OnePlus 8 Pro Android Smartphone review

OnePlus 8 Pro Android Smartphone review

After using it for almost two months now I know a lot of you guys are going to be saying, "How have you been using this for two months, "when it was just announced a month and a half ago?" Well, i used to be fortunate enough to urge this a touch bit early before the announcement date. And I have been using it quite heavily since. There are lots to like about this phone. There are few things not to like and there's definitely room for improvement. And I'm going to be trying to cover as much of that as possible. So this will be a long video, but as always I will try to leave some timestamps down below in the description or in a pinned comment so you can skip to a particular section. Right, with that out of the way, let's get straight to it. The first thing I want to talk about is the display. So you may have heard a lot of people already say that this has the best display in the market right now, and don't get me wrong, it's a really, really good display, but it's not perfect and we'll go into that. So firstly, let's talk about the good. Of course, it's a big display. It's bright, it's brighter than what we had last year. It's got a Quad HD plus resolution, supports HDR, 10 plus. But most importantly it has a 120 hertz refresh rate.

OnePlus were really one of the main manufacturers last year that popularized high refresh rate screens with OnePlus 7 Pro. This year, they've gone even more ahead from 90 hertz to 120 hertz and it really does make a difference. And unlike other competitive devices, you can have 120 hertz at Quad HD plus resolution. So you're getting the maximum sharpness as well as the maximum smoothness all in one. And that's something that I really like. But we do have this punch out. Now personally, I really don't mind this punch out, but according to a lot of other people, this is a step back from the OnePlus 7 Pro series which did have the pop out to camera, so you didn't have any interruptions on the display. And from a poll that I did recently, it seems like it is pretty much 50 : 50. Some people don't mind the punch out but some people do prefer the pop out, especially because of privacy. That pop camera when it's not being used, it is physically hidden. Now one of the reasons why OnePlus has gone with the punch out rather than the pop up is for IP 68 water and dust resistance and the OnePlus 8 Pro is the first OnePlus device to have that official rating. So I do think it's going to come down to your personal preference. As I said, I personally don't mind it and it's something that you kind of ignore after a bit because it is out of the way in the top corner.

Now let's talk about a few of the negatives. So you'll see that this is a very curved display from either side. And although this looks really cool in terms of usability, it can sometimes be a bit of a problem. Samsung, the company that actually popularized the cup display format, they themselves have now started to move away from that. So if you look at the S20 line, the displays are much flatter than they have been previously. The OnePlus 8 Pro has a very curved display and although it is going to come down to your personal preference whether you like it or not. There are some palm rejection issues that I've experienced, especially if it's reaching to the opposite bottom corner. The far of my hand will kind of cover the screen a little bit and then I'll have to reposition my hand to be able to press that button. So although this has improved with software updates, I still think there is more room for improvement. Another area for improvement is with an always-on display. The OnePlus 8 Pro still does not have an always-on display. OnePlus has been making OLED displays for some time on their devices and they still don't have an always-on display, whereas the competition out there on the Android side, whether it's Samsung, Google, LG, they will have always-on displays. Now, this may not be specific to you. You may not want an always-on display. I am somebody who really appreciates an always-on display. It's really useful to just to see things at a glance without having to pick my phone up each time and although I do think the OnePlus 8 Pro is going to be getting an update from what I've read on forums soon. It has been some time since this has been out and although we had lots of other updates, we've still not got that always-on display. 

OnePlus, there's really no excuse now, give us an always-on display. Right, so those are some of the issues that may or may not apply to you, but let's talk about some issues that I think will apply to most people. Recently, we did start hearing of display issues with the OnePlus 8 Pro. In particular around green tint as well as a black crush. Now on my personal unit, I did not experience any green tint, but I did experience some black crush. Now, this was only visible in very dark environments when the brightness was all the way down. And you could definitely notice some areas of the screen which were inconsistent compared to others. When you have something like a grey background. Now OnePlus did release some updates to improve this. But from what I found in my experience was that all these updates really did were to limit how dim the display could go. Which would make those issues less noticeable, but they were still there. Here you can see an image of the OnePlus 8 Pro right next to the OnePlus 7 Pro at the lowest brightness settings and you can see that the OnePlus 7 Pro goes much dimmer compared to the OnePlus 8 Pro after this updates. Now I'm somebody who really likes to use my phone in darker environments.

