OnePlus 8T 5G 8GB RAM 128GB Storage SIM-Free Smartphone with Quad Camera, 65W Warp Charge and Dual SIM - Lunar Silver - 2 Year Warranty – United Kingdom

For £400 (or less with warehouse) it is phenomenal value... only the poco f3/X3 can really compare in terms of value. As I mentioned earlier, if you can find it significantly cheaper with amazon warehouse, it's great. I saved a bunch, and when I slapped a case on it, you can't see any of the physical imperfections caused from that. When it came missing its case and sim ejector tool, I was really pleased with the refund I got to cover the costs of them separately. You get everything that much more expensive phones have; 120hz AMOLED display, great build quality, (somewhat) decent cameras and video, various unlocking techniques (although my face id works when I have a tighter mask on sometimes - so uh, yeah), super fast (last gen) flagship processor, and excellent charging capabilities included in the box *cough* Apple and Samsung *cough*.The charging speed and battery capacity is really great (don't care about wireless charging), it does get a little warm to the touch after charging at 65W for a little bit, so if you are charging it overnight, I recommend using a slower charger if you have one just to keep the battery cool when charging to help lengthen battery life. So if anything, the charging is TOO fast, but it's is amazing if I need to charge it for like 5 minutes if I'm low. The OS is clean and snappy, fingerprint and face-id are fast, and the sd 865, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage powering it all is really really fast. The speakers are actually quite good, and 5G support is always appreciated, never connected to it, but still cool. I also just want to mention the alerts slider, my favourite non-standard part of the phone imo, If I'm going somewhere where a notification sound is not ideal, I can switch it to vibrate or silent while it's still in my pocket.The cons; the screen is great with that 120hz smoothness, the contrast and colours are amazing, and the front camera is nicely out of the way in the corner. I'd like to say I noticed a massive difference between 60 and 120hz, but I didn't, there's a difference in things like scrolling, but it shouldn't be a deal breaker if you want to save money on a cheaper phone; I did notice that my old phone felt slower than I remember though, so maybe don't go the other way if you've experienced 120Hz before. However, when in settings (on dark mode obviously) you definitely notice some smearing when the pixels have to transition from off (black) to on. This is not exclusive to this phone though, a friend of mine has a pixel where it also happens, it is an OLED problem as far as I know. And unfortunately I don't think the screen gets bright or dim enough, I like it really bright when I'm outdoors in a bright environment, and I like it dim in a darker environment, like when my lights are off; unfortunately it doesn't do either of those well enough, although the not-getting-dim-enough problem is the one I find more annoying of the two. Having said that however, when watching films, the colours and deep blacks due to OLED technology are AMAZING. The cameras are the only actual disappointment really, they are oversaturated, and dark colours just look black, it's really annoying. The detail is... fine, I expected better tbh. But please OnePlus, fix the colour processing with an update please! Luckily for me, I don't care too much about cameras, so not too much of an issue for me. But if you really do, may I point you in the direction of the Google pixel lineup.I honestly can't complain too much though. The cameras are still good for a £400 phone, it comes with a pre-applied (plastic) screen protector, and everything else is really premium including the build quality. It doesn't have an ip rating, but it does have some water protection around the sim tray, so I would guess, and what some reviewers have said, that they forego the rating to save costs, but still include the protection anyway.

After some time away from using OnePlus, I returned to this device after much research. I tend not to follow other reviews, but take on sensible points made. I had an Samsung S10 before and after using for the last 5 weeks, I definitely made the right choice with this. I was amazed at the price to start with, much cheaper than going direct to OnePlus even with their discounts.The phone is slick, I don't mind the jade green, I have a black carbon skin over it. It's very fast, brilliant screen, great camera and generally can't find any fault with it. Yes it has no wireless charging, really, I didn't use it before. Yes it has no 3.5mm Jack, I just use wireless/ Bluetooth; I bought a USB c adapter, job done for a few pounds!!Speakers are great for video playback and streaming my Spotify still sounds great. As for software, I have had no problems, it flies. As for the 5g connectivity, could not get it before, so not going to miss what I can't get; but if I ever need it, then I will just change network if I need it, but really don't care tbh. For me at the price it was a no brainer, the others can keep their £1000+ phones, I am very happy with my purchase.UPDATE as of 19/06/22:So after some 8 months of use my positive review still stands; the phone is still just as good as when I first got it. Battery life is still amazing, camera is brilliant so really cannot fault it at all. I recently worked in Cardiff and for the first time I got 5g and it worked great.A few weeks ago I got the Android 12 update, again no issues, all working fine :)

I way eyeing 4 phones (OnePlus 8T, Poco F3, Mi 10 Pro, and a Samsung), so I waited for the Amazon Prime Day discounts, then got the 8T as it seemed best value for money on the day. I am reasonably satisfied, however modern phones are so good that I'd have had to be super impressed in some to give 5 stars and it hasn't really happened.The phone is fast, but even my old Mate 10 Pro was still blazing fast in all fairness.Unlocking is slightly annoying as you need to press the power button and in-display fingerprint, but not so much that it's a dealbreaker; the fingerprint reader works well.The screen looks good, for now I kept the glass protector included on so I can't evaluate fairly.The battery lasts a day and a few hours, and it charges fast. The camera takes good photos when compared to my previous phone, but when I compare with a recent iPhone and zoom in, they are visibly lower quality.I set the refresh rate down to 60 HZ because the difference is barely noticeable and there's no point wasting battery.The software is ok although I always wish for more options, why can't I put in a custom number of seconds for the camera timer, or customise what watermark to put in instead of just "hh:mm", what if I want the full date or also the seconds? Why can't I set a maximum screen-on time overall, but I need to do it app-by-app which is tedious? Why can't I ask for the battery to stop charging at 90% to preserve health, instead of using some sub-par optimisation method that tries to guess when I'll wake up? There are just a lot of little software constraints that could be removed or simple features that should be added.Overall it's not the best of the best, but it's a solid phone for the price I paid. You need to compare it to other phones and pick depending on the current prices and discounts. There are strong budget phones nowadays.