OnePlus 3 review: The 2016 OnePlus — a full metal body and 6 GB of RAM.
The 2016 OnePlus that grew up.
The OnePlus 3 brought a metal body and 6 GB RAM to the value-flagship formula. A small battery aside, it was a 2016 standout — now a legacy device.
01Display
66/10066/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.
02Camera
58/10058/100 trails the 61-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2016.
03Performance
44/10044/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2016 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2016 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
70/10070/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.
06Value
76/10076/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.
- First all-metal OnePlus body.
- 6 GB RAM and Snapdragon 820 at a value price.
- Fast Dash Charge.
- Clean OxygenOS.
- Small 3,000 mAh battery.
- Mono speaker; no IP rating; no wireless charging.
- Software ended at Android 9.
- Discontinued.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 5-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .