Meet the largest update for a T-phone ever – more
than a mere chipset bump, the OnePlus 7T boasts major improvements to the
camera and display. And yes, it gets the chipset bump too along with support
for 30W charging.
We’ll start with the new triple camera as it's the
biggest upgrade on the phone. The 48MP main sensor uses the same Sony IMX586
sensor as before, but it now has a slightly brighter aperture (f/1.6, up from
f/1.7), matching the OnePlus 7 Pro. The new 12MP telephoto camera
with 2x optical zoom. For comparison, the Pro camera offers more zoom (3x), but
lower resolution (8MP). Note that unlike the Pro, the tele camera on the 7T
does not have OIS.
The third camera is a 16MP ultrawide shooter with
117° field of view, same as the Pro. The OnePlus 7T boasts Nightscape mode as
before, but it has two new tricks as well – macro mode for shooting from 2.5cm
away (1”) along with 960fps slow-motion mode at 720p.
The Fluid AMOLED display is 7T’s ticket to the 90Hz
club. With a 20:9 aspect ratio, it’s slightly taller than the OnePlus 7 screen
and has a 6.55” diagonal. The teardrop notch is a third smaller to boot. The
16MP selfie camera in that notch remains unchanged though.
Aside from the silky-smooth refresh rate, the
display supports HDR10+ so you can enjoy the expanded color range of new movies
and TV shows. The Pro still has the upper hand as the OnePlus 7T has a 1080p+
resolution instead of QHD. The peak brightness of the display is 1,000 nits, surpassing the Pro
(800 nits), the gap to the OnePlus 7 is even larger. The 7T also gets a new
haptic driver for a stronger, more natural vibration.
Note the “T” in Warp Charge 30T, it denotes that
it’s 23% faster than the previous 30W Warp Charge. While the maximum power is
the same, an optimized charging curve means that the 3,800mAh battery can reach
70% charge in half an hour. There’s still no wireless charging, not that we
expected different.
The matte back is made of 3D Corning Gorilla Glass
and is available in Glacier Blue and Frosted Silver, both with a subtle
gradient. The Gorilla Glass on the front is flat, great for those who don’t buy
into the curved screen craze.
The chipset was upgraded to a Snapdragon 855+ as
expected, which boosts the GPU clock speeds – that will come in handy as the catalog
of games with 90Hz support is growing fast. Better yet, the phone now comes
with 8GB of RAM as standard (up from 6GB on the OnePlus 7) and you get a choice
of 128GB and 256GB UFS 3.0 storage.
The OnePlus 7T may be the first phone to ship with
Android 10 out of the box. It will come out in India first, starting on
September 28 for Prime members. The price is INR 38,000 for 128GB storage and
INR 40,000 for the 256GB option. It will arrive in the US several weeks later on October 18 starting
at US$ 600.
