OnePlus 6 review: powerhouse unit a match for top phones on speed, battery life and price –iPhone and Samsung beware
For half the price of an iPhone X, you can get a super fast and sleek handset that has excellent battery life. But don’t try taking photos at night or charging it wirelessly
Most major smartphone companies today – besides a few like Apple – release two flagships a year, split between the first and second half of the year. The OnePlus 6 is the last of the first batch and, as usual, it’s an absolute powerhouse.
Design and hardware
Describing the OnePlus 6’s look and feel seems a lot like déjà vu. It’s not just because other brands, such as LG and Huawei, have already pumped out flagships this year with glass backs, railings, and the iPhone X-inspired notch. But the OnePlus 6 feels familiar because it looks and feels just like recent releases by Oppo and Vivo.
That’s because all three brands are owned by the same parent company, BBK Electronics. While the trio operate independently and have different approaches to marketing and software design, they do share the same production line and component parts, which explains the recycled design of the OnePlus 6.
It does have some subtle cosmetic differences to the Vivo X21 or Oppo R15, though, such as the camera module alignment and the shape of fingerprint reader.