what's up everyone Eber here with Hardware Canucks and I
just got back from the Oneplus 6t launch event here in New York City and overall
my first impressions with this device is that I'm not really I'm not really
excited about it because this whole cycled you know the whole cycle refresh
every year with oneplus is a little confusing because it all started with
the 3 then we had the 3t then we had the 5 the 5t Oneplus 6 and now
we're on to the 6t it's their second flagship smartphone for 2018 that's
technically replacing the oneplus 6 and just looking at the features
standpoint it's again not a significant upgrade over the oneplus 6
just like the 5 to the 5t alright so some of the minor changes with the
Oneplus 6t is that they've eliminated the rear-facing fingerprint sensor on the
back and they replaced that with a fingerprint sensor built inside the
display so they call it screen unlock essentially there's a sensor built
inside the display and it is a Morcant it's a more intuitive way of unlocking
the device it's I mean oneplus claims to be the fastest way to unlock your device
although that's something to be validated scientifically hopefully
someone will be able to do that but I'm certainly looking forward to testing
that out when I get my hands on with the device
next up we have a very slight improvement in the display department so
it's a six point four inch AMOLED screen with a tiny like it's a drop notch if
you want to call it a miniscule notch you can call it whatever you like it but
I actually kind of like the way how oneplus has implemented the notch on the
6t because it looks very subtle very sleek it's not as bad as the one found
at the pixel 3 Excel had hands down pick the oneplus 6t over the pixel 3 XL
any time of the day because the notch is just it's bearable it's not super it's
not you know staring at your face or anything like that
so I certainly like that approach but other than that you're getting a
slightly you know slimmer chin at the bottom so overall it's not a significant
upgrade over the 6 but it's again something I guess it's a subtle look
that I'm sure most people would appreciate
now one of the cool things that oneplus did mention during their presentation is
that they're actually allowing users to independently calibrate their displays
so if you want a supersaturated look you can certainly go for that or if you're
looking for a more natural presentation on your display you can offer that
option as well we're all aware of the different color profiles that are built
inside oneplus smartphones so again giving users the option to fine tune and
adjust and calibrate their displays is pretty awesome
now specs wise it isn't a massive improvement over the oneplus 6 so you're
getting the exact same snapdragon 845 processor with 6 gigabytes or a
gigabytes of RAM depending on the storage configuration or the model that
you're going for I do want to mention that they have increased the battery
capacity on the 6t so it has improved from a 3300 milliamp hours to 3,700
milliamp hours so that's definitely gonna increase battery life on the
oneplus 6t s so that's definitely something that I'm looking forward to
testing and I think that's about it you don't get things like a wireless you
don't get things like wireless charging which I was kind of disappointed about
because I was expecting that oneplus 6t simply because it's the one feature that
I really wish this phone to have but what really threw me away was the
removal of the headphone jack because I really hoped that they would keep that
but unfortunately they have removed it on the oneplus 6t which is really a
bummer I I'm pretty sure most of you guys would agree with me on that but if
you have embraced wireless audio then this shouldn't be a concern and for you
at all but let me know in the comments down below if you prefer to have the
types of the headphone jack or not so again it's a big bummer but
interestingly enough this is something that I noticed is apparently they've
replaced the headphone jack with a fake speaker grille and I just I didn't know
what to say my I was completely stunned when I when I learned about that because
just it's just so weird about that because I really wish if they actually
gave us two bottom facing speakers and the most interesting part is the
speakers are not stereo so it's just a single mono facing speaker at the bottom
which is again very unfortunate moving on to the cameras and honestly it's the
exact same hardware as the oneplus 6 they're using the same Sony IMX sensors
the one thing that they really wanted to focus one focus on was to improve the
low-light performance on the oneplus 6t and they've done that by implementing
nightscape which is a fine-tuned algorithm that the text night scenes and
it fine-tunes majest so that you're getting vivid and sharp results without
a lot of noise within the images again that's something that I certainly have
to test out when I get my hands on with this device but interestingly enough
they did mention that nightscape will be rolled out as an update to existing oneplus
6 users so it's not like a major upgrade and lastly I just want to
quickly go over software so the oneplus 6t is rocking oxygen OS running on top
of Android Pi so you are X and roid experienced with a few more
customization options that Google doesn't really offer so if you really
want to fine tune within the settings and make it feel your if you want to
