OnePlus 8 vs OnePlus 7T Full Review | Which one should you get? By TecworkZ

"Music" Hey guys it’s Sagar from Tecworkz. In this video lets us compare the Oneplus 8 with the 7T, and see weather its enough of an upgrade. Looking at the comments on my camera comparison between these 2 phones, lot of you guys still seem very confused, so hopefully this video will clear things up for you. Now I am not going to waste anytime, and we will jump right into the comparison. First things first, if you are already using the OnePlus 7T, keep using it. You already have a very good phone, and the OnePlus 8 is not enough of an upgrade over the 7T.

So that is it for the guys who already have the 7T. Now if you don’t have the 7T and if you are using an older phone, the choice is going to be a bit difficult, and there are a few things that you need to consider. We are going to start with the most important factor that anyone worries about while getting a new smartphone, Price. There are 2 variants of OnePlus 7T, and both of them have received a price cut.8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant goes for Rs.34,999, while the 8GB RAM and 256GB Storage variant is available for Rs.37,999. There are 3 variants of the OnePlus 8.6GB RAM and 128GB storage variant available exclusively at amazon is priced at Rs.41,999.8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant is priced at Rs.44,999 and the maxed out 12GB RAM and 256GB storage variant is priced at Rs.49,999. So there is a Rs.7000 price difference between the base variants of both these phones. Now if price is the most important factor for you, and if you just can’t stretch your budget beyond Rs.35,000, then OnePlus 7T seems to be your only option. If you can spend the extra money, But you want to figure out if the OnePlus 8 is worth that money, let us see what that extra 7K gets you.

Just a side note, the base variant of the 7T is almost always conveniently out of stock, so if you are looking at the 7T, be ready to spend Rs.38K. The build quality of both these phones is pretty much the same. Premium feeling Gorilla Glass sandwiching a metal frame. Personally I feel the round camera module on the 7T give it a different look and better personality, while the OnePlus 8 looks more like the OnePlus 7 Pro. Both colours of the 7T get matte finish with itched glass, while only one colour of the Oneplus 8 has this itched glass back, other 2 just have regular glossy glass back.

Personally I feel the itched glass back looks much better. Now while the build quality is pretty much same on both these phones, Curved glass front of the OnePlus 8 makes it feel much more premium in the hand. I don’t like how the light refracts on these curved edges while watching videos, but it definitely looks cool. Buttons and ports are similar on both the phones. On the right side, they have the power/sleep wake button, and the alert slider above it.

At the top, there is just a noise cancelling microphone. On the left side that have the volume rocker. And at the bottom there is a SIM tray on the left, a microphone beside it, USB type C port for charging and data transfer, and speaker grill in the end. SIM tray on both can also hold 2 nano SIM cards, the difference is OnePlus 8 has support for 5G connectivity. I know that 5G is non existent right now, and chances are it will be this way for another 2 years at-least.

But you should know that OnePlus smartphones are good for 3-4 years, so if you buy the 8 now, you will be ready for the 5G wave when it hits us. Just something to think about while making your purchase decision. Both get a stereo speaker setup and they can get pretty loud, but the ones on the OnePlus 8 deliver a bit deeper audio making it feel richer. Sadly, both don’t get the 3.5mm headphone jack. Coming to the displays.

Both the phones have a 6.55 inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 2400x1080 pixels and 90Hz refresh rate. Colours contrast and viewing angels are excellent on both these phones. Both of them also get bright enough to be easily viewable in outdoor lighting conditions.7T gets a more traditional water drop or dew drop notch, whereas the OnePlus 8 gets punch hole style cutout for a front facing camera. Which one do you prefer, let me know in the comments. Since the display on the 8 is curved, its side bezels seem to be smaller than they actually are.

I have never been a fan of the curved edges, because that means there are a lot of accidental touches, as the palm rejection is not that great, specially on OnePlus smartphones. Now I have that issue with the OnePlus 8 as well, but only while using it without the case. While using it with the case, I found that the accidental touch issue is reduced to almost negligible, because my palms are not longs too close to the display. Bottom chin is ever so slightly smaller on the OnePlus 8 than on the 7T. The in display fingerprint sensor on both is pretty fast and accurate.

Since the Oneplus 8 has curved edges, trying to unlock it is a bit easier. Its fingerprint sensor is also more conveniently located, where as the one on the 7T is a bit too low for the finger to naturally reach. For the internals, OnePlus 7T gets the Snapdragon 855 Plus processor with Adreno 640 GPU and 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM, coupled with 128 or 256GB storage. While the OnePlus 8 comes with a newer Snapdragon 865 Processor, with Adreno 650 GPU, X55 5G chipset, 6 and 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM with 128GB of storage, and 12GB of RAM with 256GB of Storage. I think a bigger difference is in the battery capacities of these phones.7T comes with a 3800mAh battery which is not enough to take it through a full day if you are a heavy user. I mostly got 5 or 5 and half hours of screen on time on the 7T.

But the 4300mAh battery on the OnePlus 8 is capable of comfortably taking you through the full day, even if you are a heavy user. You can easily get 7+ hours of screen on time on the 8. In clutch situations, you can always drop down the display refresh rate to 60Hz, to save up some battery on both these phones. And if you feel that you can’t really tell the difference between the 60 and 90 Hz mode, you are actually better off leaving the phone to 60 Hz, all the time. Now some of you might find this suggestion to be a bit crazy.

But I have showed the phone to quite a few of my friends, and almost 80% couldn’t tell the difference, even when I switched from 60 to 90Hz refresh rate, in front of them. When it’s time to charge the phones, both come with the 30T warp charger, which can juice them up pretty fast. Both don’t get the wireless charging support like the OnePlus 8 Pro. OnePlus 8 gets a few new internals, and while this makes it a bit faster, chances are you won’t notice the difference unless you compare these phones side by side. When we open the same apps on both of them, OnePlus 8 is a hair faster at opening all of them.

