ONEPLUS 6 128G REVIEWED

June 07, 2018 Unknown 0 Comments

ONEPLUS 6 128G REVIEWED

The OnePlus 6 ticks off all the features that are setting the trends in 2018. The notched display. A glass design. Vertically aligned dual cameras. Portrait selfies, and what not. Yet, while it chases the majorly noticeable trends, the OnePlus 6 does compromise on the features that go a long way in making a phone durable and future-forward. It is this balance of premium offerings and compromises that makes reviewing the OnePlus 6 that much interesting. Add to that a supremely value-for-money price of Rs 34,999 and it becomes all the more difficult to not be swayed by it. Nevertheless, this has been one of the most anticipated device of this year and here’s what we think of it.

Design: Look the part, be the part

OnePlus has always tried to bring what the premium phone-makers offer to a much lower price segment. That way, the OnePlus 6 takes after both the iPhone X and the Galaxy S9. It combines the best of both phones to offer a convincing flagship. From the front, the OnePlus 6 is quite akin to the iPhone X because of the notch. From the back, the vertical camera alignment placed centrally is something Samsung did with the Galaxy S9+ earlier this year. But it's not all borrowed. The signature OnePlus curve, where the back panel curves gently to meet the edges is still there. It helps a lot when gripping the phone. But more importantly, it's the meticulous attention to detail OnePlus has paid in making the phone that scores a lot higher in my books.

The OnePlus 6 that launched in India for Rs 34,999 is an embodiment of a simple enough philosophy. Give people what they want at a price that would put flagship phone makers to shame. The phone brings to the table turbo-powered performance powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset coupled with upto 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It’s built for speed from the ground up. Right from the minimal touch latency of the display to the meticulous optimisations of the Oxygen OS that powers the user experience. That has always been the case. Matching the speed and performance of flagship phones has been the signature of OnePlus devices. Only this time, the OnePlus 6 tries not only to play the part of a flagship, but also look the part of one.

The OnePlus 6 ticks off all the features that are setting the trends in 2018. The notched display. A glass design. Vertically aligned dual cameras. Portrait selfies, and what not. Yet, while it chases the majorly noticeable trends, the OnePlus 6 does compromise on the features that go a long way in making a phone durable and future-forward. It is this balance of premium offerings and compromises that makes reviewing the OnePlus 6 that much interesting. Add to that a supremely value-for-money price of Rs 34,999 and it becomes all the more difficult to not be swayed by it. Nevertheless, this has been one of the most anticipated device of this year and here’s what we think of it.

Design: Look the part, be the part

OnePlus has always tried to bring what the premium phone-makers offer to a much lower price segment. That way, the OnePlus 6 takes after both the iPhone X and the Galaxy S9. It combines the best of both phones to offer a convincing flagship. From the front, the OnePlus 6 is quite akin to the iPhone X because of the notch. From the back, the vertical camera alignment placed centrally is something Samsung did with the Galaxy S9+ earlier this year. But it's not all borrowed. The signature OnePlus curve, where the back panel curves gently to meet the edges is still there. It helps a lot when gripping the phone. But more importantly, it's the meticulous attention to detail OnePlus has paid in making the phone that scores a lot higher in my books.