OnePlus today announced its flagship phone for the back half of the year, the OnePlus 6T.
The phone is a significant upgrade to the OnePlus 6. To start, it improves the 6.41-inch screen by reducing the size of the notch. The display now has a teardrop-shaped cutout at the top, rather than a saddle-shaped notch. The Super AMOLED panel is protected by Gorilla Glass 6.
OnePlus is one of the first few phone makers , most are only selling the tech in Asia, to adopt an under-the-glass fingerprint reader. The reader can detect fingerprints through the display, which allows OnePlus says the technology is fast enough and secure enough for everyday unlocking and mobile payments.
It is powered by a Snapdragon 845 processor at 2.8 GHz, and an Adreno 680 PGU with 6 or 8 GB of RAM and either 128 or 256 GB of storage. The phone includes a 3,700mAh battery that supports OnePlus’ Dash Charge rapid charging tech.
A dual camera system on the rear ensures the phone can capture portrait / bokeh images. It has a 20-megapixel Sony IMX519 sensor at f/1.7 and a 16-megapixel SonyIMX376K sensor with OIS and EIS. The phone can capture slow-motion at up to 480fps.
The 6T supports Cat 16 LTE and 42 different global LTE bands with 4×4 MIMO and five-channel carrier aggregation. The phone runs OnePlus’ OxygenOS, which is based on Android 9 Pie.
OnePlus created its own swiping gestures for controlling the UI which they claim simpler to master than those from Google.
The OnePlus 6T goes on sale November 1 for $549 in both Mirror Black and Midnight Black.
