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OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

srlawren — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 17:55:31 GMT

Hi PM Community,

I just wanted to let anyone interested in a OnePlus 3 for their PM service to know that it works wonderfully. I recieved mine about 26 hours ago and am loving it. The North American version (the one that the Canadian and US OnePlus online store will send you) is compatible with PM/Telus's 3G HSPA, HSPA+, and 4G LTE network frequencies and bands. Please enjoy.

For anyone curious, here's a Canadian review from Mobile Syrup:

http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/06/22/oneplus-3-review-canada/

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

srlawren — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:26:41 GMT

Forgot to mention, this is a dual nano SIM phone, which is expecially handy for those of us that use a second SIM when travelling. I use Roam Mobility when in the US, and this means no more fumbling around swapping SIM cards around, I now just leave them both in the tray.

I have SIM 2 (my RM SIM) disabled currently, but you can also have them both simultaneously active if you desire--such as if you have a separate SIM for a work line vs. your private line. I believe it's simultaneous active phone, text, and data but can't confirm personally.

Edit: oops removed phone number from the image 🙂

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

Jeremy_M — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 20:22:14 GMT

Awesome share @srlawren

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

NDesai — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 01:30:09 GMT

Nice phone. I was checking out the reviews the other day. I would get it but the nexus 5 i have is running fine atm.

I am not sure if you forgot but you left your number in the screenshot.

Thanks for sharing....

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

srlawren — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 01:33:06 GMT

Oops. And it doesn't look like I can edit my post from the mobile site eh? Oh well I'll try later at a PC. Thanks for letting me know, @NDesai

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

kaytus — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 02:25:19 GMT

NIce Phone..

That good to hear work well at Public Mobile.

Enjoy the new phone..

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

brentwu — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 04:20:49 GMT

Great share, thanks bud 🙂

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

NDesai — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 05:05:45 GMT

@srlawren easy paint crop would've been much better. Or i m sure your android can do that 🙂

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

srlawren — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:30:07 GMT

@dhanadhan wrote:
@srlawren easy paint crop would've been much better. Or i m sure your android can do that 🙂

You are absolutely correct @NDesai and that's what I have now done. I just didn't have the time last night 🙂

@brentwu, @kaytus, and @Jeremy_M, thank you!

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

srlawren — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 20:06:12 GMT

Also, @brentwu, welcome to the Public Mobile community! 🙂

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

ckl — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 23:18:02 GMT

Just read the review. Good choice... 6 GB of ram! WOW. Have fun with it!

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

srlawren — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 01:13:01 GMT

Thanks @ckl. The RAM is a bit controversial, as out of the gate there is some aggressive memory management that appearly is swapping stuff out of RAM before it really needs to, meaning the phone really isn't taking full advantage of the extra. At first, OnePlus said it was a design choice in order to help battery life and that people would have to turn to custom ROMs (the bootloader is unlockable OOTB) or other root-based solutions to fix it if desired, but now they are saying a forthcoming OTA OEM update will fix it. Hopefully it's at least optional (a new toggle maybe), for those of us that would continue to make that tradeoff for the battery life.

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

tdotyup — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 19:01:58 GMT

I absolutely didn't need a new phone (sorta) but I totally ordered a oneplus 3 today.

Thanks for passing on your feedback. Now I can't wait to get it.

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

srlawren — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 19:57:00 GMT

@tdotyup what are you using currently? There's not much to not love about the OP3! Let me know if you have any questions.

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IWIK — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 20:40:52 GMT

Cool, if (god forbid) BlackBerry stops making hardware, One Plus might be the way I go too. Seems like good specs for the price and unlocked bootloader as well....

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

kav2001c — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 00:11:13 GMT

@IWIK Blackberry has releases slated so not dead yet despite what the joke newspaper investors keep predicting

I'm torn on OnePlus... I admit I really like specs but +1 was good & +2 kind of a failure

+3 too new to tell but I am in love with it for now

I just wish better OS support but OnePlus so far has been indifferent

http://www.androidheadlines.com/2014/12/exclusive-source-reveals-cyanogen-oneplus-fall-months-ago.html

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

McLaren — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 16:18:29 GMT

Congrats on the new phone. How's the battery life so far?

6gb ram is a beast. More than my pc!

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

srlawren — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 01:01:49 GMT

@kav2001c wrote:
@IWIK Blackberry has releases slated so not dead yet despite what the joke newspaper investors keep predicting

I'm torn on OnePlus... I admit I really like specs but +1 was good & +2 kind of a failure
+3 too new to tell but I am in love with it for now

I just wish better OS support but OnePlus so far has been indifferent
http://www.androidheadlines.com/2014/12/exclusive-source-reveals-cyanogen-oneplus-fall-months-ago.html

Read a few OP3 reviews, you'll find they pretty much universally say the OP3 addresses practically every drawback of the OP2. There's a few things that are contraversial still but they are supposedly being addressed in OTA software update (ETA TBD!), and neither has bothered me so far personally.

Software updates going forward (N, O, etc...) are definitely a question mark. Hopefully having officially said they are not doing a OPX2 and only focusing on their flagships will free up more resources for this.

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

srlawren — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 01:04:58 GMT

@McLaren thanks! Battery life so far has been impressive for the size and the power of the phone. I think the 820 is pretty efficient, and the AMOLED screen combined with FHD instead of QHD probably helps a lot. If you're pushing it, it will run down fairly quickly, but if you're a light to lightly-heavy user, a full day of use seems to be quite attainable. I've been off the charger right now for just over 4 hrs and sitting at 84% left with 1 hour and 2 mins of screen on time. Marshmallow's "doze" feature really helps when you're not using it, it depleats very slowly.

Re: OnePlus 3 on Public Mobile - Do not hesitate, it's great

tdotyup — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:27:18 GMT

@srlawren I have Sony Z1 compact and Moto G LTE, and both are so slow. I'm anxious about the size of the Oneplus 3, it's a much bigger phone than I am used to and probably not back pocket friendly but it's just too good a deal to pass. Can you let me know how you find the battery life so far ?