Citing lack of space in the chassis as the main reason for its absence, OnePlus has removed it. If you’ve ever owned a OnePlus phone, however, you’ll have spotted that I haven’t mentioned the trademark three-position “do not disturb” slider switch. There’s no 3.5mm jack or provision for microSD expansion, but those aren’t unusual omissions.
You’ll find the volume rocker and the power buttons in the normal places – on the left and right edges respectively – plus a speaker grille, nano-SIM card slot and USB-C port on the bottom. OnePlus says the 10T is splashproof but, with no official rating, you’d be advised to keep it away from moisture as much as possible.Īround the edges of the phone are more changes, not that you’d spot them if you weren’t already au fait with OnePlus phones of yore.
Sadly, there’s no IP rating, where the 10 Pro was certified to IP68. The rear glass (Gorilla Glass 5 again) bulges gradually to meet the camera bump rather than neatly butting up against it. The display doesn’t have curved edges like the 10 Pro – it’s flat from edge to edge – and it uses Gorilla Glass 5 for protection instead of Gorilla Glass Victus. There are differences, of course, but they’re subtle.
Of all these alternatives, only the Galaxy S22 comes with a telephoto camera lens, while the others pair a regular wide camera with an ultrawide.īest power bank 2022: The best portable chargers for your smartphone, tablet, laptop or Nintendo Switch The surprisingly good Asus Zenfone 9 is also a competent rival, and this costs £649. The Samsung Galaxy S22, meanwhile, also has a 6.4in screen, 8GB of RAM and 128GB storage and costs around £600. The Pixel 6 comes with 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage and a 6.4in display. We were sent the latter to test for this review.Īt these prices, the main alternative is the Google Pixel 6, which despite launching for £599 is now available for £450 at the time of writing and is on the cusp of being superseded by the Pixel 7. The Jade Green model, on the other hand, costs £729 and has a glossy rear, 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The Moonstone Black model is the cheaper of the two at £629, and this comes with a textured matte finish, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. That means us Brits have only two variants of the OnePlus 10T to choose from.
The final subtle difference between the Pro and the 10T is that there’s no 512GB model in the UK.
READ NEXT: Our full roundup of the best smartphones you can buy OnePlus 10T review: Price and competition It also misses out on an official IP rating. The key differences are that the 10T lacks an optical zoom camera on the rear and doesn’t have Hasselblad colour calibration – it only has regular wide (50MP, f/1,8) and ultrawide (8MP, f/2.2, 120-degree) cameras. The 10T is actually the more powerful phone, too, featuring the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 SoC versus the regular 8 Gen 1 inside the Pro. The resolution is lower at 2,412 x 1,080 (versus 3,216 x 1,440) but you’d have to have pretty good eyesight to tell the difference at normal viewing distances. The OnePlus 10T’s display is the same size, measuring 6.7in across the diagonal, and uses a 120Hz AMOLED panel, just like the 10 Pro.
This is an impressive upgrade and reason alone to choose the OnePlus 10T over the Pro in my view, but what’s even more impressive about the 10T is that it’s actually quite tough to see what the other differences are. The OnePlus 10 Pro ( £799) “only” uses 80W SuperVooc charging and takes around half an hour to reach full charge. Indeed, the 10T charges even faster than OnePlus’ more expensive flagship model. OnePlus 10T review: What you need to know Battery life is also pretty darned good but, assuming you can find a plug socket and you haven’t left your charger at home, it doesn’t really matter if your phone runs out of charge in the middle of the day. Using the supplied USB-C cable and SuperVooc 160W charger it will charge to 50% in just eight minutes and 100% in around 20 minutes. Its most notable achievement is how fast it charges. That’s not because it has a great set of cameras, nor that it looks wonderful or that it’s faster than any phone that has gone before it. The OnePlus 10T is a remarkable smartphone.