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The OnePlus 3T came out in November 2016, the OnePlus 5 in June 2017, the OnePlus 5T in November 2017, and the OnePlus 6 — the company’s latest release — in May 2018. Four phones in the space of a year and a half, which is less time than many people spend owning a single phone, let alone upgrading three times.
How much has changed for OnePlus during that time, in terms of camera performance and ability? OnePlus’ cameras have never stunned, but they’ve been strong performers without any frills. Is the OnePlus 6 substantially better than those that came before it? To find out, we took these four OnePlus phones on a long weekend in the surprisingly sunny U.K., and here are the results.
CAMERA SPECS
Before we get into the photos, how about the on-paper specs? The OnePlus 3T, being the oldest, is the most different, primarily for having a single camera lens rather than a dual-lens setup like the other three. It has a 16-megapixel Sony IMX298 sensor with an f/2.0 aperture, HDR, and optical image stabilization (OIS).
The OnePlus 5 combined a 16-megapixel Sony IMX398 wide-angle, f/1.7 aperture lens with a second telephoto lens, the Sony IMX350 with an f/2.6 aperture. It uses electronic image stabilization (EIS), and introduced both a 2x hybrid zoom and a portrait mode. The OnePlus 5T used the same front camera sensor, paired with a 20-megapixel IMX376X, f/1.7 aperture lens. It also uses EIS, and has a portrait mode.
Finally, the new OnePlus 6 uses a Sony IMX519 16-megapixel lens with an f/1.7 aperture, OIS, and EIS. The secondary lens is the same IMX376X as the OnePlus 5T. Again, the OnePlus 6 provides a hybrid zoom and a portrait mode. We’re only comparing still photography taken with the rear cameras here.
CAMERA APPS
The OnePlus 5, 5T, and 6 all run Android 8.1 and OxygenOS 5.1, meaning the camera app across all three phones is identical. Our OnePlus 3T has Android 8.0 with OxygenOS 5.0.1, and the app is slightly different. However, it’s refreshing to see the three main previous phones all providing the same software experience. Try finding that on another phone outside the iPhone and Google’s Pixel devices.
It’s a basic app. Swipe left or right to switch between portrait and video, and swipe up to switch features, including panorama and a “Pro” manual mode. For our tests, we shot entirely in automatic, simply pointing the camera and pressing the shutter release. In some situations, we forced the camera to focus on a particular area, ensuring a consistent look across all four images.
Provided you aren’t expecting the many features offered by Huawei, Samsung, and others, the OnePlus camera app is refreshingly easy to use, and almost entirely bloat-free. There’s nothing here you’ll never bother to try out. On the flip side, there’s little to experiment with, and it doesn’t inspire creativity like the Huawei P20 Pro, for example. It’s a camera for people that want to take good photos, and that’s all.
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