The OnePlus 6 Review: Among The Best Of 2018
by Andrei Frumusanu on July 27, 2018 8:30 AM EST- Posted in
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- OnePlus 6
Battery Life
The OnePlus 6 contains a 3300mAh / 12.7Wh battery. In general there’s nothing pointing out to expect bad battery life out of the OnePlus 6 as both the SoC and screen should be quite efficient. The most comparable phone would the Galaxy S9+ in the results, as both have the same SoC and both employ AMOLED screens of similar sizes, with the OP6 having a 6% smaller battery capacity.
In the web browsing test the OP6 ends up pretty much exactly where we projected it, at slightly above 10 hours of runtime the phone lands on the better side of battery life results for this generation. Only Huawei’s phones with larger batteries and phones with more efficient screens end up higher. Overall a very respectable result for the OnePlus 6.
In the PCMark test, the OnePlus 6 ends up below the S9+ - here the OnePlus 6 essentially achieving the highest scores of any Android device bar the MIX 2S also have to be accounted in the result. It’s interesting to see the OP6 beating the MIX 2S in the web browsing test yet losing to it in PCMark – the discrepancy could come due to different dynamic brightness behaviours between the phones and we can’t maintain a steady backlight level throughout the totality of the scenarios, something that’s of particular concern in the LG G7 which we’ll be reviewing in the very near future.
Overall battery life of the OnePlus 6 is excellent – of course there’s devices beating it, and most of the time this can be attributed to their higher battery capacities. Active heavy usage of the phone will naturally result in more battery drainage, but that’s also because the device is able to sustain also very high performance in a variety of use-cases.
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Lau_Tech - Saturday, July 28, 2018 - link
Thank you for the review Andrei! I think at this price point the oneplus 6's main problem is the lack of carrier support.In my country you can get an S9 for cheaper than a one plus 6 (with a carrier plan.)... Only people migrating to sim-only plans will still find the one plus 6 to be an attractive option.
Lau_Tech - Saturday, July 28, 2018 - link
Also would recommend some analysis of the fingerprint/face scanner ease of use Andrei... Something to consider for future reviews.diamondbackbilliards - Saturday, July 28, 2018 - link
More Like IphoneX but I hope beats the Iphone on multitasking level. as iphone can handle no lag even if you left 30 apps open. heavy or light.djayjp - Saturday, July 28, 2018 - link
Yes, buy a oneplus or a Huawei and have your data tracked (and likely hacked) by the Chinese government.PeachNCream - Saturday, July 28, 2018 - link
There's no evidence that phones made by Chinese companies are actually being used for spying at least not outside routine data collection inherent to all Google powered devices. The UA government has an advisory publication out discouraging their use as a precaution where government furnished cellular hardware is concerned, but I wouldn't universally apply that to private citizens that just want to hide their dirty pics from a spouse.djayjp - Monday, July 30, 2018 - link
Yeah you can give the Communist party all of your log in info and have them track you and steal IP. You have no idea how scary things are in China. There is ample evidence the Chinese government does hack. Look up about their new 1984 citizen points system.djayjp - Monday, July 30, 2018 - link
Maybe you'll disappear one day. But don't worry, your organs will be of great benefit to the party leaders.Greg E - Saturday, July 28, 2018 - link
Very useful review, if a little late for my purchase decision :>) A few comments from a user of about a month: 1) I waffled about the notch, finally "turned it off". This makes the notch background always black, which means that the stupid Google decision to not allow colored icons in the notification tray (because that would conflict with the uncontrolled background color) can maybe go away. I sorely miss having some icons easily spotted by use of color. 2) You don't comment on the utility (or otherwise) of the fingerprint sensor on the back. On my previous phone (Note 4) I didn't bother with security, as it was too much hassle. With a reachable, tappable (ie not swipe) FPS, this is easy, so I use it. I no longer use the power button or double-tap on screen to wake the phone, as the FPS does that along with security. 3) I don't care for the glass back either, but I read somewhere that this contributes to better radio performance. My experience in that regard has been pretty good, but I am not in a position to test (hint, hint). Also, this may put them in good position to add 5G antennae in the next generation. Can you comment on this?Andrei Frumusanu - Saturday, July 28, 2018 - link
2) FPS' have been around for long enough now that I generally don't have much to talk about them. Personally as I have like 15 devices on my desk I don't have them on by default and beyond shortly testing them.3) Radio performance testing is insanely hard to do correctly and requires >$60k of equipment or very close cooperation with an RF lab - currently we don't have any of the prerequisites. Also I've seen in the past that posting subjective or amateurish testing can be completely wrong so I prefer not to write about it rather than write misleading things when I have no sense of certainty on the topic.
ZolaIII - Sunday, July 29, 2018 - link
What makes the most on RF (radio) performance is traditionally antenna straight (size) and amplifier. So you have old chunky big antenna M's from late 90's that can get the signal when digged 6 fits under. Glass isn't particularly better than let's say plastic in letting analogue signals true but metals block them. Its a final time to step up and use nano tube polymers for phone casing or at least first gen of so called liquid metals (that actually don't have anything common with metal except straight)...