OnePlus 7 Pro Review: Is the new OnePlus 7 Pro truly a Premium smartphone?

OnePlus has w, with OnePlus 7 Pro, officially entered premium market. With kind of high performing devices from company, it almost feels like OnePlus has earned its way to top category. Even a look at specs and what phone really packs in, it’s pretty clear that OnePlus has put in all its might to get this one right, but did it? Is it really a premium phone? And more importantly should you buy it? Let’s check it out.

Build and Design

re is so much to talk about when it comes to OnePlus 7 Pro, let’s just start with build and size first, you just can’t igre it. This is biggest device from OnePlus. OnePlus 7 Pro is 6.4 inches tall, about 3 inches wide, 8.8mm thick and weighs over 200gms. w it’s t uncommon for premium smartphones to be bigger in size like Galaxys and iPhones, so in its new avatar of premium smartphone, it does sort of fits bill, fitting in your hand is a whole different story. It is certainly t your one hand phone and it will take some getting used to but if a big uninterrupted almost bezel-less display is what you are looking for, n you’ll make your peace with it, with time. While size does t determine premium-ness of a smartphone, but look and feel sure does. And OnePlus 7 Pro, in all its massive glory, look and feel premium through and through. OnePlus 7 has a curved display, different from phones OnePlus has launched in past. And yes, curved display reminds us of Samsung’s Galaxy phones. I am personally t a big fan of curved display, it makes screen more susceptible to breaks but it does help in achieving an immersive viewing experience. I’ll talk about that in a bit. OnePlus 7 Pro comes in three colours, Mirror Grey, Nebula Blue and Almond. It’s t just different colours back finish is different too for phones, like Nebular Blue has a matte back and Mirror Grey has a glossy finish. But all three colours look high-quality. I am using Nebular Blue. phone has a glass back but with matte effect which can help you avoid ‘greasy finger prints’ situation that is bane of glass back phones. point is why go for glass, as it does t even allow wireless charging. metal back with matte effect could have also looked premium and me phone a lot more durable. Well, phone does come with a transparent phone cover in box and, let's just say, you would certainly need it.

Display

Display is my favourite part about OnePlus 7 Pro. OnePlus has talked about it nstop prior to launch and well it deserved all holler it got. With Fluid AMOLED panel and QHD+ (3,120 x 1,440) resolution, screen gives you stunning detail, crisp and perfect colours making display one of best out re. What makes device so smooth is refresh rate of 90Hz which makes everything fast from gaming to watching video to just scrolling. You can certainly feel difference even when you are just scrolling up and down your Instagram feed. It’s rare for a smartphone to have this feature except a few gaming phones. I should also mention here that finger print sensor on display is way faster and more responsive than 6T and many ors. What ds to viewing experience is 6.67-inch curved screen with tch whatsoever and very little bezel. What I love about bezel situation is fact that it's uniform all around that is just pure design feat for OnePlus. Let me give it to you straight, it ups your viewing experience by a lot when you watch a video full screen on this device. Truly immersive.

Pop-up Camera and Triple lens setup

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And immersive display is reason why you have a pop-up front camera on phone. This is yet ar new feature that OnePlus has introduced with its latest flagship. 16 MP Selfie Camera or front camera pops up every time you want to use front camera. If you haven't used device, you can be a bit unsure about motorized front camera (trust me I did too) but that feeling will go away almost instantly after you see it at play, I promise. And remember, it’s re for a higher cause, a big screen with tch and almost bezel-less display. OnePlus has really worked hard on it and you can easily tell. movement of pop camera is fluid yet durable. Even though it’s a small piece that juts out of top of phone when in use, it does t feel brittle at all. But important thing is will it survive test of time and innumerable selfies. Only time can tell. t only that OnePlus 7 Pro also has Face unlock and while it’s pretty fast, it also means more use of pop-up camera. For Face Unlock camera pops out, unlocks phone and pops right in in about one second. While its super-fast using it for unlocking your phone every time may t be ideal. OnePlus says it can handle upto 3,00,000 movements. We'll have to get back on that one! On back, OnePlus 7 Pro has three cameras, a 48-megapixel f/1.7 main camera (with optical stabilization), along with an 8-megapixel f/2.4 3x-zoom telephoto camera and a 16-megapixel f/2.2 ultra-wide camera. w yes, re are or phones that better photos, but OnePlus has a cult following in India and y have always loved OnePlus camera. Photos in general are bright, vibrant, and clear. I was quite impressed. It is certainly better than everything OnePlus has done so far. You can see difference and improvement in quality of im with Night mode and portrait mode from its predecessor 6T. Besides three different lenses do give you a lot to play around. selfie camera can give you some really good portraits too. So overall, OnePlus has stepped up its game on camera front too and you can tell or see. Again, it’s t best out re but it can is pretty premium. 

Performance and Battery

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Well processor must be powerful to run massive phone with a massive display. OnePlus 7 Pro uses Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 855 processor, can pack up to 12 GB RAM and has up to 256 GB of stor. re are stones unturned on this front, everything runs fast and smooth.  I haven't experienced any crashes or sudden resets or lags on OnePlus 7 Pro while using it. OnePlus has also bumped up battery on this one. OnePlus 7 pro comes with 4,000mAh battery and it easily lasted me a day with rmal use which included, general browsing, taking lots of pictures, checking out Instagram, Facebook and Twitter and streaming a couple of episodes of ‘De To Me’ on Netflix. So, it came through. OnePlus has moved on from 20W Dash Charge to a 30W Warp charge apter for OnePlus 7 Pro. Warp Charge was first introduced for 6T McLaren edition. It is pretty fast and can almost make you forget about wireless changing, that phone does t have. I was alrey impressed with Dash Charge, this one is even better as in faster. It took me an hour to get my de phone to a full charge.

Software and features

While re are many or features that we can talk about OnePlus 7 Pro but if we are looking at premium factor of phone n, I believe, experience is key. OnePlus 7 Pro features latest OxygeS 9.5, OS is intuitive and boots easily. While using phone, I could feel how refined it is and does provide a premium experience. OnePlus has also introduced Screen Recorder on OnePlus 7 Pro. It is a much-requested feature and can be helpful when you need to show someone how to use a certain feature on phone, it can also prove useful to gamers as you can record your game with commentary as its records audio too. Certainly, a good d-on. Ar feature that OnePlus has introduced on OnePlus 7 pro is Zen Mode which helps you disconnect and reflect? Or just take a break from your device. feature disables everything, during Zen Mode that lasts 20 minutes, you can only make and receive calls and use camera all or tifications are muted. It is an interesting feature to get off your smartphones for 20 whole minutes, and if you remind yourself to use it everyday, you have your very own new meditation routine.

It all boils down to pricing. With all se features and more, starting price for OnePlus 7 Pro is Rs. 48,999 and goes upto nearly Rs. 60,000. w it is a bit difficult to digest that OnePlus is bringing in phones costing almost Rs. 50,000 and urds. We've kwn OnePlus ever since OnePlus One device, brand is kwn for its high performing phones at reasonable price. But would I say pricing for OnePlus 7 Pro is reasonable? Well, yes. Even though re are still a couple of things that are missing like wireless charging, IP rating, hephone jack, phone does pack in quite a bit and I can truly say that OnePlus 7 Pro can w officially be seen as a premium device as it stands tall (also literally) among its new peers in premium segment.