Sit back, relax and let your mind wonder. Think about your perfect device. Think about the hardware, maybe a unibody design. You are not sure whether you want it to have an aluminium frame or a polycarbonate plastic like the Lumia offerings but you can take either. Think about the screen size, maybe 5” or 5.5”, either will do. You obviously want the thinnest bezels. You want the front panel to be about 90% screen real estate. You want the phone to be beautiful but you don’t want it to scream out because let’s face it, you still use public transport and don’t want to appeal to the wrong crowd. You want the HTC boom sound speakers but you will probably use earphones all the time when listening to music or watching your Top Gear videos so any stereo speakers with good sound balance will do just fine.
Now, imagine the internals, the raw power, the ram and even the battery capacity. The Snapdragon 800 chipset was excellent but you are obsessed with power. That means you want the latest Snapdragon 801 chipset. You don’t really care about the Krait processor clock speed but a surprise 2.5GHz would be welcome and since you don’t want to put the phone down for even a second you want the Krait processor paired with 3GB of RAM for your endless multitasking. You want a decent camera. It doesn’t have to be 41MP offering from Nokia or the software manufactured 50MP from Oppo but a 13MP will do just fine and an equally decent secondary shooter for all the Instagram selfies because you want to keep up with the socialites. With all that power you want a massive battery. Anything above 3000mAh will be alright for a day of really heavy use.
How about the OS? Well, if you have thought about all this then you are probably a geek and consequently a loner. That means you’d rather stay home and flash the latest ROM on your phone than go out. I know you probably want HTC’s Sense UI but you will get bored after a week and look for Carbon ROM. So in that case how about Cyanogenmod as the OS of choice?
Now, what if I tell you that your dreams are valid and that the phone you just imagined actually exists. It is called the OnePlus One and it was only launched recently. I know you just got overjoyed until you thought of the potential pricing. You are probably broke and can’t afford a device with such specifications. But hold on. First, wear that smile again as the price is not that high. It’s only about 299USD for the 16GB model. The bad news is that you may have to go to great lengths to get it. OnePlus cannot rival Samsung’s distribution network so the device will probably have limited availability. But you know you can use your connections abroad to get it so don’t get too worried. The other setback is that there is no SD expansion but this is also not a problem to you as you have probably used a Nexus device before and you were OK with it. In any case the 64GB version is still cheaper than the Nexus 5.
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