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Received my OnePlus 8T yesterday. My previous phone had to go because:
1- The screen was broken at the top and on the left side from multiple drops.
2- Battery life was getting pretty bad, with the phone sometimes shutting down at 15% battery remaining.
3- It seems like it was no longer receiving security updates from Google.
First impressions, the build feels cheap with the plastic back, I expected better from a 1100 $ phone.
The design also doesn't feel premium.
We'll see how it holds up to abuse, and the reasons I got it are not for its look, but for its functionalities.
Pulling the dual-sim tray, there is one slot on each side of the tray, first time I see this solution to this particular problem (let's see how easy it is to add a sim and fitting the tray back without dropping one of the cards). There also appears to be some sort of gasket. So even though it is not IPX rated, there does seem to be some waterproofing going on.
Warp65 charge is pretty cool, regular charging seems slower than my old Essential PH-1 (might just be because of the huuuuuge battery).
This is my first phone with face unlock, and it's pretty cool. I was afraid the in-screen fingerprint reader would be slower and less intuitive than the middle of the back FP reader of the PH1, but in practice it works very well.
It took a few minutes to get used to OxygenOS. It is pretty close to stock Android, I typically prefer the pure Android experience, but I'm willing to give this a try.
I haven't properly tried the camera yet, but the software seems nice, specially the pro mode.
I'll had to this review as I get to know it better.
1- The screen was broken at the top and on the left side from multiple drops.
2- Battery life was getting pretty bad, with the phone sometimes shutting down at 15% battery remaining.
3- It seems like it was no longer receiving security updates from Google.
First impressions, the build feels cheap with the plastic back, I expected better from a 1100 $ phone.
The design also doesn't feel premium.
We'll see how it holds up to abuse, and the reasons I got it are not for its look, but for its functionalities.
Pulling the dual-sim tray, there is one slot on each side of the tray, first time I see this solution to this particular problem (let's see how easy it is to add a sim and fitting the tray back without dropping one of the cards). There also appears to be some sort of gasket. So even though it is not IPX rated, there does seem to be some waterproofing going on.
Warp65 charge is pretty cool, regular charging seems slower than my old Essential PH-1 (might just be because of the huuuuuge battery).
This is my first phone with face unlock, and it's pretty cool. I was afraid the in-screen fingerprint reader would be slower and less intuitive than the middle of the back FP reader of the PH1, but in practice it works very well.
It took a few minutes to get used to OxygenOS. It is pretty close to stock Android, I typically prefer the pure Android experience, but I'm willing to give this a try.
I haven't properly tried the camera yet, but the software seems nice, specially the pro mode.
I'll had to this review as I get to know it better.