The new OnePlus 8 Pro Full Review

Introduction

The OnePlus 8 Pro surprises us positively within the test. The display is an absolute feast for the eyes and isn't only bright, but also convinces with rich colors. additionally , the operation is extremely soft and pleasant because of the 120 Hertz refresh rate. The battery should get most users through the day, but also recharges at lightning speed if the worst involves the worst. The performance is at the very best level, the equipment is nearly perfect. Only the camera cannot continue with the simplest of the simplest . And if it weren't for the high introductory price ...

Impression

The OnePlus 8 Pro impresses initially glance with its very elegant design and high-quality workmanship. the rear of our test device comes with frosted glass, almost like that of the iPhone 11 Pro. the rear looks very chic, but is additionally a touch slippery than unmatted glass. for several users, a telephone case should therefore be inevitable. Then the rear camera doesn't bother an excessive amount of , because it protrudes very faraway from the housing and prevents the OnePlus from lying flat.

We really just like the mute switch that the OnePlus 8 Pro also has. almost like the iPhones, a physical switch are often wont to mute the telephone at lightning speed. However, unlike Apple devices, there are three modes to settle on from: Mute, Vibration, and Sound.

Speaking of vibration: As within the previous model OnePlus 7T Pro, the manufacturer also uses a superb vibration motor in its latest model. The smartphone announces incoming notifications or calls with a really gentle vibration.

An exceptionally perfect display

The screen of the OnePlus 8 Pro features a huge diagonal of 6.8 inches. it's only slightly smaller than the display of the Samsung flagship Galaxy S20 Ultra and is especially suitable for gaming or watching videos. The high refresh rate of 120 hertz (usually 60 Hz is typically used) ensures pleasant operation with soft animations and a fast response even outside of those areas of application. thanks to the narrow screen format of 19.8: 9 together with a front, which consists of around 90 percent only display area, users quickly get the sensation that they're only holding an outsized and impressive screen. The rounded side edges support this again a touch .

Thanks to the QHD resolution (3,168 x 1,440 pixels), the OnePlus 8 Pro creates a crisp image and brings it to a really good 513 ppi pixel density. The display is additionally very bright: the screen brightness can already be delivered to a bright 609 cd / m² manually. However, if you're outside in sunlight, for instance , the OnePlus 8 Pro turns the screen brightness even higher and brings it to a spectacular peak of 1,039 cd / m² in our test. it's in no way inferior to the flagships of other manufacturers like Samsung.

The OLED display shows colors very strongly and therefore the black value is superb . We measured a superb coverage of the sRGB color space of 151 percent within the test. HDR videos also can be viewed fully splendor because of the complete display of the DCI-P3 color space. The contrast values also are strong and convey it to a worth of around 158: 1. In our test, the OnePlus received the highest grade for its display.

Battery: Lasts long, charges super fast

The battery capacity of the OnePlus 8 Pro is 4,510 mAh - that's quite large. Nevertheless, it takes just 70 minutes to completely charge the battery with the supplied 30-watt power supply. additionally , 63 percent is prepared again after half an hour of charging - enough for a couple of more hours of use.

As an alternate to the classic wired version, the OnePlus 8 Pro now also comes with wireless charging support for the primary time. In parallel to the discharge , the manufacturer also showed its own wireless charging station, which, just like the included power supply, achieves 30 watts of power. it's therefore not surprising that the wireless charging time of 78 minutes is hardly longer. it's also the primary smartphone on the market that nominally draws electricity with an equivalent power as wired and thus has almost an equivalent charging time.

In our endurance test, we set the display to a brightness of 200 cd / m² and let the device automatically surf the online and play videos continuously via LTE. The telephone only switched itself off after around 11 hours - a really good value. However, you simply get this runtime if you forego the increased refresh rate of 120 Hertz and are on the move in 60 Hz mode. Otherwise, you'll lose approximately one and a half hours of maximum runtime: in 120 Hz mode, our test ended after 9:33 hours.

