The OnePlus 6T: A Trade-Off Between Form and Function

In my first couple days of use with the OnePlus 6, I was taken aback by how good it felt to have a phone without that straight edge. Now that I've upgraded to the 6T, I'm willing to sacrifice some of the sleek design for improved battery life. The camera app has received some significant updates, including a new Nightscape mode and Portrait Lighting mode. The Nightscape mode is similar to Google's Nitesite feature on Pixel phones, and it does an excellent job of brightening up dark areas in low-light images.

The Portrait Lighting mode is also a welcome addition, and it works surprisingly well. It uses advanced algorithms to create a more flattering light source for the subject, making you look like a million bucks. The camera app itself has also received some other improvements, including faster autofocus and better video stabilization.

One of the most noticeable changes in the 6T is the removal of the headphone jack. OnePlus had planned to remove it eventually, but they decided to do it now instead. While I understand their reasoning, I'm not entirely sure it was the right decision. Bluetooth isn't yet a complete standard, and many users still rely on wired headphones for music listening and gaming.

To address this issue, OnePlus conducted a survey of their user base, asking if they wanted the headphone jack to stay or go. The results were overwhelmingly in favor of keeping the headphone jack, but it seems that the company decided to move forward with the removal anyway. It's worth noting that not everyone is going to be affected by the lack of a headphone jack, especially those who use Bluetooth headphones.

Another notable change is the water drop notch, which has been reduced in size compared to the 6 and 6T's predecessor. This new design makes the phone look sleeker and more streamlined, while also moving the speaker grille into the frame of the device. I was pleasantly surprised by how much less obtrusive this redesign made the notch feel during YouTube viewing sessions.

The OnePlus 6T is running on Oxygen OS, which is still one of my favorite Android skins. It's lightweight, fast, and smooth, making for a great user experience. The latest update includes gesture animations that are more fluid than ever before, as well as improved app launch times thanks to the use of RAM.

In terms of specs, not much has changed compared to the 6. You're still getting a Snapdragon 845 processor, up to 8GB of RAM, and either 128 or 256GB of storage, depending on the model. The only notable change is that OnePlus has removed the 64GB option and increased the price of the base model by $20.

One of the biggest draws of the 6T is its availability at T-Mobile, which will be exclusive to this carrier for now. However, it's worth noting that Verizon customers will also have access to the phone, making it a great option for those looking for a compatible device from OnePlus. The 6T will be available on November 1st at T-Mobile stores nationwide and online, with pre-orders starting on the same day.

Ultimately, whether or not you should buy the OnePlus 6T depends on your priorities. If you want to sacrifice some design flair in exchange for better battery life, a smaller notch, and an in-screen fingerprint reader, then this might be the phone for you. However, if you're attached to the look and feel of the 6 or prefer the headphone jack, it's worth considering waiting for the next generation.