 I am usually on my phone say half an hour, an hour before bed. So I don't like the display to be too bright because I don't want it to affect my eyes. And I do eventually want to get to sleep. So this was something that I noticed quite a bit and I did tweet about it and a lot of you guys also noticed this. And having a more closer examination of my OnePlus 8 Pro compared to the OnePlus 7 Pro, I did see quite a bit of inconsistencies in the color when viewing grey backgrounds. So I did get in touch with OnePlus and they did send me a replacement unit. Now this replacement unit was much better than my previous OnePlus 8 Pro unit. However, it still was not perfect. I could still see these inconsistencies of color when viewing it in a darker environment compared to last year's device, the OnePlus 7 Pro, which was absolutely fine. So this is something that I have spoken to OnePlus about and apparently there's going to be more software updates coming to improve this. Whether or not these software updates are going to fix this issue completely, I don't know. Whether or not this is going to be something that's going to affect your specific device? I don't know. You may be somebody who doesn't really use your Smartphone at the darkest settings in dark environments, so you may not even notice some of these issues if your Smartphone has it. Nevertheless, it is something that I have experienced and it's something that I have to definitely talk about. Now another thing I want to talk about around the display is this optical in display fingerprint scanner, which is very fast. It's one of the fastest fingerprint scanners out there, but you do have to wake the device in order to be able to use it. And it's something that I have talked about before on other devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra which I did do a comparison of with the OnePlus 8 Pro. 

I'll link that video in the cause and in the description. The fingerprint scanner is always on so you can just press it at any time without having to wake the device. So the fact that you do have to wake the device before you press the fingerprint scanner actually makes this a little bit slower in my opinion. So that's something that I think with an always on display will hopefully be fixed. And another thing is that, once again this is in darker environments, something that may not be specific to everyone out there, but as soon as you tap the fingerprint scanner, the brightness of the display increases significantly. So I'll be there, I'm kind of in bed, I'm trying to find the fingerprint scanner, I press it and it's just like, "Whoa, why is it so bright?" But for me, that really does spoil the experience of using this device in the dark. It's not something that I experience on other devices. They have consistent brightness. So if you do set it to the lowest brightness, it's going to stay like that. It's not going to suddenly brighten up the screen to be able to read your fingerprint. I don't know if this can be improved with the software updates, but it is something that I have definitely noticed. Right, so that was a lot about the display but of course there was a lot to talk about. Now let's move on to the build on the design. So in terms of the design itself, this is not really anything new. The front as what is the back is something that we've seen previously. The front is practically identical to the OPPO Find X2 Pro which is a device by OPPO, a partner company to OnePlus. So it's kind of understandable

And the back of the device looks very much like last year's OnePlus 7 Pro. Now these are not necessarily bad things. I think it looks really good from the front and I also think it looks really good from the back. I actually really like the symmetrical central aligned cameras compared to some of the rectangular camera modules that we're seeing these days. And I also really liked this matte finish at the back. This looks really nice. It's got a bit of a two-tone finish. However, if you do get the black version then that is a glossy black, which I'm not a huge fan of, because it does attract lots of finger prints. I quite like the swarm skin. It gives you that black look but also gives you a bit more texture to the device and there's lots of other options available as well.

 

Now speaking of this camera module, the camera module does have quite a bit of a bump on. Because it's in the middle, the device will rock from side to side quite a bit. Now I generally don't use my phone when it's on the table, but just something to bear in mind. Let's talk about these cameras. So traditionally OnePlus devices have always been a step behind other competitive devices. So it's one area where I really think OnePlus has really struggled to kind of keep up with the competition. This year however, things are different and OnePlus has really improved the game when it comes to cameras. I actually did a mini comparison versus the S20 Ultra in my hands on video. And in a lot of situations the OnePlus 8 Pro actually beats out the S20 Ultra which is a much more expensive device, especially when it came to areas like dynamic range. So I'm very impressed with the cameras here. The Ultra-wide camera is actually using the same sense that we had on the primary camera last year and it does take some really good photos. The primary camera is quite a large sensor as well, so you do get some natural blurry background shots, a natural depth of field effect. However, as with other smart phones that do have a large sensor, the plane of focus is quite slim. So there might be certain situations where you try to take an image of something and some of it's going to be in focus and some of it is not going to be in focus. And then we also have a telephoto camera, which is going to give you a OnePlus say three times optical zoom. This is technically the same as say you had a 12 megapixel camera with two times optical zoom. As soon as you crop that image to 8 megapixels, then that's kind of the equivalent of three times optical zoom. So I would have liked to have had a standard two times optical zoom camera on here, which you could crop into yourself instead of this kind of cropping in for you. And the other area as well where I think this has an effect is when it comes to portrait mode. So generally, I've said this before, but portrait shots on a Smartphone tend to look best at around 50 mm So that's around at the 2X point. Also having a look at some portrait shots in comparison to say the iPhone 11 Pro max. I do prefer the colors much more on the iPhone compared to the OnePlus. Now one underrated feature on the OnePlus is the macro camera. Now I'm definitely not talking about the gimmicky two megapixel macro cameras, which manufacturers are now throwing into smartphones these days.

