2016’s OnePlus 3 and 3T get modern Face Unlock functionality with OxygenOS 5.0.3 update

Gone but not forgotten, the two year-old OnePlus 3 and 3T are being updated right now to OxygenOS 5.0.3, containing Face Unlock features and May security patches.

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OnePlus phones getting Google Lens as slow migration continues

Google's visual recognition service is coming not in drips, but in occasional bursts. OnePlus phones have quickly been taken with Google Lens.

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Samsung was 2017’s most copied smartphone brand, Galaxy S7 Edge ruled clones chart

The world's most successful mobile device vendor was also the most copied smartphone brand of 2017, winning the "battle" against Apple by a landslide.

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OnePlus 5T breaks launch day sales records, lacks Project Treble support

With or without Project Treble, the OnePlus 5T, 5, 3T and 3 will all get Android 8.1 "later." In the meantime, the 5T is shaping up like a smash hit.

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OnePlus left EngineerMode APK in end user OxygenOS builds, easily rootable

It's a Qualcomm app and it's not really supposed to be on user-side software. Well, it is on user-side software with OxygenOS.

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OnePlus 3 and 3T get Android Oreo open beta updates, OnePlus 5 will join them ‘soon’

If you can live with a lot of bugs for the sake of trying out Android 8.0 Oreo before everyone else, OnePlus 3 and 3T betas are now available.

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OPPO F5 may get turned into OnePlus 5T or even OnePlus 6

Just as there was a OnePlus 3T to the OnePlus 3, there may be a OnePlus 5T to the OnePlus 5. We don't know if it will take on the form of a new OPPO phone.

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New dbrand Grip case is very grippy

The company showed off how grippy its new case is with a racecar. It's also drop-resistant and up for orders from October 1.

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OnePlus 3 Open Beta has vestigial support for DCI-P3

It's a festive looking view if your display can support it, but unfortunately, it'll be with most OnePlus 3T units, but not with some and the OnePlus 3.

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Last OS upgrade for OnePlus 3 will be Android O, OxygenOS updates will be slower

The OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T will get the Android 8.0 update, but also security updates for at least another couple years... we hope.

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