OnePlus 2 review: The "2016 Flagship Killer" — first phone with a USB-C port.
A 2015 flagship-killer — and a USB-C pioneer.
The OnePlus 2 introduced USB-C and the alert slider, but the hot Snapdragon 810 and missing NFC held it back. A legacy device today.
01Display
58/10058/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2015 — 16 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
52/10052/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2015 — 15 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
38/10038/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2015 — 26 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2015 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
64/10064/100 is one of the weaker build results among flagship phones of 2015 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
62/10062/100 puts it above the 58-point average for flagship phones of 2015.
- One of the first phones with a USB-C port.
- Signature sandstone finish; alert slider debuted here.
- 4 GB RAM at a $329 price.
- Clean OxygenOS.
- Snapdragon 810 ran hot.
- No fast charging or NFC; mono speaker.
- Software ended at Android 6.
- Discontinued.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 100-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .