The OnePlus One Review
by Joshua Ho on November 19, 2014 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Video Performance
On the video side of things, we see a relatively standard array of formats and bit-rates. For 1080p video, one can choose between 30 and 60 FPS for 20 and 38 Mbps baseline H.264, respectively. There's also 4K DCI and 4K UHD video recording, which are at 24 and 30 FPS respectively. In the case of 4K DCI (4096x2160) it seems that the bit rate is at 62 Mbps while 4K UHD (3840x2160) is at 60 Mbps. Like both 1080p formats, this seems to be also encoded in H.264 baseline instead of high profile, which is a bit strange. The 720p120 format ends up being encoded as a 30fps file for 1/4th time slow motion, and uses 14 Mbps H.264 baseline.
In the case of 1080p30, quality is relatively good although there continues to be a great deal of noise present throughout the video. There isn't any obvious macroblocking though. The EIS performance is definitely a bit disappointing, as there really isn't much in the way of compensation for hand-shake or other unintended motion.
Similar to the 1080p30 sample, it's clear that the quality of the encoded video is quite good with relatively few obvious artifacts. Unfortunately, the sensor is being pushed a bit far here as the amount of noise present is significant. In addition, EIS seems to be completely absent here as it's pretty much impossible to see what's happening unless I'm standing still. Overall, quality should be great but the Galaxy Note 4 and other phones with OIS will be much better for video.
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flyingpants1 - Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - link
It doesn't matter, since the screen takes most of the battery power. You have a point about the bezels, though.tipoo - Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - link
Yes, but the added area for the battery has consistently been shown to outweigh that con, ie larger phones are nearly always at the top of the battery life charts outside of outliers like super low power SoCs or huge thick batteries.srkelley - Thursday, November 20, 2014 - link
Honestly, the bezel sort of disappears while you're using this phone. I can definitely see how it would bother some people now, but in the end it can negligible if this is your sort of phone.Also, great review Joshua. I could not have done anything better myself here.
piroroadkill - Friday, November 21, 2014 - link
"but it couldn't have accommodated such a large battery with a smaller one."So there's no way I have a 4.7" phone with a 3300mAh battery then.. oh wait, I do..
DIYEyal - Monday, November 24, 2014 - link
I have a 5" phone with a 5000mAh battery.nevertell - Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - link
"While one can guess that an airplane is for airplane mode and a flashlight is for the torch, a circular arrow is utterly ambiguous in nature. Given the quick access nature of this menu, one might guess that this is a rotation lock toggle but for one reason or another it's actually the auto-sync toggle."Yes, but this is the same icon Google has used in their quick-settings-toggle widgets, with the only difference being that in this case, the quick settings ribbon is accessible in the drop down notifications shade instead on a homsecreen. Whilst it may be hard to understand the meaning of this icon, it is not like the same icon isn't used on most other devices to represent google's autosync.
JoshHo - Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - link
The issue is that this icon is given without any text to explain what it really is. It can be obvious to some but confusing to a lot of people.metayoshi - Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - link
I don't think the Auto Sync circle-arrow has actually been in the quick settings in any official Google ROM, correct me if I'm wrong, so I feel like CM and the rest of the AOSP community may have came up with it themselves. From what I remember, you have, User, Brightness, settings, WiFi, Bluetooth, Battery, Airplane Mode, Auto Rotate, and recently, Cast Screen. Android 5.0 finally added a flashlight officially. No Auto Sync mode.metayoshi - Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - link
Correction to my post: Auto Rotate was only on Tablets. The Auto Rotate quick setting was replaced by Mobile Data on Phones.tipoo - Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - link
Why does the Oneplus One set a record for final run score in the degradation test, when the 6, 6 plus, and HTC One are above it? Or is that including how long it runs relative to those?