Back in April, when most tech corporations have been suspending new product launches, OnePlus was one of many few that went full-steam forward and launched its 8-series smartphones. With the India pricing being significantly decrease than world costs, many have been wanting ahead to those new telephones. Ironically, regardless of being early to launch, we have nonetheless needed to anticipate greater than a month earlier than the primary sale, as native manufacturing has been impacted as a result of ongoing pandemic.
OnePlus has opened gross sales of the OnePlus Eight in small batches in the intervening time, and now that we have lastly obtained our fingers on our overview gadget, it is time to take a better take a look at it. This is the successor to the OnePlus 7T (Review), and expectedly prices a bit greater than final 12 months’s mannequin. Unlike with the OnePlus 7 (Review) and seven Pro (Review) collection, the OnePlus Eight shares many design cues with the 8 Pro, which is truthful contemplating that its beginning worth is above Rs. 40,000.
The packaging is sort of enticing, much like that of the OnePlus 7T collection. Inside, you will see the usual set of equipment. Some of the stickers appear new, and the silicone case now has daring ‘OnePlus’ lettering on it. OnePlus nonetheless would not present any headphones within the field.
We have been shocked at how gentle the OnePlus Eight felt after we first picked it up. It’s solely 10g lighter than the OnePlus 7T, however that is fairly noticeable. It’s additionally slim, and the curved glass on the back and front makes it very snug to grip. It’s well-balanced for one-handed use too. One factor that we did not like was the pre-applied display protector. It’s fairly an eyesore because it would not cowl the entrance glass edge-to-edge, and grazes in opposition to your finger each time you carry out a navigation gesture.
The OnePlus Eight ships with the standard set of equipment
All the buttons and ports on the cellphone are the place you’d anticipate them to be. There’s no headphone jack, however this has been a development for some time now on OnePlus gadgets. The OnePlus Eight offered in India would not have an official IP score, nevertheless a rubber lining across the SIM tray signifies that it might very nicely have a point of water resistance. The Verizon-locked model of the OnePlus Eight offered within the US boasts of an IP68 score.
The total design may not be so completely different from final 12 months’s fashions, however the massive change is within the show. OnePlus has embraced hole-punch cutouts, and the one right here appears to be like good. The diameter of the cutout is not the smallest we have seen however because it’s tucked away within the left nook, it hasn’t been a lot of a trouble for us.
The show itself is similar measurement because the OnePlus 7T’s, measuring 6.55 inches. It’s an AMOLED panel, with a full-HD+ decision, HDR10+ compatibility, and a refresh charge of 90Hz. OnePlus additionally brags concerning the panel’s excessive color accuracy. From what we have seen thus far, the show is certainly vibrant, with good daylight legibility and punchy colors. You additionally get a lot of choices within the Settings app to tweak the colors to your liking.
It’s been lower than two days since we started utilizing the OnePlus 8, and thus far, issues are wanting good. OxygenOS feels snappy, apps load in a short time, and we’ve not observed any heating points but. The OnePlus Eight makes use of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chip, and our take a look at unit is the variant with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. We will likely be testing numerous video games on this cellphone, and we’ll have a full report on how nicely the OnePlus Eight handles stress in our full overview.
We have not spoken about this cellphone’s cameras but, however we’re anticipating comparable efficiency to what the OnePlus 7T delivered. That’s as a result of OnePlus has used roughly the identical {hardware} from that cellphone on the 8, barring the telephoto digicam, which has been swapped for a macro digicam. We’re not too thrilled about this, given the restricted use case for a macro digicam.
The OnePlus Eight begins at Rs. 41,999 for the Amazon-exclusive 6GB RAM variant with 128GB of storage. There’s additionally an 8GB + 128GB model at Rs. 44,999, and a 12GB RAM + 256GB storage model at Rs. 49,999. The OnePlus Eight will compete with the newly launched Mi 10 5G (Review) from Xiaomi, the Realme X50 Pro 5G (Review), and in a means, the Samsung Galaxy S10e (Review) and Apple iPhone XR (Review) — all of which value across the identical.
We will likely be testing the OnePlus Eight completely within the coming days, so keep tuned for an in depth breakdown of its efficiency, digicam high quality and battery life evaluation within the full overview.
Will OnePlus Eight collection have the ability to tackle iPhone SE (2020), Samsung Galaxy S20 in India? We mentioned this on Orbital, our weekly expertise podcast, which you’ll be able to subscribe to through Apple Podcasts or RSS, download the episode, or simply hit the play button under.
This post was last modified on June 23, 2020 4:29 am