Overall, the 5T is a healthy addition to the OnePlus family. It takes what we already loved about the OnePlus 5 and refines the design and software a bit, while maintaining a similar sub-$500 price point.

Great display for 1080p Great battery life Competitive price Dash charging is still the fastest on the market OxygenOS is a breath of fresh air Wonderful performance

No official IP certification No expandable storage Sub-par low light camera performance

OnePlus has made a name in the smartphone industry for consecutively releasing flagship killers . Devices with top-notch specs at a price that put the major players to shame. But, when the Chinese giant launched the OnePlus 5 earlier in 2017, it was subject to some amount of criticism for not...

The OnePlus 5T is a very impressive phone. It's got a sleek, premium design, a great dual camera setup, and it's unbelievably fast. With the updated screen and camera, it certainly puts a cat among the Android flagship pigeons. At this price, it's tough to beat. Liked this?

Great screen; Affordable price; Premium design; User friendly features

Camera slightly behind rivals; Screen still 'only' HD

OnePlus is one of those beguiling companies that seem to promise impossibly wonderful things. Flagship products at budget prices. The assiduous elegance of an iPhone at the attainable cost of a midrange Motorola.

Minimalist; elegant design; Fits 6-inch display within the dimensions of a one-handed phone; Thoughtfully optimized software; Reading Mode

The main camera is still not as good as flagship competition; Shipping without the latest version of Android is not encouraging; Face Unlock grows frustratingly inconsistent in challenging light; Still not waterproof

Ultra-slim bezels improve on an already winning formula

Edge-to-edge screen update for the OnePlus 5; Excellent battery life; Great camera; Solid performance

Lack of expandable memory

The OnePlus 5T is great fun to test. The display is very attractive, the 18:9 format ensures a modern, contemporary look throughout the entire design of the smartphone. Unlocking by face recognition is a practical addition and functions flawlessly.

Incredibly fast; Very attractive display; Good cameras; Good battery life and Dash Charge; Dual SIM

No Android 8.0 Oreo available yet; USB 2.0 only; No stereo speakers

There's an 'uncanny valley' in phone pricing in the US. We buy a lot of phones that cost less than $400, but if we're going to spend $500, pretty often we spend $700, especially if that $700 phone comes with a monthly payment plan. The OnePlus 5T falls smack into that uncanny valley.

Fast processor for the price; Bright screen; Better-than-average front camera; Well-placed fingerprint sensor

Low-resolution screen for its size; Not water resistant; Modem doesn't have the latest features

After launching the OnePlus 5 earlier this year, OnePlus is back with an end-of-year upgrade for the device. The OnePlus 5T takes a winning formula-high-end specs with a low price tag and a metal body-and reworks the front of the phone to dedicate as much space as possible to the screen.

The slim bezel design; on-screen buttons; and Samsung OLED display make the front of this phone every bit as good as the $800 flagships; The metal back feels great; and it's way more durable than the all-glass phones out there; The rear fingerprint reader is fast and accurate; plus it's in an...

No water resistance; No MicroSD card; No formal update policy makes it hard to know what future support will be like

The OnePlus 5T replaces its sibling as the best phone to buy in the sub-40k price bracket. However, for Android lovers, this doesn't have the newest version of the OS and lacks a camera that can take on the Google Pixel 2 XL.

Well built; Good performance; Nice display; Improved low light photography; still not the best

No water or dust resistance; Not running on Android Oreo out of the box

Last year, OnePlus replaced the 3 with the 3T because there was a new processor available. This year, it's a new kind of display. In both cases, the changes wouldn't be major enough for large brands to break their yearly cycles, and that just shows the differences between the old and new guards.