OnePlus posts video proof: there really was a One under the Sony Xperia Z1

3. ArtSim98 (Posts: 3535; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)

I liked that in the 80's companies bashed each other in commercials. There is a hilarious one where Subaru compares it's Legacy to Toyota Camry lol :)

4. Duketytz (Posts: 534; Member since: 28 Nov 2013)

But at least they are honest about it now

5. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1888; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)

Nuh, they are just trash talking as a small company tries to gain fame and popularity. I'm waiting to see how well they do this year :)

9. Leonis (Posts: 338; Member since: 08 Jan 2014)

Please explain to us how they are lying. The video clearly shows a OPO under Z2. They never showed the whole phone in the picture. And it is pretty much the same size as Z2 too.

12. Duketytz (Posts: 534; Member since: 28 Nov 2013)

Like what Pa said they are leading us on. Before the launch of the phone, much hype was given to the fact that the phone is gonna pack a huge screen in a smaller than z1 body.

25. Leonis (Posts: 338; Member since: 08 Jan 2014)

They never said smaller body than z1. They said a large screen but very manageable with one hand. I can understand the body is not for one hand at all but at the same time you can do it.

23. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4888; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)

My problem with this phone is that it packs EVERYTHING BUT the water & dust proofing.

To me this makes the phone a 2013 & NOT a 2014 phone.

2014 is the year of the water/dust proof phones.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is going to be the phone of the year because it will be insanely spec'ed & will be water/dust proof.

5.9 inch 2K HD screen with the BEST processor & best RAM all water/dust proof. Simply EPIC!

26. Leonis (Posts: 338; Member since: 08 Jan 2014)

M8 still has no waterproof. G3 might not have that either. So far there are two major OEMs which has water and dust proof phones. Sony and Samsung. This phone got no SD card which would have been better than water and dust proofness. Water and dustproof bodies are HUGE. You really want that?

34. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4888; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)

Actually I can live with the phone being bigger because water/dust proofing is awesome.

I can go literally ANYWHERE & not worry about a thing. That piece of mind is well worth the added size.

HUGE is really an overstatement. They are still smaller than phablets.

The Galaxy Note 4 will rule everything. Also, I bet anything the next HTC One (M9) & the LG G4 will be dust and waterproof. Put it in the books!

35. Leonis (Posts: 338; Member since: 08 Jan 2014)

yeah everywhere huh? Just so you know.. the waterproofing is not good in salt water. The flappy thing on S5 will wear down eventually and considering you are opening and closing it at least once a day... I wouldn't trust the waterproofness of that phone within 6 months. On z2 you can have a magnetic charger on the side so less to worry about.

Water and dustproof on phones is really great and i love it but there are flaws that makes me not trusting it fully yet. Z2 and M8 is not that smaller than Note 3. they are no doubts huge. Note 4 will come out late this year with the latest specs but it will be too big for many. I would be fine with just dust and water resistant phones. No way will I risk my phone under water for swimming. There are cases for pretty cheap you can protect your phone for the same thing.

41. 0xFFFF (Posts: 3806; Member since: 16 Apr 2014)

All the places where you may get a little splash or two of fresh water on your phone is not "anywhere". Well, not for many people :)

Take your phone into the mud and you will have issues right away. Or mix some flour and water and put that into the phone like in a real kitchen. Or go to the beach and get salt water/sand back behind the speaker membrane. Or in the headphone port so your headphone plug abrades the the metal contacts and the salt water corrodes them. Not so great.

I would rather Samsung kept the "Active" model and made a "normal" S5 that had better audio, was slimmer, etc.

47. twatts723 (Posts: 7; Member since: 22 May 2013)

You can still simply drop it on the ground and break it

27. icyrock1 (Posts: 307; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)

It's either raise the price so they can do commercials (IIRC, there was an article on the Verge recently breaking down how advertising affects the price of the phone. Hint: having ads make the phone more expensive to cover the cost of the ads), or market the sh*t out of it using social media.

46. techperson211 (Posts: 1280; Member since: 27 Feb 2014)

Well they needed a good advertisement and they need to proved it by starting it with the best handset. There's nothing to prove here in my opinion why not let their phone be reviewed or test by tech site so that we would know real life experience to it. As of this time only the price is appealing to me, though it has a good specs , still we as tech lovers would love to put it to the test .

10. tech2 (Posts: 3487; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)

lol...There are more things in life to get disturbed about rather then 'a default phone on PA's size comparison tool.'

Anywho, I think its mostly based on the phone which is 'viewed' the most on site at a particular given time. At least that's how it is on gsmarena.com:http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3. I think this is much more helpful since it saves time for majority of the visitors based on probability.

14. ArtSim98 (Posts: 3535; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)

It's these small things that annoy me the most lol.

29. Commentator (Posts: 3722; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)

Remember, PA was also using an iPod Classic and a double-A battery as their default comparison devices until very recently...

Consider it an improvement that at least now they're using something relevant to this decade.

30. ArtSim98 (Posts: 3535; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)

Hmm. I have never seen those. Anyway I think they shouldn't have those default things. Maybe a yardstick on the side or something.

42. 0xFFFF (Posts: 3806; Member since: 16 Apr 2014)

It's probably one of the ways PA makes money. Just laugh at how rigged everything is and keep up the great posts :)

8. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1888; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)

That's why they don't show the whole length of the phone and he purposely aligned them on the top after he top down the Z1

18. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)

No...they always have shown it to be about the size of a Note 3...that was no secret...this entire article about supposedly OnePlus lying is just a bunch of garbage.