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The OnePlus 3 is the company’s newest budget flagship smartphone. This is the third generation high-end smartphone from OnePlus which is popular for putting top-of-the-line specs in a phone that has the cost of a mid-range device. Let’s find out in this review why the OnePlus 3 has been dubbed as the flagship killer. Design and Construction The full metal unibody of the OnePlus 3 is made up of a premium material specifically, an aluminum alloy which contributed to the much lighter weight at just 158 grams and thinness of the device at 7.33mm, which is nearly the same as the LG G5 and the Samsung Galaxy S7. The left side has the volume rocker and an alert switch that was first introduced on the OnePlus 2. There’s a OnePlus logo printed on the gently curved back, solid antenna lines across the top and bottom, single LED flash and a slightly raised camera lens just right below it. OS, Apps, and UI The OnePlus 3 features its own custom OS called OxygenOS which is based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. That said, the issue of software update on OnePlus devices is a point to contest because as far as we can remember, the Marshmallow update for the OnePlus 2 has arrived eight months after the latest Android flavor became available. Read more in our articles including "OnePlus 3 Review" and "HUAWEI MatePad 12 X (2026) Review".