How to watch 360-degree YouTube videos on Oculus Go
Get ready to change your viewing experience
Whether you want to feel like you’re floating through space or sailing across the ocean, 360-degree videos are one of the coolest ways to take you there. (Without going in person, of course.) Since the Oculus Go has such a crisp vision with hardly any blur it makes this device the best yet to experience these YouTube videos with. Read on below to see how!
Getting to YouTube
So you searched the store on your Oculus Go for quite some time and couldn’t find a YouTube app, now what? Well, you don’t need an app to browse YouTube on your Oculus Go. When you go to YouTube on the browser it’s already fully compatible with your device!
Select your browser from the Navigate section of the Menu.
Open the video that you want to watch in 360-degrees. You can find a lot of compatible videos just by searching “360 video”.
Press the Play button on the video and then select the Full screen option on the bottom right of the video.
While in the video a menu bar will appear under the loading bar. Press the 360 option in the center.
Enjoy the ride! If you want to change the viewing settings while playing the menu bar will appear as soon as you move your controller again.
What videos did you pick?
What are your favorite videos to watch in 360 on YouTube? Let us know in the comments below!
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OnePlus announces Bullets Wireless, its first wireless earbuds, coming in June for $69
OnePlus is getting serious about wireless audio.
After prototyping wireless earbud options for two years, OnePlus says it’s finally ready to release its first pair to the world. They’re called the Bullets Wireless, and they’re coming June 5 for $69 / €69 / £69.
The Bullets Wireless look and perform similarly to the company’s second-generation wired Bullets V2 earbuds, but there are some key differences. For starters, it uses Bluetooth, so it requires charging — but the good news is that it uses USB-C to do so. Not only does that give the headphones five hours of charging in 10 minutes (thanks to the higher charging throughput of USB-C) but it means you no longer have to carry around a Micro-USB cable for your accessories. At least not this one.
The buds also snap together using magnets on the backs of each earpiece. Once paired to a phone (the Bullets Wireless use the same quick pairing technology as Google’s Pixel Buds), they connect automatically when the earbuds are separated, and shut off when they’re together. In my quick testing, this worked really well. A long-press of the play/pause button activates Google Assistant, too, which is handy.
Bullets Wireless sound pretty good for the price, too. They use Qualcomm’s aptX codec, and come with three wing and tip sizes for all ear shapes.
They’ll be available on June 5 from OnePlus. While the OnePlus 6 has a headphone jack, this is undoubtedly the better way to listen to music on it. And if you buy a OnePlus 6 from oneplus.net, the company is throwing in a pair of Bullets Wireless for free.
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OnePlus 6 hands-on preview: Still the best deal in town
The unlocked phone done right.
If I wanted to cheat you out of a proper OnePlus 6 preview, I’d copy and paste what we wrote only six months ago about the OnePlus 5T. About 90% of the text would still apply, and I’d still heartily recommend you buy it if you want a well-made, relatively inexpensive Android phone with flagship specifications, solid build quality, and a reliable dual camera setup.
I’d tell you that you’re still buying from a company that has a reputation for shenanigans, or worse, and that there are no physical stores to which you can return a defective phone for repairs.
I’d tell you that, by saving a few hundred dollars from the industry’s cream of the crop, you’re sacrificing a few important features, but nothing essential, and that, at its core, the OnePlus 6 is an uncomplicated and logical upgrade from its predecessor, which was an iterative, progressive jump from its forerunner.
I’d say all that.
But if I were writing a proper OnePlus 6 preview, I’d say all that and a bit more, because, despite its similarities to the OnePlus 5T, there’s still a lot to get excited about here.
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A short turnaround
A short disclaimer: Since I’ve only had the phone for a few days, there are things I’m not going to touch on in this preview, like battery longevity or camera quality. Those more involved tests will come very soon.
A glass menagerie
The OnePlus 6, despite sharing nearly identical dimensions with its all-metal predecessor, has gained a bit of thickness and a sizeable amount of weight, and that’s owing to its Gorilla Glass 5 housing, a first for the OnePlus series. It looks better than any OnePlus phone to date, for sure, but it also looks quite a lot like quite a few other phones on the market right now, including the LG G7, Huawei P20 Pro and, increasingly, others.
