The OnePlus 2 pushes the boundaries of how cheap a flagship phone can be
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#2The competitiveness of the Android handset market gets even more brutal. 4.7" to 5.5" is flooded with phones that are that are $199-$399.
This is not including models that are 12+ months old that are discounted but still have solid specs.
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#3OnePlusOne was interesting mainly because it had cyanogenmod.
I can't wait to read reviews about OxygenOS. (but I have to say: cyanogen was much more interesting)
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#4I'm really sad that it won't have CyanogenMod; that was the biggest reason that I purchased a One. It's a real shame that there was that whole fight over exclusivity in India (IIRC, it sounds like CM's fault, but I'm not 100% certain).
I'm interested to read details of how the fingerprint unlock works. Remember that a fingerprint reader is insufficient to be secure, as fingerprints are low-entropy and relatively public.
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#6I'm really sad that it won't have CyanogenMod; that was the biggest reason that I purchased a One. It's a real shame that there was that whole fight over exclusivity in India (IIRC, it sounds like CM's fault, but I'm not 100% certain). I'm interested to read details of how the fingerprint unlock works. Remember that a fingerprint reader is insufficient to be secure, as fingerprints are low-entropy and relatively publ…
If they don't lock it down and is similar to the One, then it should be incredibly easy to switch to CM.
I'm running CM12.1 on my One at the moment and it's leaps and bounds better than the stock CM11S ROM that comes with the device.
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#7I think Asus deserves some credit here as well for selling a 4GB RAM Intel Atom phone with dual SIM and SD card slot for comparable prices:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_ZenFone#ZenFone_2
Of course, as usual, their own skin and who knows how long you get updates.
Re: The OnePlus 2 pushes the boundaries of how cheap a flagship phone can be
#8I'm really sad that it won't have CyanogenMod; that was the biggest reason that I purchased a One. It's a real shame that there was that whole fight over exclusivity in India (IIRC, it sounds like CM's fault, but I'm not 100% certain). I'm interested to read details of how the fingerprint unlock works. Remember that a fingerprint reader is insufficient to be secure, as fingerprints are low-entropy and relatively publ…
If they don't lock it down and is similar to the One, then it should be incredibly easy to switch to CM. I'm running CM12.1 on my One at the moment and it's leaps and bounds better than the stock CM11S ROM that comes with the device.
I have been slightly paranoid to flash mine (came from China I think and not quite correctly installed as the OTA updates don't take with a signature mismatch). If you have the time - can you tell me
1. Are they easy to brick? 2. Is there a decent guide for updating?
Thanks!
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#9No NFC, which seems like an odd choice. Wonder how much that shaved off the manufacturing cost.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/07/27/oneplus-says-it-drop...
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#10Disappointed with the invite system again. Did the first version no sell well enough?