OnePlus 8T is the flagship variant which came in after the OnePlus 8 released 6 months ago. The design of the 8T has adopted a traditional flat-screen rather than one that curves at the sides like the OnePlus 8 Pro. The screen is flatter and faster with a 120Hz refresh rate which is the best in business so far. It comes with 5G and has super-fast charging. At $749 the OnePlus 8T is a better buy compared to the more expensive phones on the market.
Screen size and refresh rate
OnePlus 8T rocks a 6.5-inch screen with aluminum sides and back glass. Despite its size, the phone is easy to grip. The phone is  2400 x 1080 pixels AMOLED (402ppi) with a 120Hz refresh rate. The phone comes with a plastic screen guard already applied and a clear plastic case in the box. Powerful games run without lagging and freezing at high graphics settings on this refresh rate.
RAM and ROM
OnePlus 8T is equipped with a Snapdragon 865 processor. It has been paired with up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of fast UFS 3.1 storage, making this a very fast phone. These specifications make the device powerful to effectively take everything you throw at it like big applications and high-end games. The phone has 5G and Android 11 based Oxygen OS. As a company policy, you are assured of 3 years of software updates from OnePlus to keep the phone up to date with the competition.
Battery and charging
OnePlus 8T has a new charging system called Warp Charge 65 and the battery is the biggest area of the upgrade. Its 4500mAh battery can be charged at almost double the speed compared to its predecessor, the OnePlus 8 Pro. With the Warp Charge 65 technology, The phone can charge to 100% in just 37 minutes. That’s the fastest charging speed in a smartphone we have.
Camera
The 8T has a main 48-megapixel Sony IMX586 sensor camera and 16-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera plus a new 5-megapixel macro camera and a 2-megapixel monochrome camera. You can take equally nice shots from the 16MP front-facing camera. Overall, the OnePlus 8T camera takes good photos. This is because the cameras combined with the software produce quality images.
Specs in a NutShell:
- Display: 6.55-inch (1080×2400)
- Front Camera: 16MP
- Rear Camera: 48MP + 16MP + 5MP + 2MP
- RAM: 12GB
- Storage: 256GB
- Battery Capacity: 4500mAh
- OS: Android 11
