ISSUE 45 • ANDROID ADVISOR 9REVIEWOnePlus 5T feels as fluid as an Android phone can
feel other than the Pixel 2.
The OnePlus 5 scores higher than the 5T on a
couple of tests, but it is a tiny difference. OnePlus
was also accused of boosting the 5 for tests, so
they may have stopped that when everyone noticed.
The 5T is the fastest phone we have ever used
besides the Pixel 2 this year. Away from Android,
this year’s iPhones are also ridiculously quick with
Apple’s new A11 Bionic chip.
Display
The display is altered with a 6.01in Optic AMOLED
panel that uses a 2160x1080 resolution to create
the 18:9 aspect ratio. It takes up a whopping 80.
percent of the front of the device.
It’s a bright, colourful panel that is a smidge
under Samsung-quality, but as is usually the case
with OnePlus, it’s a belter of a screen for the price.
We found though that the auto-brightness setting
is too aggressive and makes the screen too dim
much of the time. The only changes are the display,
fingerprint placement, camera sensors and new
face unlock feature. The latter works stupidly fast
but is less secure than Apple’s Face ID, and akin to
the same feature on the Galaxy S8 in that it records
a 2D image that can potentially be fooled by a
decent quality print out of your face. Apple’s uses
3D mapping, which can’t be tricked this way.
It’s also great that the 5T does not suffer from
the jelly scroll effect that plagues the OnePlus 5 still.
The display size and quality is the best upgrade here.