Acceptable in the 8T
Cosmetic changes have cheapened the appearance of the latest OnePlus… but a fortnight’s testing is more than enough for Andrew Williams to see past that
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TWO WEEKS WITH THE ONEPLUS 8T
DAY 01
If you’re looking for a late-2020 OnePlus fix, the 8T could well be it. We spy a 120Hz screen, a thunderously pointless monochrome camera, a better macro camera and fast charging that tears past the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra like a Tesla racing a clown on a unicycle. The flat front makes it seem less fancy than the OnePlus 8, but is there enough going on inside to make us ignore that?
Using flat glass is a simple way to make the phone cheaper to produce, but it means the 8T feels more like the Nord than the 8. Yes, there’s zero functional benefit to a curved-sided phone these days, but as affordable phones get better by the month you’d better care about this kind of guff if you’re spending £500 or more.