The OnePlus 10 Pro: A Review of One of the Best Android Phones Available

As I picked up the OnePlus 10 Pro, I was immediately struck by its sleek design and premium feel. The phone's motor is still present inside, but it's clear that the company has made significant improvements in terms of performance and features. The device's screen can get down to 0.27 nits in night mode 2.0, making it one of the darkest displays available on a smartphone.

This feature is particularly impressive when compared to Apple's iPhone 10R, which I've used extensively for accessibility purposes. While the iPhone does have a blue light filter, it's not quite as effective as the OnePlus' Night Mode 2.0. The phone's volume UI has also been refined, although it still lags behind Apple in terms of polish and refinement.

One area where the OnePlus 10 Pro truly shines is in its cooling system. The company claims that the device features a 10-layer cooling system that works in "overdrive" during gaming modes or extended usage periods. To test this claim, I ran a graphics benchmark, and midway through, I checked the hottest point on each phone. The results were impressive: while the iPhone still felt cool to the touch, the OnePlus 10 Pro seemed to be running slightly warmer.

However, it's worth noting that the cooling system is likely just one factor in the phone's overall performance. The device is powered by the Snapdragon 855, which is one of the fastest processors available on an Android phone at the moment. With up to 12 gigabytes of RAM depending on the configuration, the OnePlus 10 Pro is well-equipped to handle even the most demanding tasks.

The OnePlus 10 Pro also features Warp Charge, which claims to charge the device 38% faster than before. This feature is particularly useful when gaming or watching videos, as it allows the phone to stay cool while still keeping up with your demands. While I didn't have a chance to test the charging speeds directly, the phone's cooling system certainly felt like it was needed.

When it comes to pricing, the OnePlus 10 Pro is remarkably affordable. The base model starts at $669 for the Mirror Gray color, while the Nebula Blue variant costs $699 and the top-of-the-line model with 12 gigabytes of RAM goes for $749. This makes it one of the best values in terms of features and performance available on a smartphone.

One of the standout features of the OnePlus 10 Pro is its display. The device boasts a 90Hz refresh rate, which provides a smooth and responsive user experience. However, what really sets it apart from other phones is the screen's ability to get down to 0.27 nits in night mode. This makes it one of the darkest displays available on a smartphone, making it ideal for reading or gaming at night.

The OnePlus 10 Pro also features Wireless Earbuds 2, which cost around $100 and offer a similar wireless experience to AirPods but with added sports-oriented features like sweat resistance and a more secure fit. While I'm not a fan of these earbuds myself, they do feel good in the hand and likely perform well.

To test the performance of the OnePlus 10 Pro, I ran a Geekbench benchmark, which revealed that the device's multi-core score is almost on par with the iPhone 12 Pro Max's. The single-core score lags behind by about 300 points, but this is hardly surprising given the massive difference in RAM between the two devices.

