OnePlus 7T Review - Best of the 7 Pro for Less
OnePlus 7T Review - Best of the 7 Pro for Less
Heres the new OnePlus 7T.Its a lot like one of our favorite phones of the year, the OnePlus 7 Pro, but its a little bit smaller and it costs less. Its a follow-on
from the OnePlus 7that was available in other markets, but not here in the US.So you can think of it more as a successor to the OnePlus 6T from last year. Youll be
able to buy the 7T starting on October 18th, from either OnePlus or T-Mobile for 599 bucks, which is about 70 to 100 dollars less than the 7 Pro. Now don't let that lower
price leads you into thinking that the 7T is a worse phone than 7 Pro, because in reality, between the two, its the one that I actually prefer. 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. Now you probably cant see
it on video, but trust me, its buttery in person. 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 here in the UShas 8 gigs of RAM and 128 gigs of storage.Other markets like India and
China also going to get a 256 gig option. The screen has a 20 by nine aspect ratio which makes it a bit tall, but its noticeably narrower than the7 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 waterdrop 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 notch is 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 its
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 colorful, it has that fast refresh rate that's awesome. Now its technically a lower resolution than the 1440p panel on the 7 Pro, but I really can't see a
the 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. Its got a standard one, an ultra-wide and a telephoto. And they're all housed
in this kinda giant humpon 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 Pros 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
the super macro mode that lets you get focused really close on an object. It can be challenging to use because its 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 Warp Charge 30 plus, which is the latest version of
OnePlussproprietary 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 7Ts battery from zero to 100in 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 10and OnePluss OxygenOS 10, making it one
of the first phones to launch with Google's latest software. Now you can choose between Android 10s new gesture interface or the standard three buttons.
But if you were a fan of OnePluss old gestures, I'm sorry to report, those are no longer available.
One new thing in OxygenOS 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
Now I like using this when I'm using Pocketor the Kindle app and doing a lot of reading, but if you prefer the older,full-style monochrome version, you can choose
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 hasa big 3800 milliamp-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 stand 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 its totally worth the trade.
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 cant 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 put a similar 90-hertz display in the upcoming Pixel 4, but I guarantee that won't be available anywhere near the price of the 7T.In fact,
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