Source: OnePlus 6T long-term review
introduction
T like Turbo? According to OnePlus, the T in OnePlus 6T doesn’t really stand for anything. But since it’s the next letter after S, it’s just a cheeky way of going over what many companies (cough, Apple, cough) have used to denote devices that are slightly different. So what do you get in the 6T that you didn’t have in the OnePlus 6? It’s not more power as both are powered by the same chip.
For one, there’s a smaller, nicer-looking, and less obtrusive notch. More base storage (which comes with a higher price) and a slightly larger screen real estate. Oh, and an in-display fingerprint sensor. Whether that was enough to lure you to the OnePlus 6T when it came out last year is up for debate, but OnePlus’ business model means it typically strives to only offer one model at a time. So think of the 6T as an upgraded version of the 6.
Now let’s get to the actual topic. The OnePlus 6T has been out for months at this point, and we’ve been using it for a very long time in that time. So what better way than to write down our impressions of what it was like to live with it day to day. This resulted in this long-term overview. Once the Oneplus 7 is out, you’ll have a limited window of opportunity to snag the OnePlus 6T at a discounted price, so there’s that too.
While Huawei and Samsung have two major phone launches each year, these belong to different families – the P series and Mate series, the S line and the Note line respectively, and each has some unique selling points that put them in the family (although Huawei has recently started to deviate somewhat from this philosophy with the P30/Pro).
On the other hand, OnePlus is more akin to Sony’s previous antics of launching two high-end flagships each year that are quite similar to each other, and this might inspire some anxiety among OnePlus phone buyers when the new one is out comes onto the market a few short months later.
However, there’s little point in buying a OnePlus 6 and then upgrading to the 6T (or 5/5T etc.), especially given the tiny differences. On the other hand, even if you did this, the financial damage you suffer is much less than if you bought two more expensive phones every year. So does this mean that OnePlus has found a “best of both worlds” scenario where it can quickly update its flagship line without losing frustrated customers in the process? Perhaps.
While we get into that a bit in this long-term review, it’s more intended to show you how the OnePlus 6T has fared in day-to-day use and how it’s “aged” so far, now that we’re getting very close to the release of its successor (or successors , if we follow the rumor mill). So join us over the next few pages as we try to help you decide if it would be a good buy once the new models are out.
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