Hi Garth,
I hadn’t heard of this company till now. The Android screenreader is called
TalkBack. Not all Android phones support TalkBack equally. The most accessible
and Talkback-friendly line of Android phones is the Nexus range, which run
‘pure’ Android.
There was no mention of accessibility at all in that review.
The most similar to iPads and iPhones out of the Android stable are probably
the Samsung Galaxy tablets & phones, and they are also expensive (depending on
which version you buy, since several of them seem to be selling at any one
time). Samsung runs TalkBack and has some additions of its own – Voice
Assistant is its native screen-reader.
From: Garth Long
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 7:41 PM
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Garthlong50@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vip_students] 1 plus 3 - android smart phone
Guys,
I believe 1 plus 3 is the latest from this company.
It is an ‘Iphone 7’ look a like
Without all the glitches.
Have any of you ever heard of
Or even tried this phone.
I am keen to see how its version of ‘voice Over’ works
And if it is a comparative
Answer to us all going down the ‘Apple’ IOS route?
Introduction
A great act is tough to follow and sometimes delivering two great devices in a
row requires that you take a completely different approach with the successor.
Now on its third "flagship killer" (with the OnePlus X taking a different
path), OnePlus has taken on the tough task to mature from a business
standpoint, while still retaining that ambitious "never settle" attitude that
brought it where it is today.
Only time will tell if that works out, but it's beyond the point of this review
anyway. What we are determined to find out here is whether the OnePlus 3 is
worth your hard-earned cash.
Oneplus 3 review
On paper, the formula is right - match the specs of rivals and undercut their
pricing. However, it is the approach towards the latter that has really changed
this time around. Instead of going for an absurdly low price and being unable
to sort out production, mandating stuff like the dreaded invite system, OnePlus
has gone to reasonable levels this time and dropped the sales tricks.
Overall, the OnePlus 3 is best described as driven by pragmatic choices. There
is nothing really unusual, bold or even remotely eccentric from a design
standpoint - just a really elegant and thin metal unibody with very few things
that may raise questions. The same goes for the specs. They have always been
more than robust in OnePlus devices, but typically hand-picked and arranged for
optimal performance, rather than just there for the sake of pure numbers.
Key features
5.5" Optic AMOLED display of 1080p resolution; 401ppi; Corning Gorilla Glass 4;
Metal back
64GB model with Snapdragon 820 chipset (2x Kryo at 2.15GHz and 2x Kryo at
1.6GHz cores); Adreno 530 GPU
16MP f/2.0 main camera with OIS and phase detection autofocus, single LED
flash; 2160p video at 30fps;
8MP f/2.0 front-facing camera, 1080p video recording at 30fps
4G LTE; Dual-SIM support; Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac; Bluetooth 4.2; NFC; GPS, GLONASS
and BDS; Fingerprint reader; USB Type-C connector
Oxygen OS, based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
3,000mAh non-removable battery
Fast battery charging: 60% in 30 min (Dash Charge)
Main disadvantages
No microSD card slot
With a Snapdragon 820 SoC and Adreno 530 GPU, pushing pixels to an extremely
power-efficient 1080p, 5.5-inch AMOLED panel, you don't expect any performance
bottlenecks. If anything the 6GB of RAM put it ahead of the pack and with a
Sony-made 16MP OIS camera imaging department holds plenty of promise too.
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OnePlus 3 in official photos
All bases seem covered, but a modern smartphone, and particularly a flagship is
more than a mechanical sum of its parts. Premium user experience goes beyond
the things you can put on a specs sheet and we are yet to see if OnePlus
managed to deliver it. Follow along on the next page, as we unbox the 3 and
take a closer look at its exterior.
Next Page »2. Unboxing, hardware overview
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