The OnePlus company will still be selling the 6 for a little while longer, but the 6T is an attractive alternative with similar specs at a lower price point. With extra camera samples and more detailed reviews coming soon, I encourage you to keep reading for more insights on this exciting new device from OnePlus.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enall right so back in May 1 plus launched the 1 plus 6 and it's still one of my favorite smartphones I've ever used oxygen OS is amazing it's jam-packed with specs but now they have a new phone just five months later this is the one plus 60 so the questions you're probably wondering is is it actually better should I buy it well I've had this phone for about five days now so I don't want to give you a definitive review just yet but I do want to give you my impressions so let's focus on what's different now the first and probably most obvious thing about this phone is the in screen fingerprint reader and oneplus says it's the fastest in the industry they're claiming that it can unlock your phone in 0.34 seconds and in my testing I haven't really found that to be the case sometimes it's really fast but sometimes it just kind of takes a while to unlock my phone now comparing this to the huawei mate 20 I really find wall ways to be a lot faster but oneplus does say that their fingerprint reader is supposed to learn your finger more over time so I need to spend a little more time with the phone before I can finally make a conclusion so now we'll move to the back of the phone and it looks really similar to the 1 plus 6 the first thing you'll notice is that that fingerprint reader is gone obviously because they want people to use the in screen fingerprint reader but the back of the phone pretty much looks exactly the same as soon as I took the phone out of the box I noticed that it was just a little bit thicker than the 1 plus 6 they've also added a little bit of a curve here which they say is to make it fit better in your hand but they did increase the battery life by 400 million powers now I didn't think that this would actually help that much but I'm getting about 8 hours of screen on time in my first couple days of use which is just totally insane I don't usually get that on any phone ever and so I'm probably willing to sacrifice the straightness of the oneplus 6 for the slight curve if it means much better battery life now the cameras are pretty much in the same position as they were last year and they're pretty much the same cameras as they were last year to the biggest changes here are probably in the software side of the camera app there's a new nightscape mode which is kind of like nitesite on the pixel it does a long Expo to kind of brighten up the image in dark areas and you've got a new portrait lighting mode which is pretty similar to the one on the iPhone 10 it pretty much puts you in this little box and adds little lights to make you look a little bit better now there are two other big changes here and the first one and maybe most obvious is the removal of that headphone jack and oneplus says that they were planning to remove it eventually anyway and now they just thought it was the right time but I really think that they should have kept it for at least a couple more generations because Bluetooth really isn't the complete standard yet also they took multiple poles to their user base to ask them if they still wanted the headphone jack and overwhelmingly a lot of people said they did that just doesn't seem like never settled to me now the other change is the water drop notch which is noticeably smaller than it was in the 1 plus 6 and the 1 plus 6s notch wasn't really that intrusive as it is but they've moved the speaker grille into the frame of the phone so now you've got a much smaller notch that just has is the front facing camera I didn't really think this would make that big of a deal but when I was watching content on YouTube it was noticeably less obtrusive so that's really nice to see so that's pretty much all there is with hardware besides the power button that's like slightly shifted down a little bit but most of these changes are in software the oneplus 60 is running on oxygen OS on top of android 9.0 PI and oxygen OS is still one of my favorite Android skins ever it's super lightweight it's really fast it's really smooth and they've done a few things like making the gesture animations better so that it's a little more fluid to navigate and they've also done things like putting app data in RAM so that apps launch a little bit faster now all of these changes are being pushed to the 1 + 6 so you don't really have to worry about that if you do have a 1 + 6 but it's really nice to see these incremental changes over time as far as specs scale you're not really getting that much different from the 1 + 6 you're still getting that snapdragon 845 you're still getting a 6 to 8 gigabytes of ram and this time you've got 128 or 256 gigabytes of storage now you'll notice that they got rid of the 64 gigabyte option and they have up the price of the base model by $20 but you are getting twice as much storage so I think that that's a pretty good trade-off the other SKUs are pretty much exactly the same price now probably the biggest deal about this phone is that it coming to t-mobile and it's fully compatible with Verizon now if you want to buy this phone today October 29th you'll be able to go to the t-mobile pop up in Times Square if you're in New York City but otherwise you can pick this up from t-mobile stores nationwide or on oneplus calm on November 1st so now you're probably wondering if you should buy this phone and ultimately it's really a trade off if you want the headphone jack in a more streamlined flatter phone the one plus six is still really awesome and I still really love the feel of that phone but if you want a little bit better battery life a smaller notch and that in screen fingerprint reader the 60 is still a really good phone and the fact that it's the same price made me think twice about it so honestly I kind of feel like this is like a horizontal option oneplus will still be selling the six for a little bit longer and not that much longer so you should probably get it while you can if you really want that headphone jack but you'll be able to buy the 60 really soon here so a full review is coming soon we'll have more stuff in there like extra camera samples and all that stuff but until then if you have any questions that I