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The OnePlus 5T is undoubtedly an excellent smartphone.
It sports a modern and trendy – if not ground-breaking – design, while its aluminium body feels strong and is impressively light considering its size.
The 6.01in display is the phone's best feature in my opinion – it's a really punchy AMOLED panel, with a great range of brightness and the ability to fine-tune the colour balance in the phone's settings. For £499, it really does not get better than this.
Factor in the fabulous performance of the Snapdragon 835, the lighting-fast fingerprint scanner and facial recognition technology, plus the clean and intuitive software, and surely the 5T is a hands-down flagship killer?
It's very close, but it's let down by the camera. I just don't think it's good enough to compete with the likes of the Mate 10 Pro, the iPhone 8 or the Pixel 2 – and those are the companies OnePlus is targeting with the 5T. If buy a high-end phone, you expect a good camera and the OnePlus 5T is falls short in that area.
For someone who wants a really fast, clean Android phone, the OnePlus 5T is still a very impressive device considering its asking price. I'd happily use one as my daily driver if camera quality wasn't such a big factor for me. If it's not a big factor for you, though, I don't think it gets much better than the 5T.
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Pros
- Very fast.
- Modern design.
- Fingerprint scanner and facial recognition are really good.
- Clean software with a few useful tweaks.
- Dash charge is great.
Cons
- Camera is disappointing.
- Storage not expandable.
KitGuru says: The OnePlus 5T is undoubtedly the price-to-performance king at the minute. If it had a better camera, it would be hands-down the best deal on the market right now.
