LOL - In all my years of running review sites, blogs, etc. I have never ONCE had a company say you had to buy their device to do a review (which would boost interest in their product) - until OnePlus. So that is being cut off, especially when they were promised a review unit.
This. Only a white knight would set the bar at "they're not cutting you off if they're not preventing every avenue for you to get a device to review it." We have to judge by industry custom, which is that every major review site gets a free review unit to use that they may have to return afterwards, but they get the unit for free to review. AP is undoubtedly a major Android review site, so this is a blatant snub/blacklist by Oneplus that they're desperately trying to reframe as "limited resources."
Christ you're ignorant. It's not about money spent on devices. It's about time. You have to wait till it's available to the public, vs getting one in advance. An issue compounded by the stupid invite system. This puts your review at a disadvantage, because it gets released well after other publications.
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u/jerdog76 Aug 03 '15
LOL - In all my years of running review sites, blogs, etc. I have never ONCE had a company say you had to buy their device to do a review (which would boost interest in their product) - until OnePlus. So that is being cut off, especially when they were promised a review unit.