A new sensation in mobile world - OnePlus 5T (Midnight Black 6GB RAM + 64GB memory)

A new sensation in mobile world - OnePlus 5T (Midnight Black 6GB RAM + 64GB Memory)

One Plus 5 is an excellent device in all aspects although the price is little expensive. Its great camera, brilliant performance, and stylish design combine to make it the best buy. Those users must go for this device who are looking for flagship device rather than the famous brand’s smartphones.

Features of OnePlus 5T

20MP+16MP primary dual camera and 16MP front-facing camera

15.26 centimetres (6.01-inch) capacitive touchscreen FHD Full Optic AMOLED 18:9 display with 2160 x 1080 pixels resolution. Cover Glass:2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 5

OxygenOS based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor
6 GB RAM, 64 GB internal memory and dual nano SIM dual-standby (4G+4G)

3300mAH Lithium Polymer battery with Dash Charge technology
Face Unlock, Fingerprint scanner, all-metal unibody and NFC enabled

1-year manufacturer warranty for device and 6 months manufacturer warranty for in-box accessories including batteries from the date of purchase

The measurements have changed slightly, however, so accessories from the predecessor might not fit. There are two colour options: Slate Gray, which has a slightly purple tinge, and Midnight Black. The case feels very nice and of good quality. Its back is made of aircraft aluminium. This looks great but is prone to fingerprints. The case is very stable and resists pressure and warping. It is not water or dust proof, however, which is a standard among most current flagship phones.

The battery cannot be removed and neither can the case be opened. The exchangeable Style Covers of the first generations have been gone for quite a while already.

There are two versions of the OnePlus 5: Our test unit (in Slate Gray) has 64 GB of storage and 6 GB of RAM, while the Midnight Black version has 128 GB of storage and 8 GB of RAM. Neither version has a microSD slot, but both offer two SIM card slots.

The only additional app that OnePlus has installed is its own Community App. Apart from that, only the gallery and camera app has been exchanged. If you love clean Android phones, you will be very happy with this. A small extra: if you swipe right on the home screen, you will get to a configurable page with the most frequently used apps, contacts and further information.

There are various other features, such as a Pocket Mode, which prevents accidental operation when the light sensor is covered. The device also has a special Gaming Mode, which turns off notifications etc. The interface can be customized as well, for example, the status bar and home screen. A great advantage is that the system reboots really quickly after a restart.

The OnePlus 5's Wi-Fi capabilities look good: it supports 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac and can also communicate via the less-used 5.0-GHz network. It has a very fast reception - the fastest of all comparison devices. Only the Galaxy S8 is a little faster at sending; all other devices fall behind again. The OnePlus 5 had very good reception near the router and web pages were loaded quickly. At a distance of ten meters (~33 feet) and through three walls, a reception was at 50%, but pages still loaded very quickly.

The telephone app is Google's standard application but looks more elegant thanks to the dark interface. It works very well and can be used intuitively. The app supports all necessary functions.

Concerning voice quality, we noticed that both the earpiece and the speakers can be turned up very loud if necessary. This can be helpful in loud surroundings. We also liked the fact that even at maximum volume, the sound quality remained good without any droning or other noises. The microphone is sensitive so that our contact could hear us clearly even when we spoke quietly or via the speakerphone.

OnePlus has particularly emphasized the dual camera on the back of its new smartphone. It consists of the Sony IMX398 sensor, which was already used in the OnePlus 3T and works as a wide-angle lens, and Sony's IMX 350 with a higher resolution of 20 MP, that works as a telephoto lens. The two lenses work together to offer 1.6x optical zoom and portrait photos with a blurry background effect. The camera has no optical image stabilizer.

The display of the OnePlus 5 has many other qualities: it is an AMOLED display and the organic diodes can be turned on and off individually and do not need any background lighting. This means the screen can display complete blackness; it also supports many colour spaces. A special feature of the OnePlus 5 is that apart from manually calibrating the white balance or optimum values for sRGB, you can also calibrate the optimum for the DCI P3 colour space. This colour space is the standard for digital film projection in the US and seems noticeably warmer than sRGB or AdobeRGB due to fewer greens and blues. You can also activate night mode, which reduces the blue light on the screen and is supposed to help you sleep better. This mode was very comfortable to use.

The OnePlus 5 is a very fast smartphone. It is equipped with the current top SoC from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 835, with a maximum clock rate of 2.45 GHz and 6 - 8 GB of RAM. This can be seen from the benchmarks in which the device often made it right to the top.

The OnePlus 5 does a good job of gaming thanks to its fast SoC: We managed a constant 30 frames per second in Asphalt 8 and 60 frames in Dead Trigger 2. Less demanding games such as Angry Birds run smoothly and without any problems. It is important that the graphics unit supports many graphics interfaces and is prepared for future developments in the coming years. Controlling via touchscreen and position sensor works very well.

The battery is equipped with 3300 mAh or 12.5 Wh, which is average among its competitors. The device's predecessor, the OnePlus 3T, had 100 mAh more, which can be seen from the battery runtimes that are about 8% longer than those of the OnePlus 5. Overall, we must say that the OnePlus 5 cannot always keep up with the other high-end devices concerning battery runtime. You can surf the web with it for 8:39 hours until it switches off. This should be enough for a full day of normal use.

The OnePlus 5 is a comparatively cheap smartphone with flagship qualities that did slip up a little regarding image quality of the camera but is very convincing in other areas: performance, screen, case and voice quality are all great.