It is not as fierce the new 10T edition as the 10 Pro, which was launched earlier this year. But it kind of depends on what you’re looking for. On the camera side, it can’t compare, and it has a slightly smaller high-resolution screen, even though both have a diagonal of 6.7 inches. In terms of appearance, the two phones are quite similar, but there are some differences in the specifications.
Before we enumerate all the points on which the T model does not quite reach the Pro, we must mention the price. It is around a couple of thousand larks lower.
Specifically, NOK 7,890 for an 8/128 gigabyte version, and NOK 8,890 for one with 16/256 gigabytes.
The latest configuration actually has four gigabytes more RAM than in the Pro model. But then this must excel in games too. Like the Pro version, the phone has the top processor from Qualcomm. But actually a slightly upgraded version.
It has received Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. What the plus ensures is better battery life and a slightly higher clock frequency. Our quick test of the new processor edition shows that it has significantly better performance than the Pro edition on game graphics, but also on CPU-intensive tasks. Whether it is significant is perhaps doubtful for most. Better battery life is probably just as well.
Huge charging speed
In addition, this mobile phone sets a new charging record with a charger of 150 watts! The technology that makes this possible is called SuperVOOC Endurance Edition, or Voltage Open Loop Multi-step Constant-Current Charging.
This charges the phone with twice the power of many PC chargers, putting any electric car to shame.
From 1 to 100 percent it takes 19 minutes, but it is up to 28 percent after just three minutes, and to 67 percent after ten minutes. It is “mindboggling” quickly and can hardly be beneficial for the batteries, priver if there are two batteries in parallel to distribute the fast charge.
But, says OnePlus, they have developed a technology that will maintain the electrolyte in the batteries if it is degraded as a result of the fast charging. What they call the Smart Battery Health Algorithm and Battery Healing Technology sounds almost too good to be true. It should ensure that the capacity, which is 4.8 Ah, does not fall below 80 per cent even if the batteries are fast-charged as many as 1,600 times. Maybe the electric car industry should knock on the door of OnePlus?
Cools quickly
The T model is equipped with better cooling than any other OnePlus model to date. A so-called cryo-velocity vapor chamber means that the heat is quickly led away from the processor through eight heat-conducting channels. The cooling area that absorbs heat is a whopping 37,000 square millimeters and they use a combination of copper and graphite to conduct heat. The point, of course, is to conduct heat efficiently without taking up space, which would have made the phone thicker. Cooler processors can run graphics-intensive games longer without having to reduce performance.
120 Hz
The screen is the same size, but not quite the same as the Pro version. It has a resolution of 1080 x 2412 pixels. Fair enough for the vast majority of people, although the Pro boasts 1440 x 3216. It is also completely flat, while the Pro version has a screen that bends over the edges. As expected, it has a screen frequency that goes up to 120 Hz and down to 60 Hz. The touch is read at 1000 Hz and means that the phone reacts lightning fast to all finger movements in games.
The T model will come with Android 12 and with a new 12 edition of the interface Oxygen 12.1. OxygenOS 13 will arrive later this year. OnePlus guarantees a further three OS upgrades and four years of security upgrades. It will therefore get Android 15 in the end. Good, but not as good as with Apple and Samsung.
Out with the switch
One of the hallmarks of OnePlus until now has been a physical switch that makes it possible to put the phone in silent mode, or just vibrate, without using the interface in the operating system. This is something they copied from the iPhone. This switch is no longer to be found in the T edition, probably to the chagrin of many, since this is marketed as a top mobile, and that all such have had the physical switch until now. The reason is that they need all the space to accommodate the batteries.
Another issue is that we have become accustomed to good waterproofing in phones that want to call themselves top models.
antenna rick dome
The reception of all possible radio signals is important for all mobile phones. A number of mobile bands, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth must be handled through many different frequencies. This cannot be done via one antenna, but the 10T model has a total of 15 antennas. In addition, the phone has technology to minimize interference between Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Both technologies use the license-free frequency of 2.4 GHz.
Out with Hasselblad
It wasn’t long ago that OnePlus entered into an agreement with Hasselblad on camera technology. We can only wonder how much the Swedes have had a say in the image quality. It is probably about giving some advice on color balance. It also gave OnePlus an opportunity to put the Hasselblad logo on the phone. But here there is no logo. We guess it was too expensive.
Cameras
The cameras of the 10T are not as powerful as in the Pro edition. It has an optically stabilized main camera which is quite similar at 50 vs 48 MP. The sensor is slightly smaller and therefore has slightly fewer pixels, but it’s not that different in the yard. The night photography, which should be upgraded, does not impress. It is hardly due to the sensor, but that OnePlus needs to work more with the software.
The ultra-wide angle, on the other hand, is a bit more modest. It has been reduced from 50 MP with a 150 degree wide angle, to 8 MP with a 120 degree wide angle. It must probably be said to be an upgrade, because 150 degrees is a bit too much of a good thing.
There is also no 8 MP telephoto camera here, which the Pro model has. Instead, we find a 2 MP macro camera, which few use more than a couple of times.
The video capabilities are also not as good. You can’t record 8K video, but that’s hardly a big loss. But we would like to see more than 30 frames per second in 4K. Pro manages up to 120.
Plus
- Very good performance
- Fantastic included charger of 150 watts
Minus
- This is not a premium camera phone
- Disappointing cameras
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