Comment by lynndotpy
11 hours ago
The OnePlus 3 was my first proper smartphone and the best phone I ever used. Running Lineage, it's faster and more responsive, even today, than a $1000 iPhone from 2024. The quality was amazing. It's a shame to have seen their slow decline over the years as they chased expensive and unpopular hardware trends. RIP
I had a OnePlus 3. It was fantastic for the time, but the limited radio bands really hampers it now. The screen is falling off of it and the battery is not what it was, but it's a decade old.
I used it for about 4 years, then my oldest, and then my youngest. Such a great little piece of hardware.
> Running Lineage, it's faster and more responsive, even today, than a $1000 iPhone from 2024
As someone who has both I strongly disagree with that claim, though the 3 and 3T have certainly aged well.
It's the animations. They're really slow on iOS, at least compared to Android with them at 0.5x (or disabled).
This is really noticeable on more recent Chinese devices. Not only we have a +90Hz display, but I believe there's a focus on animation speed because some reviewers over there test how fast it is to open and switch apps. So we end up with something that is smooth and also feels fast.
With animations and transitions disabled, the OnePlus 3 is much faster to navigate through and do the same tasks than an iPhone 16 Pro. And I suspect the touchscreen digitizer is doing less hysteresis / debouncing / 'smart' mapping of presses than an iphone. It really is so much more responsive, it almost boggles my mind