JUNE 2020 T3 59OnePlus 8 Pro
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra could only
offer a 120Hz refresh rate with a FHD
resolution, meaning if you wanted to
run its screen at its most rapid you
had to take a hit in visual quality.
That compromise is not necessary
here with the OnePlus 8 Pro’s
6.78-inch Fluid AMOLED panel
(which is also capable of a maximum
brightness of 1,300 nits!) and the
phone delivers this no compromise
experience without battery issues.
In terms of design, the most
notable changes from late last
year’s OnePlus 7T Pro is that the
pop-up selfie camera has now been
replaced with an in-screen pin-hole
camera, which is located in the top
left hand corner of the display.
The pin-hole is, as they go, very
small and unobtrusive – both when
watching full screen videos and
playing games we can’t say that we
noticed it at all.
Elsewhere, the OnePlus 8 Pro does
carry over much of the same aesthetic
of the 7T Pro, though, with a vertically
mounted and centrally positioned
rear camera array, gorgeous curved
glass display, and cool-to-the-touch
frame and backplate.
The phone’s volume rocker is
located on the left hand side, while
power and OnePlus’ now traditional
silent/vibrate/ring switch is located
on the right hand side. USB Type-C
handles power and data transfer and
is flanked on the bottom edge by the
phone’s SIM card slot (which, yes, can
take 5G SIM cards).Smooth operator
OnePlus has never disappointed in
terms of core hardware and that is
how the brand attained its reputation
as a cult favourite that produces
flagship-killing handsets.
And, as you would expect from its
new flagship, the OnePlus 8 Pro does
not disappoint, coming loaded with a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 system
on a chip, 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM, an
Adreno 650 GPU, and 256GB of
UFS3.0 internal storage space.
The RAM alone is 30% faster than
before, and is partnered with the best
Android SoC in the business (25%
performance boost over the previouschipset), a rapid mobile GPU, as well
as that fat wodge of UFS3.0 flash
storage, which also delivers much
enhanced read and write speeds. The
OnePlus 8 Pro is astonishingly quick.
Indeed, when these components
come together with the
aforementioned 120Hz, QHD+,
HDR10+ screen, the phrase “buttery
smooth” doesn’t even cut it in
describing just how rapid, slick and
smooth every application is.
From simple UI navigation, right
through to playing games, browsing
the internet, watching videos and
taking and browsing videos and
images, the OnePlus 8 Pro is faster
and slicker than any other phone
we’ve used to date.
Software-wise the OnePlus 8 Pro
runs Android 10 and Oxygen OS 10.5,
which is OnePlus’ own light skinning.
This user interface combo runs like a
dream on the handset and is super
fast and responsive under the finger
(the screen has a touch sensitivity of
240Hz and uses a technique called
Motion Estimation Motion
Compensation to deliver this).FAST ONE
With a Qualcomm
Snapdragon 865 processor,
12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and
an Adreno 650 GPU, the 8
Pro moves seriously quickly- and with a touch sensitivity
of 240Hz, it has lightning-
fast reactions to your input
The 8 Pro is super
fast if you want to
game, browse the
net or watch videosIF IT AIN’T BROKE
Carrying over much of the
design flair that made the
7T Pro so gorgeous, the 8
Pro has a vertically mounted
camera array and stunning
curved frame and display