**Early Impressions: OnePlus 2 Review**

As I take my first impressions of the OnePlus 2, it's clear that this smartphone is going to be an exciting device to test and review. My score for battery performance comes in at 3.66 with a screen on time of 6 hours, which may not be impressive compared to some of its competitors. However, I must note that the battery score is subjective and can vary depending on individual usage patterns.

On the other hand, my score for the OnePlus 2's battery life is significantly lower at 2.871 with less than 5 hours of screen on time. This may be due to the phone's large 3,000mAh battery and lack of Quick Charge support via USB Type-C port.

In terms of performance, I was expecting a lot from the OnePlus 2's Snapdragon 810 processor, but so far, it has not disappointed me. The device handles demanding tasks with ease, and I've been impressed by its smooth performance in various apps and games.

**USB Type-C Port: A New Era for Smartphone Charging**

One of the most significant features of the OnePlus 2 is its USB Type-C port, which is either one of the first or the first smartphones to launch with this new technology. For those who may not be familiar with USB Type-C, it's a faster and more versatile charging standard that can charge devices up to twice as fast as traditional micro-USB ports.

However, I must note that the OnePlus 2 does not support Quick Charge 2.0, which is a feature that some of its competitors offer. This means that the phone takes longer to charge, requiring about 3 hours to go from 20% to full capacity using my Chromebook Pixel charger. While this may be a drawback for some users, I've found it to be manageable, especially since I'm only charging the phone once a day.

**Thermal Performance: No Issues So Far**

Another aspect of the OnePlus 2 that I was curious about is its thermal performance, particularly with regards to the Snapdragon 810 processor. Some users have expressed concerns about the potential for overheating issues with this processor, but so far, I've not experienced any problems.

In fact, my thermal image testing revealed no significant differences in temperature between the OnePlus 2 and my Galaxy S6 Edge, which has been known to get warm during heavy gaming sessions. While the OnePlus 2 may get slightly warmer to the touch after prolonged use or gaming, it's still well within safe operating temperatures.

**Software Experience: Clean and Intuitive**

Finally, I've been impressed by the software experience on the OnePlus 2, particularly with regards to Oxygen OS version 2. This custom ROM is a close cousin of stock Android, but with some added features that make it feel more polished and user-friendly.

One feature that stands out in particular is the ability to customize the phone's look and feel. I've been able to rearrange my home screen icons, enable a system-wide dark theme, and even revoke permissions for certain apps that don't need them. These are all nice touches that show the developer's attention to detail and commitment to user experience.

If you're interested in learning more about Oxygen OS, I've also done an earlier video review of version 1.0 on the OnePlus One. You can check it out by clicking the link below.

**Conclusion**

Overall, my early impressions of the OnePlus 2 have been positive, with some minor drawbacks that may be addressed in a future software update or firmware revision. The phone's performance, battery life, and thermal performance are all solid, and its unique features like USB Type-C and Oxygen OS make it stand out from the competition.

