Of the 2 new flagship telephones from Chinese phone-maker OnePlus, the OnePlus 8 Pro is the higher-end gadget. 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 an even 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 cellphone’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 cellphone. 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 when you’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 strong digital camera. Both telephones can be found via OnePlus and Amazon, however you can too get the OnePlus 8 via US carriers T-Mobile and Verizon.
OnePlus 8 Pro’s buttery-smooth 120Hz show As the higher-end cellphone, the OnePlus 8 Pro packs a 120Hz show that refreshes at double the speed of most telephones. That refresh price makes scrolling via webpages and the app drawer really feel as if I’m viewing my cellphone in 4K. Everything is so bouncy and liquidy {that a} cellphone like, say, the LG V60 (which has a 60Hz show), feels prefer it’s dragging its ft by comparability. Note that there are occasions, reminiscent of when the display is static, that the One Plus 8 Pro will swap to 60Hz to preserve battery. But after I in contrast it side-by-side with the OnePlus 8’s 90Hz display, it was laborious to see a giant distinction. There had been just a few instances 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 cellular gamer and also you’re involved you will 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 fashionable, regardless of being paying homage 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 regardless 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 assessment mannequin with a {smooth}, gentle texture that retains the cellphone from attracting fingerprints. In the sunshine, my cellphone seemed nearly velvety, although the cobalt shade is not as eye-catching because the OnePlus 8 in interstellar glow. After years of constructing its telephones water-proof to some extent however forgoing a full IP ranking certification, the OnePlus 8 Pro is rated IP68 — which means it may be submerged in about three ft (one meter) of water for at the least 30 minutes. The OnePlus 8 Pro has a 120Hz show.
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Minimalist OS with customization goodies OnePlus’ OxygenOS has at all times been a minimalistic tackle Android 10. But there are just a few welcome tweaks. One is that OnePlus added extra alternatives to customise the cellphone’s interface with out making it really feel too slowed down. As effectively as completely different coloration themes and icon packs, for instance, you’ll be able to 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 form of automation is handy and makes the person expertise really feel extra coherent. Both telephones have Night Mode and Reading Mode, that are supposed to scale back eye pressure, however the OnePlus 8 Pro has an additional function known as “comfort tone,” which robotically adjustments the tint of the display relying on the ambient mild surroundings. 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 slightly 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 which you could slide up and right down to silence or vibrate the cellphone.Like earlier OnePlus telephones, Zen Mode is in-built. It restricts many of the 8 Pro’s features to aggressively curb cellphone utilization. When it is activated, you’ll be able to nonetheless make calls and use the digital camera. OnePlus 8 Pro’s 4 rear cameras The OnePlus 8 Pro’s most important 48-megapixel digital camera and wide-angle shooter take sharp and vibrant pictures, particularly in out of doors lighting. At instances the distinction and colours, just like the greens in a few of these out of doors pictures, could be punched up a bit an excessive amount of. But normally the digital camera took glorious pictures. I like this picture total, 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 respectable low-light photos, Nightscape pictures 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 also 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 cellphone additionally has a coloration filter digital camera positioned on the facet of the primary digital camera module. As an additional instrument to tweak with publicity and lighting, I did not have a lot use for it. One filter simply overexposed the sunshine and made all the pieces sepia-toned. I could not consider any state of affairs the place you’d need your picture to appear like this, and I’d slightly make do with a software program filter. I took this picture with the usual digital camera.
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This is similar 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 positive particulars it captured in my pores and skin and face. The digital camera may also 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 12 months, the OnePlus 8 Pro has a Snapdragon 865 chipset. As I discussed earlier than, the cellphone is zippy: It launched and switched between apps, fired up the digital camera and rendered video games tremendous rapidly. Its benchmark outcomes had been additionally akin 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
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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 exams 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 an identical time, and since the video I performed was shot in 30fps it is sensible that the instances had been shut. Anecdotally, the cellphone simply lasted all through the day and evening without 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 exams for the OnePlus 8 Pro, I’ll replace this assessment with closing outcomes and scores. With the OnePlus 8 Pro, OnePlus launched two needed 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 cellphone 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 cellphone as much as 32%, which is spectacular. A half hour yielded 62% and by an hour the cellphone was at 95% energy. When I used the OnePlus’ new wi-fi charger, the cellphone charged at about the identical price. OnePlus 8 Pro spec comparability
OnePlus 8 Pro 5G
OnePlus 8 5G
Samsung Galaxy S20 5G
LG V60 ThinQ 5G
Display dimension, 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 (‘coloration 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; water-proof (IP68); 120Hz refresh price
5G enabled; Warp Charge; 90Hz refresh price
5G enabled; 120Hz refresh price; water-proof (IP68)
5G enabled; water-proof (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 revealed April 14.