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Speaker 1: One plus six might be one of the best Android

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Speaker 1: smartphones of the year. What's going on? I'm Rich Damiro.

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Speaker 1: This is Rich on Tech Daily. So you know about

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Speaker 1: Apple and Samsung, but have you heard about one plus.

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Speaker 1: The company makes a flagship style device for less and

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Speaker 1: their latest is called the one plus six. Recently I

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Speaker 1: sat down with Kyle Jung and San Francisco to talk

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Speaker 1: about it. He's their general manager for North America.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so one plus is a coming. Started a little

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Speaker 2: bit over four years ago, and our first vice one

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Speaker 2: plus one was very popular among the tech enthusiasts, and

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Speaker 2: so since then we've been making mobile Android flagship phones

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Speaker 2: and they're generally thought of is the highest performing devices

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Speaker 2: with also maybe the preferred software solution for people that

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Speaker 2: prefer a particular Android experience.

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Speaker 1: The one plus six has a giant six inch screen

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Speaker 1: plus a beautiful design that fits nicely in your hand.

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Speaker 1: There's also a dual camera set up on the back,

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Speaker 1: a great selfie camera, a fingerprint reader, face unlock, and

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Speaker 1: loads of extras that let you customize how your phone works.

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Speaker 1: But this phone is sold unlocked and with no bloatwear.

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Speaker 2: I think with every one of our devices there's a

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Speaker 2: theme of continuous improvement. I think this is our best

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Speaker 2: device yet. I think the mobile industry expects from us,

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Speaker 2: maybe the best performing devices, and we have a theme

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Speaker 2: of fast and smooth. I think this device is the

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Speaker 2: best embodiment of that.

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Speaker 1: The one Plus costs five hundred and thirty dollars unlocked,

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Speaker 1: probably the biggest downside. You can't walk into a store

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Speaker 1: to buy one. You have to get it direct from

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Speaker 1: one Plus.

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Speaker 2: We're a different company in the sense that we're not

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Speaker 2: the same size as maybe an Apple or Samsung, and

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Speaker 2: we don't carry all the infrastructure, sales, distribution, million dollar

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Speaker 2: advertising campaigns. So really all our focus goes into the device,

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Speaker 2: and so there's probably a difference in terms of how

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Speaker 2: we approach kind of how we do devices, and I

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Speaker 2: think people have been very satisfied in terms of what

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Speaker 2: we deliver and have sought us out based on that approach.

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Speaker 1: Now I've been using one plus phones for a while

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Speaker 1: and I noticed that the camera on this one is

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Speaker 1: definitely improved compared to previous models. I think you're gonna

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Speaker 1: get much more consistent shots. It's an excellent performer in

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Speaker 1: bright light, but most phones are these days. But I

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Speaker 1: think it also does well in other conditions lower light

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Speaker 1: and in portrait mode. You're gonna get mostly good shots

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Speaker 1: out of this thing.

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Speaker 2: So I think we're really excited about the camera solution

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Speaker 2: we have. One of the things that's new is we

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Speaker 2: have OIS. It's basically optical stabilization, especially in terms of

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Speaker 2: low light, and it will help low light photographs on

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Speaker 2: the main sensor, and I think people that have tried

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Speaker 2: the device so far have been pretty happy with the

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Speaker 2: performance of the camera.

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Speaker 1: The biggest issue I have with the camera on the

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Speaker 1: one plus six is that when you're taking shots that

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Speaker 1: have motion in them, like if your kids are in

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Speaker 1: the shot, they can be blurred. So with me, I

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Speaker 1: had kind of mixed results with this. If there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of moving in the shot, it kind of could

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Speaker 1: be tough to grab a good shot on your first try.

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Speaker 1: But a couple of tries and hopefully you'll get something

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Speaker 1: that's usable. When it comes to design, the one plus

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Speaker 1: is top notch. Hahaha, I know tech humor. Yes, the

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Speaker 1: one plus six does have a notch, but you can

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Speaker 1: hide it with software.

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Speaker 2: People have been very impressed with the material design and

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Speaker 2: the overall look of the device. I'd say it will

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Speaker 2: be the fastest performing phone there is, or kind of

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Speaker 2: philosophy of fast and smooth in terms of the highest

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Speaker 2: performing hardware, and the most preferred software solution in Android

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Speaker 2: in terms of being clean, no bloat experience. I think

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Speaker 2: all those factors, along with the best charging technology, make

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Speaker 2: it the best offering there is.

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Speaker 1: The software on the one plus six is excellent. It

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Speaker 1: will satisfy even the most critical Android user. Think Google

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Speaker 1: Pixel style stock Android, but with a bunch of little

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Speaker 1: extras built in, like the ability to turn your screen

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Speaker 1: black and white when you're reading a book on the

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Speaker 1: Kindle app or another reading app, or you can have

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Speaker 1: your status bar display exactly what you want it to show.

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Speaker 1: And the software on the one plus is noticeably peppy.

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Speaker 1: It's literally responsive unlike any other device I've used. It

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Speaker 1: even makes my Pixel to XL seem slow in comparison.

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Speaker 2: Now we're as good as the device that you bought

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Speaker 2: from us. And I think devices that are even coming

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Speaker 2: up on two years of one plus three people are

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Speaker 2: still extremely satisfy with our software. Updates have been quick

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Speaker 2: and the one plus you know, those devices are still

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Speaker 2: performing extremely fast, where people are still really satisfying so

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Speaker 2: I think even though as a company we've we've introduced

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Speaker 2: two phones a year previously, people are still satisfied with

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Speaker 2: the phone they get and they can have confidence in.

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Speaker 1: That bottom line. The one plus is a great alternative

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Speaker 1: to what Apple and Samsung offer, but at a lower price.

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Speaker 1: But many people don't even realize it's an option, and

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Speaker 1: once you're interested in this device, well it's kind of

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Speaker 1: a leap of faith to buy something online site on scene. Still,

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Speaker 1: one plus says their brand continues to grow because when

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Speaker 1: people buy a device from them, they're generally pretty happy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I think the one thing we're noticing is we're

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Speaker 2: growing a lot in the United States and that's without

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Speaker 2: you know, giant marketing campaigns. And I think one of

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Speaker 2: the reasons for that is more and more people are

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Speaker 2: becoming aware of kind of one plus and also the

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Speaker 2: idea of you can, you know, buy your own phone direct,

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Speaker 2: and I think that's something that more and more people

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Speaker 2: are coming around to, and once they kind of take

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Speaker 2: that step learn a little bit more about mobile devices,

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Speaker 2: they're seeing that we believe we have the best offering.

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Speaker 1: You can read my entire review of the one plus

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Speaker 1: six plus, see some pictures I took on it and

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Speaker 1: see how fast the face online. Just go to my website.

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Speaker 1: It is rich on tech dot tv. Let me know

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Speaker 1: if you have any questions. Thanks so much for listening

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Speaker 1: to the podcast. I'm Rich Tomiro. I'll talk to you

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Speaker 1: real soon