Until now the Samsung Galaxy S20 range contained the best phones of 2020, but the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro have been announced, and they might have Samsung’s latest and greatest beat.
That’s because for the first time ever, OnePlus has launched a truly no-compromise handset in the form of the OnePlus 8 Pro, a phone which has the two features fans have been crying out for in recent years – namely wireless charging and an IP68 certification (meaning it’s water and dust resistant).
The absence of those features are two key ways that OnePlus usually does compromise, but the OnePlus 8 Pro also goes above and beyond in other areas, such as with its screen, which is a 6.78-inch 1440 x 3168 Fluid AMOLED display with 513 pixels per inch. So it’s large and high resolution, and it’s also curved.
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But the best thing about the screen is its 120Hz refresh rate – that makes everything silky smooth, and while the Samsung Galaxy S20 range can match it, those phones can only manage that refresh rate coupled with a FHD+ resolution – up it to a resolution that rivals the OnePlus 8 Pro and the refresh rate plummets down to 60Hz.
With the OnePlus 8 Pro you also get top-end power, thanks to a Snapdragon 865 chipset (which is the best you’ll find in any Android phone) and up to 12GB of RAM.
Plus it has a quad-lens camera, with a powerful 48MP main sensor, a 16MP ultra-wide one, an 8MP telephoto one (with 3x optical zoom), and a 5MP depth sensor, so it rivals other flagships for photography too.
And there’s a big 4,510mAh battery, an in-screen fingerprint scanner, and a premium design, all for a £799 SIM-free price that’s high – but not quite as high as most comparable handsets.
The standard OnePlus 8 meanwhile is slightly less exciting but at £599 SIM-free it’s a lot cheaper, so it’s just as good value. It has the same top-end chipset and up to 12GB of RAM, along with a similarly premium design and an in-screen fingerprint scanner of its own, but many of the other specs differ a bit.
The screen is a 6.55-inch 1080 x 2400 one with a still-impressive 90Hz refresh rate, for example, while the camera is a triple-lens one with 48MP main, 16MP ultra-wide, and 2MP macro sensors. The battery is also a little smaller at 4,300mAh.
Whichever of these handsets you opt for though you’ll be getting one of the more powerful and feature-packed phones available, and you’ll be getting it at a good price. Oh, and did we mention they are also 5G Phones?
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