Such is the price of maturity, and the OnePlus 6 wears it well. Yes, there’s a notch on the 6.28-inch Optic AMOLED, but the phone is no larger than the OnePlus 5T — OnePlus merely expanded the usable real estate. And while there are some software quirks associated with the notch, particularly in the now-truncated status bar, for the most part, it’s not distracting and the whole thing just works. The screen is good — bright and vibrant, with plenty of calibration options — but like Huawei’s flagships, OnePlus continues to resist the urge to move to QHD. To be honest, it’s no loss.
To accommodate a diminished set of antenna lines, the OnePlus-hardware-staple mute switch has been relocated to the right side of the phone. Given that the right-side power and left-side volume controls are in the same relative positions, this change isn’t that important, but being right-handed I did find it easier to use. Lefties may not feel the same way.
Around back are where you’ll find the biggest aesthetic changes to the OnePlus 6: not only has the dual camera shifted vertical, but the makeup of that second camera is a bit different, too. Actually, that’s not quite true, but the intent of the second camera has changed, which we’ll get to a bit later.
The phone may look familiar, but the quality is second to none for this price.
The rear fingerprint sensor, which was originally added to the OnePlus 5T, is now oblong and ever-so-slightly lower down on the phone, but I’ve come to use it less and less now that the phone’s face recognition is so reliable.
The OnePlus 6 still has a headphone jack on the bottom, along with a single downward-facing speaker — loud, but not beefy — and USB-C port. And for better or worse (but mainly worse), it’s got the same buzzy, overwrought vibration motor as its predecessor.
As far as hardware goes, you’re getting a lot for your money, but it’s clear that OnePlus is still saving strategically, and it’s the small things — screen resolution, haptics, speaker output, wireless charging — where its more expensive competition is taking the conversation.
The specs don’t lie
| Screen | 6.28-inch OLED |
| SoC | Snapdragon 845 |
| RAM | 6/8GB |
| Storage | 64/128/256GB |
| Camera 1 | 16MP rear, ƒ/1.7, OIS |
| Camera 2 | 20MP rear, ƒ/1.7 |
| Battery | 3300mAh |
| Connectivity | Gigabit LTE, 27 LTE bands |
| Security | Fingerprint, face unlock |
| Dimensions | 155.7 x 75.4 x 7.75 mm |
| Weight | 177 grams |
| Colors | Mirror Black, Midnight Black, Silk White |
| Price | $529, $579, $679 |
As with all of OnePlus’s updates, specs rule the show here. In addition to upgrading to 2018’s staple flagship platform, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, OnePlus is for the first time offering a $629 256GB storage option to go along with 8GB of RAM.
The $529 base model still comes with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, which should be more than enough for most people, but without expandable storage, many will likely choose to go with the $579 middle option, which pairs 8GB of RAM with 128GB of storage, and also comes in two additional colors — Midnight Black and, starting June 5, Silk White — to go along with the standard Mirror Black.
(All three colors are gorgeous, by the way.)
Like I said before, aside from a few smaller omissions, it’s really difficult to fault the company for any of its specification decisions here, especially if you’re a number counter like many OnePlus customers are. This is the first OnePlus phone to reach gigabit speeds, thanks to Qualcomm’s X16 baseband and the antenna density to support 4×4 MIMO. Unfortunately, despite having the CDMA and LTE bands to support Verizon’s network, the phone is only certified to work on AT&T and T-Mobile in the U.S. Oh, well.
On the upside, the OnePlus 6 is unlocked and has two SIM slots, both of which can access LTE — a first for the OnePlus line.
If you’re after a pure numbers game, the OnePlus 6 dominates the industry.
The 3300mAh battery inside the OnePlus 6 is unchanged in capacity from the OnePlus 5 series, and is down slightly over the OnePlus 3 series, but the company says this one is the longest performer yet thanks to processor efficiencies and software improvements. I haven’t had enough time with the device to evaluate its longevity, but so far I have no reason to doubt OnePlus.
At the same time, 3300mAh is probably enough to get through a day; devices like the Galaxy S9+ and Pixel 2 XL, which both have slightly bigger batteries, have enough space to maneuver at the end of each working day, so I’m not too worried.
OnePlus 6 specs: More expensive, more swagger
The camera’s the thing
OK, let’s talk camera. Every smartphone is only as good as its camera, or cameras if you’re being snarky about it, and the OnePlus 6 makes some important changes to shore up that side of things. But to understand the OnePlus 6’s camera setup, we have to go back to the OnePlus 5, where the dual-sensor combination took shape.