Overall, the OnePlus 10 Pro is an impressive smartphone that offers a lot of value for its price. While it may not be perfect, with some minor polish and refinement, it's certainly one of the best Android phones available on the market today.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys last minute man coming at you with the oneplus 7 pro let's go ahead and take a look at oneplus latest champion in nebula blue this phone by far is probably one of the most technologically advanced phones on the market today and it's really hard to believe it's coming from one plus and i don't mean that in a bad way just for the price point it's hard to believe you're getting so much so here it is the never settle slogan i love this absolutely true stands true to this day their new bullet wireless 2 and here it is in the nebula blue i'm honestly really excited to see the finish on this because as we know oneplus has always always taken a look at their finishes the feel just everything that apple kind of ignores and i love that about them and this here is no exception so we've got the nebula blue here let's take a look at that and i'm very excited like this is them actually pushing the envelope so from what i've seen what i've read they actually looked at their device and tried to optimize every single corner every single area of the device that they could they did and this pushes the boundaries absolutely with screen technology the 90 hertz refresh display like that's a blend between the ipad pro and the iphone's 60 hertz you know the best compromise right now between an organic led display and the highest possible refresh rate wow okay that looks good that looks really really good it's oof wow that actually looks really nice so i've never seen a phone color like this and it shimmers and shines in this light like no other i mean i loved the lavender the purplish one thunder purple this just takes it to another level so now you have that triple lens camera set up on the back we do have a full screen qhd plus display here again 90 hertz with hdr10 it's just mind-blowing how much tech they included in this they have absolutely no camera up here you know the camera now raises from this little point over here and there's a lot of technology behind that so i'm excited to test that out but it's a little chunkier than the oneplus 7 oh actually yeah just a little bit a little bit of a larger phone you're getting a 6.67 inch display in return wow and it feels great so they've actually optimized the curves on the device they said that they reshaped the device they've looked at it in every single possible new light and adjusted it accordingly so can always respect change no matter who it's coming from change innovation and improvement so they've done a lot of work on the fingerprint sensor itself they've changed the algorithms the layer of glass is different now it's a three layer element and in general they've just optimized it for absolute speed and accuracy and i love it like that's the ultimate version of the phone unlock is to be able to scan your finger i think even better than face id like i would prefer this on the iphone if you could have it but with face id improving later this year like we'll see how that goes but so usually the fingerprint unlock is faster so check out that screen to body ratio that's only possible thanks to the new camera it really blows my mind like eventually the iphone will get here it's crazy to think that this is cheaper than the iphone 10r yet has accomplished something that even apple hasn't done now the first thing you notice using the display is just how fluid it is unbelievably so so this is a 90 hertz display the ipad pro is 120 hertz the current iphone is 60 and it just feels smooth like my camera can't even show you at this frame rate but it's smoother than ever before on any smartphone like it's how is this possible they have a 4000mah battery in here so of course that certainly helps but yeah it's very smooth like please apple bring this over to the iphone that's crazy even samsung doesn't have this for higher price points one plus you guys have really outdone yourselves like that is by far the best part of this phone so let's check out that pop-up camera and this will be my first time using one of the motorized ones i remember back in the day there used to be some phones where you could like flip it out but this is in another league so let's see how do we switch cameras there it is ah look at that so double tap it slides up double tap it goes away so this actually has a security feature where if you drop the phone oh yeah it did work the camera itself slides back so it does it does work very cool and then it lets you know basically free fall detected so then you can raise it again so regarding the durability of this camera they say they've tested it 300 000 times and even if you launch it 150 times a day it'll still take over five years for you to basically get to the where level that they've tested i love how sleek the earpiece is here and you have dual speakers now so this is one and this is one and it's basically gonna beam at you instead of outwards or towards the bottom of your phone very very cool so that is a crazy field of view oh my goodness i love this i absolutely love this so look at that holding it the same distance from my face yet this one captures so much more in that field of view lovely okay so on the rear we now have an ultra wide lens with a 117 degree field of view of course we'll get into extensive testing here it's still dark out but we'll go take some pictures in a second the camera technology is off the charts here i mean the actual sensor size is half an inch large okay and just a quick test for video so we got some hue lights here going let's go outside it's a pretty dull day started raining missed the sunshine by little but give you an idea of audio and a quality so it's very lush i can already tell the oneplus is very lush and the bokeh looks better oh my goodness that looks great so let's see the optical image stabilization here a little bit of movement and there's that so let me know you guys thoughts just quick sample for you ultra wide is awesome in photo mode i wasn't able to activate it in video mode not sure what that's about but we do have three times optical zoom so that's two