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Add to SafariWhen comparing OnePlus vs Google, the Slant community recommends OnePlus for most people. In the question“What are the best Android phone manufacturers?” OnePlus is ranked 8th while Google is ranked 14th. The most important reason people chose OnePlus is:
OnePlus' Android skin remains close to stock android.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Light Android
OnePlus' Android skin remains close to stock android.
Pro Very fast
Pro Great design
Pro Still up to date
Pro Have some additional features
Pixel and Nexus phones have some additional features to integrate Android even more into the Google ecosystem.
Pro Open bootloader
All Pixel phones come with an open bootloader which makes it easy to use an after market OS.
Pro Great custom ROM support
There exist many custom ROMs for Google devices.
Pro T line
Cons
Con No compact line
They only build huge devices that are unpractical for one-hand use.
Con Camera
A focus for OnePlus in future iterations.
Con Lag can occur
It has a few lags, but nothing major.
Con Data collection & tracking
You can see on your routers that a lot of data is going back to the company.
Con Not vanilla Android
They use their own fork - Oxygenos.
For the record: All android manufacturers use their own version of Android.
Con No compact line
Phones tend to be on the large side.
Con Limited support
Pixel phones receive only two years OS updates plus one year of security fixes.
Update: Pixel 6 line and newer will get 4 years of upgrades and 6 years of security fixes.
Con Expensive
Phones are expensive compared to other manufacturers.
