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Design
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- Absolutely top-notch build and design
- The immersive, 'all screen' razor-sharp display on the front (notch-less) makes for an absolutely gorgeous looking phone
- Super fast in-display fingerprint reader (comparable in unlocking speed to standard physical fingerprint readers)
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- On the heavy and large side - and a bit too big to use comfortably with one hand
- No IP-certified water resistance, that's available on some of it's competitors like the Galaxy 10e
Display
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- Incredible, silky smooth, 'all screen' AMOLED display - with a unique 90Hz screen refresh rate that makes games and movie-watching look more fluid - even things like scrolling through webpages and apps feels really fluid (if you place a standard 60Hz phone side-by-side, you will feel the difference)
- In fact the 90Hz display pushes the fluidity and speed of the feel of OxygenOS to a whole new level - in practical terms, seeing animations and scrolling at fluid 90FPS does more to make a phone feel performant than any benchmark score - OnePlus has hit the ball out of the park with this one
- Crisp, high-res screen
- Overall, this is arguably the best display on any smartphone, at present
Software
Plus
OxygenOS continues to be one of the most thoughtfully-designed, clean (stock-like) UIs for Android
2 new features that make it to the latest version of OxygenOS are screen recording, and Zen Mode (for exercising more control over your screen time)
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Performance
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With the super fast flagship Snapdragon 855, some ultra fast storage speed (UFS3), and the 90Hz screen, the OnePlus 7 Pro is a speed monster, and simply the fastest (and the fastest-feeling) Android phone to date
Camera
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- Good, versatile, triple rear camera setup - there is an ultra wide-angle camera, a standard camera and a telephoto camera
- The phone's 3X telephoto zoom combined with a 10x digital zoom means the phone could zoom in on faraway objects while maintaining clarity and stability
- With the wide-angle camera, you can fit way more content in each frame - though shots taken on the wide-angle camera appeared muddier near the edges
- Overall, the photos are generally clear, bright and vibrant with some good HDR rendering
- Portrait shots are pretty good too
- The selfie camera is a neat pop-up camera - the mechanism works smoothly and quickly - and the camera takes some good pictures, including portraits
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Having said that though, the camera setup on the OnePlus 7 Pro, while an improvement on the OnePlus 6T, is still not quite as good as the best cameras out there - the Huawei P30 Pro, the iPhone XR/XS, the Pixel 3/3a, and the Galaxy S10 series - especially in terms of low light performance
Audio
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Excellent stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos
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No standard headphone jack - you will need to use either USB-C or wireless headphones (none of which is included in the retail package)
Battery
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- Decent battery life with a 4000mAH battery - you will get a comfortable one day of use
- Super fast charging speeds - Warp Charge juices up a fully drained OnePlus 7 Pro up to 42% in only 15 minutes - and goes up to 91% in one hour
Minus
- While the battery life is decent, the main competition - the Galaxy S10e, and iPhone XR - is significantly ahead here - in fact the OnePlus 7 Pro also falls a bit behind the OnePlus 6T, because of the larger, higher resolution screen and the high refresh rate
- No wireless charging support
Conclusion
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Overall, if you are not insistent on having the absolute best camera phone, the OnePlus 7 Pro is an incredible value, all-round great, flagship phone, which looks beautiful, runs blazing fast, has clean software, and is a multimedia beast with that amazing silky smooth AMOLED screen, and great stereo speakers
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If on the other hand, you are looking for the best-in-class cameras or more compact phones, you can consider the likes of the Pixel 3a, or Galaxy 10e
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