PC World - USA (2019-07)

JULY 2019 PCWorld 61

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More bang, more bucks, more everything. BY MICHAEL SIMON

The OnePlus 7 Pro is

everything a OnePlus phone

isn’t supposed to be. It has a

better screen than the Galaxy

S10+. It has a nicer design than the iPhone

XR. And its front camera puts the Pixel 3 XL’s

notch to utter shame.

You might notice that those three phones

all cost upwards of a thousand dollars, a stark

contrast to the $669 7 Pro. But beyond the

tremendous value, it’s the first OnePlus phone

I’ve used that truly feels like a flagship and not

just a premium alternative. The previous

OnePlus models all had attractive price tags

while still packing top-of-the-line specs, but

they never quite measured up to the phones

they were challenging. The 6 and 6T were the

phones to buy instead of a flagship. With the

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