Of the 2 new flagship telephones from Chinese phone-maker OnePlus, the OnePlus 8 Pro is the higher-end system. In addition to 5G, which each telephones have, it has IP certification for water resistance, a complete of 4 cameras — one at 48 megapixels — and a much bigger, 120Hz show. Available beginning April 22, it is also pricier at $899 (£799) for 128GB storage and $999 (£899) for 256GB. (Australian costs aren’t but obtainable, however £799 converts to roughly AU$1,570.) The OnePlus 8 begins at $699 (£599).
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Though the telephone’s beginning value is about $100 cheaper than the Galaxy S20 — and certain cheaper than the upcoming Pixel 5 if Google matches the Pixel 4’s preliminary value — it is nonetheless costly by OnePlus’ requirements. When the corporate first launched in 2014, it priced its premium telephones aggressively. Nevertheless, the OnePlus 8 Pro is a superb telephone. Its digital camera works nice, it has a quick and highly effective processor and I welcome its newer options, which embrace wi-fi charging and reverse wi-fi charging. But if you happen to’re a bit extra cost-conscious and also you need a premium Android expertise, I’d select the OnePlus 8. It nonetheless has a silky 90Hz show, comparable specs and a stable digital camera. Both telephones can be found by way of OnePlus and Amazon, however you can even get the OnePlus 8 by way of US carriers T-Mobile and Verizon.
OnePlus 8 Pro’s buttery-smooth 120Hz show As the higher-end telephone, the OnePlus 8 Pro packs a 120Hz show that refreshes at double the speed of most telephones. That refresh charge makes scrolling by way of webpages and the app drawer really feel as if I’m viewing my telephone in 4K. Everything is so bouncy and liquidy {that a} telephone like, say, the LG V60 (which has a 60Hz show), feels prefer it’s dragging its toes by comparability. Note that there are occasions, similar to when the display is static, that the One Plus 8 Pro will change to 60Hz to preserve battery. But after I in contrast it side-by-side with the OnePlus 8’s 90Hz display, it was arduous to see an enormous distinction. There have been just a few occasions after I thought perhaps the 8 Pro felt a hair extra fluid, nevertheless it was a lot lower than I anticipated. If you are not an enormous cell gamer and also you’re involved you may be lacking out by selecting the One Plus 8, you needn’t fear. Both the OnePlus 8 Pro and 8 have a smooth, slim design that feels stylish, regardless of being harking back to 2019’s Galaxy S10 line (particularly with the hole-punch digital camera within the nook). I dig the skinny bezels and the vertically stacked cameras. And despite the fact that the 8 Pro’s digital camera bump protrudes greater than the OnePlus 8’s, it isn’t as egregious as absolutely the unit on the Galaxy S20 Ultra.
I obtained an ultramarine blue evaluation mannequin with a {smooth}, mushy texture that retains the telephone from attracting fingerprints. In the sunshine, my telephone seemed virtually velvety, although the cobalt shade is not as eye-catching because the OnePlus 8 in interstellar glow. After years of constructing its telephones waterproof to a point however forgoing a full IP score certification, the OnePlus 8 Pro is rated IP68 — that means it may be submerged in about three toes (one meter) of water for no less than 30 minutes. The OnePlus 8 Pro has a 120Hz show.
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Minimalist OS with customization goodies OnePlus’ OxygenOS has all the time been a minimalistic tackle Android 10. But there are just a few welcome tweaks. One is that OnePlus added extra alternatives to customise the telephone’s interface with out making it really feel too slowed down. As effectively as completely different colour themes and icon packs, for instance, you may change the form of the icons within the pulldown notification menu. OnePlus additionally expanded on Dark Theme so sure apps match the darkish background. When I modified the OnePlus 8 Pro to Dark Theme and opened YouTube, the colour switched to black, as effectively. That type of automation is handy and makes the consumer expertise really feel extra coherent. Both telephones have Night Mode and Reading Mode, that are supposed to cut back eye pressure, however the OnePlus 8 Pro has an additional function referred to as “comfort tone,” which mechanically modifications the tint of the display relying on the ambient gentle setting. It works fairly subtly — when the sunshine inside my room turned darkish, the display on the 8 Pro turned extra sepia-colored. Instead of getting it change dynamically all through the day, although, I’d fairly simply schedule the impact in Night Mode at particular hours. The units even have an choice to activate “vibrant color effect” to punch up video colours and distinction and the OnePlus 8 Pro particularly has “motion graphics smoothing,” which is meant to sharpen movement blur in movies. When I turned on these choices and watched just a few YouTube clips although, it was tough to note the results on each telephones (ditto with the OnePlus 8 Pro’s graphics-smoothing function). The OxygenOS features a few icon packs to select from.