That doesn’t mean the 7T is slow by any means, it still packs in a flagship processor from last year and is a very fast and capable phone, and will remain so for a few more years. You can even play demanding games on it and it will run them without even breaking a sweat, it’s just that the battery on the 7T won’t last as long as the OnePlus 8. So you might wonder, what exactly is the use of the more powerful processor on the 8? As I showed you, it is a bit faster at opening apps, it gets the 5G Mode, and it will keep on performing at its peak capacity for longer than the 7T. The power management and the Image signal processor is also better on the new chip inside the OnePlus 8. Since we are at the top of Image signal Processors, let us check out the cameras on these phones.

Both the phones get a triple camera setup on their back, but the design of the camera module is very different on both. Primary camera on both these phones get the same Optically Stabilised 48 megapixel Sony IMX586 sensor. On the 7T, it is coupled with a F/1.6 aperture and a 7 element lens, which gives it a 26mm focal length. While on the OnePlus 8, it gets F/1.75 aperture and a 6 element lens, again giving it a 26mm focal length. Aperture size and lens optics take a step back as we go from the OnePlus 7T to the OnePlus 8.

I am not sure what OnePlus is trying to pull here, because even after charging more money for the OnePlus 8, the lens optics on its primary camera seems to be inferior than one on the OnePlus 7T. Next, both get a 16 megapixel sensor with F/2.2 aperture and an ultra wide lens. On the OnePlus 7T, this ultra wide lens is used for taking macro shots, while the OnePlus 8 gets a separate 2 megapixel macro sensor with F/2.4 aperture. OnePlus 7T gets another 12 megapixel sensor with F/2.2 aperture and a 51mm lens, which gives it a 2x optical zoom. You don’t get this lens on the OnePlus 8, so it has to rely on 2x digital zoom.

At the front both these phones again get the same 16 megapixel Sony IMX471 sensor. One on the 7T gets a slightly wider field of view and a F/2.0 aperture, while the one on the OnePlus 8 gets a much narrower F/2.45 aperture. If we just look at the camera specs, OnePlus 8 doesn’t even look like an upgrade over the 7T, but if you saw my dedicated camera comparison between these phones, we know the Image Signal Processor on the Snapdragon 865 helps the 8 deliver better results. Here are a few image samples from both these phones. I won’t tell you which one is better, I would like for you to look at these images and decide which ones look better to you.

I have a lot to say about the camera on these phones, but if I do that this video will be much longer than it already is. So if you want my views on the cameras of these phones, I suggest you check out my dedicated camera comparison. I will leave a card to it on the top right corner of your screen, and also link it in the description section. There are over 60 image and video samples in that video from both the phones, so make sure you check it out. If you want the jist of that video, I feel the 865 processor on the OnePlus 8 makes the images from its primary camera look better.

There are more details in its daylight images, and the contrast and colours also look better in its images. I also prefer the portrait shots from the 8, but the 7T is much better at taking detailed macros and selfies are also better from it, despite of having the same sensor. For some reason, I feel the 7T does a better job in lower lighting situations. All that being said, the camera performance on both these phones can be greatly improved by using a comparable Gcam mod on them. If we are being honest, the difference in the images is not night and day, and most average users won’t notice it, if they are not comparing these images side by side.

So you will have to be the judge if the difference between these images is worth the extra money for you or not. If I was making this choice, I would get the 8, mainly because I like the colours in its images better and I mostly take portraits with my smartphone, which as we saw are much better from this phone than the 7T. That brings us to the Software, which can make or break the Users experience of using any phone. Both of them are running on the later version of Oxygen OS that is built for them, on top of Android 10. Oxygen OS is one of the main reason that People choose OnePlus phones.

It is simple, fast, yet feature rich, and for the most part, it stays out of your way letting you enjoy the overall experience. Now the oxygen OS hasn’t been very smooth for the last year or so. I have experienced a few lags and stutters throughout the interface, and that is on both these phones. It is not anything major, and I have a feeling most average users won’t even notice it, but I still feel OnePlus needs to work on refining the software experience. Software update is not an issue on OnePlus smartphones.

They are quick at pushing out security patches and even major updates to your phone. OnePlus also promises 2 years of major software updates and 3 years of security updates for their phones. But looking at their past record, they do better than that. So on the software front both are on even grounds. Looking back at all these things.

For the extra money, OnePlus 8 is giving you a newer processor with better GPU which results in slightly faster overall experience.5G capability for whenever the networks are ready. Better Image signal Processor, so it takes better images with the same sensor which is on the 7T. Much better battery backup, software support for at- least 6 months linger than the 7T. A bit more premium feel in hand thanks to a futuristic looking curved display. Better placement of the notch, which is not too intrusive while playing games.

And finally having the satisfaction of owning the newer or the latest device from OnePlus. Now you have to decide wether these things are worth the extra 7K to you. My suggestion would be, if you are planning to use a phone for more than 2.5 or 3 years, spend the extra money and get the OnePlus 8. But if you are planning to upgrade to a new phone again in the next 2 years, you can go with the 7T and save urself some cash. Even by going with the OnePlus 7T, other than the better battery life, you are not missing up on a lot.

It all comes down to how much are these benefits of the OnePlus 8 worth to you. Look at all these points again if you want to, and make an informed decision. Whatever decision you make, let me know in the comments. While I don’t recommend upgrading to the OnePlus 8 if you already have the 7T. But I know a small group of people will still want to do that, if you are one of those, please let me know in the comments, the thought process behind your decision.

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