With the 5, OnePlus decided to follow Apple’s and Samsung’s lead by giving its second shooter a focal length double that of the primary, allowing both for “telephoto” shots and, more importantly, bokeh effects through its portrait mode. Like any feature borne of algorithms, OnePlus’s portrait mode wasn’t great at first but improved significantly through software updates. By the time we got the OnePlus 5T, the feature was reliable and, more importantly, fun.
But the 5T changed the core idea of the secondary camera, shooting (mo’ pun intended) for better low-light shots with a sensor that only kicked in under dark conditions. Unfortunately, it didn’t work that well for such a task, and the OnePlus 5T maintained the company’s reputation for below-average nighttime photography.
With the OnePlus 6, the company is taking a deliberately simple approach — one that’s worked for Samsung, Apple, Huawei and many others. It’s increasing the size of the main sensor — it’s still 16 megapixels, but the individual pixel size has grown to 1.22 microns from 1.12 in the OnePlus 5 — which, along with optical image stabilization (OIS) and a wide ƒ/1.7 lens, should make for much-improved low-light photography. (The IMX519 sensor found in the OnePlus 6 is brand new and other than the Oppo R15, which formed the basis for the OP6’s design, it’s yet to ship in volume.)
And the 20MP secondary sensor? Well, it’s the same one used in the OnePlus 5T, but its sole purpose is to add depth information for the phone’s much-improved portrait mode. No low-light tricks; no telephoto gimmicks.
OnePlus can’t make up its mind about the purpose of its phones’ secondary camera, so dedicating it to portrait mode makes sense in a reductive way.
I can’t share photo samples just yet, but suffice it to say the OnePlus 6 takes some excellent photos in most lighting conditions, although sheer physical limitations will likely prevent it from competing against phones like the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Huawei P20 Pro at night. It’s inevitable, though, that the Snapdragon 845’s ISP, which has boosted so many phones’ photographic abilities, will help here; in my early testing, low-light photos tuned for high sensitivity (ISO) produced fewer artifacts and less grain and than in any OnePlus device to date.
On the front, we’re looking at the same 16MP sensor as the last two generations, because if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
As for video, well — there’s 60fps 4K video (with an unfortunate 5-minute recording limit) along with 480fps slow motion at 720p (or 240fps at 1080p), both new to the OnePlus line. The company’s also touting a much-improved video editor to accommodate both these new features.
OnePlus 6 cases
As it does with every phone, OnePlus has announced a bunch of first-party cases in a number of materials, colors, and levels of protection. From the simple red silicone to a new ultra-protective and grippy nylon bumper, there’s something for everyone here.
These are the official OnePlus 6 cases you can buy at launch
Software simplicity
I have very little to complain about when it comes to OnePlus’s OxygenOS software.
There are a few new features, like improvements to the well-received Gaming Mode, that PUBG fans will love — I’ll get to those more in the full review — and, as usual, OnePlus peppers its software with splashes of esoterism, such as drawing letters on the screen to open apps, but overall this is about as unadorned an Android 8.1 experience as you’ll find today.
What’s even better is that starting today (May 16), early adopters can download a beta version of Android P for the phone. It’s sure to be buggy, and may not ensure the phone receives stable P before the end of the year, but it’s mana for anyone who pores over software updates.
If you’re into gestures on Android, OnePlus’s implementation is as good as you’re going to get right now.
And yes, the gestures that came to the OnePlus 5 and 5T are here, too, and they’re a bit more refined on the tall 19:9 display. I still prefer the on-screen navigation keys to get around the OS, but coupled with a very minor bottom chin, turning on the gestures gives you about as much full-screen real estate as I’ve seen on an Android phone.
The cost of doing good business
If you’re in the market for a OnePlus phone, it’s likely because you get great value for your money. Starting at $529, the OnePlus 6 is a $30 from the 5T, which itself was a $30 jump from the 5, and so on. That’s been OnePlus’s strategy since its first device, the OnePlus One, was released for $299 in 2014 — slowly up the cost every generation, and improve just enough to justify it.
If you can wait it out, and can justify the extra $50, the Silk White model is worth it.
As for the colors, I got a chance to use all three, including the limited-edition Silk White, which debuts two weeks after the other two versions in just one configuration. And as much as I like the shiny, fingerprint-attractive Mirror Black version, and as comfortably familiar as is the matte-finish Midnight Black model, I’m hoping to get my hands on the Silk White at some point. The textured white back, coupled with subtle gold accents, is a sight to behold, and an even better phone to hold.
Of course, if you’re prone to dropping your expensive phones, OnePlus has an extensive line of cases, from wood to carbon fiber to, new this year, a ballistic nylon “bumper,” that should appeal to everyone.
