Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus -- OnePlus6 -- is facing is repetitive issue of flickering display.
This is started with the roll out of oxygen OS 5.1.8 software update that was released in mid June. The company has already released another update oxygen OS 5.1.9 but the issue seems unresolved till now.
The issue as described by various user on OnePus forums and reddit is that the screen of Oneplus 6 start flickering in sunlight especially apps/web pages with white backgrounds.
A similar issue was also reported on XDA developers forum which said, "When Auto Brightness is enabled and I am viewing the phone in direct sunlight, the maximum brightness seems to change really quickly. It brightens and dense quickly, almost qausing a feeling of screen flickers. It only happens when the phone hits 100% brightness.
The oxygen OS 5.1.8 update also had another flaw that was reported back in June itself. According to some Oneplus 6 OnePlus 3T and 3 users, this update was causing a major battery drain.
According to official forums, after the update the battery life came down to half of the original with screen consuming way more power than the usual norm. Some users also reportedly said that their OnePlus device sundown with 50% battery life. The bug in the update package was causing the phone to drain battery within hours. Some uses even faced problems with the camera app.
Till now, the company has not yet recognised by screen flickering issue and therefore there is no certainty when the issue will resolved.
Oneplus 6 specifications
The oneplus 6 smartphone sports us 6.28 inch full HD + optic AMOLED screen of 1080 into 2280 pixels resolution with 19 : 9 aspect ratio the infamous notch.
It runs on Android 8.1 Oreo based oxygen OS and is backed by 3300 mAh battery powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor it comes in to storage option 6gb Ram + 64GB and 8GB RAM + 128 GB.
As for camera the OnePlus 6 comes with a dual rear camera setup of comprising of primary 16MP sensor and 20MP secondary. For selfie ethusiasts, the device offers 16MP sensor with a Sony IMX 371 sensor and F/2.0 aperture.
Connectivity option of the oneplus 6 include 4G VoLTE, Bluetoothv5.0 with aptX support, Wi-Fi 802.11ac with 2×2 MMO, NFC, GPS/A-GPS, USB Type-C, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.