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Offline Glissant

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OnePlus One discussion
« on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 13:31:38 »

Changing the thread to be an off-topic thread for talking about the phone/invites.


I just got an invite today, so it is possible to get one even if you don't think it is. I would suggest being a little active at https://forums.oneplus.net/ . Or you could wait for me to get my invites to share. I think everybody gets three invites or something, but don't quote me on that.


So what do you like most about the Oneplus One?


My favorite things about the phone would be the specs.
« Last Edit: Thu, 17 July 2014, 14:17:10 by Glissant »

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 16:39:11 »
If you get one, spread the love to me =)
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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 12 June 2014, 17:12:20 »
exitfire401, completely depends on the person I get the invite from, but if I get an invite you will be on the top of the list :).

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 13 June 2014, 17:38:39 »
24hours

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 15 June 2014, 14:00:40 »
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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 15 June 2014, 17:36:04 »
I want one too. If I get my hands on any more than 1 I'll make sure to share.
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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 17 June 2014, 13:05:54 »
I'll be looking until the G3 is released in Norway; then I might just buy that instead.

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 19 June 2014, 16:35:21 »
Spam spam spam. Just touched the G2 today, and I must say I like LG a lot. Might even just get the G2 to save some money; that's if I can't get the One.

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 19 June 2014, 16:38:43 »
Spam spam spam. Just touched the G2 today, and I must say I like LG a lot. Might even just get the G2 to save some money; that's if I can't get the One.

I'll vouch for the G2. It's a wonderful phone. I got it on release day and haven't thought about another phone since.
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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 19 June 2014, 16:42:11 »
Nice! That's what I thought about my SGS4 until I tried the G2 with the buttons on the back. That idea is actually freaking awesome. And I am guessing it will get the knock code too, so that will be yet another reason to get one. We'll see =D

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #10 on: Fri, 20 June 2014, 15:53:36 »
Not sure if you guys saw this: http://is.gd/YJ23WU , but at least there is a shot at getting it with this :D.

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 21 June 2014, 07:48:09 »
I need a new phone as one of the antennas in my Xperia S has shorted out and I am limited to using only the slow EDGE antenna.

I entered, thanks for the tip Glissant. The LG G2 looks interesting as well. I need to read up on what is available nowdays. I haven't decided on the one+ so if I win you can have it. I wouldn't have entered if it weren't for you anyway.

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #12 on: Sat, 21 June 2014, 20:00:31 »
damorgue, if you aren't in need of the newest device then I would really suggest looking into the LG G2, but if you don't like the buttons being on the back I could also recommend the LG nexus 5. This is all based on my own personal use, so YMMV ;).
I would greatly appreciate the win if you get it, damorgue, but don't give it away before you've decided. You might find that you really could use a flagship kind of phone for that price =).

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 06 July 2014, 06:38:14 »
Another giveaway for this cool phone http://is.gd/7yZ8LD

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #14 on: Sun, 06 July 2014, 12:56:00 »
Another giveaway for this cool phone http://is.gd/7yZ8LD

Thanks Glissant, my phone just broke recently and I'm looking for something affordable. I'll probably get either the nexus 5 or this if I can't wait long enough. What's your referral id so I can refer you?

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #15 on: Sun, 06 July 2014, 13:37:17 »
Lingj, I can recommend the Nexus 5. I would also recommend LG G2 in that price range because it's the phone I am currently running after giving my S4 to the wife. Excellent phone with buttons in a perfect place for me; especially since I use the knock-on and knock-off features.

I have no clue what my referral code is, so I'll just thank you for the thought =).

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #16 on: Sun, 13 July 2014, 10:13:08 »
Yet another giveaway with this phone.

http://is.gd/3nMaGN

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #17 on: Wed, 16 July 2014, 09:02:39 »
If you're still looking for one, I'll give you mine for $50. I just got it yesterday.

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #18 on: Wed, 16 July 2014, 13:31:21 »
rkleung, sending you a private message on here.

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #19 on: Wed, 16 July 2014, 15:23:01 »
rkleung, sending you a private message on here.

I already did, his code expired.

