OnePlus 6 Smartphone 128GB Silk White 5877857 (128GB) review

With the OnePlus 6, the Chinese manufacturer has proven itself capable of producing a convincing premium-grade smartphone with some serious imaging capabilities that can compete with high-end models from more established brands.

Autofocus operation is very fast and accurate; Colors are bright and vivid under various light sources; Subject exposure is accurate and reliable; Good balance between detail and noise; Flash exposure and color are good; Efficient stabilization; Fast autofocus; Neutral white balance; Noise levels...

Noise is visible in uniform areas; Pink cast is often visible outdoors; Fine details sometimes lost in darkest and brightest areas; Occasional; blur; inaccuracies in bokeh mode; Loss of detail in various lighting conditions; Strong ringing and over-sharpening; Visible differences in sharpness...

OnePlus 6 review

It might be the most expensive OnePlus ever made, but stack this phone against any of its flagship rivals and it still offers incredibly good value for your cash. From a huge OLED screen to those ridiculously speedy internals, everything you’d expect from a flagship phone is here for hundreds of pounds less. Crucially, all these specs hang together seamlessly in what is an extremely polished product. Sure, there are even better looking glass phones out there and dual cameras with more in the way of finesse, but that's why the OnePlus 6’s rivals all cost closer to a grand. For less than half that total, you really can't say fairer. If you're not minded towards flagships such as the iPhone X and Huawei P20 Pro, this phone should be your first port of call. And if you are? The OnePlus 6 should be reason enough to reconsider.

Fantastic screen; Speedy internals; Amazing pricing;

Humdrum design; Camera can disappoint;

OnePlus 6 review

The OnePlus 6 may have been superseded by the 6T, 7, and 7 Pro, but this is still a great phone if you can find it on offer. What OnePlus has done is nailed all the most important stuff and made a phone that offers excellent design, specs and performance at a great price. So for most people, the 6 is an absolute bargain.

OnePlus 6 review: Top-notch speed and performance for hundreds less

Editor's note, Oct. 29: The OnePlus 6's midyear upgrade, the 6T, has been officially announced. Here's our One Plus 6T review. Our review of the OnePlus 6, originally published on May 30, follows.

The OnePlus 6 is an excellent phone and gives you many of the features of more costly flagship phones.

The OnePlus 6 is blazing fast; shoots amazing portrait mode photos; has a polished refined design and costs much less than other flagship phones.

It lacks waterproofing, wireless charging and has a shorter battery life than the OnePlus 5T; In the US, the phone doesn't work on CDMA carriers like Verizon and Sprint.

OnePlus 6 review review

Fantastic screen; Speedy internals; Amazing pricing;

Humdrum design; Camera can disappoint;