usually we mock apple for holding a big event going up on stage and declaring
this is the most powerful fastest iphone
we've ever made i mean i should [ __ ] hope so who goes out of
their way to make the next generation product worse than the last one well as
it turns out oneplus does at least here in north america if the leaks and rumors
are to be believed meet the oneplus 7t the notched successor to
a notchless design so
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oneplus has been one of my favorite smartphone makers for a long time
because they consistently deliver on their mission to build fantastic
quality products at lower prices but these days the prices aren't much lower
anymore are they the 7t starts at 600
which for those keeping score at home happens to be the same price as an
iphone 10r and i thought apple was the one with a reputation for being
expensive so the 7t is actually a successor though to the oneplus 7 a
phone that i never got to use because last generation only the 7 pro which i
did review and loved was available in north america so that is why the 7t has
the teardrop notch instead of the full bezel-less display and pop-up selfie
camera of the 7 pro now the teardrop has
been made 31.46 smaller which increases the phone's
screen to body ratio a bit without creeping the screen too close to the
edges so you don't accidentally activate it that's all appreciated it's just that
this phone in september 2019 is not as
2019 as the seven pro from five months ago and if the rumors are to be believed
the markets that got the seven pro last time around that's me do not get the
rumored 7t pro this time around
son i am disappointed but in fairness most people are probably
upgrading from much older phones than one that they bought 5 months ago so the
7t is still gonna look pretty awesome it's got a six and a half inch amoled
display with a 20 by nine aspect ratio pretty wide for movies even if you have
to disable the notch because it bothers you it's HDR 10 plus and it's got a 90
hertz refresh rate a feature that i personally think is wicked but is still
absent on flagships from samsung and apple now the upcoming pixel 4 is
rumored to have a 90 hertz display so subscribe so you don't miss our review
of that i love 90hz OLED because it feels like an
excellent middle ground between performance and extra smoothness while
gaming and just navigating around on the device the
thing is many games even if you're running top spec hardware will have
difficulty hitting 120 FPS at high details anyway flipping the phone over
we find a frosted glass back available in either glacier blue or frosted silver
along with what might be the worst camera bump that i've seen since the
galaxy camera and that was a camera i mean this does
not exude minimalism and refinement
oneplus this is huge not only that but
the edges are sharp like you can easily catch them on your pocket as you're
sliding it in i mean my guess here is that oneplus is just banking on everyone
using a case so let us know in the comments below is
that fair inside the bump we find three lenses the main 48 megapixel lens with
optical image stabilization a 12 megapixel telephoto offering two times
optical zoom and a 16 megapixel ultra wide angle offering a 117 degree field
of view just three degrees less than the iphone 11's 120 degree ultra wide angle
but aside from the specs an iphone 11
this camera is not while i've always praised oneplus cameras for capturing
the world as it is with natural color representation low noise and sharp image
quality without over sharpening things and while my initial reaction to the 70s
camera was excellent as i took more photos and more scenarios my overall
impression became more lukewarm comparing the 70s camera to my samsung
note 10 plus which to be clear is no iphone or pixel the 7t has weak dynamic
range compared to a flagship as evidenced by the lack of detail in both
the darkest and brightest areas here and i was shocked by how badly it messed up
the greens in this picture and failed to capture the sunset glow under the clouds
in this shot both of which are honestly kind of out of character for oneplus it
does still hold its own reasonably well though this picture of my wife is
noisier on the 7t but her skin looks slightly more natural and the color of
my couch is much closer to irl and the selfie camera is actually a strong point
yes i look weird here but at least i'm wearing an awesome shirt ltzstore.com
and the image is very sharp with great skin tones and oneplus managed to strike
a great balance between being able to easily fit yourself and two friends into
the frame while keeping distortion minimized very nice there's also
nightscape mode which works on both the main and ultrawide lenses as well as a
new macro mode that lets you snap a shot from as little as two and a half
centimeters away in full quality now in some situations it didn't stand out
compared to just using a phone with a better camera and then digitally zooming
in but in others like this shot of a spider i'd say that oneplus's claims
that it can capture intricate details that even the human eye struggles to see
do hold up in real life another feature the oneplus is emphasizing this year is
their warp charge 30t battery charging tech which they say is 23 faster than
warp charge 30 and can fill the phone's 3 800 milliamp hour battery from zero to
70 in just half an hour they also tried to have the battery charge at a more
consistent speed throughout this time rather than slowing down a ton as it
gets more full all while keeping the device cool even if you're playing games
now in the real world it does heat up while charging but not as much as
james's pixel 3 however while gaming the camera bump felt hotter than other areas
and it's kind of right there when you're holding the phone in landscape
unless of course you have a case so should you buy the oneplus 7t honestly
i'm still annoyed they removed the headphone jack starting with the 6t they
still lack an official ip water resistance rating even if they do have a
lot of the seals in there as we saw in our video tour of their facility and the
included screen protector this time around just feels poorly thought out
because using their own gesture navigation is a really rough experience
in terms of hand feel because it doesn't go quite to the edges but
while i think the camera quality is a bit below the top brands we do still
have to remember that this phone is still cheaper than those brands and
still hits all the beats we expect from oneplus the snapdragon 855 plus paired
with tons of RAM and oxygen os is as
light and snappy as ever the underscreen fingerprint unlock is still the quickest
gun in the west the ringer toggle which has been a staple for oneplus forever is
still there and still awesome and the software exposes options that matter
like i really like that during the setup they help you choose a color profile in
a way that's understandable for both normies and tech heads alike so if
you're coming from a 6t or earlier the 7t still gets the nod from me even if it
is a bit of a side grade from the oneplus 7 pro or at least it sort of
gets the nod because the thing is the oneplus 7 pro is still going to be
available with worse internals albeit not by much but a full screen display
so like what is oneplus doing here well if the rumors are true it seems that
oneplus has come to the conclusion that people don't need to upgrade their phone
every cycle anymore so if they alternate the availability of
their vanilla and their pro devices between different regions they can
maintain that rapid every six months or so release cadence while avoiding
designing quite as many skus to cover all the different colors and cellular
frequencies and all screen or notched or
whatever else and that's an interesting approach and one that we're going to
keep a close eye on when they drop the 8 or maybe the 8 pro here in north america
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