OnePlus 3T Q&A: Your questions answered!

The OnePlus 3T is here and we just got to review the latest low-cost flagship that's sailing under OnePlus' flags. Yes, even at $439, we'd still consider this device a low-cost one as it sells for way less than multiple top-shelf devices. Even for the pessimists out there is quite hard to shoot down the great value for money this phone boasts.

As we simply love answering your questions, we decided that it will be only fitting if we let you ask us anything OnePlus 3T-related. You heeded our call and now it's our turn to answer these:

OnePlus 3T: Your questions answered

ibend: "why this phone get lower score than iPhone7?"

 

PA: First of all, let's not forget that 9 out of 10 is an excellent review score that only few phones achieve. The OnePlus 3T got a 9 because it deserves a 9; while it's an excellent Android device, our general opinion is that it lacks the overall polishment of the iPhone 7. 

GMS85: "Sound Quality with headphones?"

PA: It won't blow your mind out, but audio quality is pretty good, on par with most other top-end phones out there. There's no "Quad DAC" on board here, but the OnePlus 3T is surprisingly well-endowed in terms of audio reproduction. Granted, your headphones will also play a large part in the audio experience you'll get. We used a pair of mid-range Sony h.ear on MDR-100AAP headphones and got quite satisfied with how the OnePlus 3T handled things.

trojan_horse: 1) How's the build quality of the OnePlus 3T compared to the OnePlus 3? 

2) How efficient and color-accurate is it's AMOLED display? 

3) Does the OnePlus 3T have the RAM management issue which plagued the OnePlus 3 at launch? 

4)What about the new SD821 SoC in the OnePlus 3T: Any noticeable performance difference versus the SD820 in the OnePlus 3 in real-world tests?

PA: 1) From a design standpoint, we are basically dealing with one and the same device. Similar to the OnePlus 3, the OnePlus 3T is pretty sleek and feels quite solid in the hand. If you loved the OnePlus 3, you'll also love the new one.

2) The display of the OnePlus 3T gets pretty color accurate if you enable the sRGB display mode, which we highly recommend. The default display mode, while vivid and punchy, is mostly cold and not accurate at all.

3) Nope.

4) Subjectively speaking, there's a slight yet noticeable performance improvement in everyday usage. 

schauncusi: "As per your Oneplus 3T review, the battery scored lower than the Oneplus 3. Why is that?"

PA: As you're probably aware, benchmark tests ≠ real-life battery endurance. I'm an average-to-heavy phone user and have been using the OnePlus 3T as a daily driver for the past week or so — the device has consistently lasted me for at least 5 hours of screen-on time. My colleague Victor, who reviewed the phone, is bit lighter phone user and averaged around 6 hours and 30 minutes of screen-on time while he was using the phone.

nh1402: "Does the screen have Panel Self Refresh tech, ie. loading static images from graphics ram. for better power efficiency?"

PA: That's a mighty fine question! Stay tuned, we've reached out to OnePlus and will update this answer should we receive an appropriate answer.