On April 14, 2020, OnePlus announced their new flagship smartphones–the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro. Right after the announcement, a lot of people were asking, including me, are the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro 5G smartphones worth it especially considering their price bump, again? Well, let’s first see what OnePlus has to offer this time around.
Specs
The OnePlus 8 has a 6.55″, 1080P Fluid AMOLED display which has a refresh rate of 90Hz/s. It’s powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 with 5G capability. The storage options are 128GB or 256GB with UFS 3.0. The battery size is 4300 mAh with Warp Charge 30T which OnePlus claims it can charge the phone from 1% to 50% in just 22 minutes.
The OnePlus 8 Pro has a 6.78 1440P Fluid AMOLED display which has a refresh rate of 120Hz/s. It is also powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 with 5G capability. The storage options are also 128GB and 256GB with UFS 3.0. However, the OnePlus 8 Pro offers LPDDR5 for it’s RAM while the OnePlus 8 offers a slightly slower LPDDR4X. OnePlus 8 Pro also has a bigger battery which comes in 4510 mAh. Furthermore, the Pro model has 30W fast wireless charging capability(wireless chargers are sold separately).
vs. Competitors
OnePlus was known for their smartphone being the “flagship killer” ever since they first introduced their OnePlus One which I personally LOVED. It had flagship specs at $299 which took the smartphone world by storm. So now that they have made the flagships themselves, where do they stand as far as competition is concerned? Let’s do some comparisons with the newly released Samsung Flagships.
The Samsung Galaxy S20 comes in 3 variants: the S20 5G, S20+ 5G, and the S20 Ultra 5G, which comes in 6.2″, 6.7″, and 6.9″ display sizes respectfully. All models offer 120Hz refresh rate. However, you can only choose between 120 Hz refresh rate and 1440P resolution because both features can’t be enabled in the settings. As for the battery sizes, they are 4000mAh, 4500mAh, and 5000 mAh respectfully. The Galaxy S20 can only connect to the Sub-6 5G network while S20+ and S20 Ultra have both mmWave and Sub-6 capability.
Next up, let’s compare it with iPhones. Ugh~ Nope, because you either love IOS so you want to use iPhones or you hate IOS so you have to use Android. I am not even going to do a comparison with LG because their recent releases of smartphones have been underwhelming.
So the only competitor is Samsung, and they do offer competitive specs and features, right? Yes, but at what cost? The Samsung S20 starts at $999.99, and the Samsung S20+ starts at $1199.99 with the Galaxy S20 Ultra comes in at $1399.99. The price only goes up if you choose higher storage options. What about OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro? They are also expensive since they offer similar specs with 5G capability, right? Well, let’s check.
The OnePlus 8 starts at $699 and the OnePlus 8 Pro starts at $899. I think we have a winner here. The Oneplus devices offer similar if not better features in some departments compared to S20 lineups at a much lower cost. So it’s obvious that OnePlus still is the “flagship killer” with their “flagship killers” in OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro.
