So the OnePlus One is now here...

I was hoping the OnePlus One would be available at some point in the near future, but I've given up on it also. I might as well pick up a Nexus 5 now, then maybe a Nexus 6 later if the pricing is similar to the 5.

Will the Find 7 be available in the States before the One?
 
Find 7 will most likely be extremely hard to find in the US as well. They are big sellers over in Asia, which shouldn't prevent you from buying off contract.
 
Trimlock said:
Find 7 will most likely be extremely hard to find in the US as well. They are big sellers over in Asia, which shouldn't prevent you from buying off contract.
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The International one should work in the U.S., but you would only get HSPA+ no LTE
 
On the One+ forums, no new invites today, people were expecting a new wave of invites. Only the first 150 people from awhile back got invites so far :rolleyes:

By the time this phone is actually readily available, for the general public to buy right away, a whole next generation of Android phones will be out.
 
I tell ya, by the time it comes out it will be obsolete to the other flagships. Amazon will have their phone out (assuming that their next device is a phone), the next nexus and iphone will be out too... Maybe it won't be as far as being obsolete, but there will be other good and maybe even better phones out too. In other words the One will have lost it's competitive edge and price alone will have to achieve it's sales.
 
Tried telling you, I predicted it pretty dam well.


All they did was a huge marketing scam......to sell more Find 7's
 
I got my invite a few days ago. Ordered the 64GB. Should be shipping on Monday.
 
Zorachus said:
OnePlus One delayed again, CyanogenMod issues to blame
http://androidandme.com/2014/06/news/oneplus-one-delayed-again-cyanogenmod-issues-to-blame/

LOL :rolleyes: what a fucking sad joke this phone release turned out to be.
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JPF_ said:
Tried telling you, I predicted it pretty dam well.


All they did was a huge marketing scam......to sell more Find 7's
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This is exactly why I bought the Note 3 two months ago. I've got an awesome phone, and poor people who wanted this phone are still waiting for it and having to deal with the marketing shenanigans and excuses. I saw this crap from a thousand miles away, and I was ready to spend the money right then and there. Someone said it best in the comments of that link: they are violating basic business 101. Never, ever make it hard for your customers to give you their money.
 
If anyone has a spare invite to share, I'd be appreciative. PM me if u do :)
 
I wanted one, looks like I will have to stick with my N4 till the fall and see what the new phones look like.
 
Monday, June 16, 2014 Service Area Time Pieces
1 Shipment picked up LOS ANGELES, CA - USA 15:32
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Well, mine is on the way! Hopefully it'll arrive in a couple of days
 
Glad to know that OnePlus is delivering on its promise... that said, this is a friendly reminder that a $300-$350 flagship phone is going to have some strings attached. Part of the cost behind a $500+ high-end device is accessibility.
 
Just got this e-mail from the OnePlus team;


Storm of Invites

Dear OnePlus fans,

What we are about to announce has been brewing for weeks now, but now the time has finally come: The Storm of Invites is here! We are giving out 2,500 invites plus a free phone!

All you have to do is go to the Storm of Invites page, log in with your email/Facebook account and complete as many of the tasks as you want. However, the more tasks you complete, the better your chances will be. For more details, see our post in the forums!

Are you ready for the Storm?


F off, that ship has already sailed for me :rolleyes: I shouldn't have to compete tasks and jump through hopes, to get in line to buy your product.
 
Skripka said:
I'm with you now.
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That e-mail today, just pisses me off even more, doesn't make me want the phone, makes me think, screw off OnePlus, you guys failed miserably on marketing this good phone.

I mean wow, WTF are they thinking here ? :rolleyes:
 
Zorachus said:
That e-mail today, just pisses me off even more, doesn't make me want the phone, makes me think, screw off OnePlus, you guys failed miserably on marketing this good phone.

I mean wow, WTF are they thinking here ? :rolleyes:
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Between inavailability and LG G3 and the refreshes from HTC and Sammy...they're hosed in the high-end segment.
 
Skripka said:
Between inavailability and LG G3 and the refreshes from HTC and Sammy...they're hosed in the high-end segment.
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Yep :)

At this point the LG G3 is way cooler for a 5.5" smartphone than the OnePlus, same size screen, in a much smaller footprint, great battery life on the G3, and give it two months after release, the G3 will be on bargain sale from the carriers. LG phones don't sell at high prices for long, the carries always give killer deals on LG phones, few months after release.

Reading this page makes me want to vomit :rolleyes:
http://forums.oneplus.net/threads/the-storm-of-invites.36887/page-408

The ass licking and begging for this phone on their forum is disgusting.

And 2,500 invites, that's all ? Their forum has like 110,000 members, so only 2500 phones, is like 2% of the customer base. What a fucking joke.
 
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Zorachus said:
Yep :)

At this point the LG G3 is way cooler for a 5.5" smartphone than the OnePlus, same size screen, in a much smaller footprint, great battery life on the G3, and give it two months after release, the G3 will be on bargain sale from the carriers. LG phones don't sell at high prices for long, the carries always give killer deals on LG phones, few months after release.

Reading this page makes me want to vomit :rolleyes:
http://forums.oneplus.net/threads/the-storm-of-invites.36887/page-408

The ass licking and begging for this phone on their forum is disgusting.

And 2,500 invites, that's all ? Their forum has like 110,000 members, so only 2500 phones, is like 2% of the customer base. What a fucking joke.
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But that's a flagship phone...G3 is LG's response to the M8 not the One plus One... I think the One plus One will be a great phone for the price and it beat the LG G3 to the market. I mean by the time the G3 hits HTC and Samsung will already be 1/2 way to their next gen phones. The one plus one has some great features and I love that it uses an open os.
 
