OnePlus‘ latest flagship, the OnePlus 8T is one of the best smartphones in its price category. The device comes with a 120Hz Fluid AMOLED screen and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset. The device is also complemented by a quad-camera set up and the 65W Warp Charge.

One aspect that OnePlus has repeatedly harped on is the camera capability of the device’s camera. OnePlus had teased the 8T camera sample on Twitter before it was launched, with the teaser bearing the caption: “When the stars come up, we bring our OnePlus 8T out!”

Indeed the camera has been nothing short of impressive and OnePlus is intent on flaunting the camera with its latest short film which was shot using the OP8T’s camera.

The film titled, ‘Stop at Nothing’ reiterates the need to use the technology around you productively and taking the time to disconnect, talking of digital wellbeing. The short film stares Kalki Koechlin and is produced by Lightstream. OnePlus 8T is capable of shooting videos up to 4K @60fps. Users can choose a more cinematic 21:9 crop as well.

Narrated through spoken-word poetry written by Kalki Koechlin, ‘Stop at Nothing’ underlines the downsides of being hyper-connected and highlights the need to disconnect while reiterating the use of technology and digital platforms for what they were originally intended — platforms to create, connect and collaborate.

Commenting on the campaign film, Siddhant Narayan, Head of Marketing at OnePlus India stated,

“We live in a time where our smartphones have become our one-stop destination for everything from work and news updates to entertainment and connecting with loved ones. As a technology brand, we understand how important it is to perceive our devices as an extension of the self, for helping us boost creativity and productivity and not something that we become dependent on. With this film, we hope to make people cognizant of using technology for the betterment of ourselves, emphasizing the importance of disconnecting from time to time”.

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If you’re familiar with OnePlus smartphones, you already know that the T series best fits the company’s early philosophy of giving you the best value for an affordable price tag. Compared to the Pro series, T models have cheaper prices but reserve the core experience and performance of a flagship. We are increasingly hearing complaints about the Pro’s expensive price tag, which no longer aligns with the philosophy of Flagship Killer once popularized by OnePlus. So now the Pro models are just flagships instead of flagship killers.

On the contrary, the more affordable T models can be called as flagship killers. But, how about the new OnePlus 8T? Let’s check out in this quick review of the OnePlus 8T.

Let’s look at its design first. The OnePlus 8T comes with a different design philosophy than the previous models. The camera setup no longer lies at the top center of the back. Instead, like what we’ve seen on most 2020 flagships, it has been moved to the upper left corner. But to be honest, the design of the camera combination looks a bit ordinary and boring. Nothing really catches my eyes here. 

But OnePlus has still used a fantastic glass finish at the back, which does lead to both outstanding visual and holding experience, whether it’s the Aquamarine Green that we have in our hands or the Lunar Silver color. At first glance, what really impressed us is the lightweight and thin body. The weight of around 190g is really unusual for a 2020 flagship smartphone and feels refreshing.

OnePlus 8T Review Display

Over the past few years, OnePlus has invested heavily in its display, making it a huge selling point for its flagship models. And from what we can see on the OnePlus 8T, we can indeed experience the high-quality display. So clearly the company’s efforts have paid off and the screen deserves praise. Compared to the 2K display on the OnePlus 8 Pro, the 1080P display of the 8T can be considered as a downgrade. However, it’s still one of the best 1080P smartphone displays in the market. To us, the biggest surprise of the 6.55-inch 1080P Fluid display is neither the 120Hz refresh rate nor the certified HDR10+ support, but the smooth automatic brightness. With the maximum 1100nits and 8192-level adjustable brightness, viewing dynamic contents on this display turned out to be a great experience no matter in indoor low light conditions or bright outdoors.

In addition, unlike the 8 Pro’s curved display, the 8T uses a flat panel, which is definitely a good message for those who were worried about miss touches from curved displays on its predecessor. However, the flat display is not as immersive as the curved screens on the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro models. 

