JUNE 2020 PCWorld 59

OnePlus 8 Pro: A great phone that’s

no longer a great value

OnePlus used to give you a lot for the money. Now it just gives you a lot. BY MICHAEL SIMON

T

he OnePlus 8 Pro ushers in a bunch

of firsts for the humble Android

phone maker. It’s the first OnePlus

display with a hole-punch camera

and a 120Hz refresh rate. It’s the first

OnePlus phone with wireless charging and a

quad-camera. It’s the first time OnePlus has

made Wi-Fi 6 and 5G standard. Heck, it’s

even the first OnePlus phone with IP-rated

water resistance.

It’s also the first OnePlus handset to top a

thousand bucks (with tax), more than three

times the cost of the original OnePlus One. To

be fair, things have changed quite a bit since

2014, when Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S5

cost just $650 off-contract. But even though

IMAGE: MICHAEL SIMON