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This is a slick smartphone and we prefer the matte black finish to the gloss option, but like most other black slabs out there it’s nothing and comes at a time where smartphone design has been largely reactive to the iPhone X. This notched display with no home button or physical fingerprint sensor is evidence of that. McLaren Edition Since the release of the 6T OnePlus has quickly launched a special McLaren Edition in partnership with the famous car firm. The £649/$699 handset is glossy black with carbon fibre detailing visible under the rear glass and an orange stripe on the rear edge fading up the sides, echoing McLaren’s papaya orange livery. You can only get it with 256GB storage and it also has 10GB RAM – more than the 6 or 8GB of the regular models. Every phone comes packaged in a collaborative book with a case and 30W charger that can charge the phone even faster than other models. OnePlus has confirmed that only the McLaren Edition can charge this fast with the Warp Charge 30 charger, it’s not backwards compatible.

We were at the launch of the phone at McLaren HQ in December 2018: The engine room What the OnePlus 6T definitely has going for it (like all previous OnePlus phones) is its high-end specs for a fair price. It has a Snapdragon 845 processor and 6 or 8GB RAM depending on the model you choose. OnePlus gives you the option of 6GB RAM with 128GB non-expandable storage to hit the lowest price of £499. To totally future-proof your purchase you can also go for 8GB RAM with 128 or 256GB storage.

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We tested the 8GB RAM/128GB storage model, but all versions will give practically the same performance. You only need 8GB RAM if you intend to indulge in high level gaming or absolutely cane your phone all day long with tens of demanding apps. Benchmarks The OnePlus 6T benchmarks using Geekbench (CPU), GFXBench (GPU) and Jetstream (browser) are more telling of phone tech in general than the 6T itself.

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The scores are virtually identical to the OnePlus 6 as well as the other Android phones we chose to compare with similar specs. You won’t notice a difference in performance in anything you do or view on the OnePlus 6T compared to other current top end phones. You view everything on the phone through a vibrant 6.41in OLED display, though its resolution is capped at 1080p.

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Other phones like the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Pixel 3 XL have more pixel-dense 1440p screens but most people won’t notice the difference and will appreciate the money saved by opting for the 6T. It’s still a higher resolution than the more expensive iPhone XR. The 6T’s screen has a tiny notch at the top that proves very unobtrusive and is physically the smallest notch we’ve yet used on a phone. The payoff is a large screen with attractively slim bezels. The haptics on this phone are behind the Pixel 3, iPhone and LG G7. The vibration motor still buzzes audibly and at the same clip for most actions.

It’s an area that when done better makes a phone feel surprisingly more premium. The single down-firing speaker is still here (no stereo speakers unlike the Pixel 3 or S9) but it sounds way better than on previous OnePlus phones. Not great for long video sessions, but good enough for podcasts. And yes, no headphone jack.

Fine, OnePlus. The speaker benefits from the space afforded by the loss of it as there’s more room for sound to resonate, OnePlus says. And there’s a dongle in the box for your headphones.

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