really personalize it your way you can certainly do that with the oneplus 6t or
just pretty much anyone plus devices that are currently out there running
oxygen OS last but not least there's the price so the oneplus 6t is starting at
549 USD and for that you get a 6 gigabyte model with 120 gigabytes of
storage if the phone comes in two finishes so you get mayor black and
midnight black I really like the midnight black version just because it's
a more matte black finish and it's more understated and it doesn't look as
glossy it has the mayor black finish again personal preference here but I'm
actually really happy with the price point here because at 5:49 I think
you're getting a it's its price so competitively well in smartphone market
right now because if you really want to get the best Android experience you
don't have to spend 600 or you know $700 or even $1000 for that you can certainly
get that with something like the oneplus 6t although I'm still bummed about a few
features that they were able to remove with the oneplus 6t particularly the
headphone jack it's just something that I didn't see coming but honestly it is
what it is but I'm going to chime in Dmitry here for a second so that he can
talk about his experience using the oneplus 6 for the past six months ever
since launch of that particular device just so you can get a rough idea on how
that device has been Thank You Eber hope New York is treating
you well because the oneplus 6 has been treating me so well for the past
six months this has been my daily driver ever since launch and I couldn't be
happier this is my favorite Android device to date and it's so funny because
when oneplus 6 came out we were already joking about the
eventual 6t release because that upgrade cycle is just too short to be six months
but you can't get into the mindset of oneplus and then kind of thinking like
Apple like oneplus 6 owners will probably not be upgrading to the 6t but
the oneplus 5 or oneplus 3 owners will be so that upgrade is
definitely looking to be a much bigger jump I've always experienced some form
of bugs with one place devices but this one's no different
the most recent one which keeps on repeating is the alert slider so when
it's in do not disturb and when I switch it back to normal
there's like a couple of seconds until all the notifications just come rushing
in and it's not like the notification hasn't come through it's just the audio
comes through even though I've already received a notification so that's really
annoying the fingerprint scanner has gotten kind of slow where I have to
physically press into it instead of lightly tapping like I had to on the
first device and for the price the oneplus 6 is just like an amazing value
and all-around really good performer and I would compare it to my 10s which is
super fast but I prefer the speed of the oneplus 6 and that says something
about oxygen OS and the 6t obviously is going to just fly right through but in
terms of speed and the button tactility the display the speakerphone the
headphone jack everything has been working so fine and the only thing that
I would give feedback to oneplus on future is to improve on the screen
protector the included screen protector because on my red model which looks um I
guess so so fire right now and hopefully we'll see more colors than just two with
a 6t but the screen protector here that I used for video is just completely
scratched up and really poor quality and I guess it's nice to be included but the
actual screen on the device is pretty strong it's much stronger than the
really soft things that we see with the iPhones and yeah that's one of
my complaints for oneplus it isn't exciting update but why did they have to
remove the headphone jack I don't understand especially when they were
trolling Apple like two years ago that they will still you know keep the
headphone jack but I guess that is the trend now and I really like that
teardrop you know not or can you even call it a knotch
it's a Drudge all righty bruh so my experience with the oneplus 6 has been
super satisfactory aside from minor bugs here and there
like with notifications which is odd I don't know if it's hardware based or
it's something on a software miscommunication there but hopefully
we'll see all that stuff kind of like you know smoothed out with the first
device with the one plus 6t the be quiet dark Bass Pro 900 revision 2 is here
with the modern IO for your Type C accessories and Qi charging gadgets the
new hub is good for 8 fans and RGB strips plus the interior is incredibly
modular for airflow water cooling invert systems and now with the power supply
shroud check out the v2 down below well guys that's the oneplus 6t and honestly
it's not a major upgrade over the oneplus 6 I'm pretty sure a lot of you guys saw
this coming eventually but again at 549 I think it's priced competitively
because it competes really well with the pixel 3 the pixel 3 Excel because I feel
like it offers a little bit more features compared to those devices but
none of the less what do you guys think about it what do you guys think about
the price point and if you're an existing one plus 6 owner would you
actually upgrade to the 16 or if you're coming from something like the oneplus 3
then oneplus 3T or even the oneplus 5 is it something or is oneplus 6t something
that might be appealing towards you let me know in the comments down below
I'm Eva with hundred connects thank you so much for watching and we'll see you
in the next one