The OnePlus 8 does have one of those two mega pixel macro cameras, which doesn't really give you great results. The OnePlus 8 Pro actually gives you really nice macro shots. And it's something that I found myself using a lot to get some really nice close ups, which you can then use as some abstract backgrounds in things. And it's something that other Smartphone don't really offer. So it's definitely a feature that I think is quite underrated. Now let's talk about the color filter camera, which is interesting. Because initially when OnePlus talked about this color filter camera, I'll be completely honest with you, me as well as many of the tech reviews really did not get it. It's like, what is the point of this camera? Personally speaking, I used it a couple of times, and I did not really use it after that. This color photo camera could see through sets of materials. Some light plastics and things like that. And not everyone really picked up on that initially, but just a couple of weeks ago, this did get picked up on social media by many people. And I was kind of thinking that, why did OnePlus not really advertise this as a feature, right? Because then it would have made a lot more sense. Okay, we've got this color filter camera, which is going to be something that's going to be quite trippy and you might be able to see through certain objects and things like that. However, that quickly changed because I then realized that there was a lot of people that were not happy about this because of privacy and the fact that you could potentially see through some very thin materials such as a t-shirt or something. Now are people going to be pointing this at others to try to see through their clothes? I really doubt it. Is it going to be a problem for OnePlus? 

Well, yes, it is a problem for OnePlus and as far as I'm aware, right now they have updated software on at least the Chinese models to disable this temporarily. So generally speaking, I think this is a feature that is still a gimmick. I mean even if you could see through some items, I'd still only use it once or twice and I'd forget about it, right? It's not something that you're going to be using every single day. Instead, I think OnePlus should have spent their time on the front facing camera. Now don't get me wrong, the front facing camera is actually quite good. You get lots of detail. Dynamic range is actually really good too, but I have found that it can overexpose in certain situations. This is something that OnePlus devices previously have done a little bit too. It's not always, but in certain situations I just find that it's just  completely washed me out. So this is something that I am hoping can be improved. But one thing that the OnePlus 8 Pro is definitely missing, which other flagship devices, even half the price of this are offering, is a 4K front facing camera. Now when it comes to video, I've have said this many times before, but the iPhone does have my favorite video camera on any Smartphone. One of the reasons for that is consistency. You could be shooting from the front facing camera or any of the rear facing cameras for photos or videos and then you can match that footage up later on and then you have consistency. On the OnePlus 8 Pro, you've got a max of 10 ATP. 

So if I'm shooting some video from the front facing camera and then I switched to the rear facing camera, I'm not going to be able to put that footage together. It's not going to be the same resolution. I'll have to downscale my footage from the rear facing cameras. So this is an area that I am a little bit disappointed about for a flagship device in 2020. I really think that it should have had 4K from the front facing camera. Video from rear facing camera is actually quite good. And we also have an HDR option, which does definitely make a difference for dynamic range. So generally speaking, the cameras are really good. They are up to the competition in many ways, but there is definitely room for improvement. Now let's talk a little bit about the performance. So OnePlus has always been known for having some of the fastest Smartphone out there. A lot of that is thanks to the hardware, but a lot of that is also thanks to the software. So this is powered by the latest and greatest. So we've got the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chip set. We do have UFS 3.0 storage, LP, DDR five Ram. So personally speaking, I've had no problems whatsoever in terms of speed and performance. This is a very fast and smooth device like OnePlus say. And a lot of that is thanks to the software as well as the higher refresh rate screen. The software is one of my favorite skins on Android, OxygenOS. It's really clean. It's really simple. There's not too much on here that you don't really need and as a lot of you guys probably already know, OnePlus is really good with updates. I've already had multiple updates on my OnePlus 8 Pro and it's only been around a couple of months. So this is something that I'm very confident, OnePlus is going to carry on doing. Bringing updates to the device and bringing a lot of these improvements. One improvement that I would like to see however is better one handed usage. 