times on the iphone and then here's an even three for you so just like that this is optical on the oneplus and digital on the iphone let me know your thoughts let's test out that screen unlock so how long does it take oh wow okay so the animations pretty much are not there it's pretty much instant yeah that's ridiculously fast face id be shamed okay so the screen's off let's see how long it takes oh yeah so that's my stutter two yeah really no comparison just blown away by the speed of this thing they've actually optimized oxygen os in every single way to save you time a place that apple really doesn't care so much about their animations are long and drawn out here they're instant no matter which app you're jumping into things are just opening up faster and that's just attention to detail that i appreciate saving you time because that really does add up beautiful i mean this screen it looks like a sticker it's it's even better than the galaxies i'd say i mean the s10 plus really really surprised me when i first saw it this takes it a step further that 90 hertz makes a huge difference in the way you use your device oh my goodness please apple give me this so this is on max brightness and i'd say the oneplus is certainly the more vibrant one here both look good but just wow so this is what i have to deal with to get through a whole day of battery life on my 10s max i don't think we'll have the same problem here so they claim but let's go ahead and test those stereo speakers 89 decibels on this guy let's reset it probably the most exciting thing in your near future okay so a little bit louder so let's get into but both are pretty close those are some really good speakers for a smartphone like in the galaxy s10 plus nowhere near as good so they've improved the actual haptic vibration motor they call it the x-axis and it definitely feels a lot more like haptic touch on the iphone there's a very subtle kind of kick especially when typing that's very apparent so they've improved something that matters so much even the galaxies don't pay attention inside of the galaxies they still have the old motor so i'm very interested to see what they look like on the inside so far so good everything's shaping up here now they've improved their night mode they call it night mode 2.0 the screen can get down to 0.27 nits if you want it to so that's near complete dark the iphone certainly doesn't have this problem i need the accessibility shortcut just to get there so it's not the same but wow they've improved it where it counts apple will be updating theirs soon with a very similar night mode and they have a blue light filter that filters out blue light waves don't know if it's hardware level or software but it's certainly there the software touches are certainly nice with the volume ui the refinement apple has not reached just yet but i wanted to test the 10 layer cooling so they're touting a 10 layer cooling that works in overdrive basically during gaming modes extended usage periods what better way to test than by running a graphics bench here and midway through i'm gonna see hottest point on each phone does their technology actually work i'll take this moment to speak of warp charge oneplus has always been ahead of the game when it comes to charging speeds warp charge 30 they say charges 38 faster than before and is even better under duress so while you're playing games while you're watching videos whatever you're doing and charging at the same time your device will stay cool so on the oneplus we have 95 96.4 on the iphone it's pretty cool 92.8 so oh wow this does feel a little warmer it may have the cooling it may certainly need it but that doesn't mean it runs cooler than any other phone iphone certainly feels cooler to the touch running an intense graphical benchmark talking about power this has the snapdragon 855 inside we'll run a geekbench here in a second it's basically the best android has to offer at the moment you can get up to 12 gigabytes of ram depending on the color and configuration but pricing wise the mirror gray starts at 669 dollars if you want the nebula blue it's gonna be a little bit more at 699 than if you want the 12 gigabytes of ram it'll be 749. so not bad at all for 749 you get the ultimate version of this phone compared to apple's paltry iphone 10r now that this is a bad offering it's just that you're getting so much more for your money with the oneplus and the speed the polish to me it's a better phone in every way but a more in-depth review of course is required before i can make that assessment although i'm liking it in every single way like i'll be honest with you i'm not being paid for this obviously i got this as a review unit but like this is a fantastic phone i can already tell and with some minor polish which it seems to be fairly polished straight out of the box i'm only excited for the feature of this phone and then we've got the bullets wireless 2. let's take a look at these while it's still running these are going to run you about a hundred dollars they are wireless they're they're answered to airpods in a way but more sport oriented these are noise canceling after all and nice you get some fitments some adjustments and it does come with a cool little case oh yeah they certainly cancel out the noise they work you know i'm not a fan of these i would still prefer airpods but they feel good certainly and i'm sure that they perform fairly well and here's what we're working with so 231k versus 372 000. this is considering just about everything including the cpu the gpu and the user interface which this score is higher on so this of course has more pixels per inch 516 versus 456. it's very surprising to see that higher score with more pixels to push okay multi-core score is almost on par the single is lagging behind by about 300 points but it's very close it's getting there this certainly makes up with 12 gigabytes of ram compared to 4 on the iphone 10s max so there it is guys you know oneplus well done bravo what you guys have done for under 700 or 750 for this version just blows my mind and it really tells you like there is no excuse for a notch in 2019 you can innovate around it and this is probably one of the coolest things about this besides the 90 hertz refresh rate just wow i love that i absolutely love that that's