Available starting May 22 in North America, Europe, and India, the phone will roll out into other markets in the coming weeks.
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OnePlus 6
- OnePlus 6 hands-on preview
- OnePlus 6 vs. OnePlus 5T: How much changes in six months?
- OnePlus 6 vs. OnePlus 5: Should you upgrade?
- These are the official OnePlus 6 cases
- The OnePlus 6 doesn’t work on Verizon or Sprint
- Join the discussion in the forums
OnePlus 6 specifications: More expensive, more swagger
One more time.
There’s nothing particularly exciting about the spec sheet of the OnePlus 6, and that’s perhaps the point. While everyone fretted that OnePlus would position its latest phone as a high-cost flagship to contend with the Galaxy S9s and iPhone Xs of the world, the price has jumped only modestly, in conjunction with its overall feature set.
| Operating system | Android 8.1 Oreo OxygenOS |
| Display | 6.28-inch Optic AMOLED, 2280×1080 (19:9 aspect ratio) Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Processor | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 octa-coreAdreno 630 GPU |
| Storage | 64GB (Mirror Black) 128GB (Mirror Black, Midnight Black, Silk White) 256GB (Midnight Black) |
| RAM | 6GB (Mirror Black) 8GB (Mirror Black, Midnight Black, Silk White) LPDDR4X |
| Rear camera 1 | 16MP (IMX 519), 1.22-micron pixels, ƒ/1.7OIS, EIS Dual LED flash |
| Rear camera 2 | 20MP (IMX 376k), 1-micron pixels, ƒ/1.7 |
| Rear video | 4K @ 60 fps, 1080p @ 60FPS 720p @ 480FPS slo-mo (max values) |
| Front camera | 16MP (IMX 371), 1-micron pixels, f/2.01080p 30FPS video |
| Battery | 3300mAhNon-removable |
| Charging | USB-CDash Charge |
| Audio | Headphone jack |
| Water resistance | Splash resistance No IP rating |
| Security | One-touch fingerprint sensor Face unlock |
| Connectivity | 802.11ac Wi-Fi, 2×2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0, aptX HDUSB-C (2.0), NFCGPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo |
| Network | 4xCA, 256QAM, DL Cat 16, UL Cat 13FDD-LTE Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/29/30/32/66/71TDD-LTE Band 34/38/39/40/41TD-SCDMA Band 34/39HSPA Band 1/2/4/5/8/9/19 CDMA Band BC0/BC1 |
| Dimensions | 155.7 x 75.4 x 7.75 mm |
| Weight | 177 grams |
| Colors | Mirror Black, Midnight Black, Silk White |
Pricing chart
The OnePlus 6 now comes in three storage sizes, with a new 256GB option (paired with 8GB of RAM and only available in Midnight Black) pushing the phone above $600 for the first time.
| 6/64 | $529 | €519 | £469 | $699 |
| 8/128 | $579 | €569 | £519 | $769 |
| 8/256 | $629 | €619 | £569 | $839 |
OnePlus 6
- OnePlus 6 hands-on preview
- OnePlus 6 vs. OnePlus 5T: How much changes in six months?
- OnePlus 6 vs. OnePlus 5: Should you upgrade?
- These are the official OnePlus 6 cases
- The OnePlus 6 doesn’t work on Verizon or Sprint
- Join the discussion in the forums
These are the official OnePlus 6 cases you can buy at launch
This is how you’ll protect your new phone from Day 1.
The OnePlus 6 is here, and it has a shiny new glass exterior that’s gorgeous to look at … and also far more susceptible to damage than the OnePlus 5’s metal frame. That means you’ll probably be checking out a case, and on Day 1 your best option is to pick up one of the first-party options directly from OnePlus. The set of cases mostly follows what’s available for the OnePlus 5T, plus a couple little changes and one entirely new case. Here’s how the group lines up.
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The first set is what I’d call “full protection,” which are all a bit on the thick side but have a sizable lip around the display and enough thickness to survive bumps and small drops. This includes the “silicone protective case,” the “wood bumper case” and the all-new “nylon bumper case.” I’m not sure why they call the latter two “bumpers” because they are more than just protection for the edges of the OnePlus 6 — like the silicone case, they cover everything.
You can’t go wrong with the silicone case, but the nylon bumper offers the most protection.
