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whether it's truly the next flagship killer remains to be seen but the sequel to the blockbuster 1+1 brings a solid set of standouts at a stunning price point i'm michael fisher with pocket now and this smartphone costs less than four hundred dollars here's what comes in the box with the oneplus 2 1 plus didn't exactly innovate on the unboxing experience here but importantly neither did it skimp the box exterior is soft and expensive feeling and the contents within are tightly integrated with no wasted space and no chintzy packaging the phone is the first thing you see when the lid finally pops off which we'll get to in a second there's only a wall adapter and cable beneath the minimal paperwork but even these ho-hum accessories are a treat the wall wart stands out with custom branding and colors and the flat wide USB cable with the reversible type-c connector is finished in very high quality rubber it feels almost impossibly soft along with the strap for keeping it coiled when traveling this is one of the highest end cables I've handled which is weird to say I mean who cares right but it's not so much about these accessories themselves as the level of attention that they events quality accessories make you feel taken care of and given the low price point of this smartphone it's impressive that oneplus chose not to compromise in this regard the oneplus 2 itself comes in a translucent jacket that calls out its key features many of which we had a look at in our earlier hands-on video like the fingerprint scanner and alerts which peeling off the various protective layers and holding the phone for the first time man that sandstone you guys I felt it before last year's oneplus one had it so it's not new by any means but what a distinctive tactility that sandpaper like finish lens the phone pairing that rough texture with the phone's ample mass gives the oneplus 2 a feel and hand unmatched by anyone else and it helps with the grip too that's important on a phone as big as this it slots in between the galaxy s6 and Nexus 6 on our impromptu size can Harrison here and it certainly feels as big as it looks much has been made of the 1 plus 2s internals the Snapdragon 810 processor the 3 gigs of ram the 13 megapixel camera the lack of NFC at quick charging and so on and so on and we'll get to all that stuff in a full review coming up I was actually more excited to try something comparatively mundane though the dual SIM card slots which are hidden beneath the protective style swap cover the cover takes some serious effort to pry off by the way I'm a little concerned about the longevity of these clips if you swap often anyway the SIM tray slides out to accommodate 2 nano SIM cards side-by-side we're using t-mobile and AT&T here and the oneplus 2 radio hardware offers support for all the LTE bands we need for each carrier powering up the phone brings that big 5 and a half inch display to life and just like it was in San Francisco it's bright sharp and very readable even outdoors the software here is oxygen OS 2.0 a custom build of Android 5.1.1 that includes a lot of behind the scenes customizations to background processes and also more visible features like gesture input enhanced app permissions controls being able to switch between hardware buttons and soft keys and so on the oxygen OS footprint is pretty typical our review sample is the pricier 64 gig model but only 54 gigs are available to the end-user how the phone performs on the day-to-day and how well it stacks up to smartphones twice its price we'll cover in the coming weeks of features comparisons and of course our full review at pocket now let us know in the comments what questions you want answered and we'll do our best to get to them till then thanks to oneplus for the review device and thanks to you for tuning in this has been michael fisher captain 2 phones on twitter thanks for watching we'll see you real soon you