Today I got my hands on the latest mid-range phone from OnePlus – the OnePlus POCO F5…Sorry, it’s the OnePlus Ace 3V! When I first got the phone, I really thought that this phone was just like the POCO f5, with a similar design, the same flat screen, the similar plastic frame, and the same excellent Snapdragon 7+ series chip. Even their prices are close to each other.

After spending some time with this phone, I’m willing to call it a fully upgraded POCO F5.By the way, If you want to buy this latest Ace 3V, you can check it out on GeekWills:

Unboxing

The OnePlus Ace 3V is packed in the iconic red color box, and when you open the package, there’s a black case, a 100W charger, and A to C charging cable, and of course the phone.

However, it is worth noting that the maximum output power is not the same at different voltage inputs, the maximum output power can only be reached at 200-240V.

Design

Back to the phone, The Ace 3V only comes in two colors, purple and grey. I got the grey version and as you can see it’s a very solid grey.

The Ace 3V is made with a glass back cover, comparing it to the POCO F5, I must say that Oneplus has done a better job when it comes to texture, and in the same way as Redmi, the Ace 3V also uses a plastic frame.

The biggest change on the exterior is of course the camera, it has a 26mm main camera and a 16mm ultrawide camera.

and it also comes with the world’s only “diamond ring” flash.

yes we call it that way, because this circle right here is designed like a ring flash, but there is only one single LED bead there, SO it looks like a diamond ring.

I bet Beyonce will like this phone a lot, because”If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it”.

The Ace 3V has a 6.74 inches straight screen and pretty small bezels.

when compare it to the Redmi Note12 Tubro, it looks that they are very close.

In terms of weight, the phone weighs 204g and with the curved glass back on the back, it feels pretty good in the hand.

In terms of other configurations that we all care about, I have created a table, you can pause and take a closer look at them.

So overall I think the Ace 3V is unimpressive in design, it’s just a very mid-range like phone.

Performance

Unlike the boring look, the performance is outstanding at this price point, it uses a powerful combination of 7+ Gen3 LPDDR5X and UFS4.0, compared to the Redmi Note12 Tubro, the Ace 3V is stronger both in soc and IO performance.

First of all, about this SOC, it not only inherits the excellent CPU cores of 8 Gen3, but also has a similar core quantity as 8 Gen2. The only problem is that the 7+gen3 has a big downgrade in L3 cache to just 4MB.

We did some testing as well and you can see that the 7+Gen3 is very close to the 8s Gen3, but both are slightly weaker than the 8 Gen2. Overall, this is a very powerful flagship level mid-range chip.

In the gaming test, I chose to test in the underwater area where the performance pressure is high, we set it to the highest graphics.

the average frame rate in 20 minutes was 56fps, very good performance. My only complaint compared to some phones with 8 Gen 2, the power consumption of the Ace 3V will be slightly higher.

In PUBG mobile, the chip shows excellent power consumption control, after setting to smooth graphics and extreme frame rate, it only needs 2.61W, and can run the game very smoothly. This is a very strong performance at low loads.

Overall the Ace 3V is a good gaming phone, the straight screen delivers a good gaming experience and the 7+ Gen3 chip is good enough for most games. However, like the 8s Gen3, too much cache downgrades results in high power consumption for both chips under high loads. Overall, these are still very good chips.

Screen

The Ace 3V uses a straight 6.74inches screen and the resolution is sharp enough at 1.5k. My only complaint about the screen is that the manual brightness is somewhat conservative at only 500nit.

In terms of dimming.DC like dimming at High brightness, 2160HZ PWM dimming at low brightness, this is a good strategy.

Camera

The Ace 3V has a 26mm main camera and a 16mm ultrawide camera, I wouldn’t expect too much from the cameras, as far as camera hardware goes.

Of course I did take some sample shots, you can take a closer look.

Overall, the main camera performs quite well. It’s good enough for everyday shooting.

Battery & Charging

The battery capacity is 5500mAh, and also keeps the weight at 204g, which will definitely satisfy most people in daily use.

The 100W charging performance is also very good, and it only takes 30 minutes to fully charge this 5500mAh battery. There is no doubt that Battery&Charging is the strength of Ace 3V.

Conclusion

In my opinion, the OnePlus Ace 3V is a nice phone with good value for money: It has a powerful chip, a nice screen, and excellent Battery&Charging solution. as I said at the beginning, you can take the Ace 3V as a completely upgraded version of the Poco F5. Considering this point, you should get a good experience with this phone.

By the way, If you want to buy this latest Ace 3V, you can check out Geekwill.com

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