OnePlus 6 Review: The Amitabh Bachchan of Smartphones

After so many rumors, leaks, and speculations now the company has officially OnePlus finally unveiled their 2018 flagship killer smartphone on May 16. The device went up on sale on May 22 in India at a very competitive price point. OnePlus is a company which has a huge fan following in India, just like a celebrity have. No wonder Amitabh Bachchan was chosen as the brand ambassador for the new OnePlus 6 device as well, continuing his association with the brand in India that started with the OnePlus 5.

Just like Amitabh Bachchan movies, OnePlus devices have been something that every Indian now looks forward too. Both have stood the test of time and have grown only better with age. Some might say that they are often seen doing the same thing, time and again, but they have proved that they are their only competition. And most of all, both Big B and OnePlus in their own way work on a mantra to Never Settle. So, before we get into the review of the all-new OnePlus 6 let’s quickly refresh your memory with the specs of this device and then tell you whether the OnePlus 6 will be able to hold its legacy just like Amitabh Bachchan?

What’s Cool?

Processor:

The OnePlus 6 uses Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor. Interestingly, this is the most of the high-end phones this year are going to use. The Snapdragon 845 in the OnePlus 6 runs at a speed of up to 2.8GHz.

RAM:

 There are two variants as far as RAM is concerned. There is OnePlus 6 with 6GB RAM and there is OnePlus 6 with 8GB RAM.

Internal storage:

There are three variants of ROM. The base variant comes with 64GB storage, then there is the 128GB variant and finally the special edition Avengers Infinity Edition of the OnePlus 6 phone with 256GB variant.

Display

This is an AMOLED panel, comes with the 6.28-inch screen with a Full HD+ display. The screen is topped with Gorilla Glass 5 and it has a resolution of 2280 X 1080 pixels.

Camera specs

The handset sports a dual rear camera one is primary camera comes with OIS and EIS with 16-megapixel primary shooter. There is a secondary camera using 20-megapixel IMX376K image sensor. This one has 1.0um pixels and comes with an F1.7 lens.

Software

Android 8.1 Oreo. Stock Android user interface but custom features through Oxygen OS 5 which is software from OnePlus.

Battery

3300 mAh with Dash charging.

Design

Oneplus 6 comes with an awesome look and feel. It sports a metal and glass design. It is arguably the best-looking — even if not distinctive looking — OnePlus phone so far. It looks really good. The handset supports wide colour gamut like DCI-P3 colour space, which makes the colours look richer and warmer, the way they are in reality.

Dash Charge

The Dash Charging, offered through the USB-C port by the bundled 5V 4A charger, is almost magical. Although OnePlus users who are already used to the feature in the existing OnePlus phones will be familiar with it.

Camera tweaks

The OnePlus 6 camera supports slow-mo video recording in up to 480FPS. It also supports 4K video recording. It also supports 2X zoom, through a combination of software and hardware method.

Colour Variants: 

The OnePlus 6 is going to be available in three finishes: Midnight Black, Mirror Black and Silk White. This is in addition to the special Infinity War edition that comes in a separate finish.

Software updates

OnePlus 6 camera supports portrait mode. The company says that portrait mode on the front camera will come soon to the OnePlus 6 through a software update.

How to get it?

OnePlus 6 camera supports portrait mode and not the panaroma mode. The company says that portrait mode on the front camera will come soon to the OnePlus 6 through a OTA(Over the Air).

What’s Not So Cool?

The OnePlus 6 is no doubt one of the best Android smartphones to come to life in the year 2018, but there are a couple of things that we really didn’t find amusing on the OnePlus 6. For starters, though it does come in a Midnight black and Silk white variant (Which you should totally go for), in a country like India that’s always under-construction, dust is a prominent factor. So, a mirror black finish is not an ideal colour choice since it’s prone to scratches, and fingerprint smudges and attracts a lot of dust.

Also, the Face Unlock on the OnePlus 6 is ultra fast, but if you are in a dark room or in your bed during the night with the lights off, the device just refuses to read your face and unlock at that time, its being so difficult.

And the ‘T’ problem. As last year within 4 months of launching the OnePlus 5 the company launched an improved and advanced better version that is OnePlus 5T. Many consumers were left disappointed who had bought the OnePlus 5. That was in a way unsettling for them. Now that we are in May 2018, we can expect a OnePlus 6T version pop up sometime at the time of October which will be closer to the date of the launch of the next iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy flagship.

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