If you’ve used a first-party OnePlus case from the past couple generations you know what these are all about. The silicone case is nice, and comes in black or this beautiful bright red, plus a nice felt interior — though it has the one downside of being a little too grippy on pants pocket fabrics. The wood case (the one shown here is “ebony”) is obviously thinner and stiffer on the back, offering less grip, but feels oh-so-nice in your hand and is handsome looking. The new nylon case is the most protective of the bunch with a thick nylon weave on the back that’s built for more abuse — it’s highly reminiscent of the ballistic nylon Moto Z shell, and that’s a good thing.
On the other end of the spectrum is the pair I’d call “shell” cases, providing less drop protection but keeping the shiny OnePlus 6 safe without adding bulk or obstructing buttons and ports in any way. There’s the well-known grippy “sandstone protective case,” and also the faux carbon fiber “karbon protective case” option.
The shell-like cases are a great choice for keeping the OnePlus 6 safe (and stylish) but not adding bulk.
Both cases are the type that I usually put on my own phones. They’re thin and completely unobtrusive, adding protection from bumps and scratches but also don’t get in the way. I like the sandstone one more personally, as the karbon is just a little gaudy to my eyes — to each their own, though. One note on the textures is that the sandstone isn’t quite as gritty as previous iterations of the case — it still gives you tons of grip, but it’s something worth noting. The karbon finish doesn’t offer any additional grip, which means it isn’t going to snag on clothing but also won’t help you hold onto the OnePlus 6 any better than its own glass exterior.
If pricing follows the current crop of cases for the OnePlus 5T, the silicone and sandstone cases will be $20, the karbon will be $25 and the bumpers will be $30 each. They’ll be on sale at the OnePlus store coinciding with the launch of the phone.
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OnePlus 6
- OnePlus 6 hands-on preview
- OnePlus 6 vs. OnePlus 5T: How much changes in six months?
- OnePlus 6 vs. OnePlus 5: Should you upgrade?
- These are the official OnePlus 6 cases
- The OnePlus 6 doesn’t work on Verizon or Sprint
- Join the discussion in the forums
MrMobile goes hands on with the OnePlus 6!
“From where I’m sitting, this is the last time the company can hike its prices without a significant upgrade in design or camera performance.”
That’s how I closed out my review of the last OnePlus smartphone, the OnePlus 5T released in November. Well, wouldn’t ya know it: the OnePlus 6 (announced moments ago) features an upgraded design, better camera specs, and –yes– a price hike to go with ’em. The former king of value in the smartphone space, whose first product cost a mere $299 in 2014, now asks a minimum of $529 for the OnePlus 6. Maybe that’s no surprise given the phone’s Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset, the reintroduction of OIS to the main camera, and OnePlus’s by-now-expected insane amounts of RAM (6GB-8GB depending on trim). But are specs enough to get you to cross the $500 threshold for a OnePlus phone?
The answers in the full OnePlus 6 review coming soon. For now, check out my initial impressions in the hands-on video above, hit up Android Central’s piece for the full take, and swing by Twitter for the Android Central/MrMobile AMA on all things OnePlus 6!
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The OnePlus 6 doesn’t work on Verizon or Sprint
It’s AT&T and T-Mobile only if you’re in the States.
It should come as no surprise to long-time OnePlus users, but the company’s newest phone, the OnePlus 6, doesn’t work on the largest U.S. carrier, Verizon, nor the fourth largest, Sprint. That’s despite technically supporting most, but not all, of the wireless bands a phone typically needs to run on those networks.
Given that no OnePlus phone — nor most “unlocked for the world” phones — have supported Verizon and Sprint in the past, the realization isn’t particularly shocking, but a closer look at the OnePlus 6’s spec sheet would lead one to believe that it would be possible for the phone to connect to those networks.
If you’re a Sprint or Verizon customer, stay away from the OnePlus 6.
The North American version of the OnePlus 6 supports CDMA bands BC0 and BC1, legacy 3G signals that Verizon and Sprint both still use for phone calls, texts, and fallback data in areas without LTE. Moreover, the phone supports all but one of Verizon’s common LTE bands — 2, 4, and 5 — with band 13 being the single outlier. Unfortunately, Verizon relies heavily on band 13, which encompasses the long-traveling 700MHz signals prized in rural deployments — which precludes Verizon from supporting the phone on its network. Indeed, even if the OnePlus 6 supported band 13, it would still need to be approved by Verizon for use on its network, going through an extensive certification process. OnePlus has never implied it would seek such a certification, and it looks like it’s still off the table now.
