ISSUE 65 • ANDROID ADVISOR 79BUYING GUIDEdetail than some shots from that phone – though at
the cost of slightly more noise.
As for video, the rear cameras can shoot up to 4K
at 60fps, while the selfie lens will do 1080p at 30fps,
and you also get the option of super slow motion
from the rear cameras – either 1080p at 240fps, or
720p at 480fps.Processor, memory and storage
It’s probably clear by now that OnePlus is really
leading on the display and camera when it comes
to the 7 Pro – two areas where the company has
never previously made a name for itself, no doubt
not by chance.
Still, it hasn’t exactly skimped elsewhere. The
processor is the flagship Snapdragon 855, and it’s
backed up by some meaty memory options, with
up to 256GB storage and 12GB of RAM available
– though there’s no support for microSD cards,
so what you get is what you get.
That storage is special, too: the 7 Pro uses UFS
3.0 – universal flash storage – which is a fancy way of
saying that it should be able to save and access files
much quicker. That means faster app opening, game
loading, and file transferring – it’s the equivalent to
plugging an SSD into your computer. It’s also the only
phone on sale right now to boast the tech, though
technically not the first – the Galaxy Fold uses UFS 3.0
too, but we all know how well that launch went. It’s
not clear yet how much of a difference the new drive
is making in and of itself, but it’s contributing to silky
smooth performance across the board.ISSUE 65 • ANDROID ADVISOR 79BUYING GUIDEdetail than some shots from that phone – though at
the cost of slightly more noise.
As for video, the rear cameras can shoot up to 4K
at 60fps, while the selfie lens will do 1080p at 30fps,
and you also get the option of super slow motion
from the rear cameras – either 1080p at 240fps, or
720p at 480fps.
Processor, memory and storage
It’s probably clear by now that OnePlus is really
leading on the display and camera when it comes
to the 7 Pro – two areas where the company has
never previously made a name for itself, no doubt
not by chance.
Still, it hasn’t exactly skimped elsewhere. The
processor is the flagship Snapdragon 855, and it’s
backed up by some meaty memory options, with
up to 256GB storage and 12GB of RAM available
– though there’s no support for microSD cards,
so what you get is what you get.
That storage is special, too: the 7 Pro uses UFS
3.0 – universal flash storage – which is a fancy way of
saying that it should be able to save and access files
much quicker. That means faster app opening, game
loading, and file transferring – it’s the equivalent to
plugging an SSD into your computer. It’s also the only
phone on sale right now to boast the tech, though
technically not the first – the Galaxy Fold uses UFS 3.0
too, but we all know how well that launch went. It’s
not clear yet how much of a difference the new drive
is making in and of itself, but it’s contributing to silky
smooth performance across the board.