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This phone release is a damn joke! I had my money waiting to spend on this and I be damned you can't get one without a invite? Is this some kind of country club? They can kiss my ass, I'll buy something else
 
Justintoxicated said:
But that's a flagship phone...G3 is LG's response to the M8 not the One plus One... I think the One plus One will be a great phone for the price and it beat the LG G3 to the market. I mean by the time the G3 hits HTC and Samsung will already be 1/2 way to their next gen phones. The one plus one has some great features and I love that it uses an open os.
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The G3 is a flagship and the OPO is supposed to be a "flagship killer". Don't get me wrong I would love to buy one but I am not going to jump through hoop after hoop to get the "chance" of buying one.

But their marketing has been one big screw. This thread is perfect: http://forums.oneplus.net/threads/5-reasons-to-not-buy-the-oneplus-one-from-scalpers.35689/

I mean if they are making and selling enough to resellers who then in turn "scalp" them at a big markup... why the hell wont OPO stop selling them to these resellers and sell them directly to their customers?

I don't really spend much time hating because there are other things I would rather do. I need to replace my aging nexus 4 too but I am not going to suck OPO dick either. I just think it is really really disappointing that what I was hoping would be a fresh new start up that might shake up the industry just turned out to be a con job
 
Way too much hype and not enough supply. People thought Google botched the n4 launch haha
 
Bman123 said:
Way too much hype and not enough supply. People thought Google botched the n4 launch haha
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LOL, no comparison. Yeah the Nexus 4 launch was bad, but this OnePlus launch is a frigging disaster train wreck. Especially the marketing end of it, with the insanely stupid "invite" system, and having to do tasks to maybe get lucky for an invite :rolleyes:

The Nexus 4 sold out of the first 100,000 phones in stock right away, and took like two months later to get a good supply going again, which sucked, but after that was good, and they went on to sell like 800,000 or so I think. This OnePlus is a joke, I think they only had like a thousand or so at launch, and now two months later sending out invites for just another 2,500 :p:rolleyes: That is off the charts bad supply and production.

When will OnePlus have like 100,000 phones ready to go and put up for sale ? Not just 2,500 :rolleyes:
 
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I highly doubt the inventory will be good and by then everyone will move on to something else
 
Bman123 said:
I highly doubt the inventory will be good and by then everyone will move on to something else
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LOL, at the extra 3,500 invites announced today :rolleyes: And what the F is an "invite" anyways ? It's not a code to go ahead an order the phone, it's just a spot in line to wait.

They have approx 110,000 forum members, what good is 2,500 invites here, and 3,500 invites there ? That's like 5% only. No way this company has 100,000+ phones ready for sale before September IMO.

And then the Nexus-Six will be coming out in October for $399, with better specs. Once the Nexus-Six is officially announced, this phone is dead, unless they drop the price to like $199.
 
Blown 89 said:
I saw this coming a mile away. This phone has been a sad joke since the beginning.
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Would love to hear the thoughts of Steve K. the Cyanogen founder, on how this whole OnePlus nightmare. I mean this phone, is supposed to be THE Cyanogen phone, right ? And Steve K. is the Cyanogen owner and originator, and he's on aboard with OnePlus, of course.

How does he feel, what once looked to be a blockbuster phone release, potentially making them a big name in the tech field, to now a laughing stock of a joke, disaster release.
 
Zorachus said:
Would love to hear the thoughts of Steve K. the Cyanogen founder, on how this whole OnePlus nightmare. I mean this phone, is supposed to be THE Cyanogen phone, right ? And Steve K. is the Cyanogen owner and originator, and he's on aboard with OnePlus, of course.

How does he feel, what once looked to be a blockbuster phone release, potentially making them a big name in the tech field, to now a laughing stock of a joke, disaster release.
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Steve K got thrown under the bus by One+, claiming security flaw with Cyanogen is a cause. I wonder if he's got much positive things to say about it now...
 
CHANG3D said:
Steve K got thrown under the bus by One+, claiming security flaw with Cyanogen is a cause. I wonder if he's got much positive things to say about it now...
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It wasn't a 'security flaw with Cyanogen'. My understanding was that it was going to ship with a version of openssl which was susceptible to the heartbleed attack.
 
blinx said:
It wasn't a 'security flaw with Cyanogen'. My understanding was that it was going to ship with a version of openssl which was susceptible to the heartbleed attack.
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Hence, thrown under the bus...
 
I was looking forward to this phone, and I would have been one of many many people who would have bought one today if they were available. Still may buy a Nexus 5 for now, or even a G3, then maybe a Nexus 6 down the road...I don't have to be one of the first with that phone anyways :)
 
A Few Words on Production Capacity
http://forums.oneplus.net/threads/a-few-words-on-production-capacity.39999/

Before announcing the One on April 23, we didn't anticipate this type of demand.

Yeah a flagship spec'd super phone, selling for only $299, wasn't going to attract high demand ? What a fucking joke of an excuse :rolleyes:


Enough of blaming everyone but themselves, that's a sh!tty attitude. How could they not know, to at least have enough supply to cover the amount of forum members they have ? If they had 100,000 forum members, that's a good guess, that at least that amount or close to that number, will want to buy the phone. But instead they only make like 2,000 at first :rolleyes: Not even 2% of their customer base.

I think OnePlus might be a kickstarter program, total scam.
 
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OnePlus has maybe 3 or 4 months to get this disaster fixed, and supply issues behind them, if they want to become a successful company, and not another small business that bites the dust right away.

By October, Google will announce the next generation Asus made Nexus-Six, which will have better / newer hardware than the OnePlus, but sell for close to the same bargain price point. Once Asus releases the Nexus-Six, the OnePlus sales are done.
 
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