so cool so yeah anyways thank you oneplus for having me i will do a more in-depth review here in just a little bit but so far so good peacewhat's up guys last minute man coming at you with the oneplus 7 pro let's go ahead and take a look at oneplus latest champion in nebula blue this phone by far is probably one of the most technologically advanced phones on the market today and it's really hard to believe it's coming from one plus and i don't mean that in a bad way just for the price point it's hard to believe you're getting so much so here it is the never settle slogan i love this absolutely true stands true to this day their new bullet wireless 2 and here it is in the nebula blue i'm honestly really excited to see the finish on this because as we know oneplus has always always taken a look at their finishes the feel just everything that apple kind of ignores and i love that about them and this here is no exception so we've got the nebula blue here let's take a look at that and i'm very excited like this is them actually pushing the envelope so from what i've seen what i've read they actually looked at their device and tried to optimize every single corner every single area of the device that they could they did and this pushes the boundaries absolutely with screen technology the 90 hertz refresh display like that's a blend between the ipad pro and the iphone's 60 hertz you know the best compromise right now between an organic led display and the highest possible refresh rate wow okay that looks good that looks really really good it's oof wow that actually looks really nice so i've never seen a phone color like this and it shimmers and shines in this light like no other i mean i loved the lavender the purplish one thunder purple this just takes it to another level so now you have that triple lens camera set up on the back we do have a full screen qhd plus display here again 90 hertz with hdr10 it's just mind-blowing how much tech they included in this they have absolutely no camera up here you know the camera now raises from this little point over here and there's a lot of technology behind that so i'm excited to test that out but it's a little chunkier than the oneplus 7 oh actually yeah just a little bit a little bit of a larger phone you're getting a 6.67 inch display in return wow and it feels great so they've actually optimized the curves on the device they said that they reshaped the device they've looked at it in every single possible new light and adjusted it accordingly so can always respect change no matter who it's coming from change innovation and improvement so they've done a lot of work on the fingerprint sensor itself they've changed the algorithms the layer of glass is different now it's a three layer element and in general they've just optimized it for absolute speed and accuracy and i love it like that's the ultimate version of the phone unlock is to be able to scan your finger i think even better than face id like i would prefer this on the iphone if you could have it but with face id improving later this year like we'll see how that goes but so usually the fingerprint unlock is faster so check out that screen to body ratio that's only possible thanks to the new camera it really blows my mind like eventually the iphone will get here it's crazy to think that this is cheaper than the iphone 10r yet has accomplished something that even apple hasn't done now the first thing you notice using the display is just how fluid it is unbelievably so so this is a 90 hertz display the ipad pro is 120 hertz the current iphone is 60 and it just feels smooth like my camera can't even show you at this frame rate but it's smoother than ever before on any smartphone like it's how is this possible they have a 4000mah battery in here so of course that certainly helps but yeah it's very smooth like please apple bring this over to the iphone that's crazy even samsung doesn't have this for higher price points one plus you guys have really outdone yourselves like that is by far the best part of this phone so let's check out that pop-up camera and this will be my first time using one of the motorized ones i remember back in the day there used to be some phones where you could like flip it out but this is in another league so let's see how do we switch cameras there it is ah look at that so double tap it slides up double tap it goes away so this actually has a security feature where if you drop the phone oh yeah it did work the camera itself slides back so it does it does work very cool and then it lets you know basically free fall detected so then you can raise it again so regarding the durability of this camera they say they've tested it 300 000 times and even if you launch it 150 times a day it'll still take over five years for you to basically get to the where level that they've tested i love how sleek the earpiece is here and you have dual speakers now so this is one and this is one and it's basically gonna beam at you instead of outwards or towards the bottom of your phone very very cool so that is a crazy field of view oh my goodness i love this i absolutely love this so look at that holding it the same distance from my face yet this one captures so much more in that field of view lovely okay so on the rear we now have an ultra wide lens with a 117 degree field of view of course we'll get into extensive testing here it's still dark out but we'll go take some pictures in a second the camera technology is off the charts here i mean the actual sensor size is half an inch large okay and just a quick test for video so we got some hue lights here going let's go outside it's a pretty dull day started raining missed the sunshine by little but give you an idea of audio and a quality so it's very lush i can already tell the oneplus is very lush and the bokeh looks better oh my goodness that looks great so let's see the optical image stabilization here a little bit of movement and there's that so let me know you guys thoughts just quick sample for you ultra wide is awesome in photo mode i wasn't able to activate it in video mode not sure what that's about but we do have three times optical zoom so that's two times on the iphone and then here's an even three for you so just like that this is optical on the oneplus and digital on the iphone let me