The OnePlus Two is hot property these days. The phone went on sale on Tuesday, but can only be had through an invite. To get an invite you need to be in a cue, which currently runs in the millions. So what do you do? You have the cash, and you most certainly have the desire.
Well, Android Authority, which is a tech blog focused on covering all things related to Android has found something that can be classified as gold. It has found a website called MyOnePL.us, and this website will allow you to buy the phone without the invite and even ship it to you.
So what's the problem? Well, you aren't getting the Indian model of the phone. Instead, you get the Chinese model of the device, which will not support 4G networks in India. So, you'll be stuck with a 3G only device, in the year where India is about to get ubiquitous 4G.
The 16GB model has a starting cost of $499.99, which is around Rs.32,500 and the 64GB, which has a price of $549.99, which is around Rs.35,500 and if you'd want the variants with the different backplates then you can have them for $574.99, around Rs.37,200.
Now, you'll notice the price is much higher than what it is in India. In India, the phone is priced at Rs.24,999, and that too for the 64GB version of the device. That's difference of around Rs.7,000 between the 16GB and 64GB version. The difference exceeds Rs.10,000 when you plan on importing the 64GB version of the phone. And all this doesn't even include the import costs for shipping and probably even customs.
The website says that it will honor the warranty and will service the phone, however, past experience tells us there are no guarantees here.
Another thing that you need to worry about is the ROM. One of the lures of the OnePlus Two is its software. It runs Android Lollipop with its Oxygen ROM globally, which is very similar to stock Android. In China, the phone runs the Hydrogen OS, which though is Android, but is highly modified and works more like iOS or other Chinese ROMs like the Mi UI or the Lenovo Vibe UI.
Apart from this, we have a very capable phone. We're talking about a 5.5-inch phablet with a 1080p IPS screen reinforced with Gorilla Glass 3, a second generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, 4GB RAM (64GB version only), a 13-megapixel camera on the back with laser auto-focus and optical image stabilization, a 5-megapixel sensor on the front. The phone also packs in a premium magnesium alloy body and massive 3,300mAh battery and dual-SIM capabilities.
Suffice to say it's a keeper, as we also noted in our review, but you'd need to worry about the aforementioned hassles.
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