OnePlus X review: Compact 5" mid-ranger with Snapdragon 801 — OnePlus's smallest.
OnePlus's only compact phone.
OnePlus X is the brand's only compact phone — a 5", glass-backed AMOLED handset that introduced the alert slider OnePlus still ships today. Its tiny battery cap and invite-only sale model made it a collector's favourite.
01Display
80/100At 80/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2015 — 14 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
64/10064/100 puts it above the 59-point average for mid-range phones of 2015.
03Performance
70/100At 70/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2015 — 14 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
60/10060/100 trails the 65-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2015.
05Build
80/100At 80/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among mid-range phones of 2015 — 13 points above the cohort average.
- Compact 5" form factor still unmatched in OnePlus lineup
- AMOLED + glass back
- Alert slider — first OnePlus to ship it
- Small 2525 mAh battery
- Sold via invite-only
- No NFC
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 42-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .