The $500 Flagship Killer - OnePlus 5T HANDS ON
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2018-05-06
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753 words · ~3 min read
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so here i am at the oneplus event in new york city and
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why do i feel like i was just here
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oh right because i was
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anyway oneplus just unveiled their latest
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flagship the oneplus 5t and they sponsored us to come here to be among
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the select group of people who will be hands on with it first
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now there are a handful of major changes with the 5t let's do the big deal stuff
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first this is the first device ever from
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oneplus to deviate from the traditional 16x9 aspect ratio and also the first to
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feature an immersive display with super narrow bezels and it's amoled which is
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yet again this is becoming a theme here a first for oneplus
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it's 2160 by 1080 for better battery life compared to higher resolution
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options and it comes with the usual benefits of OLED like a near infinite
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contrast ratio and power savings on darker backgrounds
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though it also comes with the usual drawbacks so i'll be watching for any
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early reports of burn-in on this display
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i'm really digging the body design here it's super clean with the antenna lines
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well disguised and you can get it in any color you want as long as it's black
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and while the finish is a little bit slippery in the hand it's nothing that a
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vinyl skin couldn't fix and the shape and aspect ratio make it pretty
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handleable considering that it is a 6 inch display
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i like the way that they've also squeezed together the nav buttons at the
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bottom so it's a little bit easier to reach across with one hand if you don't
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have gigantic digits now i'm not generally a huge fan of rear
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fingerprint scanners but oneplus figures they've gotten around this with their
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high speed face unlock it does seem to work pretty well so far
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but i will need to spend more time with it the rear camera also got some
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interesting upgrades 4k 30fps video is
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electronically stabilized now but probably more importantly i've been
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saying for a while now about both the note 8 and the iphone 8 plus that the
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telephoto lens on the second rear camera doesn't achieve much more sharpness than
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digitally zooming the usually sharper main shooter
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well apparently oneplus agrees because their dual 16 and 20 megapixel camera
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system uses two lenses with the same
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focal length to achieve depth sensing for their portrait mode and their second
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one is actually tuned for better low light performance with a 4 1 pixel
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mapping scheme that they're calling intelligent pixel technology
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requires more testing as with everything we're seeing today but it's very
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interesting and finally true to the oneplus tradition the specs are top
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drawer especially considering the aggressive pricing
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every 5t will get a snapdragon 835 processor then there's six gigs of RAM
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on the 64 gig model and eight gigs of lp
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ddr4x memory on the 128 gig model and
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that's accompanied by an adreno 540 GPU dual sim slots fast type c charging a
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3300 milliamp hour battery and
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yes my friends you can't really see it because it's dark in here but that is a headphone
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jack and they're doing this without making a
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ton of compromises that i feel are likely to affect their average user off
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the top of my head you are giving up wireless charging but you're getting a
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superbly crafted blasted metal body that should be harder to break than a
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glass-backed one and you're giving up a dedicated button
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or a squeeze for bixby or google assistant but you're getting oneplus's
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trademark three position notification slider
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so i'll be spending the next couple of weeks with the 5t
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hopefully i'm taking one away from the unveiling here with me today and i'll be
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looking deeper at the 16 megapixel selfie camera as well as some of the
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software tweaks that oneplus has built based on their community feedback
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program like parallel apps so let me know in the comments if you have any
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questions about it that you would like to see addressed in my review the 5t
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will be available on november 21st so thanks for watching and thanks again to
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oneplus for bringing me out here to see their latest and greatest