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OnePlus has 64GB of storage for $350, Nexus 5 only 16GB. It also seems to have a significantly better camera and much faster, too (Rear: f/2.0 13 MP Sony Exmor
by higherpurpose 13y ago
OnePlus has 64GB of storage for $350, Nexus 5 only 16GB. It also seems to have a significantly better camera and much faster, too (Rear: f/2.0 13 MP Sony Exmor IMX 214 sensor, w/4K video recording. Dual-LED flash. 0.3s shutter speed) It also has a 3100 mAh battery vs 2300 mAh for Nexus 5.
The processor I don't care about since 801 is just a repackaged 800 anyway, like all of Qualcomm's new processors.
- samolang 13y agoThat stuff is nice, but this phone is significantly newer (as far as mobile phone go). It looks like the Nexus 6 is coming out in November. I would expect it to have similar specs.
- XorNot 13y agoThey're short shifting themselves here by not having a microSD slot. The biggest check against Nexus 5 I know of is no microSD, and that very small memory. 3G isn't as fast or as available as Google wants to believe.
- frooxie 13y agoPersonally, my main reasons for not buying a Nexus 5 were the battery, the camera, and that I wanted a slightly bigger phone. The OnePlus One seems to take care of all three (although I'm still waiting for in-depth reviews).
- slantyyz 13y agoCurious- do you know if Cyanogen-based phones have access to all the Google services like the Play Store, Maps, etc.?
- eyko 13y agoYes, if you install the apps. edit: maybe not what most people are looking for, so I'll elaborate. To install google apps, you'll need to unlock the device and flash the gapps package. Some people don't want to go that route, so in that case there are two possibilities: a) You can't have google apps. b) If OnePlus gets Google CTS certified, then they can bundle the play store and other apps, signed, and bootloader locked. Oppo did so for the N1, so the N1 is a cyanogenmod phone with official google apps support.
- nomercy400 13y agoOnePlus is Google CTS. The One comes bundled with Google Apps.
- mfjordvald 13y agoYes! The phone will come with Google services installed.
- frandroid 13y agoslantyyz: yes, but you have to download the google apps package separately to get around the legal issues.
- justin66 13y agoDownload it from whom?
- mfjordvald 13y agoNot needed, the Phone will be Google CTS certified so it will come installed with Google Services.
- tempestn 13y agoHaving a reasonably priced 64GB version removes much of the need for an SD slot though, at least for most people. Plus given the direction Google is going, the external storage is becoming less and less useful.
- nske 13y agoI used to hate not having a MicroSD slot on my Galaxy Nexus. Then I realised that I don't really need to have that much music/videos/games (the only things that challenged my 16GB capacity) readily available on the phone. It is good enough for me that I can connect a USB storage device (thanks to USB-OTG) and access any large files from there -and that's something I actually find myself needing to do only in rare cases.