Price

Rs. 64,900(6GB/64GB)

Rs. 72,900(8GB/128GB)

Back in 2016, One Plus received overwhelmingly negative reviews for its flagship, the One Plus 3. The Chinese smartphone company immediately went into damage-control mode and started working on an upgrade, calling it the One Plus 3T. This was the first time it had used the ‘T’ suffix in its phone line and it has continued to use the moniker to specify incremental updates to its phones. While the 3T came as a result of negative press, the latest device from One Plus, the One Plus 5T, is trying to catch up with its competition. By no means was the One Plus 5 a bad product: it was designed well and came equipped with specifications that could rival all its flagship competitors. However, with companies like Samsung and LG ushering in a new era of bezel-less smartphone designs, the One Plus 5 couldn’t go toe-to-toe with its technologically-ad­vanced competitors.

 

 With the One Plus 5T offering a bigger 6.1-inch screen at a screen-to-body ratio of 80.1 percent, fur­ther improvements to its already stellar dual-camera set-up, and with a price-tag rivaling the One Plus 5, the device offers a price-to-performance ratio unlike any of its competitors. One Plus has kept most of the 5’s internal hardware intact for the One Plus 5T; the main difference being, at face-value, the screen.

One Plus has managed to trim down both the top and bottom bezels to compensate for a much larger 6.1-inch, compared to the 5’s 5.5-inch screen, while keeping the overall dimensions of the phone relative­ly intact. But while the screen-size has increased, the resolution remains the same at 1080p. This is a bit low compared to 2k and 4k options offered by other flagships, but the screen looks sharp with adequate color vibrancy. The screen is nonetheless taller at an aspect ratio of 18:9.

Apart from the screen, the One Plus 5T has also made sig­nificant improvements to its dual camera set-up behind the phone. While the main 16 megapixel module remains, the second­ary telephoto camera that aided zoomability while taking photos has been replaced with a module that helps take better low-light pictures. With a new wide aperture secondary lens paired with a 20mp sensor, the photos that the One Plus 5T creates are astounding. This replacement of one of the rear camera modules means a limited zoom. But the extra light exposure from the wide aperture will have you ready for a good shot regard­less of your surroundings.

Besides the two major changes, the phone also sees some minor design tweaks due to an emphasized screen at the front. Its bezels shaved, the fingerprint reader has been moved to the back of the device and while this change might be preferential, the rear fin­gerprint reader is convenient to use. The device also comes with a facial recognition system.

The One Plus 5 was in itself a remarkable phone and with new features further improving the device, the One Plus 5T is definitely worth considering when you’re looking for a new phone to invest in. One Plus has stopped production of the earlier 5 model. But you need not worry. The 5T brings plenty of new and welcome features without any changes in price.