The OnePlus 8T is the company's first phone to charge at 65W The OnePlus 8T is the company's first phone to charge at 65W The OnePlus 8T is the company's first phone to charge at 65W.
If you don’t have a Warp charger handy,
the phone itself supports Power Delivery up to 27W – almost as quick as the
OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro. The extra compatibility opens a new world of charging
accessories you can use. There’s no wireless charging, though.
The other big change is the screen, which
now matches the 8 Pro's 120Hz refresh rate. This is still a 6.55" AMOLED
panel with 1080p+ resolution, though, the Pro maintain and advantage in display
size and pixel density. The new panel on the 8T got a perfect A+ score from
DisplayMate. It has highly accurate colors and a peak brightness of up to 1,100
nits (along with a new AI to smoothly adjust between 8,192 brightness levels).
The 8T is the first OnePlus phone to
feature an Always On Display mode. The company has pre-loaded 11 different
designs for it. For further customizations, an AI algorithm will pick the best
portrait shots from your Gallery and offer to use them as an AOD wallpaper.
OnePlus also partnered with Snapchat so you can use your Bitmoji avatar on the
AOD, the avatar will update according to your daily activities and
surroundings.
The OnePlus 8T is powered by the
Snapdragon 865 chipset. It’s not the plus chip, but you can still expect apps
to load faster thanks to the upgrade to UFS 3.1 storage. It comes in 128GB and
256GB capacities, which are tied to 8GB and 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM, respectively.
Also, the cooling system now features a vapor chamber that is 285% larger than
before. The 8T is one of the first phones to launch with Android 11 out of the
box – and we don’t mean just from OnePlus. The company did add some custom
features, including a brand new Dark mode with a layered design to improve
legibility. The camera app got some updates as well.
The T-phone comes with the same 48MP
IMX586 sensor as the original 8. Unlike the 7T, there’s no dedicated zoom
camera on this one, instead it relies on the sensor to do a 2x crop.
The 16MP ultrawide camera has the widest
lens of any OnePlus phone yet – not by much, but at 123° it edges out both the
8 (116°) and 8 Pro (120°). The other two cameras are a 5MP macro cam (which
lets you get as close as 3cm from the subject) and a 2MP depth sensor.
The video camera gains Portrait mode of
its own, thanks to an AI algorithm that can detect humans and blur the
background behind them. OnePlus also revamped the Nightscape mode to produce
move vivid colors and cleaner detail. The new Super Stable model promises
improved image stabilization for videos too.
The OnePlus 8T will be available in two
colors at launch: Aquamarine Green and Lunar Silver. The Green option has a new
finish that results in diffuse reflections while fending off fingerprints. The
Silver model is the new version of the matte finish we saw on the OnePlus 8.
The OnePlus 8T will be available in India
first with early access sales starting on OnePlus.in and Amazon.in on October
16, open sales commence on the following day. The prices are INR 43,000 for
8/128 GB and INR 46,000 for 12/256 GB. Next stop is Europe on October 20,
prices will start at € 600/£ 550 for the 8/128 GB phone, the 12/256 GB one is €
700/£ 650. The phone will also be available in China and Hong Kong.
The phone will be available from October
23, you can find it on OnePlus.com (pre-orders start today). The SIM-free price
for the 12/256 GB model is set at US$ 750 in the the US and CA$ 1,100 in
Canada. There will be a OnePlus 8T+ 5G for T-Mobile, more details will follow
soon.