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OnePlus 8T Review: Cameras

As for the cameras, I think most of you won’t be so excited. From the hardware perspective, the 8T applies a 2019 flagship setup, a common quad-combination led by a Sony IMX586 main-camera sensor. Apart from this, the combination contains a 16MP wide-angle camera, a 5MP Macro camera, and another 2MP Monochrome camera. Unfortunately, there is no telephoto camera on the 8T. Anyway, let’s look at some samples shot from these cameras.

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Well, we actually didn’t expect the Sony IMX586 to give us surprises as it has been in the market for almost 2 years. But when we compared the samples shot on the 8T and the 8 Pro, we found that the 8T is much more competitive than what we imagined.

It’s probably because when we compared it to newer flagship sensors, the IMX586 has got mature software optimization and now is able to maintain stable performance under most conditions. Under good lighting, the samples shot on the 8T have no big difference from what we shot on the 8 Pro. From the color contrast to color preference, they shared a close image style and both produced excellent resolution. And the 48MP original resolution of the IMX 586 also allows users to catch more detailed images with the 48MP high-resolution mode.

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And the true difference appears in their night shooting. Under night scenes, the insufficient noise control of the IMX586 was showing on the 8T. Otherwise, the brightening strategy used by the 8T’s camera is not so smart. It’s more like a process to simply improve the overall image brightness without correcting its exposure.

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Now let’s look at its wide-angle camera. As the 48MP IMX 586 sensor is used for the 8 Pro’s wide-angle camera, no doubt it took a huge lead in this round. The 8T’s 16MP wide-angle camera has good color reproduction and good contrast, and also has a slightly wider angle. Otherwise, it couldn’t surprise us over resolution and noise control. When you compare it with the samples shot by the IMX586 on the 8 Pro, which is using a 4-in-1 pixel technology, the samples from the 8T are much noisy.

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When we moved to night scenes, the gap was much smaller. But the Pro still has an advantage in overall brightness and clarity. But the 8T is a bit better at extreme brightness control.

Let’s look at the macro samples now. Although the 8T has a dedicated macro lens, the 5MP resolution didn’t show much strength over the image details and pureness. And in low lighting, the noise turned out to be worse.

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The monochrome camera is mainly used to help record information between black and white in the monochrome filter. We can see that the contrast and gray gradient are pretty good from the samples. 

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Finally, we shot a few video samples on the 8T, and also on the 8 Pro for reference. Well, it didn’t exceed our expectations. Check our OnePlus 8T review video added on top to see the video sample. 

 The 8T also equips a snapdragon 865 chipset, which should lead to a very close performance to the 8 Pro. From the results of the benchmarks, we found that there’s really nothing different about the CPU and GPU performance. All the results were so close to each other. But comparing it with all the smartphones running the snapdragon 865, their results were not so outstanding. 

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Then we moved on to actual gaming. 

OnePlus 8T Review: Gaming

Unfortunately, we didn’t really have access to the best gaming performance of the 865-chipset on the 8T. It seems that for some reason, the software would have a 60-framerate limit in some games. So in PUBG Mobile, although we unlocked a 120Hz mode, the phone could only run it under 60fps without much fluctuation. The next game we played is Genshin Impact, which is a new game run on multiple platforms. For a fluent gaming experience, it extremely requires the high performance of CPU, and the game itself has a framerate lock of 60fps. Under the highest graphics, most of the time the 8T maintained a high-level framerate, but the visual experience got a bit more fluctuated than what we expected.

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We then tried several other games and the 8T is still able to give us an excellent gaming experience. After all, the Snapdragon is still one of the best chipsets for Android phones. And surprisingly, it had an excellent cooling effect during our 30mins gaming test, which is quite impressive for such a lightweight phone.

