previous devices from One Plus) has been replaced by hard Aluminium.

Display

It comes with a 5.5 inch screen. The full HD display is quite bright and sharp. The display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 4. The screen is curved at the edges and thus protects it from scratches. The AMOLED screen at 1080 x 1920 resolution ensures better sunlight legibility. Blacks are really deeper.

Software

One Plus 3 runs on Android Marshmallow 6.0.1. The customisation is by One Plus's own OxygenOS. There are confirmed reports that it is upgradeable to the next iteration of Android - the Android 7.0 Nougat. It does not have many pre installed apps except some core Google apps. Then there is the exclusive Shelf feature that lets you have a personalised home page on which you access your recent apps, favourite contacts and other widgets. The OxygenOS has a lot of customisation options. You have a huge load of gesture controls.

Camera

The 16 MP rear camera performs quite well. The images shot in bright light look quite lifelike. The focus is quite sharp. Even the low light shots are quite good. The camera does operate quite smoothly. The camera app has a easy interface. There is a manual control mode that is best suited for expert photographers. The rear camera has Sony IMX 298 sensor. The front camera resolution reads 8 MP. The main camera is capable of shooting 4K videos. There is also slow motion video shooting available at 120 fps. The front camera can shoot videos at 1080p.

Hardware and performance

The phone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor. The 6 GB of whopping RAM should be the best feature that the phone comes with. All the apps and functions work like charm. There is no heating up issues observed. The processor and battery are perfectly optimised to work with ease as is evident from the fact that the phone stays cool even with high end performance. The internal storage of 64 GB cannot be expanded any further.

Battery

The phone comes with 3000 mAh battery that can last a day with medium to heavy workload you force on it. The video loop tests have given a result of 14 hours of back up. The device comes with what One Plus calls Dash Charging which means that the phone charges quite quickly, yet won't heat up.

Price and availability

The phone is priced at Rs. 27999. Given the spec sheet it reads, one must say the phone justifies the price it has been launched at. You can buy it on Amazon India. EMI options are also available.

Here are OnePlus 3 specification, features and price.

Display: Oneplus 3 has kept it's 5.5'' Gorilla Glass 4 display line continued with this device. It has AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with support for 16M colors. It has resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels.

Hardware: The device has Quad-core Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 CPU. It has 6GB of onboard RAM with 64GB ROM space. You can extend the space with upto 256GB SD card.

Camera: Oneplus 3 camera has received a lot of positive reviews on camera. It has 16MP of primary camera and 8 MP secondary camera. The device has impressive lens with f/2.0, phase detection, 1/2.8" sensor size and with 2160p@30fps video support. For those who wanting to use the camera for professional images, then this phone is perfect.

Network & Connectivity : Device being dual SIM supports 2G on both slots. It has 4G LTE on slot 2. Both SIM also support 3G SIM with global bands too. Apart from the network it also support Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot and bluetooth. Device has the support for the NFC technology too. The device has the USB 2.0 support with Type C reversible cable.

Battery : The device has Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery with backup of around 14 hours. You can find that phone charges pretty quickly due to the ROM modifications. Also there is less device heating during the charging period.

Operating system : The device has Android Marshmellow installed on top of the custom ROM - Oxygen OS. Most of the cosmetic and the device specific changes are done keeping the marshmellow's feature-set intact. In next few months you'd find OnePlus 3 may also release the Nougat update with Oxygen 4 OTA soon.

Price: Oneplus 3 is priced at Rs. 27999 on Amazon India. Other stores and online site may offer price slightly different than the base display price.