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after months of rumors speculations and official statements Chinese phone maker oneplus finally unveiled its latest flagship the oneplus 60 on the surface the phone looks similar to its one plus six predecessor which was only released five months ago in May but there are important differences first the 60 is a first widely available phone in the US to have an in screen fingerprint reader so you can scan your fingerprint on the front of the display to unlock your lock screen meanwhile the phone retains its thin bezels all around since the sensor is embedded underneath the screen now I haven't really noticed any improvements in my day-to-day life with this change and while the scanner works fast enough in comparison it doesn't appear to work as quickly as a dedicated reader on the back of the oneplus 6 because of the fingerprint on display the 60 is also the first one plus phone to abandon the headphone jack if you already don't own a pair of wireless headphones there's a dongle included in the box as someone who likes her wired headphones though the whole move is kind of a drag but so it goes third the phone's notch is smaller it's now a less obtrusive teardrop shape instead of a black tab if you still hate the notch though you can blacken the sides for a more traditional look lastly for us customers the 60 is certified to work on Verizon's Network even though oneplus doesn't have any commercial relationship with the carrier oneplus also slightly improved the 60s camera though all hardware specs remain the same there's a new dedicated night mode that supposedly captures better low-light pictures oneplus claims the 60 also handles lighting better for people's portraits the phone's battery capacity has also been bumped up in our preliminary lab tests the 60 lasted over 16 hours for continuous video playback on airplane mode that's an improvement to the 1 plus 6 is 15 and a half hour average keep in mind that the 60 s starting price is slightly more expensive now because it's baseline storage increased it now starts at five hundred and forty nine dollars for six gigs of RAM and 128 gigs of storage but the highest 8 gig 256 gig tier still costs six hundred and twenty-nine dollars overall the one +60 delivers notable new changes to the oneplus line while iterating on the already excellent one plus six and including Verizon customers is a step in the right direction to expand the company's reach in the US if you're looking for an affordable top notch Android consider the 60 but if you already have the six don't feel the need to update especially if you want to hold on to your headphone jack you