OnePlus 8T Review: Battery

The performance of battery and charging is one of the few upgrades for the 8T. They both equip a 4500mAh battery. And we did a 4-hour power-consumption test between the 8T and the 8 Pro. Starting with full power, we continuously used these two models to play 720P videos for an hour, then used social media apps for another hour, spent another hour on TikTok, and finally played PUBG Mobile for the last hour. Due to the higher display resolution, the OnePlus 8 Pro eventually consumed 4 percent more power than the 8T in the test. After the test, the 8T still had 55% of power left, which is a pretty good battery result for a snapdragon 865 phone, and we have to mention that it also has a 120Hz display.

The greatest upgrade should be the 65W fast-charging efficiency. The full-charge test only took us 33mins, which was much faster than the 8 Pro’s 30W charging efficiency. But a disappointing downgrade in the charging department is that there is no wireless charging.

So that’s it. If I had to pick one model which adheres to OnePlus’ core philosophy in 2020, I will pick the OnePlus 8T. It has flagship-level performance, one of the best 1080P displays, upgraded charging efficiency, lighter body design, and good camera performance that went beyond our expectations. And most importantly, it has a reasonable price as a ‘flagship killer’. 

The OnePlus 8T is up for grabs for a discounted price of $549. If interested, check it out on Oppomart.

So how do you like the OnePlus 8T? Is it the best 2020 OnePlus Phone For you?

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The internet has been buzzing with news that OnePlus will soon announce the OnePlus 8T smartphone after initial rumours that the 8T would be skipped this year. More interesting is the rumour that the OnePlus 8T will come with support for 65W Warp charge support. OnePlus has officially announced that the OP8T will indeed bring support for the 65W Warp charge just as rumoured. This was disclosed by the company in a press release today.

The 65W Warp Charge dubbed Warp Charge 65 will debut as OnePlus’ fastest charging solution yet. The solution more than double the charging speed of its predecessor, Warp Charge 30T and is capable of charging the OnePlus 8T 5G’s 4500mAh battery fully in 39 minutes and deliver up to 58% charge in just 15 minutes.

According to OnePlus’ CEO Pete Lau, “Charging should be quick and simple to help make your digital life as burdenless as possible.” He added, “With OnePlus’ focus on delivering a fast and smooth flagship experience, we changed our approach to fast charging with the OnePlus 8T 5G. Our new Warp Charge 65 technology will continue to transform the way people think about charging.”

OnePlus says the OnePlus 8T will have a twin-battery design which is similar to the battery setup utilised on the Find X2 series by OPPO, a fellow BBK subsidiary. The Find X2 features a pair of 2,130mAh cells and has onboard OPPO’s 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 charging technology charges both cells simultaneously.

The new twin-battery configuration allows the OnePlus 8T 5G to charge more than twice as fast as Warp Charge 30T. With this new setup, both batteries can charge at more than 30W simultaneously while staying cool even when using the phone.

OnePlus will also ship the OP 8T with the Warp Charge 65 power adapter which is designed to offer high compatibility with other devices. It features a dual-end USB-C port design and supports all previous OnePlus charging protocols. It also supports up to 45W PD charging, providing users with the ability to juice up multiple supporting devices such as laptops or tablets.

On top of the already secure chip framework, OnePlus added an additional encryption chip to the charger and cable and 12 temperature sensors in the phone to allow OnePlus devices to charge intelligently and efficiently in different situations. Furthermore, a new heat dissipation system has been included in the OnePlus 8T 5G to keep the charging temperature at a comfortable level. All of these features have been added to ensure that Warp Charge 65 is not only lightning fast but also safe to use at any time.

The OnePlus 8T 5G, along with the new Warp Charge 65 technology, will officially launch on October 14, 2020. The flagship phone OnePlus 8T 5G available for pre-book starting 25 September to 16 October 2020 at all OnePlus exclusive stores. Pre-booking for the device starts at INR 2000 giving them first preference once open sales are live for the OnePlus 8T 5G.

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