iPhone 12 vs OnePlus 9 - WHICH IS BETTER? By Karl Conrad

Hey guys, what's up, it's Carl back with another smartphone comparison, and we are pairing off the brand new OnePlus 9 that just kind of debuted the other day against the tried and trusted my daily driver, the iPhone 12. I think this comparison is more popular than the max models or the pro models. The iPhone 12 Pro this again say the OnePlus 9 pro most people in the end pick the cheaper models. So I think this will be a very fair comparison. The pricing wise is similar, and we'll start off on that end. First, so the OnePlus 9 retails for 699 bucks, or at least that's what we're expecting, because this was technically recorded a day before launch.

So I don't have exact numbers, but in and around that amount of money for the cheaper end model. So that's 120, gigs and, of course, the 8 gigs of ram, compare that to the 799 option of the iPhone 12. So this is the cheapest iPhone 12 that you can get we're not going to talk about the mini, but the standard size, iPhone, 12, 64, gigs of storage, so clearly, storage, space, wise and that's the case for iPhones forever. You always get shafted with your storage, apple charges, ridiculous amounts for going up to 128 gigs, it's an extra 100 bucks, and, if that matters to you, because you can't expand that internal storage with a micro SD card on either device anymore, the OnePlus 9 takes the cake. You can also get this with 12 gigs of ram, as well as a 256 option.

Furthermore, you just have to pay a bit extra for that. The second big thing that you'll notice is the size or the overall footprint. So clearly we have a bigger device over on the OnePlus 9 and that's mainly due to the display so 6.55 inches compared to 6.1 found over on the iPhone and the displays kind of have benefits and drawbacks themselves. So over on the OnePlus 9, it is a 1080p panel. So a lower screen res the OnePlus 9 pro, on the other hand, has the quad HD screen.

I wouldn't say the screen to body ratio is the best for an android phone. It doesn't go completely edge to edge once again that's comparing to the OnePlus 9 pro, but compared to the iPhone, which I think has stilled one of the most dated looking displays. You still got the oversized forehead. That's of course, the large notch and a couple millimeters on either side, and it is still capped to a 60 hertz panel, whereas over on the OnePlus 9 at least it's adaptive, so it can get all the way up to 120, so it feels quicker. It feels snappier and in a phone of this size you honestly can't really notice pixel peeping and to me easily.

The OnePlus 9 display takes the cake for the rest of the design. Both phones are still very premium. You've got gloss backings on both they are a fingerprint magnet, whichever one you decide to get. I am, though, still a fan of the squared off design of the iPhones. It feels a bit gripper over on the OnePlus.

You've still got a bit of a rounded design. They still have that alert, slider or notification slider that OnePlus is kind of famous for it's. Maybe one of my favorite features that I wish I saw on other phones and the last major difference that we can kind of see. And of course, compare is the camera on the back, and this is where the OnePlus 9 has got a lot of hype, they're actually collaborating with Hasselblad for the first time, one of the most iconic photography brands in the past 50 years, and in my initial unboxing we saw it came in this pretty cool media kit with the first Hasselblad camera that actually went to space. So this is where they're making all the hype around, so we're still using the Sony, mix 689 sensors, that's the 48 megapixel main, but Hasselblad is applying their color science across all the lenses.

We've also got the Hasselblad pro mode where you can change things like white balance, shutter ISO, and it can actually shoot in 12-bit color, which is pretty impressive, and if you compare that to the iPhone which we've kind of had for the longest time now, you've still got the standard wide and ultra-wide, and in these comparisons I was honestly not overly impressed with the performance of the OnePlus 9. I think I was expecting a bit more coming with that Hasselblad name, especially for the main sensor. I found that some images were a bit on the cooler side, and it struggled to find white balance, and in this photo specifically, you can see when I changed from the standard wide to the ultra-wide camera. There was a big difference in the white balance range. The wide version was a lot cooler, whereas the ultra-wide it seemed more realistic, and it was a lot warmer dynamic range seemed to be pretty comparable and other than that white balance issue.

As long as that was fine, I did think color. Reproduction was pretty good. I do think that's a bit more of a software update and I think OnePlus should probably address that, but curious to hear your thoughts on that. If you want a bit more of comprehensive testing and a full camera review, let me know- and I can really test this out to the nines. These were, of course, just a few sample shots between both devices in terms of performance, this one's a tough one as it always is against iPhone versus android.

We've got two different operating systems over on the iPhone. Io's is just so optimized. It's buttery smooth. It works with all of your apple products, so if you're in the Apple ecosystem, I think you already know the answer over on the OnePlus 9. Furthermore, it does have the latest silicone inside.

In all honesty, though, oxygen OS is still my favorite skin over top of android 11, it mimics stock android the most, and I always give big props to OnePlus for doing that, and, I would probably say the biggest upside for the OnePlus. Is the charging you've still got warp charge? 65T? You still get a solid 65 watt charger in the box. That is something that iPhones, sadly cannot say anymore. I know that's a sad comparison to make these days. You can get a full day's use in just 15 minutes of charging, and I think zero to 100 is around 29 minutes.

So definitely that's somewhere, where iPhones tend to kind of lock and are kind of shitty for, but with the performance of the camera, not being as good as I wanted. I think this comparison becomes a real toss-up. I really think it depends on. Are you team iPhone? Are you stuck in that iOS? Are you stuck in the Apple ecosystem or, if you're switching to android? I think it's a solid option. If we could get some of those software updates to the camera, because we've got a solid display, it isn't, of course, quad HD.

I'm willing to sacrifice that for paying less. It's got a great design. I know that we're not really revolutionizing anything, but I guess that is what smartphones are at these days. Hope you guys enjoyed this review. Slash comparison against both of these flagships, curious, which device you would take and remember.

I've got an OnePlus 9 giveaways from my initial OnePlus comparison against the nine versus nine pro. So make sure you guys check that out, and I will catch the rest of you in one of my next vids' peace.

Source : Karl Conrad