On the Sprint side of things, the OnePlus 6 supports bands 25 and 26, but not 41, which is where the majority of Sprint’s deployments lie. Sprint also requires manufacturers to certify their phones for its network, but the company is considerably more opaque about the process. In other words, the OnePlus 6 never had a chance with Sprint.
Such limitations also preclude the OnePlus 6 from working on Google’s popular Project Fi MVNO, and any other wholesalers powered by Verizon or Sprint. On the flipside, the phone works out of the box with AT&T and T-Mobile SIM cards, and even supports VoLTE and VoWiFi on the latter.
You know what phone does work on Verizon, though? The Pixel 2.
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OnePlus 6
- OnePlus 6 hands-on preview
- OnePlus 6 vs. OnePlus 5T: How much changes in six months?
- OnePlus 6 vs. OnePlus 5: Should you upgrade?
- These are the official OnePlus 6 cases
- The OnePlus 6 doesn’t work on Verizon or Sprint
- Join the discussion in the forums
TopGreener’s popular dual USB wall outlets are down to $16 each
Make your outlets more useful!
Conventional wall outlets are great but can be made so much better by swapping them with TopGreener’s dual USB wall receptacles. Normally they sell for $20, but right now they are marked down to just $15.99 each. If you want one of the colored versions, they are just a few bucks more.
Each one has two AC plugs and two USB ports, which turns a space that used to charge two devices into one that can easily charge four. The USB outlets have a 2.4A output to quickly charge your devices. Installing this receptacle is quite simple, though there are a few things to know. Be sure to check out this video before trying it for yourself. If you aren’t comfortable trying it on your own, most local electricians charge very reasonable rates for swapping these things out.
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What’s new on Amazon Video for June 2018
It’s hot. And it’s going to get hotter. And that’s just what’s on Amazon Video — never mind the weather.
School’s almost out, and that means it’s time for the kids to get outside and play. Or it means it’s time for some serious movie-watching. Either inside, where it’s not so hot, or maybe on your favorite mobile device, in the car on the way to a well-earned vacation somewhere.
In any event, there’s plenty coming up in June on all three of Amazon’s video platforms — Amazon Video (where you rent and purchase a la carte), Amazon Prime Video (which has content included in your Amazon Prime membership), and Amazon Prime Video Channels (a world of add-ons with monthly subscriptions).
Amazon Prime Video has is one of the go-to destinations for on-demand content, thanks in no small part to devices like the $50 Amazon Fire Stick, the all-new $70 Amazon Fire TV, and even the $229 Amazon Echo Show.
But hardware is the easy part. Buy it once, and then use the heck out of it. What’s not quite so easy is keeping up with everything that’s new on Amazon Prime Video — because new shows are always coming and going.
Here’s what’s new on Amazon Prime Video in June 2018!
New Movies on June 1
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
- 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
- Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987)
- As Good As Dead (2010)
- August Rush (2007)
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
- Beer for My Horses (2008)
- Beowulf (2007)
- Black Widow (AKA: Before It Had a Name) (2005)
- Blitz (2011)
- Blood and Glory (2016)
- Blue Like Jazz (2012)
- Breakdown (1997)
- Burnt Offerings (1976)
- Cavedweller (2004)
- Chinese Box (1997)
- Clown at Midnight (1999)
- Command Performance (2009)
- Danger Zone (1996)
- Day of the Dead (2008)
- Disaster Artist (2017)
- Doctor Zhivago (2002)
- Dog Watch (1997)
- Double Identity (2009)
- Double Jeopardy (1999)
- Dreams and Memories of Where the Red Fern Grows (2018)
- Drop Zone (1994)
- Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
- Event Horizon (1997)
- Flickers (1980)
- Forces of Nature (1999)
- Flood (2007)
- Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale (2003)
- Hard Rain (1998)
- Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
- House of D (2005)
- I Am David (2004)
- Ladies Man (2000)
- Leprechaun (1993)
- Leprechaun 2 (1994)
- Leprechaun 3 (2001)
- Leprechaun 4: In Space (2004)
- Leprechaun 5: In the Hood (2000)
- Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood (2003)
- Leprechaun: Origins (2014)
- Mousehunt (1997)
- Mutant Species (1995)
