Prospective buyers of the new OnePlus X will probably be very unhappy to hear that the handset may not play nice with LTE networks based in the United States. The handset supports Band 1, Band 2, Band 4, Band 5, Band 7, and Band 8; however, Droid Life noticed that the OnePlus X is missing key Band 12 and Band 17 support offered by AT&T and T-Mobile. While it will work on those carriers' networks, the OnePlus X might struggle to maintain good signal strength in suburbs, rural areas, and dense buildings.
OnePlus provided Droid Life with the following response when asked if Band 17 support would be added:
The bands listed on the spec sheet are correct. We have no plans for adding more bands right now.”
Before you go dropping $249 on the OnePlus X, I hope this makes you consider alternatives. Devices like the Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 and Motorola Moto G (2015) both feature Band 17 support and match or best OnePlus' pricing. Also, you can buy and receive either one of those two way sooner than you would the OnePlus X. To those companies, invites to purchase a phone are rubbish. Really, does it make sense to make people get an invite for an item they're going to spend hundreds of dollars on? OnePlus, even after all of its issues, still has not learned to do away with any type of invite system. Consumers want things now.
Via: Droid Life
You can purchase the OnePlus one+ two, through many Chinese retailers online without an invite, in fact I’m seeing at the moment on the site I have an account with, that the second incarnation of the phone retails for less than the first.
I’ve seen it as low as $227 if memory serves me right, it’s a no brainer for the specs at this price compared to flagship branded models. It seems the overwhelming joy which the first release gave to potential customers not long back, has desolved because one off their newest models may or may not work on a particular network. They have two other great phones you can purchase if your unsure, and a platitude of other phones available if this is to much to bear, I wouldn’t be so unforgiving for such a minor thing, it’s way over the top to get upset over this, it appears your just being picky and spoilt.
You can buy many things through Chinese retailers. Just hopping on Alibaba Express will do.
But we’re not talking about third-party retailers. We’re talking about the company that makes a phone not being able to just let consumers easily buy it.
What does it matter if you buy it direct from OnePlus or through a third party seller? The device is the same, the warranty is still valid, in fact you can achieve a better financial deal than waiting and buying direct through them, is it really that much of an inconvenience?
As your aware OnePlus does it this way to keep down costs, but putting the devices through third party sellers negates some of them costs, if a buyer sources their device direct it’s their decision, but it doesn’t take much effort to go via another route, does it?