This is the OnePlus 8 pro, and this is the galaxy 21 plus two different smartphones, but both share so much in common with just a few differences, and that's why I decided to put them against each other in the first place before we even begin, let me know which one between these two flagships will you pick and why drop a comment down below and let's have a chat. Some might say that this is an unfair comparison, because the OnePlus 8 pro is a year old compared to the four to five months old, s21, plus and yeah. That is true, but the results might shock you on how good the OnePlus 8 pro is still is in some areas kicking off with design and build quality. The design of these two phones are totally different and might boil down to a personal preference. For me, though, I think this 21 plus looks way better, it's more modern, rather than a 20 20. Looking smartphone like the OnePlus 8 pro, which, by the way it is the main and shouting differences in the colors, whether you like bright colors, like this ultramarine blue of the OnePlus 8 pro or just a minimal black vibe on the x21 plus.
It's up to you, not forgetting you can get these phones in other several colors of your liking. Both phones are made out of glass front and back panels and reached between an aluminum frame, but the galaxy's 21 plus uses a stronger version of gorilla glass called the gorilla glass victors that is way stronger than gorilla glass 5 from the OnePlus 8 pro. The camera modules on the back of these phones are also totally different. The OnePlus 8 pro has that old style camera bump in the center of the top quarter of the phone, but on the other side, the camera bump of the galaxy s21 plus melts into the frame of the phone, which is kinda neat. To be honest, flipping the phones on the front- and here is where you notice a very huge difference.
The s21 plus has a flat display, while the 8 pro is one of my favorite displays of all time. It's a carved panel that some of you might hate, even though navigation guest just feels more natural on it than just a flat panel, and while they are both emerald panels, they also refresh at 120 hertz. The 8 pro is a point. Seven eight inch display with a quad HD plus resolution, while the s21 packs are six point seven and eight p panel, but I ought to give a win to the one plus for that extra clarity. There's no going wrong that these displays are both great colors are actually accurate, although the OnePlus tends to lean towards a magenta hue of the spectrum.
While this 21 plus display looks a little cooler or bluish, but you can still set your preferred color temperatures they both get super bright and media consumption. Experience is amazing on both phones. Both have selfie cutouts, but I prefer the one from the 8 pro, because, when watching videos on full screen your eyes kinda ignore that cut out way better than the middle one from the s21 plus, even though you quickly forget that they exist after using them for some time under that display the s21 packs and ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, and it's amazingly fast, just a tap and boom you're in which is not the same thing on the OnePlus 8 pro that uses an optical fingerprint sensor that sometimes refuses to unlock my phone for no reason, and even though you get superfast face, unlock on both phones. I give a big win to that speedy, fingerprint unlock on the Samsung Galaxy's 21, plus, you also get stereo speakers on both phones, and they sound great. But the first thing I noticed was how deep and bass the sounds coming from the s21 plus was it's a hefty one by the way at 202 grams and, lastly, a type type-c cable for charging, without forgetting both phones are 5g capable and ip68 rated for water and dust resistance.
Haptic feedback is great on both devices, with just a slight wind to the s21 plus for that aggressive feedback when typing or even just pressing the shutter button in the camera app, they both run on android 11. However, you get one UI 3.1, with s21 plus and oxygen OS 11 on the OnePlus 8 pro two different skins on top of android and one UI packs a lot of features you need and some that you probably won't even use it's heavily customized. But if you appreciate a minimal software approach that is clean, close to stock android, then there is no going wrong about oxygen OS from OnePlus. Again, this is a personal preference thing, but for me, I find OnePlus 8 pro software easy to use. They do share something in common, though, which is 100, mod, app designs, and this is something that Samsung has had for quite some time now with one UI.
The software experience translates the performance of a phone, and in this case both phones feel snappy, and they should because they have plenty of ram and beefier chipsets. This is 21 plus as eight gigs of UFS 3.1 ram and is powered by an Enos 2100 chipsets, although if you live in other regions, you might get a snapdragon triple h, one. On the other side, the OnePlus 8 pro maxes are 12 gigs of UFS 3.0 ram like this model here and is powered by snapdragon 865 IELTS chipset, but still holds up pretty well. I ran some benchmarks on this 21 plus smashed the OnePlus 8 pro, not by a huge different though, but when it actually comes to using the phone, the OnePlus 8 pro feels a little snappy and responsive in every way to mention after they benchmarked the s21 temperature was so high and hot to the touch, which also happens when I'm just casually using the phone, and it really bugs me the OnePlus 8 pro packs are 4510 William hour battery and on the other side, there are 21 plus packs of 4800 William hour battery. Honestly, though, the s21 has a way better battery life due to that bigger battery capacity.
Of course, although when it comes to charging the OnePlus 8 pro can wirelessly charge up to 30 watts, just like using a cable while there's 21, plus maxes at only 25 watts, wired charging and 15 watts. Chi wireless charging there's also reverse wireless charging. Support on both the devices when you want to share some power like Samsung, calls it but expect very low speeds. The cameras are where things get interesting on this 21 plus you get a triple camera setup at the back: a 12 megapixel main camera, a 64 megapixel 3x telephoto and a 12 megapixel ultra-wide lens. That has a wider field of view than that of the OnePlus 8 pro, while on the OnePlus 8 pro you get four lenses at the back, but besides that kind of useless 5, megapixel, color, filter camera, you get a 48, megapixel main camera, a 48 megapixel ultra-wide and an 8 megapixel 3x telephoto lens enough with the numbers.
How do they actually perform in real life? Well, they both take flagship quality pictures, and it's really hard to tell a difference other than just the white balance, which seems to be somehow accurate on the s21 plus and the sharpness of the 3x telephoto pictures, which again looks way better on the s21 plus. In most scenarios, though, pictures look the same, but I'd give a win to this 21 plus for close to accurate, color reproduction, especially in selfies, and, as I said earlier, the OnePlus 8 pro got a magenta hue to some of its pictures. While this 21 plus maintains natural looking colors through its lenses, Samsung packs a lot of features in their camera, app, some which I probably won't even use, but some interesting ones like director's view where you can shoot videos from all lenses. At the same time, I, however, like the user experience and the user interface of the OnePlus 8 pros camera. It's simple and easy to find what you need when it comes to videos, though they both do a great job, although this 21 plus can shoot up to 8k, 24 fps and, to be honest, the footage looks sharp, especially when you punch in the 8 pro max is at 4k, 60 fps.
Just to recap the s21 plus louder speakers, better haptics, better design. In my opinion, better battery life handles white balance way better, but again it costs just over a thousand dollars in Samsung's store, which is a lot of money. On the other hand, the OnePlus 8 pro has the best display performance is way better for a year-old phone. It still takes great pictures, and it costs 699 dollars right now, which is a great deal for what you're paying for anyway. I'd say this 21 plus is a well-rounded phone for anyone who obviously can afford it, but the 8th pro is for those who wants the most out of their money.
So it's up to you, but for me, I'll be keeping the OnePlus 8 pro for now. Anyway, let me know which one you'd pick in the comment section: that's a wrap for this video. I hope you enjoyed watching if you found it helpful, be that cool guy that drops a like and hit that subscribe button for more videos, just like this one anyway, until next time, guys goodbye and most of all stay safe.
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