So let me give you an example here. So this is my home screen and you can see that I've got lots of icons in here, but they're all very spaced out vertically. So if I am holding the device in one hand, I can't necessarily reach the icon style all the way at the top. They are out of reach because of the layout. Now if I compare the same icons on something like the Galaxy S20 Ultra, you will see that the icons are much lower even though they are the same icons, everything is the same, but they are much lower. And that's something that I really like about (mumbles). That consideration of one handed usage. So hopefully OnePlus  can improve the software here. So it is generally better for one-handed usage. This is a large display device. For the speakers, we do have one in the earpiece and one bottom firing and they do sound really good. I've not really got any complaints with the speakers. Now let's talk about the battery life. So the battery life has actually been really good in my experience. And that is at maximum setting. So I am using Quad HD plus resolution with 120 hertz and this has managed to get me through the day and pretty much all occasions. We're talking around five to six hours of screen on time. So personally speaking, I've not got any real complaints of the battery life. And of course OnePlus very fast with charging, you do get a 30 watt charger out of the box, which tops this up very fast. But for the first time on OnePlus device, we finally have wireless charging. This is something that I used to miss massively on OnePlus devices and it is finally here. And it works really well. You can get a very fast 30 watt wireless charger, but that is something that you're going to have to buy separately. It is a propriety OnePlus charger. I don't really think you need to get it. I mean it's really nice to have, don't get me wrong, but it's quite big and it's got a fan and honestly speaking, I think wireless charging is more about convenience. 

This device lasts me through the day generally, so I can just drop this on a wireless charger before I'm about to go to bed and I can wake up to it charged. So I don't really have to worry about that. And I think that's how most modern flagships should be. They should last you the day. And the wireless charging thing is more of a convenience. So yes, if you really do want those super fast wireless charging speeds, you can go ahead and buy the 30T wireless charger. But any general cheat enabled wireless charger is going to work absolutely fine with the OnePlus 8 Pro. It's just not going to be as fast of course. Now we also do have a support for reverse wireless charging where you can charge another device on the back of the OnePlus 8 Pro. This is quite slow however. Slower than some of the competition, so it's not really something that I found myself using much. Now the OnePlus 8 Pro does have support for 5G. I've not really been able to test this much because 5G is still not fully in my area and of course I've not really been at traveling out and about as much. One good thing is that you do have the dual SIM support and you can have two 5G sims in here. Although you'll only be able to use 5G on one sim at one time. Still really good to have. And the fact that we do have 5G does have an impact on the price. So the price of the OnePlus 8 Pro is now starting at 800 pounds or $900. So it's definitely up there with the competitive flagships. So traditionally, OnePlus devices have been quite a bit cheaper and it's been very easy to recommend OnePlus devices over others purely because of the price. This year, that is much more difficult. Can I still recommend this at the price point? Yes, I really think that OnePlus 8 Pro overall despite some of the issues is a very good Smartphone and it's something that I think most people would really like.

 

But at the same time there is a lot of competition at this price bracket. If you look at the likes of the S20 for example, that will be retailing for around this price, now that it has been out for a couple of months. So it's really going to be a question of do you want to go with one of these other devices? Or do you want to go with this? However, if you're in India, then the decision is going to be a lot easier because the OnePlus 8 Pro is actually a lot cheaper in India compared to everywhere else. Now I think this is partly because OnePlus devices are hugely popular in India. We've already heard before, that OnePlus is the number one premium Smartphone brand in India. And it looks like OnePlus has really worked hard to get the price down in India particularly, which is kind of unfair on the rest of the world. Let's be real. But regardless if you are in India, then I think you're really going to like this deal in comparison to lots of other premium flagship devices out there. That's what I think about the OnePlus 8 Pro. What do you guys think? 

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OnePlus 8 Android smartphone review

OnePlus 8 Android smartphone review

The OnePlus device for people that want this year's model, but maybe aren't into a number of the wackier ideas that OnePlus is experimenting with its Pro models. It starts at $699, which is$200 less than the Pro device, but all of the OnePlus essentials are still here. It's still got a great screen. It's still got great battery life. It's fast charging, it's still fast, and it's taking on Android is still just as clean as ever. And you're getting a screen with a 90-hertz refresh rate, which is honestly, still so good that I wish it was a standard-issue feature for most modern flagships.

