OnePlus One "Cheap" High End Smartphone

[roslinpl]

Looking good and specs are GREAT!!! in this price!


Have you seen Ubuntu Edge? (but I cannot find a way to buy it now ...)

[1Referee]

Have you seen Ubuntu Edge? (but I cannot find a way to buy it now ...)

I have read about it, the phone itself is quite ugly. I would rather install ubuntu on my smartphone myself.
Android is perfectly fine, but Samsung, HTC, LG, Sony are ruining the android experience with their heavy skins on top of android.

I will definitely play with ubuntu once it possible to install.

[roslinpl]

Have you seen Ubuntu Edge? (but I cannot find a way to buy it now ...)

I have read about it, the phone itself is quite ugly. I would rather install ubuntu on my smartphone myself.
Android is perfectly fine, but Samsung, HTC, LG, Sony are ruining the android experience with their heavy skins on top of android.

I will definitely play with ubuntu once it possible to install.

Ugly?

4.5in 1,280 x 720 HD display with pure sapphire crystal screen, the hardest natural substance after diamond

128GB of storage for photos, music, content


I think it is nice.

[Singlebyte]

Blu Products also makes budget friendly smart phones.  I like the styling and design a little better and they have several models to choose from.


http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/21/blu-studio-6-0-hd/

http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/22/blu-life-pure-smartphone/

http://Http://www.bluproducts.com/

[1Referee]

I am sure these new and already existing companies that are releasing very fair priced high end smartphones are on a moment going to force Apple and Samsung, HTC, Sony to come down in price quite a bit.

Cheaper smartphones are becomming very popular since their specs are the same/better than the current flagship devices.

Here iPhone 5S 16GB cost €699 that's around $960 !!! and then there is the iPhone 5C 8GB at €549 which is $750 !!

[roslinpl]

Blu Products also makes budget friendly smart phones.  I like the styling and design a little better and they have several models to choose from.


http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/21/blu-studio-6-0-hd/

http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/22/blu-life-pure-smartphone/

http://Http://www.bluproducts.com/

Those looks pretty good I must say.


Kinda Samsumg s3mini design but better

Really impressed!

[Wipeout2097]

High end smartphones are always available at Aliexpress, DinoDirect, Taobao and so on ... This one or fairly equivalent will be available too. Buying directly from Chinese brands and websites is amazing, but sometimes hard. I was unable to buy a software radio at $45 from Chinese person directly and had to pay $75 on ebay. Other devices, the same. Always issues with payment methods


More on topic, thanks for this thread and suggestion.

[kuroman]

Have you seen Ubuntu Edge? (but I cannot find a way to buy it now ...)

I have read about it, the phone itself is quite ugly. I would rather install ubuntu on my smartphone myself.
Android is perfectly fine, but Samsung, HTC, LG, Sony are ruining the android experience with their heavy skins on top of android.

I will definitely play with ubuntu once it possible to install.

HTC Skin is one of the lightest available outthere right now (it was heavy especialy Sense 3) Samsung and LG are competing to see who's going to have the most of software gimmicks on the devices and filling them with bloatware, Sonys UI is relatively clean, if I have one complaint with Sony software is the slow updates

Btw for those looking for cheap smartphones for their prepaid plans, Wikoo and Archos (french brands) makes some nice devices at the entry level (don't expect a iPhone 5S equivalent but for the price they are pretty good)

[Singlebyte]

Not having GPS would be a killer no-go for me.  Why would they not include GPS?


Specs from the Verge:
http://www.theverge.com/products/compare/7681/7422/7440/7683

[roslinpl]

Not having GPS would be a killer no-go for me.  Why would they not include GPS?


Specs from the Verge:
http://www.theverge.com/products/compare/7681/7422/7440/7683

Damn I missed that info before Indeed it hasn't got GPS!
I must say in the city Google Maps works great with only Internet connected to it but if you want to use it as a navigation and / or outside the city, indeed GPS is something that good SmartPhone must have.
+ GPS makes your phone more secure

[PhoneBloks]

Not having GPS would be a killer no-go for me.  Why would they not include GPS?