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #20 on: Wed, 16 July 2014, 15:30:42 »
Oh.

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #21 on: Wed, 16 July 2014, 15:34:16 »
If anyone here gets an invite and wants to share the love with the invites you receive after purchase, please put me on the list. I would do the same. Not looking to sell invites, but I would give them to people here once I buy the phone.

Maybe I should just pony up the cash and buy one on oppomart?
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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #22 on: Wed, 16 July 2014, 15:40:44 »
Then you might as well just get a flagship phone from a different company, JD ;). The point of the phone is for it to be a cheaper flagship device. If I had to pay $500 for the 64GB OnePlus One I would just get the LG G3 instead and slap AOSPA on that beauty.

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #23 on: Wed, 16 July 2014, 15:41:33 »
i havent owned a phone in about 4 years, but im gonna make this my return once i can get my hands on one

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #24 on: Wed, 16 July 2014, 15:44:47 »
I hope everyone gets an invite that has posted in this thread :). I just got shafted by the service center that is looking into why the camera on my phone won't focus. They said it was water damage; which simply isn't possible, and now they are refusing to repair my device. LG is of no help as they won't even tell me how they prove water damage at the service center. And it doesn't help reading online either... people have had the same thing happen to them because the tech had looked at a sticker inside the phone that is red from the assembly line.

Anyway... /rant

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #25 on: Wed, 16 July 2014, 16:45:48 »
Yea... unfortunately the code has been used already. I should be getting 3 more by the end of the month. I'll let you all know when I get them.

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #26 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 08:23:49 »
So many people getting invites that are just giving them away to randoms on the oneplus one forum. I wish I just got an invite so I could buy the phone already xD

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #27 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 10:31:47 »
So I was lucky enough to get an invite through the Oneplus forum. I have one guy in line for the first invite I get, but if he doesn't want it, or if I get more I'll help you guys out.

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Re: [WTB]/[LF] OnePlus One invite
« Reply #28 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 10:47:57 »

So I was lucky enough to get an invite through the Oneplus forum. I have one guy in line for the first invite I get, but if he doesn't want it, or if I get more I'll help you guys out.

Yay!

Happy you got an invite finally. :D
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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #29 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 14:18:55 »
Cheers, JD. I was really lucky to get it. I got it through nominating someone else for an invite, then that person won and ended up giving me the invite because he was so moved that I nominated him.
Karma, man. It's real.

I also think this thread should be moved to off-topic and be continued as a discussion on the phone and/or invites :).

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« Reply #30 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 14:22:07 »
For those using this phone in the US what carrier do you use?

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« Reply #31 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 14:25:03 »
For those using this phone in the US what carrier do you use?

I don't have one yet but I'm trying to get my hands on a OPO. I plan to use T-mobile's $30/month plan with 100 minutes and unlimited data and text.

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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #32 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 14:29:32 »
Moved as requested. Congrats on the get, glissbro!
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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #33 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 14:40:18 »
exitfire401, you know you're the first in line after the guy that gave me this invite, so if you still want the phone you're going to be getting an invite in the near future =). Thanks for moving it the thread, brotherman!
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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #34 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 14:51:12 »
what's all the fuzz about this phone? cheap is good and all, it's fast, sure, and invitations make it a novelty, but i don't see much reason to get one

plz explain :P
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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #35 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 14:54:43 »


so.... you need an invite to buy the phone ?  is this like limited edition pre-order ?

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« Reply #36 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 14:55:39 »
LG G3 off-contract price is $700. This phone is in the same class, for only $400.
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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #37 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 14:57:19 »
LG G3 off-contract price is $700. This phone is in the same class, for only $400.

mm... ok.. but why the invite thing..

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« Reply #38 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 15:02:15 »
LG G3 off-contract price is $700. This phone is in the same class, for only $400.

mm... ok.. but why the invite thing..

Near as I can tell, it's because they are a startup company with not enough funding for a large release production run. It's stupid if you ask me.
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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #39 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 15:10:14 »
LG G3 off-contract price is $700. This phone is in the same class, for only $400.

mm... ok.. but why the invite thing..

