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we wanted to compare one of the galaxies against a mid cost option we landed on the phone which helps popularize the premium mid Ranger category what was tough though was deciding which galaxy to use for the comparison the one plus 3t lands somewhere in between traditional smaller and bigger flagship phone options ultimately we decided on the smaller Galaxy s8 keeping prices a bit closer and it gives us an opportunity to look at the differences in display size from Samsung's new form factor kicking things off with design it's going to be difficult topping the galaxy this year it's a stunning example of engineering against these curves the oneplus is an attractive handset but falls into the same trap as many other manufacturers releasing a phone which resembles some combination of HTC and Apple hardware it's pretty clear which device is breaking new ground here and taking a quick look at the specs these two represent top-tier offerings of their time the 3t was one of the first non pixel phones last year to use the Qualcomm 821 and pack six gigabytes of RAM for multitasking junkies the Samsung is brand new for 2017 trading two GBS of RAM for the newest 10 nanometer chipset in the USA that's the Qualcomm 835 we'll talk about performance a little bit later but Samsung ultimately takes the win here for including more stuff iris scanner heart rate monitor SD card storage expansion and a nice bit of lifestyle protection with ip68 water resistance it's rare I meet someone who uses everything on their galaxy but there's almost always one feature which in owner loves that cannot be found on a competing device the vote for the oneplus in this case it might emit all of those options but consumers won't pay for Hardware they might not use chief among these Hardware differences are the displays on paper a 5.8 inch screen sounds like it should be noticeably bigger than a 5.5 inch screen so it's shocking when you hold the s8 and it's shorter and thinner of course making the screen skinnier does change the overall area calculation of the display and the two phones are actually a lot closer than the diagonal measurement alone would indicate so what do we get for this extra space it's most readily noticeable and web browsers and vertically scrolling apps where you get more content on your screen but if an app isn't coded for the taller display Samsung can crop it in for you but that often carves into controls in many apps if you don't zoom in your effective screen area is closer to a smaller phone like the galaxy s7 another advantage for Samsung is the higher resolution and more pixel dense display that's tempered by the fact that out of the box the s8 is set to 1080p the native resolution of the 3t for folks who care about the dots on their screen they can dig through the settings to use all the hardware they paid for but it's an interesting place we arrived at where Samsung is somewhat making the case for one plus that 1080p is good enough for most people and why pay for dots you're not really going to use outside of that both are colorful AMOLED panels with excellent contrast and top-tier outdoor brightness a slight lead to Samsung for driving the screen brighter in Auto mode but the oneplus has more accurate whites to my eye the most polarizing category for our audience might be software samsung has tweaked skinned and customized nearly every aspect of the s8 additional functionality like the edge panel can come in handy but that also comes with more overhead at any given time there will likely be more background processes running on the s8 the three t on the other hand feels a bit stark out of the box but it's a cleaner blank slate to custom-fit the phone to your specific needs the bigger qu4 one plus though this leaner approach seems to help the smaller company deliver more timely updates the three T running Android 7.1 while the s8 is still on 7.0 at the time this comparison was shot on the whole interactions on the oneplus feel faster more fluid swapping between apps multitasking the 3t feels like a lightweight track racer the newer phone of course has a newer chipset but this comparison requires a bit of nuance the s8 often feels like it's got a limiter on while the 3t feels turbocharged we shouldn't overly rely on synthetic benchmarks but the oneplus often wins for single core performance and the si will often take the crown for multi-core only the die-hard techies and our audience will know which apps of theirs will benefit from that multi-core processing yet another showdown pitting a Qualcomm 835 against an twenty-one we would hope that the galaxy's newer hardware would better offset Samsung's additional software but my real-world use of the 3t has been surprisingly impressive that there's really no current app we can point to which taxes last year's chipset we're not particularly concerned with how the 3t will aged over the next year the s8 does take a leave for wireless performance though getting better cell and Wi-Fi reception around my neck of the woods the camera battle is a handy win for samsung not much evolved over the galaxy s7 but the s7 also scored a win over the 3t last year a better low-light performance crazy quick autofocus more complete manual controls and crowd-pleasing color processing the 3t delivers some great Stills and videos for its price and this is one area where the more expensive phone can outperform the less expensive phone the audio fight though is a very close competition both phones compete well for mono bottom firing speakers and this is a nice update for Samsung given the water resistance the headphone fight is also a close battle nearly identical numbers for noise and almost identical amp output the galaxy taking small leads for dynamic range distortion and stereo crosstalk but all well beyond most human hearing the main advantage is the Samsung's ability to playback the full frequency range of 32-bit audio files people who take care and saving high-quality audio will get a little more out of those files on the galaxy but folks listening to mp3s while this is a statistical dead heat and the battery comparison is a handy win for the one Plus which shouldn't be a surprise given the larger battery in the 3t but more than just overall run time it also seems to use that capacity a touch more efficiently the recharge race also wins for the less expensive phone let's say you need a fast top off plugging both phones in for 15 minutes the s8 charges a smaller percentage of a smaller battery the oneplus - charger is formidable and the system helps the phone stay cooler while refueling so let's wrap this up where does that leave us between the Galaxy S 8 and the 1 + 3 T these cross category comparisons are tough ultimately the s8 wins right incredible design newer components a sexy screen more stuff well pump your brakes there tiger the three T's focus on streamlining delivers comparable real world use and while we don't get the plethora of additional hardware features or software additions oneplus is selling this phone for $300 less at the time this comparison was shot do you get more phone with the Samsung of course you do no questions there do you get $300 more phone well we can't say that you do if you want the best you pay for the best but as prices keep climbing those flagship returns are ever diminishing and of course we want to hear from you with the 1 + 5 right around the corner do you think oneplus can keep the pressure on pricing will mid rangers eat up more of the flagship market this year again carrier financing deals drop us a comment down below as always thanks so much for watching be sure to subscribe to this channel for more comparisons like these and help us out with some sharing on your favorite social networks for PocketNow I'm Juan Carlos Pagnell some gadget guy on Twitter and Instagram and I will catch you all on the next comparison