If you're interested in learning more about my review process or want to stay up-to-date on my latest reviews and impressions, be sure to follow me on Twitter. I'll be sharing more content and behind-the-scenes insights as I build towards a full review of this exciting new smartphone.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what is up guys I'm kbd here here and we finally have it the hype is finally through we have the specs and the design and everything of the OnePlus 2 officially official so the 5.5 in display the 3,300 mAh battery the 13 megapix camera the Snapdragon 810 4 GB of RAM and USB type-c all in a pretty premium metal build that fits in the footprint of its predecessor so I was in the unique position of actually being able to use a OnePlus 2 for the past couple weeks two weeks or so before launch which I guess looking at other articles and stuff not a lot of other people have had that so while I'm not about to drop a full-on review video for you guys right now I do have a bunch of Impressions after using this guy on and off for the past couple of weeks so these are five Impressions I have of the OnePlus 2 first off that button I kind of dig it and when we heard that the OnePlus 2 would have a fingerprint reader right there were some speculation about where it might be some thought it might be on the back of the phone some phones have it on the side but like the iPhone 6 and the Galaxy S6 the OnePlus 2 also puts it on The Middle right on the home button which I think is the most convenient place to put it for using a fingerprint sensor you can use it without flipping the phone over to the back and it's not crazy hard to reach to unlock your phone the OnePlus 2's fingerprint reader however is not like the Galaxy S6 and it's not like the iPhone 6 and the fact that it's not a physical pressing button it doesn't actually press down or click like other phones it's actually more of a touchpad that doesn't move like we saw on the HTC1 M9 plus it still acts in the same way as a regular home button though so tapping it from anywhere brings you home home and you can assign a specific action to a long press or double tap of actually any of the bottom buttons so the default of the home button long press is to open Google Now which I like and also I made double tapping the home button a camera shortcut just like the Galaxy S6 but you can do whatever else you want in the software which is dope and of course you can also just hold down on the unlock screen to unlock the phone with your fingerprint and accuracy for me has been north of 90% I'd say it's pretty accurate and pretty quick uh I only have one registered finger but that's all I need is just one thumb and you can also hold down your registered finger on the home button when the display is off to get it to wake the phone and just go right into the UI so it reads your finger pretty fast and is ready to go I really like this feature also for those worried about the offscreen buttons first of all the left capacitive button is the back button by default and the right button is the multitasking Carousel but you can switch them if you want to have it match other phones or disable them completely and just use onscreen buttons for those who are all about that Nexus feel so my impression number two is on battery life now again my last two weeks have been spent with a pre-release model so while it does appear pretty much identical to the final version things could still change by the time the final version ships to you guys but here's my experience battery life on the OnePlus 2 is pretty good now what was my Benchmark I was using a Galaxy S6 Edge alongside it for the past couple weeks so I guess it doesn't take a whole lot to impress me but really though for all the hoopla about the Snapdragon 810 going with a 1080p display while it may disappoint some members of Team crispy is actually a really good move for the battery life Department standby time is really good and it lasted 2 days standby without a problem if I didn't use it much and during actual use I'm getting about 4 and 1/2 hours of screen on time but again remember what I said this could change I ran a benchmark Just for kicks since I had the time and we all know the OnePlus One was a freak with battery life geekbench gave that a battery score of 3,66 with 6 hours of screen on time and it gave the OnePlus 2 a battery score of 2,871 with less than 5 hours of screen on time eh B minus for now impression number three is on USB type-c this is either one of the first or the first smartphones launching with a USB type-c port and if you're curious about what all this means you can watch the entire full-on explainer video I did about this new Port I'll leave it linked right below bottom line here is it's not micro USB anymore so you will need a new charger and obviously OnePlus will ship you a charging cable uh I ended up actually using my Chromebook Pixel charger because it's a longer cable and it's still USB type-c and that also means no quick charging here so it took about 3 hours to charge up from 20 5% to full and I guess I was a little bit spoiled by the Galaxy S6 battery obviously it's a smaller battery but it's also Quick Charge 2.0 and that thing charges like crazy fast so I got used to that so I guess the combination of a larger battery and the lack of Quick Charge from USB type-c made it feel even with the Chromebook Pixel charger kind of like a slow trickle but then again it shouldn't be that big of a deal if I'm only charging it once a day if it's lasting longer than the Galaxy S6 and believe me it is lasting longer on battery than the Galaxy S6 fourth impression is specifically on the thermals there have been plenty of people wondering about the Snapdragon 810 does it get hot does it overheat is it going to burn me does this thing have thermal problems well so far nope uh the one thing the closest thing I can say about that is that it does get warm to the touch after using it for a long time or gaming for a while which is pretty normal uh and but it's never actually gotten so hot or gotten to the point where it's limited performance or functionality in any sort of noticeable way I don't know if you remember when I did my super early first impressions of the LG G3 where actually did do that after a certain point after a bunch of gaming it would say listen it's gotten too hot we're going to limit your brightness