Now, if you think that sounds like a fairly traditional OnePlus device, then you're not wrong, but the difference this year is that with the 8 Pro, OnePlus has finally addressed some of those issues that OnePlus fans have been asking about for years. It's a device that really makes a serious attempt to break the OnePlus mould. The OnePlus 8 hasn't quite made that same attempt, but it's still a good phone at a good price, which really begs the question, is a good OnePlus device that doesn't break the mould worth it? Or do you need to spend the extra money on the Pro? (calming ambient music) But the OnePlus 8 is and a solidly-specced device. It's powered by a Snapdragon 865, starts with eight gigabytes of RAM and 128 gigabytes of storage, but I have been employing a model with 12 gigabytes of RAM and 256 gigabytes of storage. There's 5G onboard, Wi-Fi6, all that good stuff, and that's a lot of spec for $699. Especially compared to, oh, I don't know, the, pretty much identically priced entry-level iPhone 11.

So essentially, you're getting most of the internal specs of the OnePlus 8 Pro in the OnePlus 8. The exception that OnePlusis keen to emphasize is that the Pro is using LPDDR5 RAM, while the 8 is using LPDDR4X, but I struggled to notice the difference in real-world usage. I mean, the two phones even look damn near identical from the front because they both have that same hole-punch, selfie cutout at the top left of the screen. Yes, the OnePlus 8 screen is ever so slightly smaller at 6.55 inches, compared to the 6.78 inches on the Pro, but the two phones are basically the same width, so they don't really feel any different to hold. I mean, seriously, when I was taking comparison photographs, I occasionally forgot which one was which. I will say that the OnePlus 8 screen seems to curve ever so slightly less around the sides of the device, which is maybe why I didn't experience the accidental touch issues that Dieter had with the Pro, but honestly, it's really subtle, and you have to really be looking for it to actually notice it.

 All of which is to say, the OnePlus 8 is not a device to get if you're after a smaller phone. Personally, I'd love to see OnePlus experiment with a smaller device, but hey, maybe that's just me. Of course, the screens aren't actually identical. With the 8, you're getting a 1080p, 90-hertz display, with a peak brightness of 1100 nits. Meanwhile, the 8 Pro goes up to 1440p, 120 hertz, and 1300 nits peak brightness. But please, don't let this numbers-to-numbers spec comparison lead you to believe that the 8 has a bad screen. It doesn't, it's great, it's bright, it's vibrant, and it's yet more evidence that OnePlus really, really knows how to put the right display on a phone. Even compared to the 8 Pro, the 8's display still feels smooth. It took me sitting with both phones side-by-side to spot the difference, and even then, it wasn't a night and day comparison. The phone feels nice and snappy to use. Apps open quickly, games run well. You're getting a flagship android experience here. Oh, and Oxygen OS is just as out of the way as ever, which is exactly what I want out of a manufacturer's operating system. 

I'm looking at you, LG. (calming music) So I've been scurrying around the issue for a little while, but what are the differences between the 8 and the 8 Pro that actually matter? Well, to my mind, there are three main differences that you need to worry about. The OnePlus 8 doesn't wireless charging. It doesn't do the fancy 30 watt wireless charging, the OnePlus 8 Pro, and it doesn't do the more basic five-watt wireless charging that basically every other flagship device does at this point. You already know if it's a feature you want or not, so I'm not gonna labour the point too much other than to say that its still a bit of a bummer. It also doesn't have an official IP rating, which wouldn't be surprising coming from OnePlus, apart from the fact, the company has finally relented and actually added one to the 8 Pro. And yeah, the company claims that it'll still survive being used in the rain and whatever, but come on. And also, finally, the camera's different. So let's dig in. There's good news and there's bad news contained within this triple-camera array, which consists of a 48-megapixel main camera, a 16-megapixel ultra-wide camera, and a two-megapixel macro camera. The good news is there is no gimmick lens here. The bad news is you don't get a zoom lens. The macro lens is tricky, and you also don't get the main sensor that's quite as good as the 8 Pro. It's still 48 megapixels, which yeah, is the same, but long story short, it's an older sensor, and it's just, well, see for yourself. In bright conditions, I think it holds up well against both the OnePlus8 Pro and the Pixel 3 I happen to have for comparison's sake. 

