Category: OnePlus One

OnePlus One, Video Games

Mobile Phone Games

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Mobile gaming suffering from one big problem.  Platform has various limits when comes to what genres can exist.  Worse still certain phones are better for gaming compared to others.   Biggest problem is most games are rather simple not that complex.  Great time wasters with little to no depth turn out to be money sinks.  Open secret that studios seek whales or cash cows.  Exploiting certain customers habits to earn money from them.

Last night decided to sit down and play jetpacker fighter from Hi Rez.  Studio behind the game has another game, ongoing promotion between the two games.  Often avoided mobile games due gameplay mechanics being lackluster.   Quite enjoy jetpacker fighters from Hi Rez.  Gameplay is simple based on timing more than anything.  Biggest criticism I have of the game is the server quality can be iffy at times.  Causing serious latency issues which end up killing you.   Not sure could be my network causing the problems.  Gameplay wise you move your finger across the screen avoiding being hit by the environment and hitting the robots.  Enjoying this title makes me think of Sonic hedgehog series.  Fast pace game which works on the mobile platform.  Soundtrack is rather good simple set of music which fits into the theme.

Curious on what mobile phone games most people play and how long on average people play. Various other questions like have you spent an money on these games.  Here a small list on all the games played one my OnePlus One so far.

Hearthstone – Card games are good fit for the mobile platform. Collectable card which you can battle against others using various cards and deck designs.  Works quite well on the mobile platform, even played it at the train station.  Quite like hearthstone but suffers from grind problem many free to play games do.

Pokemon GO – Turns your world into pokemon filled world based on your camera.   Landmarks become important places to visit in order to earn pokemon and items.   Rather basic as an idea missing many features from previous pokemon games but nice throwback.  Fun game allowing you to collect every pokemon you loved as a kid.

Marvel Puzzle Quest – Not sure how to describe this game.  Liked it however found it to be boring after some time and hate puzzle games.

Pew Pew – Genre wise multidirectional shoot them up.  Works on mobile platform oddly enough.

Voxel Rush – Racer game that free to play.

Play hearthstone the most out of these titles with rest only have couple hours logged.

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OnePlus One 2 months later

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Owned the OnePlus One now for about 2 months maybe closer to 3 months.

Hardware wise I can’t fault the phone hardware pretty much everything works how it should do.  Quality of the front camera is nothing compared to the back but does the job.  Battery is decent just need to keep an eye on the apps.  Screen is great in range of settings. Operating system wise the phone runs on Android Cyanogenmod. Cyanogenmod clean version of android pretty much limited with what software is default on the phone.  Have to say enjoying pure version of android.  Platform does have some major scope on what it can do when it is not limited by business deals.

Overall I like the OnePlus One as a phone and safe to say that next phone likely to be another OnePlus..

OnePlus One, Technology

OnePlus One: Recommended

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Had my OnePlus One for a week decided to post up my thoughts and feelings on the phone so far.

OnePlus Two: Why not wait?

Early adopters often in technology sector suffer from serious manufacturing defects. Failure rates are higher compared to the average 4% for a product.  Rate for early adopters can be near 50% or higher. Combined with the fact the OnePlus Two is likely to be invite only so near impossible to get hold of for months.  Production of the phone is likely to be low / limited for some time.

No idea what sort of hardware the phone is going be rocking or the price tag.

OnePlus One: Thoughts and feelings

Hardware wise the OnePlus One rocks

  • 5.5″ FHD Screen Gorilla Glass 3
  • Snapdragon 801 Quad Core 2.5Ghz
  • CyanogenMod 11 based On Android 4.4.2
  • 3GB Ram 16GB/64GB ROM
  • Oneplus One 4G Flagship Killer

Pretty much near flagship level hardware wise with a middle of the ground price tag.  Phone is not bad when it comes to hardware price you pay is outstanding value.  Full details of the hardware can be found on the OnePlus website, camera could be seen as the weak spot but decent enough.  Camera is still great without a doubt with the phone able to record video in 1080p.  Battery life the phone has some serious stamina most phones these days the battery has become the Achilles heel.  OnePlus One has sold over one million units for good reason. Back of the phone is textured to help you grip the phone when you hold it.  Operating system is CyanogenMod based on Android barebones pretty much clean android. 

Recommend as a phone for users who want a good android phone. 

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First impressions OnePlus

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OnePlus one is overall a nice bit of kit.

Based on what I used so far happy with the phone it has one of the longest battery usage spans I seen.  Hardware wise pretty fast for a range of things.  Barebone androids with you being allowed to pick what you want.

Only complaint so far is I feel like a ton of features which I have no clue about are hidden away. Slowly getting to grips with the phone 🙂