The OnePlus One Review
by Joshua Ho on November 19, 2014 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
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GPU Performance
As always, it's important to test the performance of the GPU in order to better understand how a device will perform in workloads such as 3D gaming and similar situations. In the case of the OnePlus One and its Snapdragon 801 SoC, we're looking at an Adreno 330 GPU clocked at 578 MHz. While this is a known quantity by this point, it's still worth going over simply to verify that performance is in line with what we expect from this setup.
As one might be able to guess, the OnePlus One's graphics performance is where we expect it to be. At this point in the device lifecycle, the OnePlus One ends up behind the latest and greatest, but performance is more than acceptable as most of the GPU performance gains are spent on driving higher resolutions instead of better performance.
NAND Performance
In truth, storage performance tends to fall to the background on the long list of things that affect user experience. However, while it takes large improvements for a user to notice faster storage, poor storage performance is extremely obvious and painful to live with. To test this, we use Androbench with some custom settings to reduce variability in results. While Androbench seems to be an invalid test on Android 5.0, on Android 4.4 the test continues to work well for its purpose so we can disclose these results.
In this test, it's clear that OnePlus has kitted out the One with some extremely high-quality NAND (which appears to be a Toshiba solution) , but random I/O isn't quite as impressive. This may be due to the controller used. At any rate, one shouldn't have any problems with lag resulting from poor storage performance as the eMMC used in this device is incredibly high-end for a device of this price.
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Anonymous1a - Thursday, November 20, 2014 - link
Really, this phone is like over six months old! And, you're reviewing it now? The whole point of a review is to help buyers make up their mind. Not a lot of people start buying when a device is six months old.grayson_carr - Thursday, November 20, 2014 - link
To be fair, the phone still isn't straight up for sale. You can't just go to their site and have one shipped to you on the spot. You can only pre-order it.Bob Todd - Thursday, November 20, 2014 - link
To be even more fair, their comment (not yours) is completely retarded. Pre-orders are closed. Nobody reading this review can even buy one right now. Still invite only until another pre-order window opens. So I'd say the review is still quite timely.Allan_Hundeboll - Sunday, November 23, 2014 - link
If you know how to google you can find an invite in less than 10 minutes...Anonymous1a - Thursday, November 20, 2014 - link
So, just because they have a different business model, that means you should review it late? They may never open pre-orders proper for the One (in the way other companies do) so, if that's your rationale, Anandtech should never review the phone. Also, I don't know if you live in Asia, but, in some countries, you can actually just go to a shop and buy one. Yes, you'll pay a premium from $20-$50 but it will still be cheaper than competing phones.Anonymous1a - Thursday, November 20, 2014 - link
Also, how is it that OnePlus One is seen as the first device to challenge to challenge the $600+ flagship paradigm when Xiaomi has been doing this for at least two generations of devices?Socius - Friday, November 21, 2014 - link
Xiaomi makes devices targeted to the Asian market (think bands). These guys are making the same thing, but pushing the western markets hard with it. So it's basically higher quality Xiaomi for the masses.beggerking@yahoo.com - Thursday, November 20, 2014 - link
can you stop putting iphone benchmarks in the chart? everyone already know its biased and inaccurate.SanX - Thursday, November 20, 2014 - link
Great everything but the dark display and a bit ugly design. Good to have 6" and even 6.5" model too at the expense of bezel. Another good unknown Chinese brand is Zopo, I'm happy with its 6" phone for more then a year. No one including Apple beats its screen and battery life.frombauer - Thursday, November 20, 2014 - link
Want leading battery life with a mannageable size? Sony Z3 Compact. Loving mine, 4.6" might be a bit small, but it's light, fits a pocket nicely and lasts FOREVER on a charge. And has a full speed Snapdragon 801 inside driving a 720p screen, which makes it scream.