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usually we mock apple for holding a big event going up on stage and declaring

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this is the most powerful fastest iphone

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we've ever made i mean i should [ __ ] hope so who goes out of

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their way to make the next generation product worse than the last one well as

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it turns out oneplus does at least here in north america if the leaks and rumors

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are to be believed meet the oneplus 7t the notched successor to

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a notchless design so

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oneplus has been one of my favorite smartphone makers for a long time

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because they consistently deliver on their mission to build fantastic

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quality products at lower prices but these days the prices aren't much lower

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anymore are they the 7t starts at 600

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which for those keeping score at home happens to be the same price as an

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iphone 10r and i thought apple was the one with a reputation for being

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expensive so the 7t is actually a successor though to the oneplus 7 a

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phone that i never got to use because last generation only the 7 pro which i

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did review and loved was available in north america so that is why the 7t has

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the teardrop notch instead of the full bezel-less display and pop-up selfie

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camera of the 7 pro now the teardrop has

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been made 31.46 smaller which increases the phone's

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screen to body ratio a bit without creeping the screen too close to the

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edges so you don't accidentally activate it that's all appreciated it's just that

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this phone in september 2019 is not as

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2019 as the seven pro from five months ago and if the rumors are to be believed

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the markets that got the seven pro last time around that's me do not get the

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rumored 7t pro this time around

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son i am disappointed but in fairness most people are probably

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upgrading from much older phones than one that they bought 5 months ago so the

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7t is still gonna look pretty awesome it's got a six and a half inch amoled

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display with a 20 by nine aspect ratio pretty wide for movies even if you have

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to disable the notch because it bothers you it's HDR 10 plus and it's got a 90

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hertz refresh rate a feature that i personally think is wicked but is still

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absent on flagships from samsung and apple now the upcoming pixel 4 is

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rumored to have a 90 hertz display so subscribe so you don't miss our review

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of that i love 90hz OLED because it feels like an

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excellent middle ground between performance and extra smoothness while

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gaming and just navigating around on the device the

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thing is many games even if you're running top spec hardware will have

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difficulty hitting 120 FPS at high details anyway flipping the phone over

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we find a frosted glass back available in either glacier blue or frosted silver

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along with what might be the worst camera bump that i've seen since the

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galaxy camera and that was a camera i mean this does

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not exude minimalism and refinement

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oneplus this is huge not only that but

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the edges are sharp like you can easily catch them on your pocket as you're

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sliding it in i mean my guess here is that oneplus is just banking on everyone

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using a case so let us know in the comments below is

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that fair inside the bump we find three lenses the main 48 megapixel lens with

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optical image stabilization a 12 megapixel telephoto offering two times

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optical zoom and a 16 megapixel ultra wide angle offering a 117 degree field

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of view just three degrees less than the iphone 11's 120 degree ultra wide angle

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but aside from the specs an iphone 11

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this camera is not while i've always praised oneplus cameras for capturing

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the world as it is with natural color representation low noise and sharp image

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quality without over sharpening things and while my initial reaction to the 70s

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camera was excellent as i took more photos and more scenarios my overall

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impression became more lukewarm comparing the 70s camera to my samsung

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note 10 plus which to be clear is no iphone or pixel the 7t has weak dynamic

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range compared to a flagship as evidenced by the lack of detail in both

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the darkest and brightest areas here and i was shocked by how badly it messed up

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the greens in this picture and failed to capture the sunset glow under the clouds

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in this shot both of which are honestly kind of out of character for oneplus it

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does still hold its own reasonably well though this picture of my wife is

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noisier on the 7t but her skin looks slightly more natural and the color of

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my couch is much closer to irl and the selfie camera is actually a strong point

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yes i look weird here but at least i'm wearing an awesome shirt ltzstore.com

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and the image is very sharp with great skin tones and oneplus managed to strike

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a great balance between being able to easily fit yourself and two friends into

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the frame while keeping distortion minimized very nice there's also

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nightscape mode which works on both the main and ultrawide lenses as well as a

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new macro mode that lets you snap a shot from as little as two and a half

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centimeters away in full quality now in some situations it didn't stand out

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compared to just using a phone with a better camera and then digitally zooming

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in but in others like this shot of a spider i'd say that oneplus's claims

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that it can capture intricate details that even the human eye struggles to see

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do hold up in real life another feature the oneplus is emphasizing this year is

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their warp charge 30t battery charging tech which they say is 23 faster than

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warp charge 30 and can fill the phone's 3 800 milliamp hour battery from zero to

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70 in just half an hour they also tried to have the battery charge at a more

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consistent speed throughout this time rather than slowing down a ton as it

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gets more full all while keeping the device cool even if you're playing games

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now in the real world it does heat up while charging but not as much as

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james's pixel 3 however while gaming the camera bump felt hotter than other areas

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and it's kind of right there when you're holding the phone in landscape

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unless of course you have a case so should you buy the oneplus 7t honestly

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i'm still annoyed they removed the headphone jack starting with the 6t they

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still lack an official ip water resistance rating even if they do have a

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lot of the seals in there as we saw in our video tour of their facility and the

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included screen protector this time around just feels poorly thought out

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because using their own gesture navigation is a really rough experience

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in terms of hand feel because it doesn't go quite to the edges but

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while i think the camera quality is a bit below the top brands we do still

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have to remember that this phone is still cheaper than those brands and

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still hits all the beats we expect from oneplus the snapdragon 855 plus paired

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with tons of RAM and oxygen os is as

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light and snappy as ever the underscreen fingerprint unlock is still the quickest

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gun in the west the ringer toggle which has been a staple for oneplus forever is

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still there and still awesome and the software exposes options that matter

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like i really like that during the setup they help you choose a color profile in

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a way that's understandable for both normies and tech heads alike so if

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you're coming from a 6t or earlier the 7t still gets the nod from me even if it

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is a bit of a side grade from the oneplus 7 pro or at least it sort of

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gets the nod because the thing is the oneplus 7 pro is still going to be

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available with worse internals albeit not by much but a full screen display

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so like what is oneplus doing here well if the rumors are true it seems that

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oneplus has come to the conclusion that people don't need to upgrade their phone

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every cycle anymore so if they alternate the availability of

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their vanilla and their pro devices between different regions they can

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maintain that rapid every six months or so release cadence while avoiding

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designing quite as many skus to cover all the different colors and cellular

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frequencies and all screen or notched or

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whatever else and that's an interesting approach and one that we're going to

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keep a close eye on when they drop the 8 or maybe the 8 pro here in north america

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