I'm interested in Screen view angle in direct sun light and how well it auto dims in a dark room - nothing more fun than a blindingly bright screen at 4 AM
 
 
OnePlus 5 smartphone review
 
Seems to be reasonably priced   unlike the S8
 

It is a great phone for that price and it does have some really good features but def some things that put me off it too. Im really torn on that thing RJ, lol. No waterproofing, ok I can fix that myself and still give the phone enough air circ to cool, im pretty sure, so I can live without that. No SD slot.... don't like this at all and this is a huge way to keep me walking. No removal battery.... another thing that will keep me walking. Twin 16mp cameras.... just why?!?!? Waste of space and loot and really not necessary, its not a camera its a phone. Could have left some room for a headphone jack!! ^&&* "{:%  Fingerprint reader..... that should def be removed cause its waaayyy too insecure to be on phones at this stage. Its got dual SIMs though so that's a plus but I cant say that id use it but it might be fun to play with.  :)   Youll have to give us a little review of it after you use it for a month and get used to it a little and see how it goes.

Antutu score: 178713  which is quite good.

I really like this guy, we think the same.
LinusTechTips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNSsEEz2Mes&t=315s
One Plus 5 review.
 
 
This guy is great too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w5B1Ne-fy4

Nereus
 
Google Pixel XL FTW ;)  ..but having an excellent camera was one of my highest priorities. Got it unlocked direct from Google - no bloatware, yay!
 
 

but does it have a sd card slot, thats a deal breaker for me

Google Pixel doesn't have extended storage support I believe. Anyway I bought the 8GB/128GB OnePlus 5 model and that has enough memory for me.

rjohnson11

wmmills
It is a great phone for that price and it does have some really good features but def some things that put me off it too. Im really torn on that thing RJ, lol. No waterproofing, ok I can fix that myself and still give the phone enough air circ to cool, im pretty sure, so I can live without that. No SD slot.... don't like this at all and this is a huge way to keep me walking. No removal battery.... another thing that will keep me walking. Twin 16mp cameras.... just why?!?!? Waste of space and loot and really not necessary, its not a camera its a phone. Could have left some room for a headphone jack!! ^&&* "{:%  Fingerprint reader..... that should def be removed cause its waaayyy too insecure to be on phones at this stage. Its got dual SIMs though so that's a plus but I cant say that id use it but it might be fun to play with.  :)   Youll have to give us a little review of it after you use it for a month and get used to it a little and see how it goes.

You bring up some really good points. When it comes to smartphones I'm on a very tight budget. I bought the 8GB/128GB memory model. Since I intend to have this in a case soon I'm not overly worried about waterproofing. If you look at Samsung/Apple and other manufacturers there is no removable battery there either. There is a headphone jack at the bottom. As for the fingerprint reader you can choose to use it or another phone entry method such as a PIN.
 
Initially I can tell you that this is the fastest phone I have ever used. Multi-tasking is a breeze no matter how many apps you have running. More importantly for me there is NO bloatware such as with other major phone brands. The adaptive brightness works very well and as soon as we get sunshine again I'll report back on this.

Its def a very good phone for that price point, which also shows ya that the prices that Samsung and others want for theres are way over whats reasonable. Glad to see it has a physical headphone jack, that's great. I refuse to use cloud services because they are so insecure so having a sd card slot makes life a lot easier for me. I guess I could live with out one but I really don't want to if its not necessary. Grats to you RJ on your new purchase and def let us know later what you think too.