OnePlus 3 T : Features, Price and first Impression
The OnePlus 3T, in a nutshell, is simply the OnePlus 3 with a faster processor and a bigger battery. The phone is powered by a 2.35GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor (over the original's Snapdragon 820) coupled with Adreno 530 GPU. It is backed by a 3,400 battery, as opposed to the original that came with a 3,000mAh battery.
Rest of the specifications remain unchanged. It will be available in the colours: Gunmetal and Soft Gold. The OnePlus 3T starts at $439 (roughly Rs 29,782) for the 64GB version, while the high-end 128GB Gunmetal variant will cost buyers $479 (roughly Rs 32,495). With the arrival of the OnePlus 3T, the company will most likely discontinue the OnePlus 3. The OnePlus 3T will be available for buying in the US starting from November 22, and in India in the days to come. The company is yet to announce the exact pricing and availability details for the Indian market.
Just like the original OnePlus 3, the OnePlus 3T boasts of a full-metal unibody and a front-mounted fingerprint scanner which is claimed to unlock the phone in just 0.2 seconds. It supports both physical capacitive and on-screen navigation buttons and the usual array of sensors like accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensors. Also, it retains the OnePlus 3's (and OnePlus 2's) Alert Slider which is basically a quick notification toggle (all, priority, and none) to quickly sort your app notifications.
The OnePlus 3T comes with a USB Type-C port for charging and data-syncing purposes, a bottom-facing speaker out and dualSIM (nanoSIM) support.
The phone has a 5.5-inch fullHD AMOLED display with a 1920x1080 pixels resolution. OnePlus is, again, using a home-brewed Optic AMOLED display panel here. The phone comes with curved 2.5D Corning Gorilla glass 4. It comes with 6GB RAM and 64GB/128GB of internal memory which is non-expandable. The phone supports 4G LTE and NFC connectivity options and runs Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow-based OxygetOS out-of-the-box. The OnePlus 3T just like the OnePlus 3 offers near-stock Android experience with few additions like Shelf recent apps and quick contacts aggregator and system-wide Dark Theme thrown in.
The OnePlus 3T sports a 16-megapixel camera (Sony IMX 298) on the rear with PDAF, f/2.0 aperture and Optical Image Stabilisation. The rear snapper is capable of recording time-lapse, 4K video and RAW file format. Additionally, the phone comes with EIS for enhanced stabilisation while shooting videos. On the front, it comes with a 16-megapixel camera as opposed to the original that came with an 8-megapixel selfie-shooter.
The OnePlus 3T also supports the company's in-house fast charging solution called Dash Charging and the accompanying Dash Charger is capable of charging the phone to up to 60 per cent in just 30 minutes.