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Just a few different software program options You can unlock each telephones with both Face Unlock (which works tremendous quick) or the in-screen fingerprint reader.Both telephones nonetheless have a bodily toggle key you can slide up and right down to silence or vibrate the telephone.Like earlier OnePlus telephones, Zen Mode is inbuilt. It restricts many of the 8 Pro’s capabilities to aggressively curb telephone utilization. When it is activated, you may nonetheless make calls and use the digital camera. OnePlus 8 Pro’s 4 rear cameras The OnePlus 8 Pro’s important 48-megapixel digital camera and wide-angle shooter take sharp and vibrant photographs, particularly in out of doors lighting. At occasions the distinction and colours, just like the greens in a few of these out of doors pictures, will be punched up a bit an excessive amount of. But on the whole the digital camera took wonderful photographs. I like this picture general, however the inexperienced grass is punched up a bit an excessive amount of for me.
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The 48-megapixel wide-angle digital camera defaults to 12-megapixel as effectively.
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Nightscape, OnePlus’ low-light digital camera mode, additionally did effectively to brighten up darkish environments. But in comparison with taking an image within the common digital camera mode, which already takes first rate low-light photos, Nightscape photographs seemed solely a tad brighter. In addition, the digital camera’s 3x lossless zoom closed in on objects properly with out dropping element. It may digitally zoom as much as 30x, however picture high quality actually degrades at this degree. I discovered that 10x was the final degree of zoom I may go to get a good picture. I took this picture in a really dimly lit sidewalk with Nightscape mode.
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This picture was taken throughout the road from the constructing with no zoom.
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Zooming in 3x.
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Zooming in 30x.
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In this portrait shot of a plant, the digital camera did an excellent job dealing with the fallout between the fore- and background.
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The telephone additionally has a colour filter digital camera positioned on the facet of the primary digital camera module. As an additional device to tweak with publicity and lighting, I did not have a lot use for it. One filter simply overexposed the sunshine and made every thing sepia-toned. I could not consider any state of affairs the place you’d need your picture to seem like this, and I’d fairly make do with a software program filter. I took this picture with the usual digital camera.
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This is identical constructing taken with one of many filter choices for the colour filter digital camera.
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Bokeh pictures taken with the front-facing digital camera retained quite a lot of element.
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When I took a selfie on the front-facing digital camera, I used to be impressed (if not mildly horrified) with the quantity of high-quality particulars it captured in my pores and skin and face. The digital camera may shoot 4K video and has optical picture stabilization. When I shot a video of myself strolling down the road, footage was regular and clear. There’s an additional “super stabilization” mode to additional {smooth} down movement blur from hand shaking, however after I checked out each movies side-by-side, the impact or enhancements appeared minimal. OnePlus 8 Pro’s efficiency and battery Similar to many high-end telephones this yr, the OnePlus 8 Pro has a Snapdragon 865 chipset. As I discussed earlier than, the telephone is zippy: It launched and switched between apps, fired up the digital camera and rendered video games tremendous shortly. Its benchmark outcomes have been additionally similar to different competing telephones, such because the Galaxy S20 and LG V60. 3DMark Slingshot Unlimited
