Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsNot advertised as waterproof, but they seem to be!
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018
Update: I own both a OP3 and OP3T... and it has been two years since they were released. Both phones have received OTA updates to Android 8.1 and will receive Android 9 Pie in a few weeks. That is far better support from any Android manufacture and easily better than what Samsung provides to phones that cost more than twice as much! If you can buy a OnePlus phone, do so! You will not be disappointed! When the OP7 comes out, it will have been three years since the OP3 was released. I'll be picking up the OP7 and unlocking it by touching anywhere on the front of the phone.... instead of the back where a sensor does not belong Apple and Samsung!
Absolutely amazing phone for the price. It turns on faster and does so much more than an iPhone and costs half of what Apple gets. Other reviewers have listed all of the many great features of this phone. But I want to add a feature that I recently discovered, that is not touted, at all, by this company. I don't know what to call this feature; it is so much more than splash proof, but maybe not completely waterproof. But it is a welcome, if unexpected, feature that I can describe. You can give it a name. My wife and I had been paddling miles and miles of several different springs in central Florida. We spend a lot of time on boats and are comfortable on boats. But we also usually put valuables in dry bags or take other precautions to protect gear like phones and cameras. Our last day, we took an impromptu, short little paddle down a spring; first time the paddle had been open since hurricane Irma. We had been paddling all over Florida, for miles and miles without incident, but sure enough, with our phones in our pockets, we tipped when current pulled the canoe under some freshly cut tree branches (sharp!) My wife's OnePlus was in the water for a couple of minutes. My OnePlus was in the water for 10 minutes or more. We immediately shook the water out of them as best we could. Her phone continued to work normally, but we turned it off until it was dry. Each time we checked it, it just worked! My OnePlus, however, would not turn off and the display was doing weird stuff that reminded me chemically induced visuals from the 70's. As soon as we could, we wrapped them both in high quality, fluffy towels to dry. I thought my phone would run itself down, as I couldn't turn it off and I was sure it would fry itself in the process. But during the drying process, after a few minutes, it put itself into sleep mode. I could wake it and the screen would come on, as normal, but I couldn't turn it off. After a few hours, I could turn it off with the power switch and it seemed almost normal, even the fingerprint sensor worked. But the ringer side switch wasn't working all of the time. Off to the airport! At the airport, my wife's phone continued to work normally, as did mine: wifi, cell data, camera, and we boarded with the electronic tickets we normally have on our phones. Nice. During the flight home, the side ringer switch started working normally. The only thing not working, now, was one capacitive button (go back button). I could live with that. I plugged in the Dash charger and lo and behold it was charging, normally. Didn't even get warm. Used my phone as hard as I could during the flight and with data at a layover. Headphones, OTG, file transfers... Everything worked except the one capacitive button. We thanked our lucky stars and got home. The next day, my capactive button started working again. So, 24 hours after going swimming, one for several minutes, both phones were working normally and have continued to do so, since. Thank you OnePlus!
