ISSUE 45 • ANDROID ADVISOR 5The £449 OnePlus 5T is an upgrade on the
five-month-old OnePlus 5 in the same way the 3T
was to the 3 a year ago. In 18 months, there have
been four flagship devices from a company that had
previously only made two (the mid-range OnePlus
X being its other device).
The new phone is excellent – a huge, crisp screen
and screaming performance – but it’s coming from
a company that is dangerously close to annoying its
fans and appearing like it has run out of ideas, even
though it hasn’t. It’s an impressive refinement of the
company’s fast progression in smartphones. It’s very
similar to the OnePlus 5, but the new screen size and
face unlock feature make it feel surprisingly fresh.
Design
Let’s not pretend here, the OnePlus 5T naturally
looks like the OnePlus 5. The front is more attractive
with the lack of bezels and fingerprint sensor but the
phone itself is largely unchanged aside from the new
18:9 display. It’s only available in midnight black at
launch and yes, it looks a lot like the Oppo R11S.
It’s a tiny bit taller than the OnePlus 5 to
accommodate the new screen, measuring
156x75x7.3mm. It won’t fit properly in an old case,
but you wouldn’t want it to now that the fingerprint
sensor is on the back. Luckily, it’s really fast, easy to
use and is circular. The rear otherwise looks the same,
with dual cameras and a OnePlus logo. It charges
via USB-C (and its excellent but proprietary Dash
Charge charger) and retains a headphone jack, but
ships with no headphones.
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