ISSUE 45 • ANDROID ADVISOR 15REVIEWas for banking, acknowledging its security pitfalls
compared to fingerprint or PIN.
Along with Google, Nokia and Motorola, OnePlus
ships a clean, uncomplicated version of Android that’s
all the better for it. If you like a bit of Samsung style
flash on your phone, though, it might not be for you
– the 5T is blindingly fast, but partly because of its lack
of animations. Everything is very austere and clean
cut in order to get a process done as fast as possible,
but it’s a phone that encourages you to tinker to get a
truly unique look and feel, which we love.
The customization is now key to the OnePlus
experience. People (including us) buy iPhones and
Samsung phones and never tweak anything. Using the
5T implores you to dig into the UI and change things
for the better, and we welcome that wholeheartedly.
OnePlus confirmed at the phone’s launch event
that it will be getting Oreo in ‘early 2018’, which will
bring better notifications, security, handy features
such as password autofill, and visual tweaks.
Verdict
The OnePlus 5T isn’t a surprise, both in its existence
and the fact it’s very similar to the OnePlus 5. It stands
as a reminder that 2017 was the year every company
produced a phone with an 18:9 display to make sure
its bezels didn’t look outdated on the store shelf.
But OnePlus isn’t on many store shelves given its
online retail approach, and its many vocal core fans
who bought the 5 will be annoyed by the 5T. It needed
to update its design language quickly to keep up with
the wider market where it is yet to make a dent, and