OnePlus 8T Long Term Review! By GadgetByte

Hey guys today I'll be sharing my long-term impressions of the OnePlus 8t, although it is quite similar to the already existing OnePlus 8, it does bring some prominent changes. However, I can't help but wonder if these were the upgrades. Most of us were actually looking for from the get go. We can see that the company has struggled to adequately differentiate the three devices under the eight series and on the OnePlus 8. It is clear that OnePlus is playing the number game: 65 watt fast charging, 120hz refresh rate quad camera setup. That does not include a telephoto lens and more while I'm not complaining about the upgrades themselves.

The point I'm trying to make here is that it seems almost lazy of OnePlus to throw in big numbers, while continually failing to bring about significant changes in the one aspect that it has always lagged behind in the cameras and, to my dismay, the 80s design feels like a downgrade as well. If you remember, the OnePlus 8 had these subtle curves on the screen, which was just about ideal and nothing as drastic as the OnePlus 8 pro. Because of this, the OnePlus 8 was perfectly immune to accidental touches, at least throughout my usage, but love it or hate it. The OnePlus 8t fully dismisses the curve. Hence, the phone feels a bit larger than the OnePlus 8.

Also, because of the thicker side, curves one will notice how it seems so much thicker in the hands, even though the OnePlus 80 is less than a millimeter thick and weighs just eight grams, more than its predecessor, so yeah in terms of tactile feel the OnePlus 8 is much better than the OnePlus 8t and I believe the flat display choice could have been implemented much better, but overall, it's still a premium, looking device and well-built phone, and I even like the camera placement better than its predecessor. If only OnePlus 8t had the same form factor as that of the OnePlus 8. Moving on OnePlus also never misses including the signature alert slider in its smartphones. If you ask me, this feature does not get as much credit as it should. I can't speak for you, but to me, it's incredibly useful.

Also, after seeing Samsung Galaxy s20 Fe with multiple color options, I desperately hope that the future OnePlus devices come up with a few refreshing color options. Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, the refresh rate has gotten a bump from 90 to 120 hertz. While this fluid AMOLED panel remains the same at 6.55 inches during my initial impression, I thought this was not that big of a deal but after using this phone for some time now, I've kind of changed my opinion about that. Not only does it offer a smoother visceral experience, the 240hz touch response rate is quite up to the mark. Again, it's not the most stunning display.

You'll ever lay your eyes on, but for what it's worth? It's remarkable. The only problem I have with OnePlus 8t's display is the minimum. Brightness is not low enough as the ones on iPhone or a Samsung device. Although the company had proudly highlighted the phone's 8192 level automatic brightness adjustment, the 80 does not ship with a DC dimming feature. Maybe OnePlus can push an upgrade in the future, but for now I'm going to have to minimize my habit of using my phone at night under the blanket okay personal issues aside in terms of outdoor brightness.

This phone is a champ. Even in the sunniest of environments, I've had no issues, reading blogs or using Twitter. So that's nice watching. Video has also been a delight on the 18, not just that there is the support for wide one l1 and HDR 10, plus content playback, but the speakers are decent too. These are not the best set of speakers on a smartphone, but they do a good job.

Nonetheless, the audio is crisp and loud with balance, mid and highs, and the base is acceptable too all right before moving forward. I want to give a quick shout out to the sponsor of today's video PUBG mobile PUBG has recently introduced the PUBG lightweight installation function with the prime target of reducing its file size. Now the game can be downloaded at an expense of 610 MB. Only. This is significant, as updates usually hit the 1gb mark, making the game bulkier every time.

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While I was expecting the snapdragon 865 plus in here, it was quite strange of the company to go with the regular 865, but since the s20 Fe ships with the much despised Enos 919 OnePlus, is prime markets like India. The 8t has made matters much easier as it is easily the best performing android phone in its price range right now that topped with OnePlus amazing software experience is like getting the best of both worlds, but I do have to warn you that this new version of oxygen OS is quite a deviation from the previous near stock. Android experience that many of us loved it still retains a lot of customization options and in fact, this one's more like Samsung's one UI, thanks to the headings in stock, OnePlus, apps being written in big, bold letters, while everything else is moved down so that one can reach stuff easily. Now this one's a double-edged sword on one hand, it is a healthy upgrade, considering how difficult it is to use the phone single-handedly while they're growing, bigger and bigger, and it's not bad to be inspired by a rival's useful features either. On the other hand, OG OnePlus fans can most certainly translate this transition as utter betrayal and might even argue that the company is slowly losing its originality.