because it needs to cool down but no such problems with my OnePlus 2 in fact I think my Galaxy S6 has probably gotten just as warm to the touch especially after a lot of gaming right along these metal rails but neither of them has actually had any problems Just for kicks here's a thermal image of the Galaxy S6 edge up top and the OnePlus 2 on the bottom after some light gaming after about 5 minutes the 1pl 2 here is 2° fhe warmer on the back by by the camera again neither have any problems and then after some heavy gaming for about half an hour here's the OnePlus 2 definitely very warm to the touch but as far as I can tell no difference in performance or function finally impression number five is that the whole software experience is very clean it's it's oxygen OS version 2 it's a super close to stock Android experience but with some added features kind of like Canan engine mod first of all the custom button on the side of the phone is awesome it acts as a quick switch between showing all notifications uh prior any mode or do not disturb mode and I I use this at least once a day and then there are also some other nice features like the ability to rearrange the icons and the quick settings and save that uh there's also a toggle to enable a systemwide dark theme which looks pretty nice it basically reverses the colors in I guess like the settings app and uses cyan accents you can go into app permissions also kind of like Android M and revoke certain permissions from apps that don't seem to need it even though this isn't a ROM based on Android M this is a cool feature to see and there's a couple of other things too of course I've done an Entre video just on oxygen OS back when version 1.0 came out for the OnePlus One so if you want to check that out see what it's all about I'll leave a link to that video right below that like button and those are my early Impressions uh so if you're clamoring for more OnePlus stuff definitely check out my camera review which I did specifically all about the OnePlus to use camera and comparing it to other flagships and stuff uh and that's essentially it if you follow me on Twitter you'll get more Impressions and stuff as I build up all my stuff for the full review so subscribe to be among the first to see that uh and that's basically it thanks for watching and I'll talk to you guys in the next one peacehey what is up guys I'm kbd here here and we finally have it the hype is finally through we have the specs and the design and everything of the OnePlus 2 officially official so the 5.5 in display the 3,300 mAh battery the 13 megapix camera the Snapdragon 810 4 GB of RAM and USB type-c all in a pretty premium metal build that fits in the footprint of its predecessor so I was in the unique position of actually being able to use a OnePlus 2 for the past couple weeks two weeks or so before launch which I guess looking at other articles and stuff not a lot of other people have had that so while I'm not about to drop a full-on review video for you guys right now I do have a bunch of Impressions after using this guy on and off for the past couple of weeks so these are five Impressions I have of the OnePlus 2 first off that button I kind of dig it and when we heard that the OnePlus 2 would have a fingerprint reader right there were some speculation about where it might be some thought it might be on the back of the phone some phones have it on the side but like the iPhone 6 and the Galaxy S6 the OnePlus 2 also puts it on The Middle right on the home button which I think is the most convenient place to put it for using a fingerprint sensor you can use it without flipping the phone over to the back and it's not crazy hard to reach to unlock your phone the OnePlus 2's fingerprint reader however is not like the Galaxy S6 and it's not like the iPhone 6 and the fact that it's not a physical pressing button it doesn't actually press down or click like other phones it's actually more of a touchpad that doesn't move like we saw on the HTC1 M9 plus it still acts in the same way as a regular home button though so tapping it from anywhere brings you home home and you can assign a specific action to a long press or double tap of actually any of the bottom buttons so the default of the home button long press is to open Google Now which I like and also I made double tapping the home button a camera shortcut just like the Galaxy S6 but you can do whatever else you want in the software which is dope and of course you can also just hold down on the unlock screen to unlock the phone with your fingerprint and accuracy for me has been north of 90% I'd say it's pretty accurate and pretty quick uh I only have one registered finger but that's all I need is just one thumb and you can also hold down your registered finger on the home button when the display is off to get it to wake the phone and just go right into the UI so it reads your finger pretty fast and is ready to go I really like this feature also for those worried about the offscreen buttons first of all the left capacitive button is the back button by default and the right button is the multitasking Carousel but you can switch them if you want to have it match other phones or disable them completely and just use onscreen buttons for those who are all about that Nexus feel so my impression number two is on battery life now again my last two weeks have been spent with a pre-release model so while it does appear pretty much identical to the final version things could still change by the time the final version ships to you guys but here's my experience battery life on the OnePlus 2 is pretty good now what was my Benchmark I was using a Galaxy S6 Edge alongside it for the past couple weeks so I guess it doesn't take a whole lot to impress me but really though for all the hoopla about the Snapdragon 810 going with a 1080p display while it may disappoint some members of Team crispy is actually a really good move for the battery life Department standby time is really good and it lasted 2 days standby without a problem if I didn't use it much and during actual use I'm getting about 4 and 1/2 hours of screen on time but again remember what I said this could change I ran a benchmark Just for kicks since I had the time and we all know the OnePlus One was a freak with battery life geekbench gave that a battery score of 3,66 with 6 hours of screen on time and it gave the OnePlus 2 a battery