Oneplus 6 Dual SIM Phone
Been using the Oneplus 6 for two weeks now and first impressions didn't disappoint. I wanted a dual SIM phone since I don't like carrying two phones with me. After a lot of research this came out top for me, incidentally two colleagues did the same and came up with the same result; we are all technophiles.
To the phone itself, what I like is how fast it is, no lag whatsoever no matter what I'm doing. The UI is clean and refreshingly free of bloatware. Bluetooth is responsive and quick to pair, my previous phone was an absolute nightmare in this regard. I don't do photography but the snaps I have taken are good enough for me. If you are into camera phones then I'm really not the best to comment on how good or bad it is. I use Firefox and Thunderbird as web/email respectively both are responsive so no complaints there, even with a Firefox ad block add in.
My biggest issue is around the stock handling of the dual SIM functionality, for me this seems to be very limited, actually crude. Example, to make a call you can set the phone to default to one SIM or the other for calls/text/data OR you can have the phone ask which SIM you want to use every time. Like I said a very crude way of handling SIM selection. Given I have the phone to separate my work/personal calls this forces me down the 'ask for every call' route. This is OK-ish until you are in a car, making a call whilst connected via bluetooth which results in having to pick the phone up to select which SIM to use. This means breaking the law (and we don't want to do that :) ) or not making calls. I have installed a third party dialler which gives me the ability to set the preferred SIM by contact but for me this takes away some of the clean UI lines I like.
Overall though the phone is great for me and I'm very happy with it. Definitely recommend it to anyone who is in the market for a dual SIM phone. I'd even say anyone who is after a new phone and doesn't want dual SIM should consider this phone.
I only gave the phone 4 stars, simply for the way it handles the dual SIM functionality, for a phone that has dual SIM capability it's a crime to not make more of it.
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