Smallest update I have ever seen in my experience with oneplus

Hey everyone,

I switched from my OnePlus 13 (running OxygenOS 16) to the Vivo X300. I bought it for one very specific reason having a truly compact flagship. I didn't even buy it for the cameras, I just wanted top-tier power in a pocketable size.On paper, this phone is a beast. But after daily driving it for over two months here in India, the reality was so frustrating that I ended up selling it at a loss.

What I genuinely loved

• Battery: For a phone this size, the endurance is insane. I was consistently getting 6.5 to 7.5 hours of Screen-On Time.
• Hardware: The phone feels incredibly premium in the hand. The screen is gorgeous, the haptics are tight, and it just feels expensive.
• Cameras: Like I said I’m not a camera guy, but whenever I handed my phone to friends to take group shots they were impressed by the results.

What was just "Meh"

• "Compact" Reality: Without a case, it’s an absolute dream to hold. But the second I put my Nillkin case(Which I am ready to sell) on it, it bulked up that it lost all that "compact" magic. It honestly just felt like holding a normal-sized phone again.
• Charging: It charges fast, but my old OnePlus definitely spoiled me. SuperVOOC just feels noticeably quicker and more refined in daily life.

The Dealbreakers (Why I sold it)

• Thermals: It always constantly warm, not hot but warm which was super annoying to me. The phone would heat up during totally normal, light use—just scrolling Reddit or chatting on WhatsApp. It only ever felt cool if I walked into an air-conditioned room. Vivo should look into it

• Software/UI: OriginOS is a massive downgrade coming from OxygenOS, I kinda fell for the Origin OS hype it seems

  • It’s incredibly rigid. Without proper third-party icon support, my home screen always looked like a messy mismatch.
  • The app drawer feels like it's stuck in 2018, and the lock screen/widget customization is painfully limited.
  • The bloatware are annoying. There are preinstalled apps that always some insisted on running in the background even I manually strip them of accesses and stop them, they always come back.
  • The UI just felt jittery. I'd regularly notice animation stutters when closing apps, and the quick settings menu would occasionally lag. It wasn't completely broken, but it happened enough to annoy me every single day.
  • Network stability was also bugging me even in WiFi the network drops occasionally. Tested it with multiple WiFi networks at different locations and providers

My Final Thoughts

I bought this phone for the compact flagship dream, but I realized that you just can't have a compact flagship in the Indian climate cramming that much power into a tiny body means physics is going to work against you and the software downgrade was just too big of a letdown for me. The hardware is brilliant, but dealing with an unpolished OS and a constantly warm phone completely ruined the vibe.

If you just want an amazing camera in a small body and you're brave enough to use it without a case, you might love it. I took the financial loss moved on to OnePlus 15

Hey everyone,

I switched from my OnePlus 13 (running OxygenOS 16) to the Vivo X300. I bought it for one very specific reason having a truly compact flagship. I didn't even buy it for the cameras, I just wanted top-tier power in a pocketable size.On paper, this phone is a beast. But after daily driving it for over two months here in India, the reality was so frustrating that I ended up selling it at a loss.

What I genuinely loved

• Battery: For a phone this size, the endurance is insane. I was consistently getting 6.5 to 7.5 hours of Screen-On Time.
• Hardware: The phone feels incredibly premium in the hand. The screen is gorgeous, the haptics are tight, and it just feels expensive.
• Cameras: Like I said I’m not a camera guy, but whenever I handed my phone to friends to take group shots they were impressed by the results.

What was just "Meh"

• "Compact" Reality: Without a case, it’s an absolute dream to hold. But the second I put my Nillkin case(Which I am ready to sell) on it, it bulked up that it lost all that "compact" magic. It honestly just felt like holding a normal-sized phone again.
• Charging: It charges fast, but my old OnePlus definitely spoiled me. SuperVOOC just feels noticeably quicker and more refined in daily life.

The Dealbreakers (Why I sold it)

• Thermals: It always constantly warm, not hot but warm which was super annoying to me. The phone would heat up during totally normal, light use—just scrolling Reddit or chatting on WhatsApp. It only ever felt cool if I walked into an air-conditioned room. Vivo should look into it

• Software/UI: OriginOS is a massive downgrade coming from OxygenOS, I kinda fell for the Origin OS hype it seems

  • It’s incredibly rigid. Without proper third-party icon support, my home screen always looked like a messy mismatch.
  • The app drawer feels like it's stuck in 2018, and the lock screen/widget customization is painfully limited.
  • The bloatware are annoying. There are preinstalled apps that always some insisted on running in the background even I manually strip them of accesses and stop them, they always come back.
  • The UI just felt jittery. I'd regularly notice animation stutters when closing apps, and the quick settings menu would occasionally lag. It wasn't completely broken, but it happened enough to annoy me every single day.
  • Network stability was also bugging me even in WiFi the network drops occasionally. Tested it with multiple WiFi networks at different locations and providers

My Final Thoughts

I bought this phone for the compact flagship dream, but I realized that you just can't have a compact flagship in the Indian climate cramming that much power into a tiny body means physics is going to work against you and the software downgrade was just too big of a letdown for me. The hardware is brilliant, but dealing with an unpolished OS and a constantly warm phone completely ruined the vibe.

If you just want an amazing camera in a small body and you're brave enough to use it without a case, you might love it. I took the financial loss moved on to OnePlus 15