OnePlus 8 vs OnePlus 8 Pro - Which Is The Better Deal? By Unbox Therapy

So, as you guys know, I recently unboxed the OnePlus 8 Pro, and that's not the only device that OnePlus put out they put out a standard, one plus eight, with a small price discrepancy coming in a hundred dollars cheaper and with a very similar spec list. So since I went into great detail on the OnePlus 8 Pro, it only makes sense to do a comparison here between the one plus eight and the one plus eight pro the pro brethren of the standard, one plus eight, so anyways I'm going to have this one on standby and let's jump inside the box and take a closer look at the standard one plus eight. Now this one is in the interstellar glow, color 12, GB, RAM, 256 ROM. There are two variations of each of the pro and non-Pro model. You can either get 8 gigs of ram or 12 gigs of ram and that's a $100 upgrade I am excited to check out this interstellar glow color. Of course, I had to have really nice.

Looking blue on the OnePlus 8 Pro, the packaging is identical by the way, the box, the new OnePlus logo, as you can see, greeted by your OnePlus paperwork. Also in here you're going to have some stickers, they give you a whole sticker setup this time around here is the device I'm going to put it to the side for just a moment. Besides in the package, you have your USB cable, one plus special USB, cable, red with white tips, type-c and then there's a warp charge, power, brick also in the package. So this is missing some of the things that came in the pro model package, including a freebie case. Now, one of the differences between this device, whoa we'll check out the interstellar glow I, think that might be a cooler even more cyberpunk setup than the blue.

That I got on the pro model. I'm also noticing right away that this is way lighter than the pro model. What don't pull? My goodness look in a mirror finish on this thing. Okay, this couldn't be more different from the pro model. This thing is reflective.

It's got it's like one of the most reflective phones, I've ever seen. I'm going to get a reflection. There's me this is wild. This thing is going to shimmer, it's going to collect fingerprints, but it is like five hundred different colors in one Wow. Now the package like I, said it strikes you right away, just how much lighter it is.

Then the pro model look at this now from a form-factor perspective, they're very close, but weight wise. You do notice a difference and also thickness. The other thing you're going to pick up on is the camera hump or lack thereof on the non-pro model, it's a little more slender and I. Don't know. Call me crazy.

I might say in my hand that the non-Pro model actually has a slightly more luxurious feel. Is that wild? Is that crazy, I? Don't know why that is. Maybe it's just this weight ratio and the balance of the thing, but that is a very cool color interstellar glow. It's like 500, different colors, and I'm, seeing pink I'm, seeing blue I'm, seeing gold for sure, depending on the angle with which you look at it now. Yes, it's cool-looking, yes, has a nice balance to, but it does not have all the features that the pro model has in it and one of the big ones.

That's missing here then I'm, a'm, a big fan of, or at least I'm, really excited to try out on the pro model. Is this warp charge over wireless charging? So yes, they of course include a warp charge. Power brick, which is gonna, get this thing to 50 percent charge in like 20 minutes, maybe a little over 20 minutes, but one plus, of course, they debuted. This warp charge wireless charging, which in 30 minutes, is going to give you 50 percent of your charge on the pro model, which also happens to have a slightly larger battery than the one you've got in the non-pro but anyways. What can you expect here? You're dealing with a smaller form factor phone? That's lighter in the hand it's going to have a smaller battery in it moving around the device.

We have our USB port at the bottom type-c connector. You have your volume rocker over on the other side, and then you have the famous textured OnePlus programmable switch. You have a power button in that location the whole. This feels crazy, comfy in my hand, the front of the device slightly lower resolution display than the pro model, similar camera cutout in the top corner. Why don't we just boot it up, let's go ahead and do that very quick set up there? Let's check out the display, so another thing I should mention one of the drawbacks of going with the non-pro model.

You only get a 90 Hertz display compared to a 120. Now whether your eyeballs can pick up that difference, it seems to be a personal thing. Of course, I covered it in a recent video I showed the difference actually between 60 Hertz, all the way up to 144 Hertz with 90 and 120 in between. So you can go watch that see if you can spot the difference, but the pro model on the left here slightly bigger and dimension slightly higher resolution display and 120 Hertz, which for me, that's just too much of a list to ignore for $100 more, but I could see some people opting for the non-Pro model just because they want something a little more manageable. In a single-handed scenario, it's evident to me just popping it out of the box.

This is gonna, be set up for 90 Hertz out of the box, I believe if we click the display settings here and look into advanced screen, refresh 90 Hertz out of the box and just like on the pro model, you can knock that back to 60 Hertz if you would prefer greater battery life now. Another thing to mention with the non-Pro models, seeing is how it has a slightly less large camera bump. There isn't as much wobble to it on the back. This has to be maybe the largest OnePlus camera bump that I've seen on any of their devices. Of course, it's at the trend in 2020, but this one, the non-pro a little more typical to what you're, probably comfortable with at the moment so again, I think.

