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the recent tech pocalypse has proven that smartphones aren't just getting better they're also getting significantly more expensive with players like Apple proving that they can cross the $1,000 barrier unscathed the result hasn't really been good for consumers as major competitors have decided to follow so for those of you wondering why all the popularity over the launch of the oneplus 60 on t-mobile in the United States that's because in 2018 this phone is still $100 less expensive than most flack ships out there for those of you asking well what's the catch it's time to detail the pros and cons I'm high mentally that I will pocket now and this is our review of the oneplus 61 plus has gained lots of popularity for its motto of being the flagship killer but if you remember any of my previous reviews in the last couple of years I've never really agreed with that even with it's never settle slogan I always felt that there was some level of compromise up until this years one plus six that was easily one of my favorite phones of early 2018 so you'd assume that the oneplus 60 would build on that and the fact of the matter is that it does for the most part not on everything in the looks department it's hard to not admire the breadth of originality that oneplus has adopted since the 5t with different coats of aluminum or glass and even unique colors this Thunder purple variant is hot the gradient goes from purple to black and even extend still the aluminum finish and the color shifts depending on the angle that you look at the phone the matte glass finishes not flawless and it's fight for fingerprints or smudges but it does do a better job than most and even if I'm not a fan of cases oneplus does know how to make a good sandstone case to blend it's really the little things like the mute slider that most of us praise and that makes this phone stand apart the change you will notice is that this phone is thicker and heavy than its predecessor but in that case it's because it serves a purpose with its larger 3700 milliamp hour battery almost everything else inside definitely makes this a flagship we've got a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 options for more RAM that most at 6 or 8 gigabytes it also starts with more storage than most with an option that begins at 128 gigs not expandable and extensive 256 we have dual-sim capabilities if you choose the international variant and we also have one of the fastest charging solutions in the industry now the corners cut to keep the price down begin when you ask for an IP rating the phone is splash resistant according to the company but we can't really tell you to what degree and then my least favorite changes the death of the headphone jack pretty much contradicting all the fun oneplus is made of competitors for settling on this trend there are some neat tricks that don't necessarily compensate but that are welcomed this is the first phone to bring it on display fingerprint scanner to the United States and it's not just fast it learns you'll notice that it keeps getting more and more accurate as you use it also fastest face to unlock which surely is not secured but crazy convenient when wearing gloves in horrible weather conditions in between both solutions we have one of my favorite displays on a flagship there's a nearly unintrusive notch at the top minimal Chin's at the bottom and a well-tuned 6.41 inch optical AMOLED display a 1080p Plus resolution all protected by Gorilla Glass 6 this means great color reproduction deep blacks and no issues when viewed from an angle but the only thing missing for this experience to be great stereo speakers in order to enhance content consumption trust me don't muffle the speaker which means that I naturally drifted to the first pixel things I do miss or the smart approach and hiding the knotch that we saw with the oneplus 6 when watching videos in full screen but that being said a cool alternative is now that you can fully hide it as oneplus has now decided to still portray notifications in the hidden portion and still give you the extra screen real estate for content hardware on this phone may not be flagship challenging yes I do agree there are some things that I wish were still here but it doesn't change the fact that hardware on this phone is great for the most part now where this phone is king is in software and notice it's no pixel those of you looking for an uncompromised experience in android this is your phone sure it may be called oxygen OS 9 point 0.5 but it's nearly as stock as Android 9pi should be with some minor additions to improve on the experience the launcher offers lots of flexibility like being able to control the grid size of icons and the design of these if you're not a fan of widgets on your home screen there's a drawer on the left where you can stack them up or do both approaches as well the app tray looks like the standard from Android but if you slide from the border there's a hidden app tray for apps you want to keep to yourself then there are the gestures you can pick the typical Android navigation buttons you can also pick to go with the pixel pill that is not necessarily my favorites the one I really like most are full screen gestures where you can set both sides to go back and then you could set the Google assistant that's a long press on the power button and then there are other extras like gaming mode to not be bothered by notifications while you're playing and then my other favorite which is reading mode for those of you wanting a black and white screen while reading a book on the go so then you ask why is this closest stock Android if there are so many extras well I've been using this phone for nearly three weeks and there is just no lag oneplus has this neat feature called project boost where the phone uses leftover RAM to load elements you use most on applications in order to have these load and performs faster the company has also spent the last two years proving that it can give you the latest version of Android within a close range of when it gets launched on the pixel as well even with the reduced earpiece phone call sound great and the same goes for the speaker as long as you don't cover it and then data speeds are epic our test on the t-mobile network for this phone have proven it to be a champ topping even phones like the iPhone 10s which is far more expensive best of all the battery life oneplus makes its competition look really bad on this department this device barely sips on power while not in use and when you do I've ended days with enough juice to go for another and yes I do wish that it had wireless charging but the fast charging is so good that really you don't care you can top this phone in less than an hour really easily now usually the story goes that companies that are aggressive about the price will cut corners when it comes to the camera but not here ever since the oneplus 6 I've really praised the improvements provided we've got the same camera combo an arrangement of the six with some added software enhancements this means a 16 megapixel camera at F 1.7 aperture 1.2 2 microns and a wide 25 millimeter equivalent there's a secondary camera at 20 megapixels F 1.7 aperture and standard microns but it serves more to assist the primary in certain scenarios photography is great obviously during the day it's hard to find a phone with these specifications that doesn't deliver one of my favorite enhancements that oneplus has figured out as HDR dynamic range on this phone is killer and now like the 1 plus 60 is good almost to the level of other flagships the smaller microns on the camera don't really help but if you're able to hold still nightscape bring some long exposure love to the mix to truly match even the best smartphones I also praised this portrait mode I mean you can't really edit the blur after the fact but you might not want to do so the results are very natural but I wish I'd feel the same about selfie portraits the company's HDR doesn't work with it surely the idea is to blur the background but not blow it out seriously regular selfies and HDR just make photos so epic that it might be necessary for oneplus to show some HDR love the portrait selfies as well video recording is pretty much like the one plus six meeting it's really good and super stable I filmed the full camera experience of the one plus six in London where you can notice its civilization for both the primary camera and even the selfie shooter but you're both fantastic in my opinion to conclude I'm not sure if you noticed but one thing prevailed across this review a lot of this phone is just like the one plus six the changes between the three in the 3t were internal and then external between the 5 and the 5 T but in the case of the 60 these are external but not all are welcomed as much as we saw in last year's predecessors point is if you're holding on to a one plus six said it might be a good idea for you to stay where you are you get to keep your headphone jack you've got a thinner phone and the things that matter like battery life and camera remain nearly the same now if you're in the United States it might be a better idea for you to go for the 1 plus 60 my 1 plus 6 worked fine as I used it but unless one plus has done some added band tuning and software updates my speedtest on t-mobile had the 60 downloading twice the data speeds and you also have horizon support on the 16 and then there are the significant subsidies on t-mobile and this is really at launch which means they're only gonna get better I'm not gonna say that the one plus 60 is the perfect phone it's not there's really no such thing but at its launch price this phone does make any other US flagship look really bad this is not the typical story of you get what you paid for nope the one plus 60 is not just great for the money it's even better than phones that cost twice as much and we've got comparisons to prove that what about you what do you 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