It's a Chinese phone, made in Shenzhen by a Chinese company. They were previously caught stealing user data https://gizmodo.com/oneplus-ad... [gizmodo.com]
Like all companies they screw up from time to time, but OnePlus has a history of listening to customers and adding customer-friendly features to phones that others refuse to.
For example you can set your OnePlus phone to charge to 80% and then stop. It will run from charger power after that but not charge the battery, extending its life significantly. Nobody else offers that, although if you root Android it is possible on other devices.
Their hardware is generally very good, very well made and offers a decent
Sony has had BatteryCare since forever. Does the same thing, but better, as it fully charges to 100% when you disconnect the phone in the morning. The phone can adjust to your schedule automatically, or you can set it manually now too.
Warp charge kills the battery by charging your battery at more than 2C, so they should do more to decrease battery degradation, not the bare minimum of a charging cap.
Apple has something like that too, but both are inferior to what OnePlus offers because they both insist on going to 100% at times. Also being able to run from the charger most of the day means that the battery isn't discharged slowly for long periods either, further reducing wear on it.
You only need to do that occasionally, not every day. I find that over the course of about a month the battery % display drifts off by about 10%, so I do a full charge once a month.
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It's a Chinese phone, made in Shenzhen by a Chinese company. They were previously caught stealing user data https://gizmodo.com/oneplus-ad... [gizmodo.com]
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Like all companies they screw up from time to time, but OnePlus has a history of listening to customers and adding customer-friendly features to phones that others refuse to.
For example you can set your OnePlus phone to charge to 80% and then stop. It will run from charger power after that but not charge the battery, extending its life significantly. Nobody else offers that, although if you root Android it is possible on other devices.
Their hardware is generally very good, very well made and offers a decent
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Sony has had BatteryCare since forever. Does the same thing, but better, as it fully charges to 100% when you disconnect the phone in the morning. The phone can adjust to your schedule automatically, or you can set it manually now too.
Warp charge kills the battery by charging your battery at more than 2C, so they should do more to decrease battery degradation, not the bare minimum of a charging cap.
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Apple has something like that too, but both are inferior to what OnePlus offers because they both insist on going to 100% at times. Also being able to run from the charger most of the day means that the battery isn't discharged slowly for long periods either, further reducing wear on it.
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Going to 100% is necessary in order to prevent meter drift, so that's a sane default. Not inferior at all.
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You only need to do that occasionally, not every day. I find that over the course of about a month the battery % display drifts off by about 10%, so I do a full charge once a month.