The OnePlus 5T - Can It Compete with Pixel 2? #Helpful Post

oneplus has always been known for

delivering flagship performance at a

much lower price and that trend

continues with the brand new 5t you're

getting a lot of features from phones

like the iPhone 10 and Galaxy Note 8

except at about half the price but the

question is is it worth it

hey guys this is Austin I spent the last

week playing with the 1 + 5 t and there

is a lot to like compared to the already

solid 1 + 5 the most noticeable change

is with the screen gone is the old 5.5

inch panel and in its place is a much

taller 6 inch screen in the exact same

size - chassis sure it's bezels might

not be as thin as something like the

iPhone 10 but you're still getting a lot

more screen real estate with the

two-to-one aspect ratio it's a great

panel - well the resolution is a little

low at 2160 by 1080 it's still plenty

sharp to my eye

unlike the pixel 2 XL it's actually a

nice looking OLED display it looks nice

right out of the box but you have

several other screen modes including

srgb and DCI p3 which is my personal

favorite because you've got the larger

screen the capacitive keys are gone and

the fingerprint sensor has been moved

around back I'm totally fine with this

just like the pixel this feels like a

really natural spot for it the 5g does

add facial recognition and while it's

not in the same league is the iPhone 10

it's pretty quick although it's

definitely not perfectly accurate

unfortunately it's still running Android

7 but oxygen OS remains pretty close to

stock Android with basically no

bloatware there's a lot of great

customization options like rearranging

your on screen buttons and what things

like a long press will do as well as

tweaking the notification shade and

status bar to be exactly how you like

this is a great option if you really

want to tweak your phone which is why a

lot of people go with oneplus in the

first place the rest of the design looks

almost identical to the one plus 5 and

that's not really a bad thing you've got

the same almost too slippery aluminum

back with the addition of that

fingerprint sensor and amazingly for a

new flagship in 2017 a headphone jack

you're also getting solid performance

with a snapdragon 835 6 or 8 gigs of ram

and either 64 or 128 gigabytes of

storage this is backed up with a 3300

milliamp hour battery while not massive

with the lower res screen and oneplus is

super fast - charging it makes it pretty

easy to keep the phone topped off if

this feels like a classic s model update

- you

then you'd be right I can't fault one

Klaus for not totally overhauling the

phone the original one plus five was

really solid the issue was that it came

out only five months ago look I'm all

for pushing tech forward but it's kind

of ridiculous that a five month old

phone is already obsolete why didn't

they just make the 1 + 5 t the 1 + 5 in

the first place to be fair I feel the

same about the way that Samsung updates

the Galaxy S and note lines six months

later it seems like you just get a

slightly updated Galaxy s8 but at least

with the note you're getting some major

upgrades like the s-pen and dual cameras

this strategy kind of worked last year

with the 1 + 3 T but 2017 has proven to

be one of the most competitive years for

smartphones ever and nothing shows that

off better it's in the Google pixel - I

absolutely love this phone software

updates have improved the excel screen

but for me the standard pixel to check

so many boxes that it's basically the

gold standard put it side-by-side and

it's clear that the 1 + 5 t is a much

larger phone the smaller bezels

absolutely dwarfed the pixel twos 5 inch

display and having a headphone jack is a

real win for a lot of people the 5g

still only has a single downward firing

speaker which actually does get

reasonably loud and has some bass but it

just can't match the terrific stereo

speakers on the pixel the oneplus also

lacks any kind of waterproofing or

wireless charging know I can live

without these but knowing that the pixel

2 isn't afraid of getting wet is a big

selling point while oxygen OS is good as

far as skins go I can't get away from

just how great Android looks and feels

running on the pixel to emily has it had

Android Oreo since day one but it is

blisteringly fast I've said it before

and I'll say it again Google has worked

some real magic with this phone one area

where oneplus has really stepped it up

is in the camera department the main

wide-angle shooter is unchanged but

they've swapped the telephoto option for

a 20 megapixel secondary camera with

this same focal length on one hand this

is a downgrade as you don't get optical

zoom

however they're using the same camera to

improve low-light performance it works

side-by-side with the pixel it holds up

really well with noise although it can't

quite touch the pixel twos incredible

dynamic range they've gone for a

slightly punchy er more saturated look

which I think most people will like but

it comes to the expense of some detail

even looking a bit soft at times

you do have portrait mode on both and

while the five T does an adequate job I

really prefer the colors and that crazy

range of the pixel to my eye it looks

like a significantly more expensive

camera this is what 4k video looks like

only one plus five T so I think audio is

actually surprisingly decent and the

stabilization even though it's not

optical does a pretty good job of

keeping up the one plus five T is a

great phone when you consider the $500

price it's easy to reconsider that

Galaxy Note 8 or pixel to excel if you

can look past the screen though I think

these standard pixel two is worth every

penny of the one hundred and fifty

dollar price premium so what do you guys

think above the 1 + 5 t let me know in

the comments below and I will catch you

in the next one