I Uncovered The Oneplus 15's Flaws, But This Unexpected Design Feature Is The Real Problem

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The OnePlus 15 is simply a singular flagship successful conscionable astir each measurement -- ZDNET's reviews opportunity it all. The artillery life is excellent, nan photography capabilities are impressive, AI integration is seamless, and nan package is cleanable and intuitive. 

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However, location are a fewer things astir nan telephone that detracted from my acquisition pinch it. These issues are not nan worst things, but astatine best, they felt for illustration questionable decisions, and astatine worst, they adversely affected my expertise to usage nan phone. Here are nan 3 things, on pinch suggestions connected really to hole 2 of them.

1. Quick launching nan camera isn't nan same

For years, nan modular method for quickly launching nan camera connected an Android telephone has been to double-press nan powerfulness button. There are immoderate Chinese manufacturers that don't support that function, but for nan astir part, that's really it has been done successful nan US. The OnePlus 15 — and carnivore successful mind that BBK, OnePlus's genitor company, is based successful China -- didn't look to see that, aliases astatine slightest not by default. Buried wrong nan settings, you tin alteration nan option. Here's really to do it:

Go to Settings -> Accessibility & convenience -> Power fastener -> Double Click nan Power Button, and past pat "Camera."

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It's basal to statement 2 cardinal points here. First, arsenic it stands, if you powerfulness rhythm nan telephone pinch this action on, it will move backmost disconnected aft a restart. OnePlus confirmed that this was a bug -- nan mounting should beryllium retained. But OnePlus could not corroborate what nan default behaviour of nan move would beryllium erstwhile that bug was fixed. 

The truth that it is disconnected aft a powerfulness rhythm suggests that "Off" will beryllium nan default behavior; however, we'll person to hold until nan bug hole is pushed to confirm. In nan meantime, it's peculiarly annoying that this action moreover exists.

2. The difficult truth astir accelerated charging

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The OnePlus 15 comes pinch a 7,300mAh artillery that defies each logic. It's insanely immense and incredibly long-lasting. The only phones I person ever tested that could past much than 2 days connected a complaint had thicknesses measured successful centimeters, not millimeters. The OnePlus 15 bucks that trend, and it's earnestly impressive.

OnePlus is besides known for its ridiculously accelerated charging speeds. Indeed, successful nan past, OnePlus phones person improved my charging experience. When I trial my OnePlus phone, I don't plug it successful overnight. I conscionable hold until nan telephone gets debased and I'm fresh to caput retired nan door. Then I plug successful nan telephone while I get my shoes connected and stitchery my things, and unplug it erstwhile I leave. Usually by then, I person astatine slightest 50% to play with, if not more.

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But OnePlus has a caller mounting buried successful its artillery menu. By default, nan telephone will not complaint that quickly. That's really a bully thing, since accelerated charging tin deterioration down your artillery much than a slower charge. However, OnePlus has agelong been known for its awesome charging speeds, truthful it's different to spot this mounting turned disconnected by default. I get offering your users nan option, but I'm not judge why OnePlus decided to vessel its phones pinch slower charging enabled.

To hole that, spell to Settings -> Battery -> Charging Settings, and move connected "Smart accelerated charging."

It's worthy mentioning that this mounting did not thief my charging speeds. It still takes maine complete an hr to complaint nan telephone from dormant to full. I person tried aggregate plugs and a fewer different OnePlus chargers. I deliberation excavation whitethorn beryllium somewhat defective, but I didn't petition a replacement unit. I don't deliberation having a telephone pinch only moderately accelerated charging was justification for asking for a different device, but if you want your telephone to complaint moreover faster, make judge you alteration that setting.

3. Are nan bezels too thin?

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OnePlus was speedy to constituent retired nan super-thin bezel -- conscionable 1.15mm astir nan periphery of nan telephone -- arsenic 1 of its creation triumphs. That is rather nice, to beryllium sure. The deficiency of a bezel makes looking astatine your telephone conscionable a small much immersive and fun. However, it besides comes pinch a flimsy downside.

During my clip pinch nan OnePlus 15, I played immoderate games. These aren't AAA titles aliases thing for illustration that. They're conscionable dumb small time-killer games for illustration Paper.io 2. The problem I encountered connected aggregate occasions is that, while holding nan phone, my fat sausage digit would flop complete and commencement to touch nan very bottommost of nan screen, which prevented nan telephone from registering my touch elsewhere connected nan surface to nonstop my small dude. It caused maine to die, which sewage much than a small annoying.

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A fewer different times, I was trying to return a photograph aliases a selfie, and I had problem pressing nan shutter button. I can't perfectly corroborate that it was a phantom touch rumor -- I've tried to reproduce it since then, and I've been unsuccessful, truthful to beryllium wholly fair, I can't needfully blasted this rumor connected phantom touches.

It has been a while since I've knowledgeable a telephone arsenic prone to phantom touches arsenic nan OnePlus 15. It was a throwback to nan mid-2010s erstwhile curved telephone screens first became a thing. In this case, it's conscionable a mobility of being much mindful of manus placement erstwhile playing games for illustration that, but it's still annoying. Thin bezels aren't ever a bully thing. I would alternatively person a two- aliases three-millimeter bezel pinch nary phantom touches, convey you very much.

Bottom line

Overall, nary of these are woody breakers, but they're surely not ideal. I'm not judge why OnePlus made nan calls it did, but I americium gladsome astatine slightest they're fixable. This is simply a really awesome phone, and pinch a fewer changes, it tin beryllium moreover better.