The OnePlus 8 Pro is the result of a relentless spec battle with Samsung. It’s an Android phone that spares almost no expense in the quest to include the most powerful, best hardware components. The result is the fastest Android phone experience money can buy — starting at $899.

Excellent build quality; Superb screen; Speedy wireless charging

Only available in one size: huge; Color camera is a pointless gimmick; Below-average dim-light photography

This is the best OnePlus smartphone yet – and it's priced accordingly

Lucid; super-responsive screen; Competitive camera; Wireless charging compatibility; 5G support

Lacklustre audio; Samsung S20 has the edge

The OnePlus 8 Pro has a gorgeous display, fast wireless charging, and excellent cameras—we just wish it had better network support.

Best display on any smartphone today; Fast performance; Very good camera; High-speed wireless charging

5G on T-Mobile only; Night mode still a bit behind competitors

It may not have the out-of-this-world cameras of some other “Pro” phones but this is one of the most sensible big-screen 5G buys

Good macro photos; Has 5G

Battery life isn’t the best; Poor zoom camera

The OnePlus 8 pro isn't just another OnePlus phone with high specs and a low price—it's a bona fide premium Android handset, with a price to match.

Insanely great display with all the trimmings, Wireless charging and IP-rated water resistance arrive; Gorgeous design that rivals Samsung's best

Price tops off at a thousand bucks, 5G isn't ready for prime time; Camera pales in comparison to the Google Pixel 4's

“The OnePlus 8 Pro ticks all the right boxes.”

Amazing battery life; Fast wired and wireless charging; Stunning screen; Great photos from the camera; Slick software

Screen touch response needs tuning; Odd Color Filter is is a misstep; Fast wireless charging is proprietary

The 8 Pro sees OnePlus get over an awkward hump. Expensive OnePlus phones are hard enough for long-term fans to swallow, and 5G has only made it more of a throat clogging issue. We have to pay £100 more this year. You do get other benefits besides 5G, like water resistance, wireless charging and a couple of top-quality cameras on the back. Is it worth the extra cash? Yes, just about. However, as the price of OnePlus phones carries on rising, we have to be more critical about the bad bits. Other high price phones last longer between charge and rivals are much better at taking photos of other people’s pets, which these days is more important than being able to make phone calls.

Good macro photos; Has 5G ;

Battery life isn’t the best ; Poor zoom camera;

If a phone's screen is its window to the world, the OnePlus 8 Pro shows you the world more beautifully than any other device. The $899 flagship has a brighter, more color-accurate, and more responsive display than any other phone on the market, even the $1,200 Samsung Galaxy S20+. But in the US, the OnePlus 8 Pro has a weird limitation—it's only 5G on T-Mobile's network, and even then, it lacks high-speed millimeter-wave 5G. Any $900 phone this year should really have some form of 5G in it, so we're awarding our Editors' Choice to the more affordable, more widely 5G-compatible OnePlus 8.Design and Display Before we get into details, here's a quick rundown of how the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro compare with the Samsung Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20+ on some key differentiators. Note that we don't recommend the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra—not only is it $1,500, its camera doesn't work that well even after being patched. The OnePlus 8 Pro follows the recent trend toward relatively large p...

The OnePlus 8 Pro has a gorgeous display, fast wireless charging, and excellent cameras—we just wish it had better network support.

Best display on any smartphone today; Fast performance; Very good camera; High-speed wireless charging

5G on T-Mobile only; Night mode still a bit behind competitors

Good macro photos; Has 5G ;

Battery life isn’t the best ; Poor zoom camera;

The OnePlus 8 Pro makes a confident stride into the flagship arena with a set of high-end phone and camera specs to challenge the main competitors. The tried and tested wide, ultra-wide, and telephoto lenses provide a range of shooting options, together with the new color filter camera adding...

Good detail; Low noise; Accurate exposure; Fast and reliable autofocus; Nice color and detail in ultra-wide shots; High detail and low noise using flash; Bright target exposure and wide dynamic range; Accurate and pleasant color; Effective stabilization; Well-preserved detail

Slight white balance casts outdoors; Minor highlight clipping in challenging scenes; Fringing and; ringing; artifacts in ultra-wide shots; Slight underexposure and noise in night shots; Slight autofocus instabilities; Visible temporal noise; Aliasing and moiré visible in highlights; Shadow exposure...