okay here's my favorite feature on the
oneplus 10 pro
it can charge from zero to 100 in just
about 30 minutes
it's not the fastest charging phone in
the world but
that's pretty damn impressive
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the oneplus 10 pro is finally here and
by here i mean actually here in north
america it launched in china earlier
this year and after lots of hints and
teasing oneplus is officially releasing
its new flagship in the us it's about
time too because we really need more
high-end android flagship phones here to
challenge samsung and google and that's
what the 10 pro is a legitimate
challenger it has all the right features
at a price that makes a lot more sense
than last year's nine and nine pro it's
also a sleek grown-up device that feels
like it has a personality all of its own
that's not to say that oneplus has
completely caught up to the big flag
chips there's still room for improvement
especially in the camera department but
if you're looking for an android
alternative to the galaxy s22 plus or
the pixel 6 pro then you're in luck
because oneplus has arrived since the 10
pro has been out for a while now in
china there's not much we don't already
know about it spec wise but here's the
recap there's a snapdragon 8 gen1
processor 6.7 inch 1440p oled with a
smooth 120hz refresh rate a 5 000
milliamp battery and three rear cameras
including a three times telephoto that's
all very flagshipy and nothing
surprising but the price is news in the
us it costs 8.99 unlocked for a version
with 128 gigs of storage and 8 gigs of
ram that's 170 less than the 9 pro cost
last year and it's right on par with the
pixel 6 pro and 100 less than the s22
plus that price also includes something
you won't get from samsung or google
these days a charger and not just any
charger in the us the 10 pro supports 65
watt charging and this thing can take it
from zero to 100 in a little more than
30 minutes that's not quite as fast as
the 80 watt version sold in europe and
asia but either way it's still
impressive there's also fast wireless
charging up to 50 watts but you'll have
to buy a charger separately for that
oneplus isn't that generous
the 10 pro comes in this shimmery green
color
there's also a black version and it's a
sophisticated looking phone the camera
bump takes up a lot of real estate but
it's slim with the sleek metallic finish
that flows right into the side of the
phone
i feel like i've seen that somewhere
anyway there's glass on the front and
back and even though it's a big phone
it's pretty slim and it doesn't feel
overly huge in my hand
the 10 pro ships with android 12 and
oneplus version stands out as a little
different from the rest of the android
competition on pixel phones android 12
is all about customizing the user
interface to feel a little more personal
with color treatments that match your
wallpaper the 10 pro offers some of this
in this version of android 12 but the
results still have a little oneplus
flavor to them you can sample colors
from one of your photos for a stylish
graphic wallpaper or choose a clock
widget with oneplus trademark red it's a
look that's a little less playful and a
little more sophisticated and minimalist
which might be more appealing to some
people
one feature with universal appeal is the
10 pro's solid battery life as a caveat
i haven't been able to test this phone
on 5g
more on that in a bit
and that can have an impact on battery
stamina but i've been using the phone on
high performance mode at full 1440
resolution
always on display enabled and i can get
through a day of moderate use easily on
a single charge even on a day of
shooting some 4k video using navigation
and spending most my time on 4g instead
of wi-fi i can still get to the end of
the day without dipping into the single
digits you can drain the battery with
intensive tasks like gaming but overall
stamina feels above average and if you
do need a midday recharge it'll be super
quick
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the 10 pro uses a snapdragon 8 gen 1
chipset which is this year's android
flagship processor of choice
unless you're google and you just go
make your own
oneplus bought one off the shelf and it
makes the 10 pro a highly capable device
it's not quite up there with the very
fastest android phones i noticed the
occasional stutter and
playing some games isn't quite as smooth
as on the galaxy s 22 plus
overall though it's flagship worthy
performance and it keeps up well enough
and then there's 5g
in the us it's a mixed bag and it
depends on your carrier
for starters there's only some six
gigahertz no super fast millimeter wave
and that's fine
the phone is also fully compatible with
t-mobile's low and mid-band 5g but
beyond that things get complicated
at the time we're recording this the 10
pro can't use verizon's 5g network but
oneplus says that's subject to change in
the near future
if things play out like last year the 10
pro we'll probably get verizon 5g very
soon
but if you're on a t i have some bad
news it's not compatible with that 5g
network and it doesn't appear that ever
will be
and that's something to really consider
if you're on a t just one or two years
ago it wouldn't have been a big deal to
buy a phone that won't use 5g because it
just wasn't very good
but with more spectrum coming online
over the next few years it's starting to
actually get better and it'll be a shame
when the 10 pro can't take advantage of
it the 5g story is kind of a mark
against the 10 pro's flagship contender
status and
there's one more area where the phone
can't quite match the competition it's
camera system
the hardware is mostly similar to last
year's models there's a 48 megapixel
main camera a 50 megapixel ultra wide an
8 megapixel 3.3 times telephoto and an
upgraded 32 megapixel selfie camera the
hasselblad branding is back this year
because of course it is and this year
oneplus has added heap capture with
10-bit color a new computational raw
mode and a video mode with access to
manual exposure settings there's been
some more tuning of image processing
under the hood but it's a camera system
that's a lot like last year's that's too
bad because oneplus already has some
catching up to do photos in moderate
indoor lighting sometimes look strangely
over brightened and portrait mode shots
are just okay they're not as good as the
galaxy s 22s which is the new standard
the 10 pro does fine and good lighting
both in video and still images lots of
phones offer a low res ultra wide camera
and the 10 pros is definitely a cut
above if you want to get even more in
the frame you can use the 150 degree
mode if you don't mind a little bit of
distortion
photos from the telephoto lens are sharp
i'm impressed with the level of detail
it captured in the mural here
even 10 times digital zoom looks okay
but stay away from 30 times digital zoom
photos from the selfie cam look nice and
balanced and there's no overly
aggressive skin smoothing to worry about
on the video side you can shoot up to 8k
24p and those clips look good though
there's a significant crop
in 1080 30p mode you can turn on a
feature called ai highlight that does a
good job of balancing out brightness in
high contrast scenes without making
things look too hdre
there's a 4k 120p mode that's fun for
slow motion clips and a fisheye mode for
the ultra wide that you can get creative
with
but oneplus has its work cut out to
catch up with samsung and google and the
10 pro doesn't do much to close the gap
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oneplus is a long way from its
beginnings as an upstart taking on the
big brands with flagship's bags at lower
prices with the 999 pro it made a
statement that it was ready to be taken
seriously as a legitimate alternative to
google and samsung
neither of those devices quite nailed it
the 9 was missing some standard flagship
features like a stabilized main camera
and the 9 pro felt overpriced with the
10 pro oneplus has sharpened its vision
of a true flagship the result is a
polished device with a unique identity
that's well priced
there's still some work to do
particularly on the camera
and it needs to figure out the at t
thing
but there's no denying that this is a
step in the right direction
the old oneplus is gone but the new
oneplus looks like a worthy challenger
indeed
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