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Has anyone here managed to get a hold of one of these?
 
It appears you can only buy one if you have an invite which seems a bit crackers to me, suppose it may generate interest in that people often want what they can't have but to me, if you want to sell something just sell it don't make it difficult for your customers to spend their money.

Why do you want that particular phone?
 
I had to Google and found this -
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Not heard of OnePlus or its One phone? As the nerd phone sensation of the year, it's a sign you may have healthy social skills and a non-dysfunctional relationship with the Internet.''
 
Looks like an interesting phone, with a interesting point of sale, that alone makes me want one.
 
neil_g said:
I stopped reading at "Android" ( :p ).

What exactly is so special about it? I couldn't see anything particularly mind blowing.

(Sent from my iPhone :p )
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Price alone I think, it's around £230 to buy, my experia z2 would be around £550!
I still think, if they are making their potential customers jump through hoops to be allowed to buy one would suggest that if it was openly on sale it would just be another cheap phone! nothing special.
 
PaulF said:
Price alone I think, it's around £230 to buy, my experia z2 would be around £550!
I still think, if they are making their potential customers jump through hoops to be allowed to buy one would suggest that if it was openly on sale it would just be another cheap phone! nothing special.
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handset cost doesnt really bother me too much, it all works out much the same over the period of a contract anyway.
 
At the price it's pretty unbeatable, great specs but I reckon you may need to be a tech head to get the best out of it. I haven't seen one of course so I don't know how usable it is out of the box. I've seen one complaint that it's missing one of the 4g bands, this might be an issue for some but for most folk where 4g is still a distant dream it won't make a bit of difference.
 
neil_g said:
handset cost doesnt really bother me too much, it all works out much the same over the period of a contract anyway.
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Me too, just saying that without the clever marketing to make people 'want what they can't have' it would just be another cheap phone.
If they don't want to sell me one easily I'm not interested, especially as there are far better phones out there! (not that I'm after a new phone at the moment, only had this z2 for a few months)
 
Gary Coyle said:
You obviously failed at maths then
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actually i have a B at GCSE and an GNVQ Adv in computational maths. but thats becides the point.

:rolleyes:

when i was due for renewal i worked out that there was less than £50 difference over 24 months in the cost of:

1) buying an iphone 5S outright and getting a SIM only deal
2) getting a 24 month contract from Three with 5S thrown in
 
Its the whole package... 4G and all. Reviews have been v. good re make and function.
but it all about the money man!!
E.g.
OnePlus One 64GB - £4.20/GB (£269/64GB);)

iPhone 64GB - £11.07/GB (£706/64GB)

HTC M8 - £31.62/GB (506/16GB - max available)

its the niffty fifty of the smartphone world!
ya ya its plastic and the iphone/htc is metal......lets face its, after a few weeks in that 1 pocket for 'everything else' in a cam bag all phones look the same!!
 
I am calling dibs if any one here picks one up and is giving out their invite ;):D:clap:
 
neil_g said:
actually i have a B at GCSE and an GNVQ Adv in computational maths. but thats becides the point.

:rolleyes:

when i was due for renewal i worked out that there was less than £50 difference over 24 months in the cost of:

1) buying an iphone 5S outright and getting a SIM only deal
2) getting a 24 month contract from Three with 5S thrown in
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Ya must have cheated then because the cost difference between an iphone 5s and the one phone over any contract period is MASSIVE, to you i accept its irrelevent, no problems but to say it works out mych the same over the contract period is bloody stupid
 
people need to get their heads around buying just as good phones for less from places such as Deal Extreme.

neil_g said:
actually i have a B at GCSE and an GNVQ Adv in computational maths. but thats becides the point.

:rolleyes:

when i was due for renewal i worked out that there was less than £50 difference over 24 months in the cost of:

1) buying an iphone 5S outright and getting a SIM only deal
2) getting a 24 month contract from Three with 5S thrown in
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blimey that is not much difference at all compared to when I had look with Virgin

for what I pay £12 sim only for is £39pm with a 5s + £99 upfront cost = £1035 over 24 months

if I puchased same iPhone 5s full price direct from Apple total cost with sim only over the 24 months £837
 
neil_g said:
like i said above, handset cost is mostly irrelevant (for me personally).
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fair enough but a ~100 premium for buying a phone from the provider is bad accounting in my books.:D
also, this upgrade business does away with your freedom to say - this phone is sh*t... i am gonna fle.bay this sucker and get me self a new one. its all bout the sim only!!
 
Gary Coyle said:
Ya must have cheated then because the cost difference between an iphone 5s and the one phone over any contract period is MASSIVE, to you i accept its irrelevent, no problems but to say it works out mych the same over the contract period is bloody stupid
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if buying the handset was more cost affective then I would've done it. im not a moron.
 
