It's going to be really hard for me not to have the OnePlus One as my main phone this year. This phone's announcement is in exactly 7 days from now (I swear to you that it was 7 days when I started writing this).
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| Oppo N1 with it's rotating camera module. |
Since their foundation they're full-steam ahead on the creation of their first flagship: the OnePlus One (yeah, that's a troubling name...) and truth be told, they're promising a lot.
Maybe too much.
And that's why I'm so excited since I first found out about this. That moment where there was not so much to be known about the device, more than the intentions of the company. They stated they could make "beautifully designed devices with premium build quality, with a great price in comparison to the competition".
This translates to a device that has better specs (on paper, at least) than the most important flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S5 or the new HTC One. It has a newer revision of the same processor, 50% more RAM (which translates to an entire extra gigabyte, that's like, a lot), 16 and 64 GB versions (with the odd omission of the 32 gig version), a 6 lens camera that's apparently very good, with 13 megapixels and the latest sensor from +Sony (that I think it's the same we can find in the new OPPO Find 7a), and a massive 5.5" 1080p in a 5" phone body. To prove it, they declare there's a OnePlus One under this Sony Xperia Z1 (which is not the smallest 5 incher, but it's still amazing...):
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| The only dirty trick they can be pulling is that the One is narrower but a lot taller than the Z1, which I doubt, because the Z1 is already kind of tall. |
OnePlus was created as a global company from the beginning, and that promises a great worldwide availability since it's launch. They already confirmed all the countries they'll be launching in. Global also implies that Europeans don't get mugged with the dollar/euro conversion, and that takes me inevitably, to it's price.
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| When will Argentina be there? "Neveeeeeer!" is heard form behind :( |
Pete Lau first said that "the OnePlus One will cost less than 500 dollars" and added "less than 500 dollars does not mean 499, but less than 400". For the guys in Europe, it will be less than 350 euros and for the guys in the UK, less than 290 pounds. Just wow.
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| So flagship. Much cheap. Wow. |
Looking at other flagships with similar specs being priced around U$S 650, or even U$S 700, having a device with this kind of hardware at almost half price is, at least, something to doubt about, be filled with joy, cry and scream, among other things.
You then add to all that, serious design, great materials and first-class build quality (like the HTC One, the OPPO Find 5 or the iPhone) and it's plain unbelievable. There are some leaks that suggest that it's design will be really nice:
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| For a long time, this is the only thing us fans had to dream about... |
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| There's also this image that leaked TODAY, and confirms some of the previous lines in the sketch. Let's hope the huge branding stays a prototype exclusive. |
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| Official and exclusive CyanogenMod 11S for OnePlus and it's One. |
One of the favorite things for enthusiasts about Nexus devices is their performance, style and speed of updates. All those things are part of CyanogenMod, because right after the new Android source code is released by Google, they start working on the update of their own system (and for the OnePlus One in particular, they guarantee two full years of updates. That in the gadget world, is a lot). Visually they respect the design almost entirely, and speed and stability are a priority.
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| Cyanogen Inc. and it's new identity. |
I think the guys at OnePlus know very well what it's doing. They know they're entering an extremely competitive market, where everyone has their product (and want their slice, the bigger the better). They have a lot to brag about (I know they didn't make this, but they promoted them. I must confess that at first I hated them for this low move. "Who do this unknown dudes think they are?" I thought), but they also have lot's of promises to keep.
Will they? It's kind of utopic but, don't ask me why, I believe in them. And that's why this post starts as it does. It's difficult to fail when you're checking SO MANY checkboxes. If the real product is as they claim, you can't be not wanting to buy it. They have a great chance to claim all the glory, but also, to fall really deep, to never get up again.
The first one would be obtained by unmasking the other companies, selling a flagship with great specs with a really low price (almost half of what other companies charge for almost the same or worse, although I know most of it goes to marketing), or with great software (showing they take the opinion of the customers into account), just to point some examples.
The second one could happen if after filling their mouth this much, everything, or even a little thing, is a lie. This wouldn't have happened if they didn't brag about all this, and just surprised everyone with whatever they launched. They would lose whatever credibility they could have gathered along these months.
What's more important is that there are only 7 days left until they official announcement. Only 7 days are left until we can see the OnePlus One right to the face and arrive to conclusions about most of the promises. There are only 7 days left for me to confirm my purchase, or to start looking somewhere else yet again.
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