OnePlusconcept smartphoneLast featured Nov 2020
OnePlus Concept One
Worth it if…Worth it, with caveats.
Innovative showpiece with disappearing cameras, but he sees little practical benefit and says it is not the most exciting concept phone.
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- Price when I covered it
- £900+
- Featured in
- 4 videos · 2020–2020
- Category
- Phones · Concept & rare
What I liked
- Camera area tints itself black
- Glass darkens to hide the cameras
- Camera hidden by tinted glass
- Premium, refined build
- Interesting electrochromic glass that hides the cameras
- Built-in neutral density filter effect
What I didn't
- Neutral density filter has niche use on a phone
- Camera outlines still visible in light
- Extra thing that could go wrong
- Drains some battery
- Internal specs same as existing flagships
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“the oneplus concept one smartphone which had this small window that could tint itself black”
“you've seen that oneplus concept one phone right it actually employed this exact technique”
“oneplus showed off cameras that can be hidden by tinting the glass in front of them”
“the feature has literally no benefit to me”
“this is not the most exciting concept phone I've seen”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
5:18"Smartphones are Boring now."Mentioned as the first example of electrochromic glass, with a small window that tints black.
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3:50Why Samsung's Transparent Phone will fail.Mentioned as an example of glass that darkens to hide the cameras.
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3:52Smartphones are evolving.Its colour-changing hidden camera glass hints at finishes that could morph in future phones.
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0:00OnePlus Concept One Smartphone - Disappearing Cameras!Innovative showpiece with disappearing cameras, but he sees little practical benefit and says it is not the most exciting concept phone.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Actually innovative
“this is the first time we're seeing anything like it on a phone”
▶ 2:19 - Gimmick
“the feature has literally no benefit to me”
▶ 5:04
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