- So this is the OnePlus 5. It's been out
for a couple months, it's not all that interesting, right?
Well, what about this one? It's a limited edition
Soft Gold OnePlus 5. Let's go take a look at this new colour.
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So just as is done with the last couple of models,
the OnePlus is releasing a limited edition colour
of the OnePlus 5, so this is called Soft Gold
and I have it sitting right here next to
the launch colour, Midnight Black, which is also kind of
a semi-exclusive colour in itself because
it's only available with the 128 gigabyte storage model
but the soft gold comes in the lower-spec model,
interestingly. 6 gigabytes of RAM and 64 gigabytes
of storage, but it is a true limited edition
in that OnePlus is saying that it's making
a set number of these and then it's just gonna sell them
and, you know, while supplies last, that's it.
So it could last a couple days, couple weeks,
maybe a month. I doubt these will be around for that long,
especially because you don't have to pay a premium
to get this Soft Gold model. It is gonna be
the same price as the Slate Grey model.
So this obviously stands out a whole lot from the,
especially the Midnight Black,
but even the Slate Grey model and really,
there aren't a tonne of phones with this exact kind of finish.
They say "Soft Gold" and they mean it
because it's not very gold, actually.
You see, when it's tilted away from the light,
it's a little deeper colour, but turning it to light,
it almost gets to like a silver, anodized kind of colour.
For a bit of comparison, here's a OnePlus 3T
in the Gunmetal colour, which is a lighter colour
and, you know, it's quite a bit darker than the soft gold.
I think it looks really good. It doesn't look gaudy
like a lot of gold phones where they try
to go really gold at you, but you do get a little bit
of bling around here, which is really nice.
You get this chamfered edge along the side
that stands out quite a bit more than it does
on that black version. The OnePlus logo has
a little more sheen and shine to it.
Unfortunately, the one downside there is that
the camera pod is still black-backed,
which, optically, is a lot better for reflections
and things like that but you do also see
the antenna lines quite a bit more,
even though they're nicely hidden around the corners,
they don't hide themselves in the same way
that the black model blends in perfectly.
The bigger distraction, really,
is around on the front where you have this
white frame around the screen, so this is kind of the thing
when you have a gold or white or, you know,
some lighter colour on the back, you usually go
with white on the front. We've seen this
on all kinds of phones time after time.
I'm not the biggest fan, but it's gotta be
a personal preference thing. I just really don't like
the fact that you have this little black border,
which is a necessary border around the screen,
the display panel itself, it just means that you go
from this colourful screen to a black line
and then to this white bezel all the way around the outside.
The OnePlus 5, not necessarily a super bezel-y phone,
but, you know, there's quite a bit there
and it's just a little distracting to me
and you get some extra reflection
because, of course, this is covered by glass
so you have a little bit of that reflection where it's glass
and then the white behind it. Personal preference, really.
Now, on the other hand, you do get this very, very nice back
so there is that to be said for it
and when it's limited edition, you know, the phone nerds
that know what a OnePlus 5 is are really gonna know
that you have the limited edition one.
So, should you go out and sell or trade in
your OnePlus 5 in order to get a Soft Gold limited edition?
No, come on, it's not worth it. It's all the exact same
as every other OnePlus 5 except for the colour,
but if you haven't bought one yet, why not take a look
at getting a limited edition Soft Gold?
It's not gonna cost you any extra money
and if you were gonna buy the base model anyways,
you might as well give it a go.
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