OnePlus 8T in-depth review (full camera dive with close up photos) By CNET

Back in April, so about a decade ago, in 2020 time, Chinese phone maker, one plus released two great 5g phones, the OnePlus 8 and the 8 pro at launch. They started at 700 and 900 respectively. Now the company announced a new 5g phone that fits right in between those April devices. It costs.749 dollars has a similar design as the 8, but carries over some better specs of the 8 pro. This is the newly unveiled OnePlus 8t. Besides the big camera bump on the back, the OnePlus 8t looks pretty similar to the OnePlus 8.

It has the same vibrant 6.55 inch display with a sharp 1080p resolution, but the OnePlus 8t's AMOLED screen has a 120hz refresh rate. This makes the phone feel buttery smooth and fast. It's one of my favorite things about the phone and scrolling through social media feeds and home screen pages just feels super quick and responsive. Like the OnePlus 8, the 8t has a standard ultra-wide and macro camera, but it also has a fourth monochrome camera. This camera doesn't take photos itself but helps out with lighting when you want to take black and white photos, it's something I hardly ever do, and I'd rather have something like a telephoto camera.

Instead, I will say, though, that OnePlus did slightly improve the macro camera instead of 2 megapixels like it was on the OnePlus 8. It's now 5. I mean I still prefer shooting close up with the standard camera, but at least colors aren't as washed out and details are a bit sharper than last time for video. The OnePlus 8t now has portrait mode for recording, so it blurs the background for a both. Like effect, the mode adds more polish and drama to your footage which I like, but the feature isn't always perfect.

The camera also has a super stable mode for recording video and when I turn it on, while riding a bike on even cement pavement, the video turned out steady and smooth. The OnePlus 8t runs android 11 out of the box and has a refresh interface that has improved for the better menus, look more streamlined, modern and clean, and I like it a lot. A few new software goodies include a cool visualizer on the always on display that lets. You see how many times in a day, you unlock your phone OnePlus digital well-being, app zen mode, still limits phone functionality when you want to focus. But now you can invite your friends to join in a group session of zen mode, which is something I can't imagine anyone ever doing.

There will be more software extras, like native voice, transcription and built-in document editing software coming in November, the OnePlus 8t has the same snapdragon 855 processors as the 8 and 8 pro, and even the galaxy s20, its performance feels zippy, and benchmark scores were on par with all the other phones inside is a 4.5 ampere hour battery a capacity that's again between the OnePlus, 8 and 8 pro. A preliminary battery test for continuous video playback on airplane mode showed a result of about 24 hours for comparison. The 8 and 8 pro clocked in about 19 hours, while this is an improvement, be sure to check in with the written review for final battery results. One new thing about battery and charging is that the phone comes with a 65 watt warp charger. Now the charger is chunky like you'd expect, but it's compatible with devices that support 45 watt pd charging too.

So it can quickly charge. Other things you may have like laptops OnePlus says the bigger warp charger can juice up the 8t from 0 to 58 in 15 minutes, and a full charge takes only 39 minutes. I found the reality to be longer than that myself, but I'm still undergoing testing at the time of this video so again head over to the written review for an update on this. There are a few things that the OnePlus 8t doesn't have, however, that you can get on the 8 pro. The 8t doesn't have wireless charging, it doesn't have reverse wireless charging, and it doesn't have a telephoto lens.

Like I mentioned earlier. Also, while the unlocked model of the 8t is protected against some water spills, it doesn't have an IP rating. The T-Mobile variant, though, is rated ip68 now, given that the OnePlus 8t cost 749 dollars and OnePlus has lowered the price of the eight and eight pro by a hundred dollars. I'm still digging the eight a bit more, especially since the eight now costs seven hundred dollars at the same memory configuration don't get me wrong. The 120hz display is brilliant, and I'm sure whatever OnePlus phone you go with you'll, be satisfied, but I'm not quite down to pay more for a bump in battery life and a monochrome camera that I'll, probably hardly use and remember the OnePlus 8 came out in April.

It's still a great phone in its own right. It has a long battery life and a smooth 90hz display. I know mentally it feels like April, was a long time ago, but the notion that the OnePlus 8 is an old phone, just hasn't settled in yet plus with a lowered price. It's even more compelling. That's it for me today for more tech videos, including my OnePlus, 8 and 8 pro review, check out the rest of cent's channel and be sure to subscribe.

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