score of 2,871 with less than 5 hours of screen on time eh B minus for now impression number three is on USB type-c this is either one of the first or the first smartphones launching with a USB type-c port and if you're curious about what all this means you can watch the entire full-on explainer video I did about this new Port I'll leave it linked right below bottom line here is it's not micro USB anymore so you will need a new charger and obviously OnePlus will ship you a charging cable uh I ended up actually using my Chromebook Pixel charger because it's a longer cable and it's still USB type-c and that also means no quick charging here so it took about 3 hours to charge up from 20 5% to full and I guess I was a little bit spoiled by the Galaxy S6 battery obviously it's a smaller battery but it's also Quick Charge 2.0 and that thing charges like crazy fast so I got used to that so I guess the combination of a larger battery and the lack of Quick Charge from USB type-c made it feel even with the Chromebook Pixel charger kind of like a slow trickle but then again it shouldn't be that big of a deal if I'm only charging it once a day if it's lasting longer than the Galaxy S6 and believe me it is lasting longer on battery than the Galaxy S6 fourth impression is specifically on the thermals there have been plenty of people wondering about the Snapdragon 810 does it get hot does it overheat is it going to burn me does this thing have thermal problems well so far nope uh the one thing the closest thing I can say about that is that it does get warm to the touch after using it for a long time or gaming for a while which is pretty normal uh and but it's never actually gotten so hot or gotten to the point where it's limited performance or functionality in any sort of noticeable way I don't know if you remember when I did my super early first impressions of the LG G3 where actually did do that after a certain point after a bunch of gaming it would say listen it's gotten too hot we're going to limit your brightness because it needs to cool down but no such problems with my OnePlus 2 in fact I think my Galaxy S6 has probably gotten just as warm to the touch especially after a lot of gaming right along these metal rails but neither of them has actually had any problems Just for kicks here's a thermal image of the Galaxy S6 edge up top and the OnePlus 2 on the bottom after some light gaming after about 5 minutes the 1pl 2 here is 2° fhe warmer on the back by by the camera again neither have any problems and then after some heavy gaming for about half an hour here's the OnePlus 2 definitely very warm to the touch but as far as I can tell no difference in performance or function finally impression number five is that the whole software experience is very clean it's it's oxygen OS version 2 it's a super close to stock Android experience but with some added features kind of like Canan engine mod first of all the custom button on the side of the phone is awesome it acts as a quick switch between showing all notifications uh prior any mode or do not disturb mode and I I use this at least once a day and then there are also some other nice features like the ability to rearrange the icons and the quick settings and save that uh there's also a toggle to enable a systemwide dark theme which looks pretty nice it basically reverses the colors in I guess like the settings app and uses cyan accents you can go into app permissions also kind of like Android M and revoke certain permissions from apps that don't seem to need it even though this isn't a ROM based on Android M this is a cool feature to see and there's a couple of other things too of course I've done an Entre video just on oxygen OS back when version 1.0 came out for the OnePlus One so if you want to check that out see what it's all about I'll leave a link to that video right below that like button and those are my early Impressions uh so if you're clamoring for more OnePlus stuff definitely check out my camera review which I did specifically all about the OnePlus to use camera and comparing it to other flagships and stuff uh and that's essentially it if you follow me on Twitter you'll get more Impressions and stuff as I build up all my stuff for the full review so subscribe to be among the first to see that uh and that's basically it thanks for watching and I'll talk to you guys in the next one peacehey what is up guys I'm kbd here here and we finally have it the hype is finally through we have the specs and the design and everything of the OnePlus 2 officially official so the 5.5 in display the 3,300 mAh battery the 13 megapix camera the Snapdragon 810 4 GB of RAM and USB type-c all in a pretty premium metal build that fits in the footprint of its predecessor so I was in the unique position of actually being able to use a OnePlus 2 for the past couple weeks two weeks or so before launch which I guess looking at other articles and stuff not a lot of other people have had that so while I'm not about to drop a full-on review video for you guys right now I do have a bunch of Impressions after using this guy on and off for the past couple of weeks so these are five Impressions I have of the OnePlus 2 first off that button I kind of dig it and when we heard that the OnePlus 2 would have a fingerprint reader right there were some speculation about where it might be some thought it might be on the back of the phone some phones have it on the side but like the iPhone 6 and the Galaxy S6 the OnePlus 2 also puts it on The Middle right on the home button which I think is the most convenient place to put it for using a fingerprint sensor you can use it without flipping the phone over to the back and it's not crazy hard to reach to unlock your phone the OnePlus 2's fingerprint reader however is not like the Galaxy S6 and it's not like the iPhone 6 and the fact that it's not a physical pressing button it doesn't actually press down or click like other phones it's actually more of a touchpad that doesn't move like we saw on the HTC1 M9 plus it still acts in the same way as a regular home button though so tapping it from anywhere brings you home home and you can assign a specific action to a long press or double tap of actually any of the bottom buttons so the default of the home button long press is to open Google Now which I like and also I made double tapping the home button a camera shortcut just like the Galaxy