Near as I can tell, it's because they are a startup company with not enough funding for a large release production run. It's stupid if you ask me.

are these phones not produced yet ?  or are they already produced, but they want to tack on this system for marketing purposes ?

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« Reply #40 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 15:11:44 »
LG G3 off-contract price is $700. This phone is in the same class, for only $400.

mm... ok.. but why the invite thing..

Near as I can tell, it's because they are a startup company with not enough funding for a large release production run. It's stupid if you ask me.

are these phones not produced yet ?  or are they already produced, but they want to tack on this system for marketing purposes ?

Seems like they are rolling them out in batches. Hence the waves of invites.
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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #41 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 15:19:36 »
LG G3 off-contract price is $700. This phone is in the same class, for only $400.

mm... ok.. but why the invite thing..

Near as I can tell, it's because they are a startup company with not enough funding for a large release production run. It's stupid if you ask me.

are these phones not produced yet ?  or are they already produced, but they want to tack on this system for marketing purposes ?

Seems like they are rolling them out in batches. Hence the waves of invites.

Young people and their phone lust....

I went with expensive phones all the way up till Ipho 5..  then it broke, and I sent it in, those 2 weeks I used the backup phone nokia 521 i got for $40..

It was a Liberating experience..   I didn't realize how much actual motion I was limiting myself against when I had a $700 device in my pocket after having had everything since ipho 1 ..


See a fence, run up, hop over, cut through people's yards to get places..   run up and down the stairs,  jump past the last 4 - 6 steps ...

I'm never going back to the $x00 phones..   


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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #42 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 23:17:31 »
I'd go with the motorola F1 if I ever abandon my smartphone.

I use said phone primarily to read e-books after I had two ebook readers break.

That said, this phone looks pretty legit. I'd dig it were I looking for a new smartphone. It's cool that it came out just after I said to myself: "all the new smartphones are dumb"

here's to oneplus making more awesome!

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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #43 on: Thu, 17 July 2014, 23:22:42 »
I didn't realize how much actual motion I was limiting myself against when I had a $700 device in my pocket

lol'd, good one.

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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #44 on: Fri, 18 July 2014, 10:18:00 »
LG G3 off-contract price is $700. This phone is in the same class, for only $400.

mm... ok.. but why the invite thing..

Near as I can tell, it's because they are a startup company with not enough funding for a large release production run. It's stupid if you ask me.

are these phones not produced yet ?  or are they already produced, but they want to tack on this system for marketing purposes ?

Seems like they are rolling them out in batches. Hence the waves of invites.

Young people and their phone lust....

I went with expensive phones all the way up till Ipho 5..  then it broke, and I sent it in, those 2 weeks I used the backup phone nokia 521 i got for $40..

It was a Liberating experience..   I didn't realize how much actual motion I was limiting myself against when I had a $700 device in my pocket after having had everything since ipho 1 ..


See a fence, run up, hop over, cut through people's yards to get places..   run up and down the stairs,  jump past the last 4 - 6 steps ...

I'm never going back to the $x00 phones..   
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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #45 on: Fri, 18 July 2014, 10:30:16 »
I'm on Ting  which is a Sprint MVNO, as you would imagine with anything using Sprint's network, it's pretty lackluster. Ting's customer service is pretty incredible but I'm not the biggest fan of the pricing tier thing they have setup (I hate paying for data amounts). Anyway, it's pretty much a BYOD company with a small web store. But when all is said and done I pay half what I did through AT&T.

The OnePlus One mainly intrigues me because of the price to spec ratio, I'd love to pay half the going rate for new hardware :p

That being said if I don't get an invite I'll probably just get the next iphone and put off Android another couple years :/

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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #46 on: Fri, 18 July 2014, 10:37:33 »
LG G3 off-contract price is $700. This phone is in the same class, for only $400.

mm... ok.. but why the invite thing..

Near as I can tell, it's because they are a startup company with not enough funding for a large release production run. It's stupid if you ask me.

are these phones not produced yet ?  or are they already produced, but they want to tack on this system for marketing purposes ?

Seems like they are rolling them out in batches. Hence the waves of invites.