Top performance for a lightning-fast user experience

OnePlus relies on the simplest from Qualcomm for its current flagship. The Snapdragon 865 provides the required computing power. It achieves a clock speed of up to 2.84 gigahertz and works with eight computing cores. A whopping 12 gigabytes of RAM support this.

It is therefore not surprising that the OnePlus 8 Pro only barely missed the highest mark in our performance test at the time of the test. Our complex test PDF file loads and renders the smartphone during a short 3.2 seconds, in PCMark for Android it achieves a superb 11,446 points. But even in lifestyle , the strong performance of the smartphone features a positive impact in the least times: almost no charging times, consistently smooth and brisk animations, always short response times - the 8 Pro actually has everything you would like in terms of performance from a smartphone in 2020 can expect.

Improved camera

With a complete of 4 camera lenses on the rear , OnePlus wants its new flagship do tons better than the previous models. A main camera with 48 megapixels, an ultra wide-angle sensor with also 48 megapixels, a zoom lens with triple optical zoom and a color filter lens are used. consistent with the manufacturer, the latter processes the sunshine during a different way than cameras of other smartphones and works with a laser system. This creates pictures with a special hue than usual. the most camera and therefore the zoom lens are optically stabilized. The OnePlus 8 Pro also supports 4K video at 60 frames per second.

In the test, we were won over by the camera quality of the OnePlus flagship, albeit it still doesn't quite reach the extent of the absolute best . the standard of photos in daylight is superb and scores with many details and great contrasts. within the dim light, the image quality remains usable if you hold the smartphone steady while recording. However, there are already initial weaknesses compared to a Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, for example: The OnePlus 8 Pro cannot match its photo quality. Shoot the twilight photo from your blank check , the standard doesn't decrease quite as massively because it is that the case with the Huawei P40 Pro. the standard of the selfie camera is sweet , but it had been already better in previous models. Nevertheless: this is often complaining at the very best level, the photos look excellent .

OnePlus 8 Pro with a round design

The OnePlus 8 Pro uses the newest Android 10 from the factory. The manufacturer provides the OS with its own software interface Oxygen OS some additional functions, but leaves the essential design largely unchanged.

After the smartphone has been found out for the primary time, around 220 gigabytes of the nominally 256 GB memory remain available. this suggests that the majority users have enough space for all types of apps, games and multimedia data. It's painful that OnePlus doesn't have a MicroSD slot again. For this, the telephone is dual SIM capable. Furthermore, the subject 5G has now also received OnePlus, because the OnePlus 8 Pro also feels comfortable within the new radio network.

Lots of money for a OnePlus phone

As with almost every other current flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 8 Pro not comes with a headphone jack. Here you've got to resort to alternatives like USB-C headphones or Bluetooth headphones, because OnePlus doesn't include a corresponding adapter for the classic 3.5 millimeter jack connection within the packaging. After all, the OnePlus 8 Pro has excellent stereo speakers that produce great sound.

The other features convinced us within the test. The OnePlus flagship supports both WiFi 5 (WLAN-ac) and WiFi 6 (WLAN-ax). it's one among the primary smartphones with the present Bluetooth standard 5.1 and NFC is in fact also on board. Version 3.1 of the USB-C port is additionally current. For the primary time within the history of OnePlus, your smartphone is additionally officially protected against the ingress of water and mud . Although the OnePlus smartphones have kept water and mud faraway from the hardware well within the past, the manufacturer has always saved the IP68 certification of the 8 Pro.

To unlock, either a rather insecure two-dimensional face recognition or a particularly fast and reliable fingerprint sensor are available. The latter is hidden under the display glass and works optically.

As convincing because the test results of the OnePlus 8 Pro could also b, all of this has its price, of course. within the past, OnePlus brand smartphones have always been known for offering an excellent overall package at a really reasonable price. The manufacturer's new flagship puts an end to the present with a price of a hefty 899 euros for the version with 8 GB RAM and 128 GB memory or 999 euros for the model with 12 GB RAM and 256 GB user memory, which we had within the test. After all, a protective covering is already included within the scope of delivery, a screen protector is additionally already applied.