If you own the OnePlus 3 and are upset about the OnePlus 3T, get a grip

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OnePlus, the small Chinese upstart that has charmed Android smartphone enthusiasts with its combination of high specs and rock-bottom prices, has earned itself a small backlash of disapproval this week. Its sin? Introducing a newer and better OnePlus 3 — the 3T — too soon after the first one. The 3 came out in the summer, and the 3T is following up now, roughly half a year later.

Most aggrieved are the people who bought the OnePlus 3 most recently, feeling somehow cheated by the rapid replacement of their shiny new thing with a shinier new thing. If you were in attendance during OnePlus’ launch presentation for the 3T in London last week, as I was, you’d have witnessed company co-founder Carl Pei peppered with questions about why the 3T…

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