Crazy Consumer Electronics World: OnePlus One bats the Galaxy S5 away to become third best phone in the world

OnePlus One now equals 3 - 3rd best phone in the world today, that is.

Just weeks ago no one had heard of OnePlus or its flagship handset, the OnePlus One. It's come from nowhere to scoop an insane 4.5 star score in the official, in-depth, definitive TechRadar review.

And now it's nabbed third place in our official 10 Best Phones In The World Today ranking, batting the Samsung Galaxy S5 aside like it ain't no thing.

This upset also means that the OnePlus One is also ahead of the LG G2, Google Nexus 5, Sony Xperia Z1 Compact and Apple's big bad iPhone 5S.

In fact, only the Xperia Z2 and HTC One M8 beat the OnePlus One to the top two spots.

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"The OnePlus One has got one of the fastest processors in the business backed by a hugely generous allotment of RAM, which means that it's a seriously impressive performer," writes our reviewer, agog.

Holy crow

"The OnePlus One's performance-to-price ratio is one of the most impressive we've ever seen in a smartphone, offering Samsung Galaxy S5 performance for less than half the price.

"If you're after a truly top end phone that can be customised to the Nth degree, and you don't mind accepting a few rough patches as part of the package, we can't see a better - or cheaper - alternative."

Is there no downside? Well, it could use a microSD slot and the call quality is not great - but if you want a Galaxy S5 standard smartphone for feature phone prices, you can't do much better.