If you check out these shots I took during my government-sanctioned walk around the block, I'll be well-pressed to tell a difference between the 8 and the 8 Pro, and the Pixel 3's images have a slightly softer look in comparison. Look at this picture of a car and you'll see the hedge behind it tints slightly yellower on the 8 compared to the Pro, but look, it's minor. It's after the sun goes down that things start to go badly for the 8. Things are just a lot brighter and clearer on the Pro. Faces can look a little smooth, weird and brighten, especially at night. Oh, and here are some selfie shots, and OnePlus uses the same 16 megapixel selfie sensor between the 8 and the Pro, so there aren't many differences there, but they definitely seem to be some kind of skin brightening going on compared to my Pixel 3, especially considering it's managed to correctly expose the sky behind me. Obviously, you don't get a zoom lens with the 8, but you do get a macro lens and, (groans) I don't really know how useful it is. Look, I'm not gonna deny that under the right circumstances, you can get a little bit more detail with the 8 than the Pro. I took these two shots from the same distance away with both phones with their macros modes turned on and let them do their thing, and sure enough, you can see a little bit more detail in the shot from the 8, but other times, I straight up got a better macro shot out of the 8 Pro, even though it doesn't have a macro lens, like with this horse head on a Venetian mask, which I just couldn't get the 8 to focus on no matter how hard I tried. Or if you're more of a video person, then you can see for yourself what it looks like. 

This is from the 16-megapixel front-facing camera. So the easy answer is that if you want the better camera setup, you gotta go Pro, especially if you want a zoom lens and better low-light performance. But the much harder question to answer is how well the modestly priced OnePlus 8 competes against similarly priced rivals. And let's not forget, these include the entry-level iPhone 11, and honestly, I just don't think the 8 quite nails it. I can't really complain about the battery life in OnePlus 8. It's got a 4300 milli amp-hour battery, and I haven't even been able to come close to running it down with a full day of use. Although you can't charge it wireless, it supports Warp Charge 30T, which can charge your phone in around an hour. So this is a nice phone, but you already knew that. It's an OnePlus phone, at this point, there are just certain things you can kinda take for granted. It's got a great screen, it's wicked fast, it's solidly built. The camera can stand to be a little better, and for reasons that seem to apply only to OnePlus, it doesn't support wireless charging or have an IP rating. So yeah, the OnePlus do not really break the mould, but I don't think that makes it a bad phone. It just makes it a little predictable at this point, but that makes for a hard choice. Do you go for the predictable OnePlus phone, or do you spend $200 more for a device that definitely overcomes some of these long-standing issues? You'll have to watch the OnePlus 8 Pro for a complete look at that device's strengths and weaknesses. But a lot of the choice comes down to this, is a $200 price premium worth it for wireless charging and IP rating and a slightly better camera? Because if it's not, then the OnePlus 8 is a great phone. 

All right guys, thank you so much for watching this review in these super weird times, and I truly hope you are staying as safe and well as you can be at the moment. 😊😊😊😊

New OnePlus 7T Android Smartphone Review

OnePlus 7T Android Smartphone Review

It's a lot like one of our favourite phones of the year, the OnePlus 7 Pro, but it's a little bit smaller and it costs less. It's a follow-on from the OnePlus 7 that was available in other markets, It more as a successor to the OnePlus 6T from last year. Now don't let that lower price lead you into thinking that the 7T is a worse phone than 7 Pro, because in reality, between the two, it's the one that I actually prefer. (smooth synthesizer music) It still has the best parts of the 7 Pro. That super-smooth 90-hertz screen, fast and responsive performance, but it doesn't have the other things that make the 7 Pro challenging to use, like a giant size and curved edges. 

It also has a couple of new tricks that the 7 Pro doesn't even offer. So let's talk about specs because when you review an OnePlus phone, you have to talk about specs. The 7T is a 6.55 inch 10 eDP OLED display with that 90-hertz refresh rate. So scrolling on this looks a whole lot smoother than on most other phones. It has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ processor, which is technically faster than the standard 855 in the 7 Pro, but I doubt you'd really notice much difference between them. Either way, performance is still excellent. The 7T that will be available in the US has 8 gigs of RAM and 128 gigs of storage. Other markets like India and China are also going to get a 256 gig option. The screen has a 20 by nine aspect ratio which makes it a bit tall, but it's noticeably narrower than the 7 Pro and even last year's 6T. That, plus the flat surface, there's no waterfall curves here, make it more comfortable to hold. But you shouldn't go thinking that this is a suddenly new, small phone from OnePlus. 

