2018 began with me gifting myself a luxury, I bought the Oneplus 5T and I had to say it was a much-needed upgrade from my previous Lenovo Vibe - P1 which had aged beyond its use and had a dilapidated screen.
Unlike the Lenovo, the Oneplus 5T was slim and light and did offer a great battery-life inspite of being a downgrade from 5000maH battery my previous phone had.
What instantly caught my attention was the Amazing AMOLED screen and the powerful processor which was able to run multiple apps seamlessly. I still hadn't activated the face unlock which I had previously felt was a silly and a useless feature to have. I spent a couple of days fiddling with the phone, exploring it's camera, apps, music and sound. I found many a times the huge 6.0" screen to be a bit too big for my hands and it did put me in a lot of discomfort while I tried to access the ends of the screen. I found the camera (especially for Bouquet effect to be good), I am not even a garden-variety photographer, so I myself wouldn't take my own take on photography seriously.
Coming back, the face unlock was something I personally believed that I wouldn't stick to. However, from the moment I turned it on, I couldn't let go. It was so seamless, whenever I pulled out and pressed the power button, the home screen would light up, I even tried to check it by putting my face aside and turning it on and it would try and detect a face and ultimately give-up, I was impressed. I removed my glasses and tried and again it worked seamlessly. I then tried to unlock it in the dark, the screen would throw a white light on my face and again unlock seamlessly. I even clean-shaved my face to test the feature, yet again it worked. WOW!! I was impressed.
This became a regular, I no longer used the finger print sensor at the back, I would pull out my phone, press the power button and the phone would magically light up. Again and again. There would be an occasional miss. But, I didn't mind that.
To be honest, when the Iphone X was launched, I began to write a blog that was titled "What would be Steve Jobs's take on the Iphone X ?" and the tone of the post was critical. But having lived with the face recognition for almost two months now, I would definitely give it a thumbs-up. It has truly changed my behavior.
Well Done Apple and as the saying goes, "Good artists copy, Great ones steal!! Oneplus has done the latter very well.
Unlike the Lenovo, the Oneplus 5T was slim and light and did offer a great battery-life inspite of being a downgrade from 5000maH battery my previous phone had.
What instantly caught my attention was the Amazing AMOLED screen and the powerful processor which was able to run multiple apps seamlessly. I still hadn't activated the face unlock which I had previously felt was a silly and a useless feature to have. I spent a couple of days fiddling with the phone, exploring it's camera, apps, music and sound. I found many a times the huge 6.0" screen to be a bit too big for my hands and it did put me in a lot of discomfort while I tried to access the ends of the screen. I found the camera (especially for Bouquet effect to be good), I am not even a garden-variety photographer, so I myself wouldn't take my own take on photography seriously.
Coming back, the face unlock was something I personally believed that I wouldn't stick to. However, from the moment I turned it on, I couldn't let go. It was so seamless, whenever I pulled out and pressed the power button, the home screen would light up, I even tried to check it by putting my face aside and turning it on and it would try and detect a face and ultimately give-up, I was impressed. I removed my glasses and tried and again it worked seamlessly. I then tried to unlock it in the dark, the screen would throw a white light on my face and again unlock seamlessly. I even clean-shaved my face to test the feature, yet again it worked. WOW!! I was impressed.
This became a regular, I no longer used the finger print sensor at the back, I would pull out my phone, press the power button and the phone would magically light up. Again and again. There would be an occasional miss. But, I didn't mind that.
To be honest, when the Iphone X was launched, I began to write a blog that was titled "What would be Steve Jobs's take on the Iphone X ?" and the tone of the post was critical. But having lived with the face recognition for almost two months now, I would definitely give it a thumbs-up. It has truly changed my behavior.
Well Done Apple and as the saying goes, "Good artists copy, Great ones steal!! Oneplus has done the latter very well.
