so normally when i start writing these videos i put my sim in the latest shiny
gadget fire it up and i start taking notes on
all the little things that jump out of the screen and make me sit
up and take notice a strategy that really doesn't work as
well when you're basically reviewing the same phone for the second time
but is the oneplus 3t the same phone
but at a higher price or like an apple s refresh have they
added enough to make it worth sitting through my video again
well there's only one way to find out
by sitting through my video again
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a oneplus 3 the t other than replacing
the graphite color with gunmetal looks identical from the
outside at the back is the oneplus logo a flash a camera bump a noise cancelling
mic and a couple of racing stripe i mean antenna lines on the right is the dual
sim tray and one of my biggest complaints about the 3t the easy to
accidentally press lock button directly opposing the on the right volume rocker
and notification mode switch that i didn't use much my first time around
with the 3 but actually started to really like this time i don't know if
it's a new feature of Android wear but my watch actually tells me what mode
it's in in real time on the top of the screen so i never forget that i'm in
silent mode anymore one of the reasons i never use silent mode
then on the bottom is the usb 2-speed
dash charging type-c connector a grille for the single speaker though now that
apple has implemented dual speakers through the earpiece hopefully that'll
show up in the four and every other phone from now on
and a headphone jack which i hope doesn't go
away for that same industry follows apple reason
then around front are a couple of my favorite things about the 3t
but also the 3. no changes here the gorilla glass 4 covered 1080p amoled
display it's bright performs admirably
in direct sunlight doesn't waste GPU power on pixels that no one will be able
to see from further than four inches away and comes calibrated for a neutral
natural look rather than an over saturated one
and the lightning fast fingerprint reading touch home button flanked by
built-in capacitive buttons which can easily be swapped in software if you
prefer back on the right side or on the left or disabled out right if you prefer
on-screen buttons which i am pretty much
over at this point but your mileage may vary
internally more though it's still not much has changed
the snapdragon 820 CPU has been replaced by an 821
also with an adreno 530 GPU this is not
an architectural or manufacturing process update just a clock speed bump
then for the heavy users oneplus has stuffed a 3400 milliamp hour battery
into the same size chassis without adding any weight very nice
the camera is the same which is actually a good thing its low light performance
is excellent so is its highlight performance shutter speed launch time by
the way everyone should have double click to launch because it is freaking
awesome and its under the hood options are great with raw capture available for
the shutter bugs and tweakers
then you've got six gigs of lp ddr4 memory a 128 gig non-expandable option
instead of just 64 and it's all running on a slightly updated Android
marshmallow though it should be noted that most if not all of the enhancements
here are also coming to the three this includes the updated quick access icons
in the status bar a way to fingerprint protect apps though it didn't really
come up for me a call blocker blacklist
it is bewildering to me that this isn't a base Android feature with cloud
synchronization at this point and a new clear all mode that wipes out background
processes too they'll use it with caution because sure your CPU usage will
go down but you might stop getting notifications and stuff
so what isn't coming to the three
good question a higher price for one the 3t is being sold alongside the 3 as a
more premium model for 440 bucks for a
64 gig or 480 if you want the 128.
this is basically oneplus bowing to the realities of competing in the flagship
smartphone market by hiking prices again just like they've done every
generation to cover presumably the cost of extra marketing customer support
supporting more colors and capacities and the like
also you get the better 16 megapixel
selfie camera i mean i don't personally take a lot of selfies but its
performance is noticeably better very good and the
smile to capture mode would probably work really well if you
were trying to take selfies not with your children for whom waiting three
seconds for a countdown timer would be some kind of christmas miracle
which leads us pretty well into customization
some stuff oneplus does really well here
being able to make my google bar clear or white being able to nickname apps on
the home screen three finger swipes screenshots so cool and having better
control over power saver features all resulted in real experiential
improvements battery life on the 3t is excellent even with all my crap loaded
on it i couldn't burn it in a single day but they still missed some basic stuff
digging deep enough i found some poorly translated english in the settings menu
and some more customization options are still needed why can i turn on the
flashlight or pause media by drawing on
the blank screen but i can't bind those functions to a
double press of a button like i can with other functions and why can't i launch
an app via either of these means finally
why oh why can't i set up a five wide grid of home
screen icons with the default launcher which i like and want to use
i don't know but these are minor complaints and the
oneplus 3t thanks to google's decision to abandon
their low price strategy way back with the nexus 5 and price the pixel like an
iphone means that even at a slightly higher price it is still very
competitive it's a shockingly easy to hold five and a half inch phone that
performs well here's a real world look at their supposed faster app launch
speed compared to the s7 by the way and just feels quality in the hand highly
recommended just like last time
and it's time for another mass drop spot mass drop they take lots of buyers and
they take lots of sellers and they put them together they sell more you buy for
cheaper everybody gets a good deal and today's feature drop is the monk plus
blue from venture electronics really they actually sound surprisingly good
like shockingly good for the price just the thing that's confusing to me is that
they're only five bucks so i'm really not sure how mass drop is going to
recoup the money they're spending on this advertising spot that they're
buying right now but i guess that's not my problem and it's not yours either so
check them out at the link in the video description to get your hands on a pair
of earbuds that sound far better than what you get at the dollar store but are
cheap enough that you can basically treat them like they're disposable if
you're one of those uh scatterbrained people who often loses your earbuds
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