This is still a big phone, it's just a little smaller than the 7 Pro. The display doesn't have a completely uninterrupted screen. There is a small water drop notch at the top for the front camera, because the 7T doesn't have the fancy pop-up motorized front camera that the 7 Pro has. Now OnePlus says this notches specifically 31.6% smaller than the notch on the 6T and the 7. And to be honest with you, I really haven't found it to be any problem in use over the past week or so. Now the screen supports both HDR10 and HDR10+ and it's 27% brighter in direct sunlight, thanks to a new boosted outdoor mode, which lets it get to up to a peak of 1,000 nits. There's really not a whole lot to complain about with this screen. It's bright, it's colourful, it has that fast refresh rate that's awesome. 

Now it's technically a lower resolution than the 1440p panel on the 7 Pro, but I really can't see a difference in sharpness between them. Now if we stop staring at the screen for a second, which, I admit, it's hard to do, we could flip the 7T over and check out its camera system. Now just like the 7 Pro and a lot of other phones out this year, the 7T has a three-camera system. It's got a standard one, an ultra-wide and a telephoto. And they're all housed in this kinda giant hump on the back of the phone. It kind of reminds me of the old Nokia Lumia 1020. The standard camera and the ultra-wide are basically exactly the same as the 7 Pro's camera. And the telephoto is just a 2x zoom instead of the 3x that you get on the 7 Pro. You can expect the same kind of images from the 7T as you can get from the 7 Pro and I think a lot of people are gonna be really happy with these results.

One new thing that the 7T has is a super macro mode that lets you get focused really close on an object. It can be challenging to use because it's hard to hold still and get a sharp shot at these close distances, but with a little practice, it can be a ton of fun and you won't be able to get this on the 7 Pro, even though a software update because OnePlus tells me that to get this to work, it requires some special hardware that the 7 Pro just doesn't have. Another thing that the 7 Pro doesn't have is Warp Charge 30 plus, which is the latest version of OnePlus's proprietary fast-charging system. The company says it's up to 23% faster than the Warp Charge 30 that's on the Pro, and it should charge the 7T's battery from zero to 100 in just 60 minutes. In my test, I was able to go from 22 to 87% in just 30 minutes, which is really impressive. 

But just know that, in order to get those speeds, you're going to have to use the included brick and cable that came in the box with the 7T. The 7T is launching with Android 10 and OnePlus's Oxygen OS 10, making it one of the first phones to launch with Google's latest software. Now you can choose between Android 10's new gesture interface or the standard three buttons. But if you were a fan of OnePlus's old gestures, I'm sorry to report, those are no longer available. One new thing in Oxygen OS that I particularly like is the chromatic reading mode, which desaturates the screen to make it easier to read, but it doesn't turn it fully monochrome like before. Now I like using this when I'm using Pocket or the Kindle app and doing a lot of reading, but if you prefer the older, full-style monochrome version, you can choose that if you want to. So, what's not to love with the 7T? Well, for starters, I'm only seeing average battery life with it, which is about four to five hours of screen time. 

Even though this thing has a big 3800 milli amp-hour battery. I don't think this is a huge problem and I think most people will be able to get through a full day with the 7T, but if you saw that stat and were hoping for a multi-day monster, this ain't it. It's clear that the 90-hertz screen does take a hit on battery life, but I think it's totally worth the trade. The 7T also has familiar OnePlus complaints. It doesn't support wireless charging, which might not matter to you, but matters to me. It doesn't have a rated official IP rating for water and dust resistance, and you can't expand the storage with a micro SD card. It also tends to aggressively shut down apps when I'm not using them, which is something the company says it'll be addressing in future software updates, but it just hasn't yet. I mostly notice this when I'm using Android messages on my computer and I can't send or receive new messages until I wake up the 7T on my desk. But I can forgive and forget a lot of those things when I consider the fact that I'm getting this screen and this performance for 600 bucks. We're expecting Google to puta similar 90-hertz display in the upcoming Pixel 4, but I guarantee that won't be available for anywhere near the price of the 7T. In fact, when I compare the 7T to any other phone right now, even the 7 Pro, I'm not sure anything else can touch this combination of display, performance and price.

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