The power button and volume rocker are placed on the right edge of the device and the SIM card slot along
with alert slider can be found on the left edge.
OnePlus uses the classic Android Ambient Display for pulsing only a few letters on the screen when a notification comes in, although this comes nicely into play
with the alert slider too.
Moving on, the smartphone will also come
with an alert slider on the left and volume rockers.
The company confirmed the new device to come with new iPhone X-like navigation gestures and focusing the camera
with the alert slider.
The power button is present on the right side and the volume rockers along
with alert slider reside on the left side of the device.
The only nuisance I personally found was
with the alert slider, which is programmed to mute all notifications when fully slid up instead of down — it might sound like a small detail, but it takes more effort to slide it up with the right hand's index finger than it is to slide it down, and an option to change this would have been nice.
Looking around the phones sides, you'll find a power button on the right and a volume rocker
with an alert slider on the left.
The only nuisance I personally found was
with the alert slider, which is programmed to mute all notifications when fully slid
Not exact matches
The OnePlus X has a metal frame
with a subtle finned effect running all the way round, which is broken up by a volume rocker, sleep / wake key, notification
alert slider control, and Nano SIM card tray.
The only hardware key that's just out of reach is the
alert slider, a button
with a tactile diamond surface that lets you toggle sound and notification profiles.
The back has a white base
with evenly distributed grey specks, creating an instant classic, Sandstone White.The
alert slider has got a beautiful red accent that fits perfectly
with the White color of the phone & the Red «Star Wars» logo on the back.
The
alert slider is probably one of the more nifty things you'll find on a OnePlus handset, giving users the ability to switch sound profiles
with the flick of a switch.
When you're talking to someone at the door, a
slider lets you adjust the volume.When you answer a ring or a motion
alert, you can tap Accept to speak to whomever is there
with two - way audio.
On the right side of the handset is the power button, along
with a dual nano - SIM slot,
with the left side incorporating a volume rocker, and an
alert slider.
On the right you will find the power button and the dual Nano - SIM tray, while on the left there is a power rocker and also the famous
alert slider, back
with its signature tactile pattern which makes it extremely easy to identify.
I will say both the black buttons and red
alert slider are a bit too reminiscent of the sandstone white 5T's past as a marketing tie - in
with the new Star Wars movie.
Everything about the OnePlus 5 feels impeccably machined,
with satisfyingly clicky buttons and the trademark OnePlus
alert slider.
The
alert slider can also make the smartphone silent
with a simple click.
And when it was fixed, a tweet from co-founder Carl Pei read «touch latency»
with a checkmark next to it followed by «
alert slider», without such checkmark.
Unprecedented on an Android device, the
alert slider can silence the device
with a simple click.
The company confirmed that the phone will arrive
with navigation gestures, while new functionality will be added to the phone's
alert slider, which will make a comeback as well.
On the left side of the phone, is the volume keys and
alert slider,
with the function similar to Iphone mute button.
The front of the device retains the black finish, as does the volume and power buttons, and the
alert slider stands in stark contrast to the white and black
with a red accent.
Also on the left is an
alert slider with three positions, which can be used to quickly switch between receiving all notifications, just priority notifications, or none at all.
You also can tap the «Prominent Haptics»
slider to turn on this feature, which pre-announces incoming notifications
with a haptic
alert.
This
alert slider has three modes; the lowest is normal volume mode,
with audible notifications and vibration.
The handset itself is essentially a remade version of the premium OnePlus 5T
with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal flash memory, featuring a Sandstone White back panel and a ceramic fingerprint reader of the same color, a red mineral
alert slider, special Star Wars Android theme, and a Kylo Ren case.
A bright red
alert slider is also part of the package, having been made
with a combination of anode technologies and aluminum alloy polishing.