- Nacho Libre (2006)
- Nurse 3D (2014)
- Panic (2000)
- Rare Birds (2002)
- Religulous (2008 )
- Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
- Space Jam (1996)
- Stanley & Iris (1990)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
- Tamara (2006)
- Tears of the Sun (2003)
- The 4th Floor (1999)
- The Age of Innocence (1993)
- The Ant Bully (2006)
- The Ashram (2018)
- The Burbs (1989)
- The Care Bears Movie (1985)
- The Eye 2 (2005)
- The Frozen Ground (2013)
- The Natural (1984)
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
- The Running Man (1987)
- The Young Karl Marx (2017)
- Tilt (2017)
- Universal Soldier (1992)
- Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
- Ring of Fire (2012)
- Saturday Night Fever (1977)
- Serving Sara (2002)
- Survivor (2015)
- The Iceman (2012)
- War, Inc. (2008)
- *Wonder Wheel (Prime Original movie) (2017)
New TV Series on June 1
- *All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks (Prime Original series), Season 1
- Babylon 5, Seasons 1-5
- Rescue Me Seasons 1-9
- The Waltons, Seasons 1-9
New Movies on June 3
- Lady Bird (2017)
- Max 2: White House Hero (2017)
- Stargate (1994)
New Movies on June 5
- Lions for Lambs (2007)
New TV Series on June 8
- *Lost in Oz (Prime Original series), Season 1B
New Movies on June 9
- Braven (2018)
- Precious (2018)
- Simon Says (2006)
New TV Series on June 15
- *Goliath (Prime Original series), Season 2
New Movies on June 16
- Nostalgia (2018)
- Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
New TV Series on June 18
- Suits, Season 7
New Movies on June 26
- Shutter Island (2009)
New TV Series on June 26
- *If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Prime Original series), Season 1B
New to rent on Amazon Prime Video
New Movies on Amazon Prime Video on June 5
- Delirium (2018) – Rent
- The Dating Project (2018) – Rent
- Thoroughbreds (2017) – Rent
- Flower (2017) – Purchase
- Sherlock Gnomes (2018) – Purchase
New Movies on Amazon Prime Video on June 12
- Flower (2017) – Rent
- Sherlock Gnomes (2018) – Rent
- Strangers: Prey at Night (2018) – Rent
New for Streaming on Prime Video Channels
- CB Strike, Cinemax, Miniseries (June 1)
- Succession, HBO, Season 1 (June 3)
- AVP Gold Series in New York, AVP (June 8-10)
- Santa Cruz vs. Mares ll, Showtime (June 9)
- *UFC 225 “Whittaker vs. Romero,” UFC
- Billions, Showtime, Season 3 (June 10)
- Strange Angel, CBS All Access, Season 1 (June 14)
- Spence vs. Ocampo, Showtime (June 16)
- ATP World Tour 500 at The Queens Club, ATP (June 18-24)
- Shields vs. Gabriels, Showtime (June 22)
- AVP Seattle Open at Lake Sammamish State Park, AVP (June 22-24)
- Westworld, HBO, Season 2 (June 24)
- ATP Nature Valley International in Eastbourne, Great Britain, ATP (June 25-30)
*UFC 225 is under the Prime Video | Pay-Per-View
Updated May 16, 2018: June’s listings are here!
OnePlus 6 vs. OnePlus 5: Should you upgrade?
Is it time to continue with the one-year upgrade cycle?
OnePlus has a rapid release cycle for its phones, iterating roughly every six months to get the latest specs and features in your hands if you’re willing to pay the price. But if you’re locked in on a once-yearly refresh, then you’ve likely held onto your OnePlus 5 — and now, just shy of a year on, the OnePlus 6 is here to entice you once again.
Holding off from getting a OnePlus 5T, the OnePlus 6 is your opportunity to move to a new form factor with a larger display and rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, plus refreshed specs and new configuration options. But considering that the OnePlus 5 is still a fine phone today and there’s so much shared in the new phone, is it worth the upgrade? We’re here to help you make that decision.
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What’s the same
OnePlus has been fantastically consistent with the features and experience it offers in its phones from generation to generation. A year on from the OnePlus 5, not a whole lot has changed at the core of the OnePlus 6. You’ll find the same complement of buttons in the usual places, the great Alert Slider, and a normal set of ports on the bottom including a headphone jack. The USB-C port supports Dash Charge at the same charging rate as before, and the battery inside is even the same 3300mAh capacity. You’ll find the same base 6GB of RAM with an option for 8GB, and the same base 64GB of storage with optional 128GB — but the OnePlus 6 has a new 256GB tier as well.
The experience of using these phones doesn’t differ much, particularly in the software and performance.
