OnePlus 15
Hacker ApprovedRanked 3 of 6 Android phones by recommenders
Owners praise its long battery life, fast performance, bright display and near-stock Android; the most common caveat is that it runs warm under load.
Owners praise its long battery life, fast performance, bright display and near-stock Android; the most common caveat is that it runs warm under load.
40 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 31
- criticize it
- 9
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 9 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Owned for 7 years
Median of the 6 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it carries the badge
- 31 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 9 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Long battery life
“the OnePlus 15 is an excellent phone, especially due to one of the longest battery lives of any I've seen recently”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe” “We've had a OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 8 in our house for years and their batteries still work fine.”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe” “The 13 and 15 in particular have insane battery life.”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe” - Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+”
- Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe”
- Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe”
Elite performance and stunning display
“Its combination of elite performance, a stunning display, and exceptional charging capabilities creates a compelling package for gamers”
Comment from 19 Dec 2025 on Hacker News “elite performance, a stunning display, and exceptional charging capabilities”
Comment from 14 Dec 2025 on Hacker News “The processor was also bleeding edge and that sucker ripped”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe” - Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren't a thing”
Stays cool in normal use
“It doesn't get hot during normal operation (I don't play games on it)”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe” “Never noticed it being even warm in normal use, consistently cold.”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe” Tweakable, good custom ROM support
“which was pretty tweakable and even opened the possibility of bootloader re-locking”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “Changes to Android Open Source Project” “OnePlus 5 runs great with custom ROMs”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Runs hot under load
“it seems that it still runs hot according to some reviews I've seen on the yt”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe” “reaches external temperatures of 50C”
Comment from 29 Jan 2026 in “Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is coming to Android” Software updates stopped early
“still worked flawlessly, apart from not having received an update in several years”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Fairphone 6 and PostmarketOS working main camera” “which similarly supports no Android beyond version 10”
Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “I don't have a smartphone or at least I wish I didn't”
Other Android phones people recommend
The four most recommended other Android phones, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Pixel | 388 | 338 | 53% | 12 | 1 yr31 owners | — |
| Samsung Galaxy S series | 70 | 51 | 58% | 12 | 3 yrs13 owners | — |
| OnePlus 15This page | 31 | 9 | 78% | 9 | 7 yrs6 owners | Approved |
| Motorola Moto G | 25 | 4 | 86% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Google Pixel 10a | 20 | 5 | 80% | 8 | — | Approved |
What people said
37 of the 43 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“each had worse efficiency than that 2011 CPU on the OneX”
“its ram management and (ironically enough) performance in day to day apps was somehow much worse”
“still perfectly usable (I changed the battery once)”
“which similarly supports no Android beyond version 10”
“still worked flawlessly, apart from not having received an update in several years”
“I literally get 2-3 days of battery life.”
“decent but super fun cameras. Some color issues.”
“The 13 and 15 in particular have insane battery life.”
“The cameras on the Pro versions used to be so good”
“There is very little recourse if the company decides to cease operations”
“By the time I gave it away, it was no longer the same old OnePlus.”
“I love my OnePlus 15 and plan to use it as long as I can.”
“The processor was also bleeding edge and that sucker ripped”
“It doesn't get hot during normal operation (I don't play games on it)”
“the OnePlus 15 is an excellent phone, especially due to one of the longest battery lives of any I've seen recently”
“Never noticed it being even warm in normal use, consistently cold.”
“it seems that it still runs hot according to some reviews I've seen on the yt”
“Every single day I miss my slider switch.”
“We've had a OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 8 in our house for years and their batteries still work fine.”
“The 7 Pro gave me 3 days of battery!”
“the 5 which was still pretty excellent”
“The ideal phone in my opinion.”
“It is my most loved feature on the phone.”
“I've been way happier with the OnePlus than the Pixel.”
“It's such a solidly designed device with a nice flavor of mostly stock android.”
“I owned a OnePlus 5 and the custom ROM was stuck with older kernels for a while too”
“it was a great phone with the percentage screen real estate”
“The slide out cam on the One Plus 7 Pro was exceptional.”
“Too bad they have these long lists of "this doesn't work so well" and I'm too time constrained to troubleshoot”
“OnePlus 5 runs great with custom ROMs”
“No repairs needed, battery was a bit crippled in use but fine for idle.”
“the only halfway decent option is the OnePlus 15”
“reaches external temperatures of 50C”
“which was pretty tweakable and even opened the possibility of bootloader re-locking”
“Its combination of elite performance, a stunning display, and exceptional charging capabilities creates a compelling package for gamers”
“elite performance, a stunning display, and exceptional charging capabilities”
“Looking at the release of the latest OnePlus 15, the only reason to keep going with an iPhone is basically ecosystem lockin.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.