The Oneplus 10T Returns To A Winning Formula Of High Specs Low 649 Price

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Let’s look for the missing $250 in the spec sheet: The OnePlus 10T is slightly faster than the more expensive OnePlus 10 Pro, thanks to its Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 SoC. That’s a small 10 percent faster MHz boost over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, and turns the benchmark scores around that amount. This 10 percent speed increase finally brings the performance of Qualcomm’s 2022 CPU back to the level of the 2021 chip—it was slightly slower before. The phone still has 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage (and a new 16GB/256GB tier for $100 more). There’s also an in-display fingerprint reader and a USB-C port. The battery is 4 percent smaller at 4800 mAh instead of 5000 mAh, and wireless charging is gone. The phone doesn’t support Wi-Fi 6E (only Wi-Fi 6) and it sounds like the cameras are all a notch down, with the phone now sporting a 50MP Sony IMX776 and then a just-for-fun 8MP ultrawide and camera macro 2 MP. Zoom / Check out this beautiful flat screen. No distortion here! OnePlus The 10T features a 6.7-inch, 120Hz, 2412×1080 OLED display with a dynamic refresh rate that switches between 120, 90 and 60Hz depending on the content. The more expensive 10 Pro has a higher resolution, 3216×1440, and a more dynamic refresh rate that can be scaled up to 1 Hz for more power savings. For the price, I’ll take both of those trade-offs. We’ve long said that phone screens have too many pixels, and the extra resolution is invisible in real life. The 10T screen is still 394 ppi, and that’s perfectly fine. Advertising
Enlarge / The label on the OnePlus 10T charger. The US 120V system goes beyond 20V, 6.25 amps. There’s no PPS mode, so it won’t charge a laptop very well. Rum Amadeo I actually prefer the cheaper 10T screen over the OnePlus 10, just because it’s flat. Most flagships from Samsung, OnePlus and Google use a screen that is curved along the long edges. Years ago it was technically impressive to be able to bend an OLED screen, but in real life, these screens seem to have only downsides. They distort any video or text on the edges of the phone and lead to more random touches of the screen. There is no benefit to the curvature of the screen. OnePlus probably sees this as some kind of cost-cutting measure, but in reality, the flat screen is a big improvement. Another cost-cutting measure: OnePlus’ three-position notification switch is missing from the OnePlus 10T. Previous OnePlus phones had a physical switch on the side that toggled between sound on, vibrate only, or no sound/no vibration. OnePlus sent out a seven-paragraph PDF titled “Statement on No Alert Slider,” as if it thought the company was responding to some huge controversy. The last paragraph even promises: “While the OnePlus 10T lacks the notification slider, that doesn’t mean it will be removed from all future OnePlus devices.” I really couldn’t care less about its removal and wouldn’t have noticed if OnePlus hadn’t said anything. Most phones don’t have a notification switch because the volume keys work just fine!