Friends, when OnePlus Open was launched, I didn't expect it to be such a good phone. It was the 1st generation. OnePlus had launched a foldable phone, and I thought it would be fine. But you know, I end up using this the maximum. The most used phone I've used in the last 2-2.5 years is OnePlus Open. And let me tell you, I too found it surprising because as I started using it, I literally couldn't leave it. Generally, I use a phone for 3-4 months. There are 4 phones in a year, my primary drivers. But this ended up being a 6-7 months primary driver. This is the full review of OnePlus Open after nearly 180 days of usage. It was launched in October, and I was using it till June. I'm going to tell you about my experience in this video. And friends, remember, we're going to bring these full reviews regularly, so don't forget to SUBSCRIBE!

You guys asked us to do a full review & comparison in the comments. We're starting that & we're starting it with OnePlus Open. I've been using foldables for the last 4-4.5 years. I use a foldable phone for 3-4 months every year. Slowly, over a period of time, foldables are improving. But when I got OnePlus Open & used it for the 1st time, I didn't need to open the phone as the cover display is broad & normal. It's just like a normal candy bar phone, you can do everything. But still, I used to use the internal display a lot. I'm outdoors, indoors, in bright sunlight, I'm anywhere. The external display had around 2800 nits brightness. But forget about nits brightness, peak brightness, it doesn't matter. But if I used it outdoors & was reading a video, even small letters were visible. So display, whether it's inside or outside, both were good.

But the most surprising thing was its durability. I've been using it continuously for 6-6.5 months. And you can see, I still can't see the crease. It's very less. Look at this, when it comes to foldable & flippable phones, there's a question of durability. Will they last for 2-3-4-5 years? According to me, if I talk about OnePlus Open, I'm pretty confident that it'll easily last for 2-3 years. The only problem is that the display, especially the foldable display, comes out, or the crease in the middle becomes too much. You can see a gap from somewhere. I didn't see anything like that. For durability, there was no question that OnePlus Open was one of the best phones I've used. I didn't trust OnePlus when they told me that I can use this phone for 10 years. But I think that's plausible. Even if you look at its hinge or frame, they're very strong.

Because they've used alloys, cobalt alloy, aluminium alloy. If I talk about durability, I've dropped this phone at least 1-2 times in a week. From pocket height to 4 feet height. And they didn't face any issues. The metal has some scratches on the sides, but nothing more than that. This phone was literally with me in my pocket. It was always with me 24x7, it used to fall, and nothing has happened. There's a reason, because OnePlus says that it comes with a ceramic guard, which is stronger than Gorilla Glass Victus. I don't know the terminology, but it was strong enough to withstand. I've dropped it at least 18-20 times. And I'd like to talk about the hinge. As you use it 50-70 times a day, you open and close it. After that, the hinge starts to loosen up. When you open it now, the resistance you felt in the beginning is still there.

And it stands like this. Look at this. Do you want to drop it for durability? Oh! It was going to fall on the table. Did it fall? No, it won't fall. This wasn't staged. I was literally going to drop it like this. But it fell on the floor, and you saw at this height. I mean, absolutely nothing. I'll just say one thing. I mean, the straight line isn't there. I don't see that as an issue. But if you look at it, the straight line isn't there. Surprisingly, despite being the first generation, the Oxygen UI was pretty well optimized for a foldable form factor. When you switch, you do something on the main screen, and then you open it, and it gets transferred. Or when you're working on a split screen, you're multitasking. It was very well optimized. The Oxygen UI's taskbar, apps, shortcuts, etc. The optimization was done very well.

And the surprising thing is that I didn't notice any bugs. Even in 6-7 months of usage, it should've been a few times that it would've hanged or freeze. I didn't notice that. I'd have to say that the optimization they did was good. If I talk about updates, OnePlus has promised major updates for 4 years. But the security updates weren't as frequent as they should've been. They used to come, but it used to take a bit of time. Android 14 & 15 Beta is still running. We're going to update it & test it out. But the OS, as far as I'm concerned, worked very well. Now if I talk about performance, I don't do a lot of gaming. A lot of people do gaming on a foldable phone with a big screen. But for me, I never had a problem with multitasking, heavy apps, general browsing, etc. I never had a problem. Even the haptic feedback that I felt was quite good.

I'm going to tell you some interesting things about the camera. There's only 1 variant in this, 16GB RAM, 512GB storage. So 16GB RAM is good. If you look at the competition, I think it's at least 20-25% higher. It's priced at Rs 1.40L. I think for long-term foldable usage, OnePlus nailed it. Except for 1 thing, when it was launched, the camera was one of the better ones out there. When it was launched, the camera was good. With updates, it might improve. But the camera is something that I'll say is above average. It could have been better. It's a versatile setup; you get a telephoto, 3x zoom, etc. It has a periscope too. I think this was the first phone to have a periscope sensor on a foldable phone. So the camera is good; I won't say it's bad.

But recently, there are phones with good cameras. This is important to say. If you use such big displays, how will the battery life be? I'll say, my usage was heavy for 1-2 days in a week. Otherwise, I'm a moderate user. And for that, by the end of the day, if I charge 100% in the morning, it was around 35-40% in the evening. If I do heavy usage, then it might go to 10-11% in the night. But the battery lasts for the whole day. Whether you're using the front display or the big display. And the rest, connectivity, etc. I never had any issues. The general issues like the lift, network connectivity, etc. These were all there, which we see in normal candy bar phones. But other than that, nothing extraordinary where it wasn't working. Or I'm losing network continuously. I haven't seen such things. Along with the camera, I'd like to say that the display is excellent.

The colours are bright, and the video viewing experience is excellent. The audio quality could've been a little better. It's good, but it could've been better. The things I missed in this phone, which I think should've been wireless charging. Because wireless charging was great in the car. So the next fold, OnePlus Fold 2, I really hope it supports wireless charging. And IP68, IPX8, not IP68, IPX8 certification should be given. That means if you use it in the rain or in the water, you shouldn't have any problem. So after using OnePlus Open for 6-7 months, I'm very happy with this device. I'll go a step ahead and say that for a 1st generation foldable phone, OnePlus did a great job. Like I said, if they improve 2 things in OnePlus Open 2, I'll probably use it for a year. So this was a full experiential review of OnePlus Open usage.

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OnePlus Open Long Term User Review (180 Days) ⚡ Worth It?

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