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GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

WCDMA: Bands 1/2/4/5/8

FDD-LTE: Bands 1/2/4/5/7/12/17/30

CDMA EVDO: BC0

EU/Asia Version:

GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

WCDMA: Bands 1/2/5/8

FDD-LTE: Bands 1/3/5/7/8/20

TDD-LTE: Bands 38/40 PORTS USB 2.0 Type-C, 3.5mm headphone jack CAMERA 16MP rear camera, 16MP front camera SIZE 152.7 x 74.7 x 7.35 mm (6 x 2.94 x 0.29 in) WEIGHT 158 g (5.57 oz) BATTERY 3400 mAh STARTING PRICE $439/£400 OTHER PERKS "Dash" charging, three-position physical notification mode switch, fingerprint sensor, notification LED, Dual SIM slots

The OnePlus 3 was one of our favorite devices of 2016. Its combination of great specs, a metal body, near-stock Android, and low $400 price tag made it a winner. If you were considering buying an Android phone, the OnePlus 3 should have been near the top of your list.

Now the OnePlus 3 is dead. OnePlus announced a new device, the OnePlus 3T, as a replacement. It's almost the same thing. You get the same metal body, the same 5.5-inch, 1080p AMOLED display, the same USB-C jack, fingerprint reader, and quirky physical notification mode switch. What's new is the processor—a minor bump from the Snapdragon 820 to the Snapdragon 821—a new selfie camera, and a bigger battery. Oh, there's also a bigger price tag: It's now $40 more—$439.

So is the OnePlus 3T still one of the best Android phones you can buy? Rather than rehash everything that OnePlus rehashed, we'll just cover what's new, and direct you to the old OnePlus 3 review for everything else.

Performance

Let's start with the part that really matters: the battery. OnePlus upgraded from a 3000mAh battery in the OnePlus 3 to a 3400mAh battery in the OnePlus 3T. We definitely saw an improvement in our battery test, which continuously cycles through web pages with the display on the whole time at 200 nits. The OnePlus 3T lasted 124 minutes longer—or 21 percent longer—in the lightweight browsing test. It lated 69 minutes longer—25 percent—in the heavier WebGL test.

The rest of the performance boosts don't amount to much. The Snapdragon 821 is not a huge upgrade from the Snapdragon 820 that was in the OnePlus 3. It is more efficient though, which contributes to the better battery test numbers. You still have an excessive 6GB of RAM that the system never seems to make full use of, but those gigs will probably be handy in the future.















