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The OnePlus 15 is a remarkable flagship in just about every way -- ZDNET's reviews say it all. The battery life is excellent, the photography capabilities are impressive, AI integration is seamless, and the software is clean and intuitive.
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However, there are a few things about the phone that detracted from my experience with it. These issues are not the worst things, but at best, they felt like questionable decisions, and at worst, they adversely affected my ability to use the phone. Here are the three things, along with suggestions on how to fix two of them.
1. Quick launching the camera isn't the same
For years, the standard method for quickly launching the camera on an Android phone has been to double-press the power button. There are some Chinese manufacturers that don't support that function, but for the most part, that's how it has been done in the US. The OnePlus 15 — and bear in mind that BBK, OnePlus's parent company, is based in China -- didn't seem to include that, or at least not by default. Buried within the settings, you can enable the option. Here's how to do it:
Go to Settings -> Accessibility & convenience -> Power button -> Double Click the Power Button, and then tap "Camera."
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It's essential to note two key points here. First, as it stands, if you power cycle the phone with this option on, it will turn back off after a restart. OnePlus confirmed that this was a bug -- the setting should be retained. But OnePlus could not confirm what the default behavior of the switch would be once that bug was fixed.
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