Upstart smartphone manufacturer OnePlus has long trumpeted its devices as flagship killers. On paper, this is certainly true of the OnePlus 5; you get a top-of-the-line Snapdragon 835 processor, a 5.5-inch 1080p display, 6GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage for $599. There's no flagship device in Australia that comes to offering this much bang-for-buck.
Of course, what looks good on paper and what's good in practice can often vary, yet somehow OnePlus has managed to deliver a whole lot of phone for not a lot of money, without making any major compromises.
Key specifications for the OnePlus 5 include a 5.5-inch 1080p display, a Snapdragon 835 processor, 3,300mAh battery, a front-facing fingerprint reader, USB Type-C for charging, and 16MP and 20MP rear-facing cameras.
$599 gets you a model with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of non-expandable storage, while $699 takes this to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. We were provided with the 128GB model for the purposes of this review.
Advantages
I kind of hate to say that price is the OnePlus 5's best feature, but I'm still staggered by how much phone $599 buys you. This isn't to undersell the OnePlus 5's other strengths, but when it comes to value, OnePlus have managed to best the majority of midrange and flagship smartphones in Australia.
On top of high-end hardware, the OnePlus 5 has a couple of neat little additions that aren't always present in its price-range. These include a smudge resistant oleophobic coating on the screen, NFC, and a display bright enough to consistently be visible in direct sunlight. The absence of any of these features wouldn't ruin the OnePlus, but their presence certainly helps in making the OnePlus 5 feel genuinely premium.
It is however worth noting that OnePlus has said it may tweak Australian OnePlus 5 pricing following the current "soft launch" period. Given how compelling a starting price $599 is, we're hoping it stays the same, or at the very least, doesn't change too much. We'll be sure to update this review if it does.
The OnePlus 5 is cheaper than most premium phones, but it still feels premium. Cut from the same mould as OPPO's R11, the OnePlus 5 is perhaps best described as a very curvy iPhone. While the iPhone 7 is rounded, the OnePlus 5 has heavily tapered edges, resulting in a pillow look. This not only makes the OnePlus 5 feel thinner than it is, and makes one handed usage reasonably easy for the most part. It's not as light on bezel as phones like the Galaxy S8, but the OnePlus 5 nonetheless feels compact for a 5.5-inch phone.
Disadvantages
The biggest potential deal breaker we've found with the OnePlus 5 is inconsistent lowlight photography. It's possible to get good night shots with the OnePlus 5, but the lack of optical image stabilisation and a slower shutter speed makes it hard to get sharp, clear photos in dark environments. This becomes especially pronounced on the zoom lens. If you're dealing with relatively still subjects (and have steady hands) you can still get good shots at night, but you'll have a harder time as soon as movement comes into play.
There is however a "pro" camera mode that lets you manually adjust settings such as shutter speed, but this rapidly adds noise to images. You ostensibly end up trading motion blur for a grainier image. This can work well in some situations, but just ends up creating a different issue in others.
Other than average lowlight photography, there's not a lot to complain about at the OnePlus 5's $599 starting price; it's more so a case of mentioning the few features you miss out on.
The OnePlus 5 isn't water-resistant, which isn't exactly surprising at $599. Only a couple of phones in this price-bracket come with any sort of water-resistance.
An odder omission is the lack of expandable storage, which has long been one of the main features that sets apart Android devices from iPhones. 64GB and 128GB are both reasonably generous amounts of internal storage out of the box, but the fixed capacity does mean you can't bump up the OnePlus 5's memory down the line.
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