This is the new OnePlus 10T 5G. It's
the most generic OnePlus phone of all time. This 10T has the new Snapdragon 8+
Gen 1 and up to 16 gigs of RAM. This 10T is flat. It has a 1,000Hz touch sample
rate and gets a little bit brighter. It is also adaptive instead of LTPO. And
it's 1080 instead of 1440. This all makes complete sense. I mean, LTPO, and
especially 1440P, are sort of reserved for the highest end of phones. So at
this price, 1080P, OLED, 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, it's good. It's got a fingerprint
reader under the display.
The
10T has a black textured back called Moonstone Black. It's got these little
dashes or lines through it. And then instead of dark rails, it has sort of
normal, generic chrome ones for their new 360 antenna system. And instead of a
camera shelf, it's more of a smoothed-out camera slope up to the shelf. Which,
I actually, kind of do like it, but I liked it first on an OPPO phone that came
out a while ago. So now it feels even more like another OPPO phone. Again,
adding to the list of reasons why it feels a bit more generic. Then you might
also remember that OnePlus signed this big three-year deal, a $100-plus million
deal with Hasselblad for their cameras, which would let them borrow maybe some
color science or some image processing.
This
OnePlus 10T doesn't have any Hasselblad stuff anywhere. There's no Hasselblad
camera app. There's no Hasselblad branding on the back of the phone. And as far
as I can tell, it doesn't appear to use any of that new color science or image
processing either. Now, is that because the cheaper phone isn't worthy of the
new Hasselblad sauce? Like it not expensive enough to get that? Or is it just
because you stop caring about it? I don't know. I guess I feel like if you've
already paid for it, you should just put it in all your phones. But it's not
here. And then you might have also noticed that this is the first OnePlus phone
ever made that doesn't have the alert slider.
One of my favorite features of
any OnePlus phone that they've had for years is the three-way volume slider
that lets you quickly switch between sound on and vibration and silence, it is
now gone from the OnePlus 10T. And they gave their reason for it. You know,
"It takes up more space than you would think "inside the phone. "The
board has to come across, "and we save that extra space "and give you
a little more battery, blah, blah, blah. "You can still do that stuff with
software." I believe you but just think about identity for a second. Can
you imagine the iPhone dropping the mute switch because Apple wants to save
some space and prioritize something else inside the phone? I literally can't
picture an iPhone not having a mute switch. Sure, you can always do it with
software, yes. But I would bet anyone $1 million right now that the next five
years of iPhones will all have a mute switch because it's just such a part of
the iPhone's design. So, a new OnePlus phone coming out and not having an alert
slider might be kind of minor to some people who have never bought a OnePlus
phone before or never even followed or cared about the OnePlus stuff. But to
people who have, this is kind of sad that it's not here. Just more generic
points for this phone.
It has a 4,800 mAh dual-cell battery. It
charges with OPPO's Super VOOC technology at a crazy fast, a crazy fast, 125
watts. It comes with this brick in the box which says 160 watts on it, but the
phone peaks at 125 watts. And that's good for one to 100% in literally 20
minutes. It's insane. It is truly incredibly convenient. I guess that does feel
like OnePlus, even though it's OPPO's Super VOOC charging, they've always
emphasized fast charging here. But they also didn't put wireless charging in
this phone. So, you get the peace of mind of having fast charging, but you lose
the convenience of wireless charging. Even more generic points. The funny thing
is, despite my disappointment, I bet this is a perfectly fine phone for a lot
of people. Decent screen, a high-end chip, lots of RAM, pretty smooth
performance from my first impressions, decent cameras, and an OxygenOS that's
more like ColorOS than ever before. That's actually what a lot of people are
looking for at 650 bucks. And hey, it's even getting four years of software
updates. And I guess that's the point, which is this phone, is more generic than
ever before. Which, to me, or someone familiar with the OnePlus story and the
history of the brand and all that is pretty disappointing. But that also means,
by definition, that this phone appeals to more people than ever before.
OnePlus 10T - Full phone specifications
| NETWORK | Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G |
|---|
| BODY | Dimensions | 163 x 75.4 x 8.8 mm (6.42 x 2.97 x 0.35 in) |
|---|
| Weight | 204 g (7.20 oz) |
| Build | Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), plastic frame, glass back (Gorilla Glass 5) |
| SIM | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | Type | Fluid AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+ |
|---|
| Size | 6.7 inches, 108.0 cm2 (~87.9% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2412 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~394 ppi density) |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| PLATFORM | OS | Android 12, OxygenOS 12.1 |
|---|
| Chipset | Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (4 nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core (1x3.19 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.75 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510) |
| GPU | Adreno 730 |
| MEMORY | Card slot | No |
|---|
| Internal | 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 256GB 16GB RAM |
| | UFS 3.1 |
| MAIN CAMERA | Triple | 50 MP, f/1.8, 24mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS
8 MP, f/2.2, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/4", 1.12µm
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro) |
|---|
| Features | Dual LED flash, HDR, panorama |
| Video | 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, gyro-EIS |
| SELFIE CAMERA | Single | 16 MP, f/2.4, 24mm (wide), 1/3", 1.0µm |
|---|
| Features | HDR |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SOUND | Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
|---|
| 3.5mm jack | No |
| | 24-bit/192kHz audio |
| COMMS | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct |
|---|
| Bluetooth | 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD |
| Positioning | GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5) |
| NFC | Yes |
| Radio | No |
| USB | USB Type-C 2.0 |
| FEATURES | Sensors | Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum |
|---|
| BATTERY | Type | Li-Po 4800 mAh, non-removable |
|---|
| Charging | 150W wired (125W for 110V sockets) |
| MISC | Colors | Moonstone Black, Jade Green |
|---|
| Models | CPH2415 |
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