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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leo_sk - Sunday, July 29, 2018 - link
A simple case how notch will cause problem. Try enabling network speed in the statusbar. Now you can black your notch or whatever on op6, you will never have the horizontal space to show it. You have to scroll down to notifications to see it, which is just irritating in long term usage. I would prefer instead that the whole are be blacked and the statusbar shifted below the notch, as in huawei phones. Also added benefit that statusbar changes colour with the apps, otherwise a black one seems reminiscent of android 4amosbatto - Sunday, July 29, 2018 - link
The OnePlus 6 represents everything I hate in smartphones:* No replaceable battery,
* No MicroSD slot,
* Notch in the screen,
* Glass back which is prone to break,
* One bottom facing speaker (I want 2 front facing speakers),
* Lack of a decent bezel to protect the screen,
* Need a heat gun and suction cups to open the case,
* Lots of features don't work in LineageOS (notch in screen, VoLTE, NFC, Dash Charging, LiveDisplay / Night Light, LineageOS Styles, System Profile Bluetooth trigger, Adaptive Brightness,
OnePlus Gestures, Color Profiles)
Am I the only one who hates current phone design? Am I the only one who cares about the longevity, hardiness and repairability of phones?
Meteor2 - Thursday, September 20, 2018 - link
Looks like it :-)Vanguarde - Monday, July 30, 2018 - link
No thanks to the Chinese hackers backdoor delivery device. Pass.Meteor2 - Thursday, September 20, 2018 - link
You know that all phones are made in China, right?Wardrop - Monday, July 30, 2018 - link
Just don't break the screen, as you basically have to tear apart every individual component within the phone to replace. Would be good if Anandtech did a tear down as part of their review to see how serviceable and well built the phones they review are.Meteor2 - Thursday, September 20, 2018 - link
That's what iFixit is forSameer-tariq-abbasi - Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - link
Hi everyone no doubt one plus is very excellent in processing but you can't ignore <a href="https://youmobile.com.pk/brands/5/Oppo-mobile-pric... Phones</a> technology both are up to user expectations.4everalone - Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - link
Just thinking out loud, wonder if it would be feasible for them to release a community edition ROM on XDA, free to tinker with, after their support period has ended for a model.Meteor2 - Thursday, September 20, 2018 - link
It's a Treble phone, so you could just install ASOP.