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That's a serious downgrade, but I'm approaching this similarly, from way up. I just gave my OnePlus One (beautiful, 'cheap' - the only thing against it? Really

That's a serious downgrade, but I'm approaching this similarly, from way up. I just gave my OnePlus One (beautiful, 'cheap' - the only thing against it? Really, really big) to my wife to 'upgrade' to an S6 Edge. Boy, what a mess that thing is. No reception. Bad wifi. Battery issues. Calls are distorted, I often hear the other side in a ChipMunk-y way. And don't get me even started on this TouchWiz crap. Or 'Odin'/'Kies'/'Smart Connect'. So, I 'upgraded' from a perfect 300EUR device to a crappy/barely working 850EUR device. There's a lesson here: Stick to devices with stock Android experience and ideally stick to a device that is properly supported by CM. Can't take the OnePlus One away from my wife by now. I do tend to look at my Flame every now and then and have a hard time deciding which phone to carry. The beautiful or the less broken one?

mike-cardwell 11y ago
You might be interested to know that the OnePlus Two is supposed to come out in the next few months.
- darklajid 11y ago
  That IS interesting, but unfortunately the OnePlus One was riddled with (software) issues in the beginning as well (aka: Early adopters suffered) and .. what's the CM status? I guess the next phone won't be an 'official' CM Inc phone anymore? If that's the case, I'd first want to see if the CM project will support that device. I miss CM (the 'free one' - even my OnePlus One ran on CM Nightlies vs. the Cyanogen OS thing) a lot. My next device will be picked based on http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Devices http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Devices
fweespeech 11y ago
> Stick to devices with stock Android experience and ideally stick to a device that is properly supported by CM. Yeah, that is why I always bought the Nexus devices from Google. Sometimes there are issues but anything major is fixed by the next patch.
- darklajid 11y ago
  I have only one Nexus device. A 7 (flo, the 'newer' one). I migrated that to CM quite some time ago. Google OTAs are now block-based, as far as I understand. Which means that I cannot change my system and apply the update afterwards. I have no problems of that sort with CM. So, while Nexus devices might be a good base line, I personally would still move away from official Google releases. That said, I agree that the experience is quite nice and it sure helps to get timely updates.
  - fweespeech 11y ago
    Fair enough :) Personally, I tend to worry about the fact CM sometimes bricks phone and would rather have the hassle free stock android.
- UnoriginalGuy 11y ago
  The Nexus line is good. I would own one right now if Google had updated the Nexus 5 instead of releasing the Nexus 6 (too big) and letting the 5 rot. Keep in mind the 5 was released in Oct 2013, and did have a handful of issues at the time that they could have since fixed but haven't. Instead wound up with a Z3 (5.2" instead of 6"). 5.2-5.3" is about as big as I'll ever go with a phone, bigger and you feel it in your pocket (I've owned a Samsung Note that I felt was bigger than I'd like).

mike-cardwell 11y ago

You might be interested to know that the OnePlus Two is supposed to come out in the next few months.

darklajid 11y ago
That IS interesting, but unfortunately the OnePlus One was riddled with (software) issues in the beginning as well (aka: Early adopters suffered) and .. what's the CM status? I guess the next phone won't be an 'official' CM Inc phone anymore? If that's the case, I'd first want to see if the CM project will support that device. I miss CM (the 'free one' - even my OnePlus One ran on CM Nightlies vs. the Cyanogen OS thing) a lot. My next device will be picked based on http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Devices http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Devices

fweespeech 11y ago

> Stick to devices with stock Android experience and ideally stick to a device that is properly supported by CM. Yeah, that is why I always bought the Nexus devices from Google. Sometimes there are issues but anything major is fixed by the next patch.

darklajid 11y ago
I have only one Nexus device. A 7 (flo, the 'newer' one). I migrated that to CM quite some time ago. Google OTAs are now block-based, as far as I understand. Which means that I cannot change my system and apply the update afterwards. I have no problems of that sort with CM. So, while Nexus devices might be a good base line, I personally would still move away from official Google releases. That said, I agree that the experience is quite nice and it sure helps to get timely updates.
- fweespeech 11y ago
  Fair enough :) Personally, I tend to worry about the fact CM sometimes bricks phone and would rather have the hassle free stock android.
UnoriginalGuy 11y ago
The Nexus line is good. I would own one right now if Google had updated the Nexus 5 instead of releasing the Nexus 6 (too big) and letting the 5 rot. Keep in mind the 5 was released in Oct 2013, and did have a handful of issues at the time that they could have since fixed but haven't. Instead wound up with a Z3 (5.2" instead of 6"). 5.2-5.3" is about as big as I'll ever go with a phone, bigger and you feel it in your pocket (I've owned a Samsung Note that I felt was bigger than I'd like).