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Specs comparison: OnePlus 5T vs Galaxy S8+ vs Pixel 2 XL

by Peter Kostadinov

Nov 16, 2017, 11:01 AM

Specs comparison: OnePlus 5T vs Galaxy S8+ vs Pixel 2 XL

Jumping on the bezel-less trend, OnePlus just announced a new flagship device that's imbued with its hopes of becoming a slightly more affordable alternative to the top smartphones out there - the OnePlus 5T is here with a flashy 2:1 bezel-less display and a dual camera to wage war on the Galaxies and iPhone X's of the world.

With a decent hardware arsenal on deck, the OnePlus 5T has the potenital of outshining just about any contemporary Android device you throw in the ring with it: packing a Snapdragon 835 and a whole lot of 8GB of RAM on board, the phone is as among the best-spec'd flagships out there as of now.

Display 6.0 inches
2160 x 1080 pixels
Camera 16 MP (Dual camera)
16 MP front
Hardware Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
8GB RAM
Storage 128GB, not expandable
Battery 3300 mAh
OS Android 10
OnePlus OxygenOS UI

Add the 6-inch Quad HD AMOLED display and the dual camera, as well as the decent 3,330mAh battery at the rear, and you get a rather well-rounded hardware package that is quite unlikely to disappoint hardware geeks.

But let's directly compare the OnePlus 5T against two of the hotter Android devices out there now, the Galaxy S8+ and the Pixel 2 XL. Which one flaunts the superior hardware package? Let's find out!

Display

Size

6.2 inches

6.0 inches

Technology

Super AMOLED

P-OLED

AMOLED

Screen-to-body

83.32 %

76.66 %

80.43 %

Features

HDR video support, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Oleophobic coating, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998

Processor

Octa-core, 2450 MHz, Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm

Octa-core, 2350 MHz, Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm

Octa-core, 2450 MHz, Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm

GPU

Adreno 540

RAM

4GB LPDDR4

8GB LPDDR4

Internal storage

64GB

128GB, not expandable

OS

Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat), Samsung One UI

Android (11, 10, 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 8.0 Oreo)

Android (10, 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat), OnePlus OxygenOS UI

Battery

Capacity

3500 mAh

3520 mAh

3300 mAh

Charging

Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0

USB Power Delivery

OnePlus Dash Charge

Talk time

34.00 hours

Stand-by time

4.3 days (103 hours)

Talk time (3G)

24.00 hours

Internet use

3G: 14 hours; LTE: 16 hours; Wi-Fi: 15 hours

Music playback

99.00 hours

Video playback

20.00 hours

Camera

Rear

Single camera

Dual camera

Main camera

12 MP (OIS, PDAF)

12.2 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor)

16 MP (PDAF)

Specifications

Aperture size: F1.7; Focal length: 26 mm; Sensor size: 1/2.55"; Pixel size: 1.4 μm

Aperture size: F1.8; Focal length: 27 mm; Sensor size: 1/2.6"; Pixel size: 1.4 μm

Aperture size: F1.7; Focal length: 27 mm; Sensor size: 1/2.8"; Pixel size: 1.12 μm

Second camera

20 MP (PDAF)

Specifications

Aperture size: F1.7; Focal Length: 27 mm; Sensor size: 1/2.8"; Pixel size: 1 μm

Video recording

3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 2560x1440 (QHD), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (60 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (240 fps)

3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (120 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (240 fps)

3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (60 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (120 fps)

Features

HDR, Time-lapse video, Hyperlapse, Continuous autofocus, Object tracking, Picture-taking during video recording, Video light, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing

OIS, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing

Time-lapse video, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing