OnePlus has a new phone, but I can’t list countless reasons why you should buy it. Although it is named OnePlus 10T, it is not quite the successor to OnePlus 10 Pro launched a few months ago, which the company says will permanently reduce the price from $899 to $799. Instead, the 10T is even cheaper at $649, omitting a few features and focusing mostly on speed and… speed. No, really. Its goal is to give you some of the fastest performance, internet connectivity and charging available on an Android phone.
If those three aspects are the holy trinity of smartphone features to you, then you’ll love the OnePlus 10T. But after using it for almost two weeks, that’s what this phone is all about missing that stuck with me, making me feel pretty helpless about it.
Need speed
The three main highlights of this phone are the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor (with 8 GB of RAM), 125 watt wired charging, and a 360-degree antenna. Doesn’t sound very interesting, does it? Well, this is all it means:
This Android phone is one of the first in the US to use a slightly newer version of Qualcomm’s 2022 flagship chipset. How is it different from Snapdragon 8 Gen 1? In the OnePlus 10T, it clearly delivers 30% better CPU performance, 10% faster GPU clock speed, and 30% GPU power efficiency. My benchmark tests show it to be just higher than the OnePlus 10 Pro and lower Samsung Galaxy S22 series (both use the previous chip). In fact, that track. You won’t see much of a performance difference with this processor. Apps launch quickly and switching between them feels snappy, but it’s almost the same experience I’ve had using other flagship phones like Google Pixel 6 or Galaxy S22.
After a 30-minute match in Apex Legends Mobile (which I want to point out I won’t), the OnePlus 10T barely feels warm. That could be due to the different cooling methods the phone uses to keep temperatures low as the processor does its heavy lifting. For starters, it has the largest steam chamber in a OnePlus phone. This process vaporizes the liquid in the cavity into vapor, which then condenses and dissipates heat, thereby reducing the temperature of the processor. OnePlus also says it uses 3D graphite and a copper foil to aid in the process. The phone stays pretty cool, which means you can play graphics-intensive games for a longer period of time without the stuttering (which happens when the processor gets hot and needs to slow itself down) ).
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OnePlus says its HyperBoost Gaming Engine has some other tricks up its sleeve to make mobile gaming more stable, responsive, and efficient, but honestly, I want an interactive phone. with games easier. Upcoming Asus ROG Phone 6For example, there is software that allows you to map the touch controls to the physical buttons on the controller, making it a lot easier to play as your fingers don’t have to slide across the warm glass to find the virtual buttons on the screen. The 10T is a good gaming phone, but if you serious about the gameI want to save up for the more expensive Asus.
Next, there’s 125-watt wired charging. OnePlus speeds up its phone charging time every year — the OnePlus 10 Pro fully charges in just 30 minutes, and the 10T drops this to 20 (or 19 for the international version that comes with a 150-watt charger). Note that you can only access these speeds if you use (thankfully) the included cable and small charger. Indeed, in my testing that started at 2 percent, the OnePlus 10T hit 62 percent in just 11 minutes of charging and 99 percent after 21 minutes.
