{"id":698,"date":"2022-07-21T00:20:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T00:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=698"},"modified":"2022-07-21T00:20:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T00:20:05","slug":"oneplus-10-pro-review-well-it-charges-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=698","title":{"rendered":"OnePlus 10 Pro review: Well, it charges fast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div><p>iThis content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Update your settings here, then reload the page to see it.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s OnePlus 9 Pro was one of the best phones of 2021 \u2013 which surprised some of us. The company substantially improved the cameras and packaged a high-spec phone in a premium body. Now, after several other OnePlus phones have launched with lower prices (and lesser specs), the $899 OnePlus 10 Pro, is finally here. The phone has long been available in China and the company has been teasing its new flagship OnePlus<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Mb(0) Mt(-10px) Fz(24px) Fz(20px)--sm Fz(20px)--md Fw(b) Mb(10px)\">Pros<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"P(0) C(engadgetFontDarkGray)\">\n<li class=\"Fz(16px) Mt(0)\">Incredible fast-charging tech<\/li>\n<li class=\"Fz(16px) Mt(0)\"> Gorgeous 120Hz screen<\/li>\n<li class=\"Fz(16px) Mt(0)\"> Fast fingerprint and face unlock<\/li>\n<li class=\"Fz(16px) Mt(0)\"> Competitive price.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"Mb(0) Mt(-10px) Fz(24px) Fz(20px)--sm Fz(20px)--md Fw(b) Mb(10px)\">Cons<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"P(0) C(engadgetFontDarkGray)\">\n<li class=\"Fz(16px) Mt(0)\">Mediocre telephoto camera<\/li>\n<li class=\"Fz(16px) Mt(0)\"> Too similar to the OnePlus 9 Pro.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Hardware<\/h3>\n<figure><figcaption><\/figcaption>Mat Smith\/Engadget<\/figure>\n<p>The camera unit, which includes three sensors and a flash, is surrounded by metal which bleeds over the edge to the frame of the 10 Pro. It\u2019s an understated design touch, but I\u2019m glad it looks different from older OnePlus models, its Oppo 9 Pro, there\u2019s an awful lot of spec overlap. Both models have the same size screen and run at 1,440 x 3,216 resolution, with adaptive refresh rates of up to 120Hz. This year\u2019s phone does have an upgraded LTPO display, however, which OnePlus says is better optimized for dynamic changes in refresh rates. But you\u2019d be hard-pressed to notice any difference between the 10 Pro and 9 Pro&#8217;s screens; both are crisp, bright and colorful. While more and more phones are beginning to arrive with adaptive refresh rates, OnePlus does it better than most, dipping as low as 1Hz for static content on your phone screen, meaning less power drain. According to OnePlus, the upgraded screen should translate to 1.5 hours of additional use versus last year\u2019s OnePlus 9 Pro.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h3>Cameras<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"Pos(r) Mx(0) My(0)\">\n<\/figure>\n<figure><figcaption>\n                                                <br \/>\n                                            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Comparisons with last year\u2019s OnePlus 9 Pro come up yet again with the cameras. The company heralds this as its second-generation Hasselblad camera, with improvements to the OnePlus Billion Color Solution (which still struggles to sell itself as a compelling feature) and an updated Hasselblad Pro mode, which I\u2019ll explain later.<\/p>\n<p>Glancing at the spec sheet, even if the camera array itself looks notably different, the OnePlus 10 Pro has very similar camera sensors \u2013 and in fact there\u2019s actually one less than last year\u2019s OnePlus 9 Pro. Yes, we\u2019ve lost the monochrome sensor, which shouldn\u2019t be a big deal. It was a low two-megapixel sensor and I didn\u2019t miss it at all. Otherwise, all the numbers match: a 48-megapixel primary sensor, a 50-MP ultra-wide lens \u2013 this time capturing across 150-degree views, and \u2013 like the OnePlus 9 Pro \u2013 a middling 8-megapixel telephoto option that tops out at 3.3x optical zoom.<\/p>\n<p>My experience matches what Chris Velazco said last year in despite the closer collaboration with Oppo and a shared codebase. In fact, the latest version of OnePlus\u2019 OxygenOS, version 12, was apparently one of the reasons that the 10 Pro took so long to arrive after its debut, with more time needed to tweak the software for regions beyond China.<\/p>\n<p>I still appreciate the ability to easily switch off OS additions I don\u2019t need. The OnePlus Shelf is a pop-up menu that can be pulled down from the top right corner of the phone. It groups together several adjustable tiles \u2013 like those widgets you\u2019ve been able to add to your homescreen on Android phones for about a decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In short, I don\u2019t need it and would get frustrated when it pops up instead of the standard Android drop-down menu containing setting toggles and my notifications. Thankfully, I can just tap the settings cog inside the Shelf, and turn the entire feature off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One addition I won\u2019t be disabling is a new AI adaptive brightness feature. The OnePlus 10 Pro can learn your display brightness preferences and make adjustments, hopefully before you do. Artificial intelligence features inside smartphones are often hard to notice in day-to-day use (think: battery optimization features that are meant to adapt to how you use your phone and reduce power consumption). But OnePlus\u2019 adaptive brightness soon appeared when I would check the 10 Pro in the early hours of the morning, helping to shield me from an unnecessarily bright screen before I\u2019d even had my coffe<\/p>\n<p>There are also a few gaming improvements to make the most of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip. The HyperBoost game engine, courtesy of Oppo, tries to stabilize frame rates during gaming sessions, while also increasing the responsiveness of the touchscreen through a new feature called O-Sync. Both suffer from my issues with behind-the-scenes AI optimizations. It\u2019s also not compatible with streaming games from Xbox Cloud Gaming or Stadia, which is how I game on smartphones most of the time.<\/p>\n<p>The OnePlus 10 Pro wasn\u2019t fazed by anything I threw at it \u2013 which has been true for most phones powered by Qualcomm\u2019s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. When playing a video on repeat, the 5,000mAh battery took over 14 hours to run down \u2013 which isn\u2019t great compared to roughly 17 hours from Samsung\u2019s Galaxy S22+.<\/p>\n<p>Benefiting from OnePlus 9 Pro. But with the OnePlus 10 Pro, the company has struggled to push the envelope further.<\/p>\n<p>The OnePlus 10 Pro has impressive fast-charge capabilities, a gorgeous screen that\u2019s incrementally better than last year\u2019s model, while OxygenOS continues to add more to the Android experience without derailing it. I especially like how the green version looks, but at the same time, the smartphone competition moves fast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(In the US, OnePlus is selling the black and green models with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage for $899 in the US. The company says the versions with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage will arrive later, though the price is still TBC.)<\/p>\n<p>OnePlus might have nailed its cameras last year, but it\u2019s not at the same level of the best phone cameras in 2022. Its computational photography seems overly aggressive and the telephoto camera, again, disappoints compared to the competition. When the Pixel 6 Pro costs the same, the OnePlus 10 Pro is hard to recommend over Google\u2019s own flagship, even to die-hard OnePlus fans looking to upgrade from the OnePlus 9 Pro. At least it\u2019s slightly cheaper.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Correction, 3\/31\/22 10:50AM ET:<\/strong> Clarified that the US version of the OnePlus 10 Pro will only support 65W SuperVOOC charging. Also updated this article to clarify that both the green and black models with 8GB of RAM will be available in the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iThis content is not available due to your privacy preferences. 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