The OnePlus consistency carries over particularly well in the software, where OxygenOS has very few differences on the new phone that weren’t already brought to the OnePlus 5 in an update or at least in beta release for a future public launch. Aside from a few little changes, OnePlus has been very good about keeping OxygenOS similar between its phones, so you don’t have to feel like you’re missing out on any new features by not getting the newer phone. The OnePlus 5 also easily has another round of major software updates in its future, so you don’t have to be worried about being stranded on Android Oreo.
Along the same lines, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who could identify where the OnePlus 5 is slower than the OnePlus 6 in anything but synthetic benchmarks. Yes, the new Snapdragon 845 is more powerful, but a year on the Snapdragon 835 is still a great platform and when paired with 6 or 8GB of RAM it makes the OnePlus 5 fly. There are marginal improvements to be found, particularly in power consumption by the processor itself, but this small bump to the new generation of processor isn’t enough in itself to justify a move considering how well the OnePlus 5 still performs today.
What’s different
Even though the core of these phones doesn’t differ much, there are several improvements that come from another year of development, design and technological advancements. The biggest differentiation is the design — moving from metal to glass transforms the look and feel of the phone, and I’d say the OnePlus 6 is more modern in both respects. There’s a bit more style and flair at play here, particularly compared to the OnePlus 5’s very generic build.
There’s a full generation jump in hardware quality and design, plus a promising new camera.
The new design also incorporates a considerable change to the screen, with a 6.3-inch screen in a much taller 19:9 aspect ratio. Paired with smaller bezels, you’re getting more screen in a package that’s only marginally larger. Yes there’s a notch at the top of the display, but on the OnePlus 5 you had big bezels on both ends and dead space on the sides of the front-facing fingerprint sensor — this is a positive move. On that note, the fingerprint sensor’s on the back of the OnePlus 6, but is just as easy to use every day.
The only other change to note is in the camera, and it’s worth talking about. Specs-wise things look the same sticking with 16MP resolution and f/1.7 aperture, but this is a new larger sensor that’s also supported by OIS — both critical additions for every type of photography, but particularly low light. The secondary camera is no longer “telephoto,” and instead just has the same focal length and aperture as the primary camera. So you lose out on the zoom, but if you’ve used the OnePlus 5 for any length of time you know that secondary camera’s small pixels, high aperture and lack of OIS makes it unusable in anything but fantastic lighting anyway.
OnePlus 6 specs
The far more important thing here is the improvement to the main camera experience while keeping the dual-camera Portrait Mode shooting option. We don’t yet have a complete feel for the OnePlus 6’s camera capabilities, but all of the spec improvements point to a step up in overall quality — getting more light into a sensor is a recipe for better photos. The camera interface itself hasn’t changed, but that wasn’t a shortcoming of the OnePlus 5, the hardware and processing were.
Should you upgrade?
In some ways, OnePlus is its own worst enemy when it comes to getting its customers to upgrade to a next-generation phone. It fills its phones with great specs and clean software from the start, so even a year on they don’t feel old or sluggish. If you’re using a OnePlus 5 today you know it still performs well and is capable of doing just about anything you need it to do.
The OnePlus 6 does a few key things better, and critically doesn’t do anything worse than the OnePlus 5.
So, then, we have to focus on a few of the finer points where OnePlus could influence an upgrade. Most of that comes down to the design and display. Compared to the OnePlus 6 the OnePlus 5 looks old and generic, and that shiny new glass certainly feels more modern across the board. Pair that up with the new extra-tall display and tiny bezels, and you get a really handsome phone that also makes better use of its size to deliver more usable screen. The camera has also inarguably improved, making important spec improvements of pixel size and optical stabilization, even if it did mean losing telephoto zoom from the second camera.
As we’ve seen for a few generations now, the biggest thing helping you upgrade to a new OnePlus phone is the high resale value of the old models. A used OnePlus 5 will sell on the open market for around $350, depending on its condition and configuration. That gets you well over halfway to a new OnePlus 6, which makes this a pretty enticing option if you have no need for your current phone once you upgrade. The OnePlus 6 isn’t a dramatic improvement in most ways over the OnePlus 5, but it is better in key areas and critically isn’t worse in any. If you can sell your old device and drop a couple hundred dollars for a new phone, this is definitely a smart move if you like what OnePlus phones offer.
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OnePlus 6
- OnePlus 6 hands-on preview
- OnePlus 6 vs. OnePlus 5T: How much changes in six months?
- OnePlus 6 vs. OnePlus 5: Should you upgrade?
- These are the official OnePlus 6 cases
- The OnePlus 6 doesn’t work on Verizon or Sprint
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