I had a lot of complaints about OnePlus in 2020, mainly about the move to the upmarket segment, but especially about the price of the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro. With the OnePlus Nord, the manufacturer already showed its willingness not to abandon the price/quality ratio in favour of a race for the...

120 Hz AMOLED screen; Snapdragon 865 chipset; OxygenOS 11 based on Android 11; Always-on display that stresses on digital wellness; Warp Charge (65W)

Classic 48 MP lens; No dedicated telephoto lens; No expandable memory; No IP certification

OnePlus has always been very proud of the raw specs of its phones, and the OnePlus 8T is no different. The phone is better specced in almost every way than the OnePlus 8 it succeeds from earlier this year.

Incredibly fast charging; Fast performance; 120Hz display

Fourth camera feels unnecessary; No wireless charging; No IP-rating for unlocked models

The OnePlus 8T checks all the boxes for me except for the $1,100 price, which is a lot to ask for a smartphone...

Great camera; Best OnePlus design yet; ultra-fast charging

No wireless charging; Weird IP rating; $1,100 is too much

The OnePlus 8T is a beautiful phone. Glass and metal join forces with a great screen to impress, and it’s powerful too. The camera system may be a similar spec to plenty of OnePlus’s before it, but its implementation on the 8T is great, with images and video packing stacks of detail.

Gorgeous design and feel; Huge; low-on-bezel screen; Impressive value

No telephoto zoom; No wireless charging; Mediocre battery life

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Solid build quality Crisp haptics Smooth; colorful display Great battery life Fast charging

Feels too iterative compared to the Nord and OnePlus 8 Sub-par camera performance No telephoto camera

The OnePlus 8T is a good upgrade for all OnePlus users who are on phones that came before the OnePlus 7. In fact, I won’t be surprised if OnePlus 8 buyers feel a bit shortchanged after this one because it is, by all means, a better phone, coming just months after they got theirs.

The OnePlus 8T checks all the right boxes, while it costs significantly less than most other flagships.

Gorgeous 120Hz display; Buttery-smooth performance; Excellent battery life; Insanely fast charging; Well-optimized software; Really good camera performance; Quality build (materials)

No wireless charging; No official IP rating

The OnePlus 8T arrives at a time where companies are taking steps back from $1,000+ phones and giving customers new options that aren’t missing much in the $700 price range. This is an area of the market that OnePlus has long been a part of, only they didn’t have much competition in the past...

The OnePlus 8T makes up several of the weaknesses of the OnePlus 8, and for the price point, I do not see any serious drawbacks. The absence of wireless charging is not a deal breaker as I value fast efficient wired charging more, which OnePlus 8T offers.

When the OnePlus 8 arrived earlier this year, it has a few missing elements. The attractive price did mean you could overlook those, but there was always the risk of the phone falling behind once the rivals upped their game. And they have.