didn't really answer here drop them down in the comment section below do the thing with the Bell and you know all those notifications and whatever and I will see you in the next videoall right so back in May 1 plus launched the 1 plus 6 and it's still one of my favorite smartphones I've ever used oxygen OS is amazing it's jam-packed with specs but now they have a new phone just five months later this is the one plus 60 so the questions you're probably wondering is is it actually better should I buy it well I've had this phone for about five days now so I don't want to give you a definitive review just yet but I do want to give you my impressions so let's focus on what's different now the first and probably most obvious thing about this phone is the in screen fingerprint reader and oneplus says it's the fastest in the industry they're claiming that it can unlock your phone in 0.34 seconds and in my testing I haven't really found that to be the case sometimes it's really fast but sometimes it just kind of takes a while to unlock my phone now comparing this to the huawei mate 20 I really find wall ways to be a lot faster but oneplus does say that their fingerprint reader is supposed to learn your finger more over time so I need to spend a little more time with the phone before I can finally make a conclusion so now we'll move to the back of the phone and it looks really similar to the 1 plus 6 the first thing you'll notice is that that fingerprint reader is gone obviously because they want people to use the in screen fingerprint reader but the back of the phone pretty much looks exactly the same as soon as I took the phone out of the box I noticed that it was just a little bit thicker than the 1 plus 6 they've also added a little bit of a curve here which they say is to make it fit better in your hand but they did increase the battery life by 400 million powers now I didn't think that this would actually help that much but I'm getting about 8 hours of screen on time in my first couple days of use which is just totally insane I don't usually get that on any phone ever and so I'm probably willing to sacrifice the straightness of the oneplus 6 for the slight curve if it means much better battery life now the cameras are pretty much in the same position as they were last year and they're pretty much the same cameras as they were last year to the biggest changes here are probably in the software side of the camera app there's a new nightscape mode which is kind of like nitesite on the pixel it does a long Expo to kind of brighten up the image in dark areas and you've got a new portrait lighting mode which is pretty similar to the one on the iPhone 10 it pretty much puts you in this little box and adds little lights to make you look a little bit better now there are two other big changes here and the first one and maybe most obvious is the removal of that headphone jack and oneplus says that they were planning to remove it eventually anyway and now they just thought it was the right time but I really think that they should have kept it for at least a couple more generations because Bluetooth really isn't the complete standard yet also they took multiple poles to their user base to ask them if they still wanted the headphone jack and overwhelmingly a lot of people said they did that just doesn't seem like never settled to me now the other change is the water drop notch which is noticeably smaller than it was in the 1 plus 6 and the 1 plus 6s notch wasn't really that intrusive as it is but they've moved the speaker grille into the frame of the phone so now you've got a much smaller notch that just has is the front facing camera I didn't really think this would make that big of a deal but when I was watching content on YouTube it was noticeably less obtrusive so that's really nice to see so that's pretty much all there is with hardware besides the power button that's like slightly shifted down a little bit but most of these changes are in software the oneplus 60 is running on oxygen OS on top of android 9.0 PI and oxygen OS is still one of my favorite Android skins ever it's super lightweight it's really fast it's really smooth and they've done a few things like making the gesture animations better so that it's a little more fluid to navigate and they've also done things like putting app data in RAM so that apps launch a little bit faster now all of these changes are being pushed to the 1 + 6 so you don't really have to worry about that if you do have a 1 + 6 but it's really nice to see these incremental changes over time as far as specs scale you're not really getting that much different from the 1 + 6 you're still getting that snapdragon 845 you're still getting a 6 to 8 gigabytes of ram and this time you've got 128 or 256 gigabytes of storage now you'll notice that they got rid of the 64 gigabyte option and they have up the price of the base model by $20 but you are getting twice as much storage so I think that that's a pretty good trade-off the other SKUs are pretty much exactly the same price now probably the biggest deal about this phone is that it coming to t-mobile and it's fully compatible with Verizon now if you want to buy this phone today October 29th you'll be able to go to the t-mobile pop up in Times Square if you're in New York City but otherwise you can pick this up from t-mobile stores nationwide or on oneplus calm on November 1st so now you're probably wondering if you should buy this phone and ultimately it's really a trade off if you want the headphone jack in a more streamlined flatter phone the one plus six is still really awesome and I still really love the feel of that phone but if you want a little bit better battery life a smaller notch and that in screen fingerprint reader the 60 is still a really good phone and the fact that it's the same price made me think twice about it so honestly I kind of feel like this is like a horizontal option oneplus will still be selling the six for a little bit longer and not that much longer so you should probably get it while you can if you really want that headphone jack but you'll be able to buy the 60 really soon here so a full review is coming soon we'll have more stuff in there like extra camera samples and all that stuff but until then if you have any questions that I didn't really answer here drop them down in the comment section below do the thing with the Bell and you know all those notifications and whatever and I will see you in the next video\n"