The message here with this particular device is the trim and slim form factor the slim version of the pro model. Now, the other big difference between these devices is the camera setup you're, giving up the telephoto camera if you go for the non-pro bottle, but you do have your ultra-wide in there, and you have a dedicated macro camera which, as you guys know, and I demonstrated in the pro model, video that can be really fun to use creatively, get up close to certain subjects and objects. Now, on the pro, the wide-angle lens is going to double as your crow camera, then, on the non-Pro model, your macro camera is going to be dedicated, so it's sitting there on its own, and you lose out on the telephoto. Where do I stand on this I think if you're going to have to select between having an ultra-wide and a telephoto, you take the ultra-wide if you're forced to pick between the two? Of course, if you step up to the pro you're, not forced to choose, you get to have both that are in there, but it's at the expense of this much larger camera hump. When I hold these in the profile, you can see.

It's trust me it's bigger now from a horsepower perspective, they should be comparable. Of course, we're talking about snapdragon, 865, and you'd have to get that chip. Given the price point of either of these two devices, let's launch into the camera real quick, and why don't? We actually shoot the pro model from the non-pro here. So what do we end up with? Well, as you can see, by default, we step out the gate. At the 1x perspective, we can bounce out to the wide perspective and, interestingly, I didn't see any color shift in the white balance on this model, like I, saw on the pro model, so the super macro mode is up here in the interface identified by this little icon, this little flower icon.

To me, it doesn't seem like a massive improvement to turn off super macro and just bounce into the zoom I think I actually get a better result on there. So this is your 2x zoom and to me, it's about as detailed and about as magnified as that macro setting that's on here. That's the macro there in fact, I might even prefer the EU X for a close-up here in this particular environment, which is strange. Much like I was able to show off in the pro model, video you're, seeing detail in the table here now. As far as the main camera is concerned, nice detail sharpness, and we've also got the ultra-wide baked in which is not as wide as the pro model.

Now the selfie that I shot on the pro model, it was a. It was scary that selfie it was particle level. It was showcasing all kinds of detail. Tremendous detail with the beauty mode turned off. I was really impressed by that.

Let's see if this one can replicate. Of course, this is a well-lit environment. Yes, I think it has effectively replicated beard hair test. Off-The-Charts I can see the focus peaking on the lens, just lighten up like a Christmas tree. That's a good sign, Dolph performance should be suitable, should be acceptable to you and probably give you more detail than you want to see of yourself.

That was definitely the case on the pro model and believe it or not. That's what I like to see I like to see I like to see the detail to the point where you can appreciate every line and little wrinkle and so forth. That's part of being a technology enthusiast. Even if you have to look at your ugly self, you understand that's how it works. Now.

This speaker setup was pretty good on the pro model. How about on the non-pro dual firing from the bottom and from the earpiece, your low-end, coming from the bottom, your detail coming from the earpiece? Let's listen to a little of dialogue, real quick in the past when stepping yeah- it's all it's all there. Okay, so I'm, satisfied with that. I'd say that one might be a little tiny touch louder. What is the story with these two devices? How do you compare? How do you figure out? Which of these is right for you, because you're checking it out you're trying to figure it out? You don't have them in your hand, so I'm trying to be useful here, for you obviously I'm attracted to the Pearl model.

It's got the pro title. It's got the pro designation. Furthermore, it seems simple, it's straightforward. Furthermore, it's got the warp charge on the wireless I've been talking about wireless charging for a couple of thousand years, uh. That said, somehow the non-pro model feels like a slightly more finished product.

In your hand, what a bizarre thing to say: it's, a little less jagged, it's a little smoother around the edges. The balance of it just feels more polished, maybe that's why they made it. Maybe that's why they're so close in price I feel like if you held both of these phones. You definitely wouldn't feel like you were taking a step back with the non-pro variant. That said, it's only a hundred dollar difference, which is kind of a weird difference.

It's like if you're, already spending, 800 bucks, 700 bucks, you're, really you're in the territory you're in the pro model area you're in the pro model arena, and do you really not want to have the pro model? The only reason I could really see going for the non-Pro seriously is if your number one concern is single-handed functionality and the comfort of an incredibly slender phone. You got to remember when I'm talking about form factor I'm, not just talking about the dimension. This way, I'm talking about the overall volume of the device and somehow with its extra slimness and just being trimmed a tiny bit in almost every direction. It does feel different in your hand, but you know for me: it's got to be the pro I'm going pro 120 Hertz instead of 90 warp charge on the wireless, not just on the wire higher resolution display bigger battery. What are we doing here.

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