OnePlus 5T review

The improvement in design is certainly a welcome addition, oneplus 5t doesn’t disappoint with its performance either. the smartphone handles almost everything with ease. and, i have thrown at it almost everything – prolonged sessions of multimedia streaming, playing graphic-intensive games such as marvel: clash of champions, south park: phone destroyer, and run a number of apps without killing anyone of them in the background.

that said, i am skeptical about oneplus’ custom oxygen's, which isn’t completely glitch-free. except for one occasion i didn’t come across any noticeable lag during my usage. that one occasion wherein the phone stopped recognizing my pass code to unlock the device got fixed with a simple turn on/off.

the near-excellent performance is complemented by a great battery life. the smartphone can easily see a day on medium to heavy usage on single charge. light users can easily draw juice for more than 24 hours. oneplus’ propriety fast charging technology “dash charging” is pretty good as well. it will fully charge your phone in less than 40 minutes (of course, if you use the original bundled charger).

ONE PLUS 5T: SPECIFICATIONS

• 6.01-INCH 18:9 DISPLAY WITH 1080 X 2160 PIXELS RESOLUTION
• SNAPDRAGON 835 PROCESSOR + 6GB/8GB RAM
• 64GB/128GB BUILT-IN STORAGE
• 16+20 MP DUAL REAR CAMERA
• 16MP FRONT CAMERA
• 3300 MAH BATTERY

another major upgrade that oneplus 5t brings is photography. the smartphone camera thrives when there’s abundant ambient light but don’t expect galaxy note 8 or iphone x photo quality from the phone. it takes good photos for its price point. oneplus 5t isn’t really the phone i’d recommend for low-light photography. however, this could be temporary as the company’s next major update to the phone focuses on selfies and low-light photography. as far as selfies go, oneplus 5t is fine. i have used better selfie phones, but looking at the overall proposition, we can easily ignore this element.

oneplus also features an iphone x-like facial recognition technology for biometric authentication. as mentioned in our first impressions, the facial recognition works well and is quite fast .

verdict

all said and done, oneplus 5t is a value for money smartphone. we are not sure if it’s still aiming to sink the flagships, but as a standalone smartphone, it’s quite good and worth considering under rs 40,000. a combination of contemporary design and trusted performance really works in favour of oneplus 5t.