Android darling OnePlus moves at a speed that often feels too fast. Didn’t the OnePlus 6 just come out six months ago and set the bar for a value-packed premium Android phone?

It sure did! But unlike other phones that cram more into a glass-and-metal sandwich to justify ballooning prices, OnePlus keeps pushing innovation forward without charging an arm and a leg.

As fantastic as the OnePlus 6 hardware and pricing is, mimicking the best parts of the most popular phones and selling them in your own device can only get you so far. At a certain point, a flagship phone needs to lead by other means to really step out of its competitors’ shadows.

And lead the new OnePlus 6T phone does. With a fingerprint sensor built into the display that’s nearly as fast as the physical reader it’s replacing, a larger display with a smaller notch, a bigger battery, vastly improved cameras, and pricing that starts at $549, the 6T offers the futuristic package other companies can’t or won’t give us.

Oh, and these are two big firsts for OnePlus: You can buy the phone from a carrier in the U.S. (T-Mobile), and it officially supports Verizon. Yes, OnePlus’ phones are no longer limited to work only on T-Mobile and AT&T in America. I’ve been using the 6T on Verizon and it’s been glorious.