Young people and their phone lust....

I went with expensive phones all the way up till Ipho 5..  then it broke, and I sent it in, those 2 weeks I used the backup phone nokia 521 i got for $40..

It was a Liberating experience..   I didn't realize how much actual motion I was limiting myself against when I had a $700 device in my pocket after having had everything since ipho 1 ..


See a fence, run up, hop over, cut through people's yards to get places..   run up and down the stairs,  jump past the last 4 - 6 steps ...

I'm never going back to the $x00 phones..   
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I hear ya.  I've always been pestered by my friends to upgrade my HTC Aria to a $600 smartphone.  I purchased my Aria used for like $50 on Craigslist about four years ago, and it's still running like-new.  All I do is upgrade it with smoother roms.  In the meantime, my friends upgrade their iphones every year or so, and are more often than not, having a their screens cracked or their phones dead by the end of the year.  They argue with me that the damage doesn't really matter because the phones were practically free, but I disagree.

I don't think my friends realize that although the iphone and other $600 smartphones are about $100 upfront via 2-year contract, they are still paying for the full $600 via installments added to their monthly bills.  Just a few months ago, I switched to AIO (now Cricket), and realized just how much people should be paying for their cell phone service.  Thanks to their group saving feature, I'm paying five lines (with 2.5GB unlimited data per line) for just $160.  During the switch, I also upgraded my Aria to a brand-new Moto G for just $80.  Getting five of these is still cheaper than getting one new iphone 5s.  Seeing as how the Moto G is so cheap and good, I upgraded my whole family to that phone.  I'm just sitting here laughing at my friends who are paying more than $200 for two or three lines not including the installments they are paying for their phones.  That extra money you could be saving on your cell phone bill is keyboard money people!



The expensive phone is more of an issue for  self-conscious people

by that I mean..

to them---  an expensive phone represents

_Social Status (you want to seem rich)

____ or at least (not poor)

_Fitting In (every kid has an iphone/ipod/ipad)

____ Personal insecurity, if they are not the prettiest person, they might realize that they at least need to balance the dissonance by surrounding themselves with external-items that ARE considered Pretty.

________ it may not always be visual, it could be cost, rarity, any element or condition considered  Greater status than which they currently possess.








Offline Glissant

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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #47 on: Fri, 18 July 2014, 10:39:07 »
Alrighty, you guys are so much better than everybody that wants to spend their money on what they want.
Congratulations on your intelligent choices, and I must commend you for making the right choice for you.
Here's your gold medal 


Now can we get back to talking about the phone in question, or do we have more stories about other phones that are completely irrelevant to this thread?


I just ordered the green case from eBay for the Oneplus One (http://www.ebay.com/itm/111411941422?var=410396780291&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649)
The shipping from Oneplus themselves was way too high for me,  so had to go this way.
Can't wait to test it out. Thinking I am going to run Paranoid Android on it, but I'll give CM 11s a go first ;).
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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #48 on: Fri, 18 July 2014, 10:44:44 »
Alrighty, you guys are so much better than everybody that wants to spend their money on what they want.
Congratulations on your intelligent choices, and I must commend you for making the right choice for you.
Here's your gold medal 
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Now can we get back to talking about the phone in question, or do we have more stories about other phones that are completely irrelevant to this thread?


I just ordered the green case from eBay for the Oneplus One (http://www.ebay.com/itm/111411941422?var=410396780291&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649)
The shipping from Oneplus themselves was way too high for me,  so had to go this way.
Can't wait to test it out. Thinking I am going to run Paranoid Android on it, but I'll give CM 11s a go first ;).

I would love to discuss the OnePlus One with you, bro, if I ever get a damn invite so I can buy the thing. But that's probably not gonna happen. Not before the Nexus 6 is available, anyway. And at that point, I won't be able to resist buying the Nexus.
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Re: OnePlus One discussion
« Reply #49 on: Fri, 18 July 2014, 10:46:00 »
Not before the Nexus 6 is available, anyway. And at that point, I won't be able to resist buying the Nexus.

That's the same phone I'm waiting for..