OnePlus 7 Pro
Update
: The OnePlus 7 has launched alongside the OnePlus 7 Pro, so you might want to consider them alongside OnePlus 6T - though the latter is still the most affordable of the three.
While OnePlus has been releasing two phones per year since the 3T in 2016, the company maintains it will only launch its follow-up 'T' devices when technology has progressed enough to improve a handset before the next full generation.
The OnePlus 6T is the embodiment of that rationale, as it feels like a genuine step up from the OnePlus 6, which launched earlier in 2018.
Don’t get us wrong: we loved the OnePlus 6. It scored 4.5 stars in TechRadar’s review, in which we praised it for clean software, lots of power and a premium glass design. The OnePlus 6T is just consistently better in almost every respect.
There aren’t any eye-catching, must-have new features, but this is more than a stepping stone on the way to the OnePlus 7. And while it doesn't pack the cool new pop-up selfie camera or 90hz display of the OnePlus 7 Pro, the OnePlus 6T is still the reigning king of value - which is noticeably cheaper than its successors.
Having said that, it's no longer new - a number of high-profile phones have launched since, such as the Samsung Galaxy S10, Pixel 3a and Huawei P30, as well as the OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro. So... is the OnePlus 6T still worth buying?
OnePlus 6T release date and price
- Out now
- Pricing starts at $549 / £499 and heads up to $629 / £579
- Offered by a variety of UK networks and T-Mobile in the US
The OnePlus 6T went on sale on November 6, 2018. Its price starts at $549 / £499 for the 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage in the Mirror Black color. The same storage and color but with 8GB of RAM will cost you $579 / £529.
Midnight Black versions of the phone have 8GB of RAM and cost £529 / $579 or $629 / £579 depending on whether you go for the 128GB or 256GB versions.
In the US, T-Mobile is the exclusive carrier if you don't want to buy the phone outright. In the UK, it's a touch easier to buy the OnePlus 6T as it's available through O2, EE and Vodafone, as well as from Amazon, Carphone Warehouse and John Lewis. Currently the phone isn't available in Australia.
It's worth noting also that there's a newer handset called the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition, which comes with 10GB of RAM, faster charging and a different color and pattern on the back. This all comes at a premium though, with the McLaren Edition retailing for $699 / £649.
However, if you want any version of the OnePlus 6T you should act fast, as it's starting to sell out and we doubt new stock will arrive once the OnePlus 7 has launched.
Design
- Glass design that's premium in the hand
- You'll choose from Midnight Black and Mirror Black
- There's an in-screen fingerprint scanner, and no headphone jack
OnePlus has embellished its design credentials a good deal in the last couple of iterations of its flagship phone, and the OnePlus 6 felt like the culmination of lots of hard work – a great-looking device that didn’t skimp on some of the essentials, as older phones in the series did.
The OnePlus 6T isn’t much different to that – in fact, there are only a few changes – but those changes are worthwhile, and well im