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Longer bars point out higher efficiency
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Longer bars point out higher efficiency
We’re in the midst of altering our battery-testing methodology, however I ran battery checks on steady video playback on Airplane mode. The 8 Pro’s 4,510-mAh battery clocked in 18 hours, 46 minutes with 120Hz turned on, which is a superb run. A trial with 60Hz chosen additionally yielded the same time, and since the video I performed was shot in 30fps it is sensible that the occasions have been shut. Anecdotally, the telephone simply lasted all through the day and night time while not having a cost after I used it mildly. For comparability, the Galaxy S20 Ultra, which has a 5,000-mAh battery, lasted 16 hours, additionally on its 120Hz setting. When we conduct streaming video checks for the OnePlus 8 Pro, I’ll replace this evaluation with closing outcomes and rankings. With the OnePlus 8 Pro, OnePlus launched two obligatory updates to the battery: wi-fi charging and reverse charging (like we have seen on current Galaxy telephones). The former has been a requested function with OnePlus telephones for a while now, and it is handy to lastly cost the telephone with out having to plug in cables. I additionally like charging my different telephones and equipment (together with a pair of AirPods Pro) on the again of the OnePlus 8 Pro. As with previous generations of OnePlus units, the OnePlus 8 Pro and 8 have super-fast charging, branded as Warp Charging. From a totally drained battery, 15 minutes of charging juiced the telephone as much as 32%, which is spectacular. A half hour yielded 62% and by an hour the telephone was at 95% energy. When I used the OnePlus’ new wi-fi charger, the telephone charged at about the identical charge. OnePlus 8 Pro spec comparability
OnePlus 8 Pro 5G
OnePlus 8 5G
Samsung Galaxy S20 5G
LG V60 ThinQ 5G
Display measurement, decision
6.78-inch AMOLED; 1,440×3,168 pixels
6.55-inch AMOLED; 1,080×2,400 pixels
6.2-inch AMOLED
6.8-inch OLED; 2,460×1,080 pixels
Pixel density
513ppi
402ppi
563ppi
395ppi
Dimensions (Inches)
6.51×2.93×0.35 in
6.3×2.8×0.31 in
2.72×5.97×0.311 in
6.67×3.06×0.35 in
Dimensions (Millimeters)
165×74.4×8.5 mm
160×72.9×8.0 mm
69.1×151.7×7.9 mm
169.3×77.6×8.79 mm
Weight (Ounces, Grams)
7.02 oz; 199g
6.35 oz; 180g
5.75 oz; 163g
7.72 oz; 218g
Mobile software program
Android 10
Android 10
Android 10
Android 10
Camera
48-megapixel (normal), 48-megapixel (ultrawide), 8-megapixel (telephoto), 5-megapixel (‘colour filter’)
48-megapixel (normal), 16-megapixel (ultrawide), 2-megapixel (macro)
12-megapixel (wide-angle), 64-megapixel (telephoto), 12-megapixel (ultrawide)
64-megapixel (normal), 13-megapixel (wide-angle), time-of-flight digital camera
Front-facing digital camera
16-megapixel
16-megapixel
10-megapixel
10-megapixel
Video seize
4K
4K
8K
8K
Processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
64-bit octa-core processor (max 2.7GHz + 2.5GHz + 2GHz)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Storage
128GB, 256GB
128GB, 256GB
128GB
128GB
RAM
8GB, 12GB
8GB, 12GB
12GB
8GB
Expandable storage
No
No
Up to 1TB
Up to 2TB
Battery
4,510 mAh
4,300 mAh
4,000 mAh
5,000 mAh
Fingerprint sensor
In-screen
In-screen
In-screen
In-screen
Connector
USB-C
USB-C
USB-C
USB-C
Headphone jack
No
No
No
Yes
Special options
5G enabled; Warp Charge; reverse wi-fi charging; waterproof (IP68); 120Hz refresh charge
5G enabled; Warp Charge; 90Hz refresh charge
5G enabled; 120Hz refresh charge; waterproof (IP68)
5G enabled; waterproof (IP68); Dual Screen accent
Price off-contract (USD)
$899 (8GB RAM/128GB), $999 (12GB RAM/256GB)
$699 (8GB RAM/128GB), $799 (12GB RAM/256GB)
$999 (5G)
$800 (with out Dual Screen case); $900-$950 (with)
Price (GBP)
£799 (8GB RAM/128GB), £899 (12GB RAM/256GB)
£599 (8GB RAM/128GB), £699 (12GB RAM/256GB)
£799 (4G), £899 (5G)
Converts to: £642 (with out Dual Screen case); £722-$762 (with)
Price (AUD)
UK converts to: AU$1,570 (8GB RAM/128GB), AU$1,770 (12GB RAM/256GB)
UK converts to: AU$1,180 (8GB RAM/128GB), AU$1,370 (12GB RAM/256GB)
AU$1,349 (4G), AU$1,499 (5G)
Converts to: AU$1,261 (with out Dual Screen case); AU$1,419-$1,498 (with)
First printed on April 14.