Specs from the Verge:
http://www.theverge.com/products/compare/7681/7422/7440/7683

Damn I missed that info before Indeed it hasn't got GPS!
I must say in the city Google Maps works great with only Internet connected to it but if you want to use it as a navigation and / or outside the city, indeed GPS is something that good SmartPhone must have.
+ GPS makes your phone more secure

My 70eur gigabyte smartphone has gps also .. i bought it as a car/walk navigation, I use IGO and I am totally satisfied. Lot of music for low money  

[1Referee]

If you guys are referring to the OnePlus One for not having GPS, then you're wrong. According to the official website it does have GPS

[blacksails]

Have you seen Ubuntu Edge? (but I cannot find a way to buy it now ...)

I have read about it, the phone itself is quite ugly. I would rather install ubuntu on my smartphone myself.
Android is perfectly fine, but Samsung, HTC, LG, Sony are ruining the android experience with their heavy skins on top of android.

I will definitely play with ubuntu once it possible to install.

Ugly?

4.5in 1,280 x 720 HD display with pure sapphire crystal screen, the hardest natural substance after diamond

128GB of storage for photos, music, content


I think it is nice.

I totally agree! To bad it never got funded on Indiegogo… It would have been quite awesome otherwise!

[hilariousandco]

I'm a big fan of Ubuntu but the phone left me feeling unimpressed with both features and design from the video I saw. So is the Ubuntu phone not actually being made now?

[jodybay]

This is probably the thing I am looking the most forward to, tech related.

CPU : Snapdragon 801 CPU
RAM : 3GB DDR3
Screen Size : 5.5" 401PPI
Battery : 3100MAH
Camera : 13MPX
4G LTE worldwide support
OS : Android v 4.4.2 Kitkat ( runs with custom Cyanogenmod 11S )

Price :
299USD for 16GB
349USD for 64GB

269EUR for 16GB
299EUR for 64GB

Most new smartphones cost more than 500/600$ ...  

cool phone and pretty im just wondering how its related to O+ phone since they have a same logo which is this one is 1+

[blacksails]

I'm a big fan of Ubuntu but the phone left me feeling unimpressed with both features and design from the video I saw. So is the Ubuntu phone not actually being made now?

They are developing the software, and I think they have agreements with a few mobile phone companies. So I think it's being done!

[Lauda]

Not having GPS would be a killer no-go for me.  Why would they not include GPS?


Specs from the Verge:
http://www.theverge.com/products/compare/7681/7422/7440/7683

I have just realized this too. This is also a no-go for me. I travel a lot, to big cities, and sometimes I go to the mountains and such (alone). I often rely on GPS to not get lost. It really makes no sense not to include it, I'm sure that it doesn't cost a lot for them to add it to the phone.

[hilariousandco]

I'm a big fan of Ubuntu but the phone left me feeling unimpressed with both features and design from the video I saw. So is the Ubuntu phone not actually being made now?

They are developing the software, and I think they have agreements with a few mobile phone companies. So I think it's being done!

Cool. I need to get a new phone and I don't really want to shell out £500+ for one so one of these might be more my price range. Do any of these have mini-sd slots? I want one so I can put all my music on.

[blacksails]

I'm a big fan of Ubuntu but the phone left me feeling unimpressed with both features and design from the video I saw. So is the Ubuntu phone not actually being made now?

They are developing the software, and I think they have agreements with a few mobile phone companies. So I think it's being done!

Cool. I need to get a new phone and I don't really want to shell out £500+ for one so one of these might be more my price range. Do any of these have mini-sd slots? I want one so I can put all my music on.

I have no idea on the price range of if the phones will have an mini-sd slot, but these are the companies I think: http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/press-releases/canonical-announces-first-partners-to-ship-ubuntu-phones-around-the-globe/

Otherwise you could install Ubuntu on something that comes pre-installed with Android and has a mini-sd slot!

[kuroman]

I'm a big fan of Ubuntu but the phone left me feeling unimpressed with both features and design from the video I saw. So is the Ubuntu phone not actually being made now?

They are developing the software, and I think they have agreements with a few mobile phone companies. So I think it's being done!

Cool. I need to get a new phone and I don't really want to shell out £500+ for one so one of these might be more my price range. Do any of these have mini-sd slots? I want one so I can put all my music on.

I have no idea on the price range of if the phones will have an mini-sd slot, but these are the companies I think: http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/press-releases/canonical-announces-first-partners-to-ship-ubuntu-phones-around-the-globe/

Otherwise you could install Ubuntu on something that comes pre-installed with Android and has a mini-sd slot!

As long as the phone can be rooted and bootloader unlocked you can, (you can pretty much install anything as long as the drivers are available) sometimes it is not the case especially with Samsung phones nowadays