Having said that, one of the most appreciable changes in this version of oxygen OS has to be the option to toggle dark mode from the system shortcuts, and you can even schedule it as per your preference now, which is much easier than before in terms of gaming, as you could imagine, the OnePlus 8t is a beast by the way the company has recently rolled out an update, providing a 90 fps gaming option in PUBG mobile, which was initially missing on the phone. Because of this, the OnePlus 8t offers some of the best PUBG mobile gameplay experiences. Likewise, other demanding or lightweight games run smoothly, as well without a hint of lag. Now, let's get to the cameras and disclaimer they're, not the best thing about this phone. First off OnePlus has decided to go with the same old Sony mx586 sensor that they used on the OnePlus 8 and the 7t before that, and although its camera optimization has improved over the years Samsung with its flagship level, optimization on the s20 Fe takes the spotlight from the 80.

We have already posted an in-depth camera comparison between these two phones, which you can check out from the link somewhere here. So I'm going to keep things really simple in this video talking about the 80 alone, you will notice in both the primary and ultraviolet images that the pictures tend to have an unnecessary level of contrast. The primary images do look pretty good, but then again the ones from the s20 Fe has better shadow details and color reproduction and in terms of the ultra-wide angle, images s20 FES evidently stand out as well, with better dynamic range, colors and field of view, not to mention that the s20 Fe has a more versatile camera setup, including a telephoto lens, while disregarding the inferior depth and macro sensor. With this, the s20 Fe can zoom up to three times optically, while the OnePlus 8t is only capable of zooming digitally, and I'm sure you can figure out how this one's going to go. Having said that, it's not all bad with the OnePlus 8t cameras, for instance.

I think it has better portrait capabilities than the s20 Fe in terms of edge detection and subject focus now. Moving on to the nighttime images. Well, the OnePlus 8t has a tendency to over process and in many instances over saturates the pictures for some reason. So, even though the details and everything is good, the unnatural colors might seem excessive, especially when compared to the s20 Fe. Likewise, the 80 also has a macro sensor.

Here are some samples that I took from it and, as you can see, they're, not that bad. It's only that the macro sensor here has fixed focus, so getting a perfectly sharp image is kind of tricky. Also, the videos from the selfie camera on the OnePlus 8t is limited to 1080p 30fps, and even at that very resolution, the camera finds it hard to manage exposure properly. So it's not the best logging choices out there. The rear cameras can shoot good enough videos at 4k 60fps, but the videos tend to lose some details, and it cannot handle abrupt movements like running either as it messes with the exposure.

Okay, selfies from the OnePlus 80, are not that great too. You can notice the red tint in the photos, making them look really weird. The s20 Fe, on the other hand, is able to maintain a subtle and almost natural undertone, which makes it a better selfie camera. Now, let's talk about how the battery endurance has been so far and to be honest, I am really satisfied with its backup. It has given me a full day of battery life with some juice to spare at the end of the day, on a normal day's use.

That's particularly impressive because I use this phone with 120 hertz, refresh rate turned on all the time. Charging. This device is really fast, as well with OnePlus proprietary warp charge 65, which takes the device from 0 to 100 in about 40 minutes, and yes, I've never faced any heating issues while charging, but it does get slightly warm when I'm using it while charging the phone all in all, like with all the OnePlus phones that I've used previously. This one, too, has been great. It is possibly the best in its price range, especially here in South Asia, where we get the Enos variant of the s20.

Fe and iPhones are ridiculously overpriced, but the thing is value flagship market is getting quite competitive these days, so the question needs to be asked: is it enough or should OnePlus be doing more with the likes of Samsung Xiaomi and even ASUS, providing similar specs it's getting more and more difficult for the company to solely survive? Honest mantra of speed and people expect incredible camera performance on devices of this price range and if OnePlus cannot deliver on that crucial aspect, a buyer's purchasing decision can easily shift elsewhere. So that is something OnePlus needs to actively work against in the future. So that was all for my long term impressions on the OnePlus 8t, which one would be your ideal android device, the OnePlus 8t or the galaxy s, 20 Fe, do let us know in the comments till then I'm pratimadikari, and I'll see you in the next one.

Source : GadgetByte