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neil_g said:


if buying the handset was more cost affective then I would've done it. im not a moron.
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the original point was the cost between a one phone and your iphone 5s, you yourself quoted the comparisson in post #10

It might not have been the comparisson you were making but it is the comparisson you did make by quoting the post before yours.
 
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Gary Coyle said:
the original point was the cost between a one phone and your iphone 5s, you yourself quoted the comparisson in post #10

It might not have been the comparisson you were making but it is the comparisson you did make by quoting the post before yours.
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you missed my point, the cost of the SAME phone buying outright and adding a sim only is much and much the same of getting a contract with phone thrown in over 2 years.
 
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Having had a look at the specs id say its possibly the creation of hysteria over very little.
It is well spec'd for this moment in time but come the third quarter of this year and the new releases due it will soon become old tech.
Id be keen to see how it sits next to the Nexus 6 when that is released.

One thing i did notice is that it runs a baked version of android aka cyanogenmod 11S. Is this the start of proper unlocked bootloaders? Given that it is based upon 4.4 im unsure why they didnt just use official vanilla android.
 
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I've had a little tidy up.
Please quit with the attitude
and play nice
 
Cobra said:
I've had a little tidy up.
Please quit with the attitude
and play nice
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yes boss, sorry boss :D

macro_man said:
fair enough but a ~100 premium for buying a phone from the provider is bad accounting in my books.:D
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just to finish my point before im quiet, current prices on the 64Gb 5S and Three network:

Buying outright and SIM deal
5S 64Gb - £709
SIM (12 month, unlim data) - £20/month (2 years = £480)

Total - £1189

CONTRACT
5S 64Gb (24 month, unlim data) - £48/month + £29 one off

Total - £1181
 
stupar said:
Having had a look at the specs id say its possibly the creation of hysteria over very little.
It is well spec'd for this moment in time but come the third quarter of this year and the new releases due it will soon become old tech.
Id be keen to see how it sits next to the Nexus 6 when that is released.
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This is very much a straw man argument, all tech becomes old tech very quickly but that doesn't make it bad and any new releases from the big three manufacturers will be very expensive as they always are. The oneplus one will still be able to do in three years what it does today, it won't be any slower and it will have been a lot cheaper to buy.
 
stupar said:
Id be keen to see how it sits next to the Nexus 6 when that is released.
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Man.... I hate this about the PC based tech (smartphone/tablets/etc.). the FU*KERs trickle-feed the consumer with incremental annual 'improvements'. so your purchase is already obsolete BNIB!!
it reminds me of Gillette and their 'technical advancement' from 1 blade to 4 blades stretched over decades!
To sum extent camera industry do the same, they have already made the technical breakthrough but only put out bit by bit!! arggggg:punch: (i want the emoj of 'bashing head against wall' but couldnt find it!!)
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neil_g said:
just to finish my point before im quiet, current prices on the 64Gb 5S and Three network:
Buying outright and SIM deal
5S 64Gb - £709
SIM (12 month, unlim data) - £20/month (2 years = £480)
Total - £1189
CONTRACT
5S 64Gb (24 month, unlim data) - £48/month + £29 one off
Total - £1181
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I have a bad habit of haggling (can you tell!) so my contract (unlim data) is £9/mo!!
so, I suppose what we are collectively saying is that for a new customer its even steven but if like me you have 'loyalty' discount then......
 
macro_man said:
I have a bad habit of haggling (can you tell!) so my contract (unlim data) is £9/mo!!
so, I suppose what we are collectively saying is that for a new customer its even steven but if like me you have 'loyalty' discount then......
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I have the Motorola Moto G, its every bit as good (for my uses) and fast as an iphone 5 except for the camera, but then i do have a camera, cost of phone was £108, my contract with 3 is £6.90 a month for 200 mins, 2,000 texts, 200 landline minutes, 5GB tethering allowance, unlimited data and 2000 "family" minutes to the other 3 phones in our household on the 3 network, i have been with 3 for 10 years and also have mobile broadband with them at £5 for 15GB a month, i got a good deal for all 4 of us when their contracts were up for renewal 2 month ago, the wife and 2 sons were all on Vodafone previously, they all get the exact same allowance (different to me) they get 600 mins, 5000 texts, 1GB data and the 2000 "family" minutes for £9.90 a month on a 1 month rolling contract.

They basically got the next tariff up free of charge and were placed on a 1 month rolling contract instead of 12 month and given the extra 2000 family minutes.

Are there better providers out there, im sure there, but none of them can come close to what 3 give us through loyalty.
 
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