know your thoughts let's test out that screen unlock so how long does it take oh wow okay so the animations pretty much are not there it's pretty much instant yeah that's ridiculously fast face id be shamed okay so the screen's off let's see how long it takes oh yeah so that's my stutter two yeah really no comparison just blown away by the speed of this thing they've actually optimized oxygen os in every single way to save you time a place that apple really doesn't care so much about their animations are long and drawn out here they're instant no matter which app you're jumping into things are just opening up faster and that's just attention to detail that i appreciate saving you time because that really does add up beautiful i mean this screen it looks like a sticker it's it's even better than the galaxies i'd say i mean the s10 plus really really surprised me when i first saw it this takes it a step further that 90 hertz makes a huge difference in the way you use your device oh my goodness please apple give me this so this is on max brightness and i'd say the oneplus is certainly the more vibrant one here both look good but just wow so this is what i have to deal with to get through a whole day of battery life on my 10s max i don't think we'll have the same problem here so they claim but let's go ahead and test those stereo speakers 89 decibels on this guy let's reset it probably the most exciting thing in your near future okay so a little bit louder so let's get into but both are pretty close those are some really good speakers for a smartphone like in the galaxy s10 plus nowhere near as good so they've improved the actual haptic vibration motor they call it the x-axis and it definitely feels a lot more like haptic touch on the iphone there's a very subtle kind of kick especially when typing that's very apparent so they've improved something that matters so much even the galaxies don't pay attention inside of the galaxies they still have the old motor so i'm very interested to see what they look like on the inside so far so good everything's shaping up here now they've improved their night mode they call it night mode 2.0 the screen can get down to 0.27 nits if you want it to so that's near complete dark the iphone certainly doesn't have this problem i need the accessibility shortcut just to get there so it's not the same but wow they've improved it where it counts apple will be updating theirs soon with a very similar night mode and they have a blue light filter that filters out blue light waves don't know if it's hardware level or software but it's certainly there the software touches are certainly nice with the volume ui the refinement apple has not reached just yet but i wanted to test the 10 layer cooling so they're touting a 10 layer cooling that works in overdrive basically during gaming modes extended usage periods what better way to test than by running a graphics bench here and midway through i'm gonna see hottest point on each phone does their technology actually work i'll take this moment to speak of warp charge oneplus has always been ahead of the game when it comes to charging speeds warp charge 30 they say charges 38 faster than before and is even better under duress so while you're playing games while you're watching videos whatever you're doing and charging at the same time your device will stay cool so on the oneplus we have 95 96.4 on the iphone it's pretty cool 92.8 so oh wow this does feel a little warmer it may have the cooling it may certainly need it but that doesn't mean it runs cooler than any other phone iphone certainly feels cooler to the touch running an intense graphical benchmark talking about power this has the snapdragon 855 inside we'll run a geekbench here in a second it's basically the best android has to offer at the moment you can get up to 12 gigabytes of ram depending on the color and configuration but pricing wise the mirror gray starts at 669 dollars if you want the nebula blue it's gonna be a little bit more at 699 than if you want the 12 gigabytes of ram it'll be 749. so not bad at all for 749 you get the ultimate version of this phone compared to apple's paltry iphone 10r now that this is a bad offering it's just that you're getting so much more for your money with the oneplus and the speed the polish to me it's a better phone in every way but a more in-depth review of course is required before i can make that assessment although i'm liking it in every single way like i'll be honest with you i'm not being paid for this obviously i got this as a review unit but like this is a fantastic phone i can already tell and with some minor polish which it seems to be fairly polished straight out of the box i'm only excited for the feature of this phone and then we've got the bullets wireless 2. let's take a look at these while it's still running these are going to run you about a hundred dollars they are wireless they're they're answered to airpods in a way but more sport oriented these are noise canceling after all and nice you get some fitments some adjustments and it does come with a cool little case oh yeah they certainly cancel out the noise they work you know i'm not a fan of these i would still prefer airpods but they feel good certainly and i'm sure that they perform fairly well and here's what we're working with so 231k versus 372 000. this is considering just about everything including the cpu the gpu and the user interface which this score is higher on so this of course has more pixels per inch 516 versus 456. it's very surprising to see that higher score with more pixels to push okay multi-core score is almost on par the single is lagging behind by about 300 points but it's very close it's getting there this certainly makes up with 12 gigabytes of ram compared to 4 on the iphone 10s max so there it is guys you know oneplus well done bravo what you guys have done for under 700 or 750 for this version just blows my mind and it really tells you like there is no excuse for a notch in 2019 you can innovate around it and this is probably one of the coolest things about this besides the 90 hertz refresh rate just wow i love that i absolutely love that that's so cool so yeah anyways thank you oneplus for having me i will do a more in-depth review here in just a little bit but so far so good peace\n"