S6 but you can do whatever else you want in the software which is dope and of course you can also just hold down on the unlock screen to unlock the phone with your fingerprint and accuracy for me has been north of 90% I'd say it's pretty accurate and pretty quick uh I only have one registered finger but that's all I need is just one thumb and you can also hold down your registered finger on the home button when the display is off to get it to wake the phone and just go right into the UI so it reads your finger pretty fast and is ready to go I really like this feature also for those worried about the offscreen buttons first of all the left capacitive button is the back button by default and the right button is the multitasking Carousel but you can switch them if you want to have it match other phones or disable them completely and just use onscreen buttons for those who are all about that Nexus feel so my impression number two is on battery life now again my last two weeks have been spent with a pre-release model so while it does appear pretty much identical to the final version things could still change by the time the final version ships to you guys but here's my experience battery life on the OnePlus 2 is pretty good now what was my Benchmark I was using a Galaxy S6 Edge alongside it for the past couple weeks so I guess it doesn't take a whole lot to impress me but really though for all the hoopla about the Snapdragon 810 going with a 1080p display while it may disappoint some members of Team crispy is actually a really good move for the battery life Department standby time is really good and it lasted 2 days standby without a problem if I didn't use it much and during actual use I'm getting about 4 and 1/2 hours of screen on time but again remember what I said this could change I ran a benchmark Just for kicks since I had the time and we all know the OnePlus One was a freak with battery life geekbench gave that a battery score of 3,66 with 6 hours of screen on time and it gave the OnePlus 2 a battery score of 2,871 with less than 5 hours of screen on time eh B minus for now impression number three is on USB type-c this is either one of the first or the first smartphones launching with a USB type-c port and if you're curious about what all this means you can watch the entire full-on explainer video I did about this new Port I'll leave it linked right below bottom line here is it's not micro USB anymore so you will need a new charger and obviously OnePlus will ship you a charging cable uh I ended up actually using my Chromebook Pixel charger because it's a longer cable and it's still USB type-c and that also means no quick charging here so it took about 3 hours to charge up from 20 5% to full and I guess I was a little bit spoiled by the Galaxy S6 battery obviously it's a smaller battery but it's also Quick Charge 2.0 and that thing charges like crazy fast so I got used to that so I guess the combination of a larger battery and the lack of Quick Charge from USB type-c made it feel even with the Chromebook Pixel charger kind of like a slow trickle but then again it shouldn't be that big of a deal if I'm only charging it once a day if it's lasting longer than the Galaxy S6 and believe me it is lasting longer on battery than the Galaxy S6 fourth impression is specifically on the thermals there have been plenty of people wondering about the Snapdragon 810 does it get hot does it overheat is it going to burn me does this thing have thermal problems well so far nope uh the one thing the closest thing I can say about that is that it does get warm to the touch after using it for a long time or gaming for a while which is pretty normal uh and but it's never actually gotten so hot or gotten to the point where it's limited performance or functionality in any sort of noticeable way I don't know if you remember when I did my super early first impressions of the LG G3 where actually did do that after a certain point after a bunch of gaming it would say listen it's gotten too hot we're going to limit your brightness because it needs to cool down but no such problems with my OnePlus 2 in fact I think my Galaxy S6 has probably gotten just as warm to the touch especially after a lot of gaming right along these metal rails but neither of them has actually had any problems Just for kicks here's a thermal image of the Galaxy S6 edge up top and the OnePlus 2 on the bottom after some light gaming after about 5 minutes the 1pl 2 here is 2° fhe warmer on the back by by the camera again neither have any problems and then after some heavy gaming for about half an hour here's the OnePlus 2 definitely very warm to the touch but as far as I can tell no difference in performance or function finally impression number five is that the whole software experience is very clean it's it's oxygen OS version 2 it's a super close to stock Android experience but with some added features kind of like Canan engine mod first of all the custom button on the side of the phone is awesome it acts as a quick switch between showing all notifications uh prior any mode or do not disturb mode and I I use this at least once a day and then there are also some other nice features like the ability to rearrange the icons and the quick settings and save that uh there's also a toggle to enable a systemwide dark theme which looks pretty nice it basically reverses the colors in I guess like the settings app and uses cyan accents you can go into app permissions also kind of like Android M and revoke certain permissions from apps that don't seem to need it even though this isn't a ROM based on Android M this is a cool feature to see and there's a couple of other things too of course I've done an Entre video just on oxygen OS back when version 1.0 came out for the OnePlus One so if you want to check that out see what it's all about I'll leave a link to that video right below that like button and those are my early Impressions uh so if you're clamoring for more OnePlus stuff definitely check out my camera review which I did specifically all about the OnePlus to use camera and comparing it to other flagships and stuff uh and that's essentially it if you follow me on Twitter you'll get more Impressions and stuff as I build up all my stuff for the full review so subscribe to be among the first to see that uh and that's basically it thanks for watching and I'll talk to you guys in the next one peace\n"