Sweet child of 9
OnePlus gives its standard flagship an improved camera and the fastest Snapdragon CPU around. Enough to spook the Samsung over the page?
[Words Andrew Williams ]
TESTED ONEPLUS 9
from £629 / stuff.tv/OnePlus9
OnePlus has a big launch every six months, and on the eve of each announcement, huddles of acolytes gather in corners of the internet lit by LCD monitor glow, with one question fizzing on their lips: “Is it still a bargain?”
On this occasion they can breathe easy, because the 9 costs just a smidge more than the OnePlus 8T and gets the brand’s most important camera upgrade since 2019. It swaps aluminium sides for plastic, but the jump up to a 48MP camera and 50MP ultrawide sets the standard at this price (and there’s a silicone case in the box).