Ever since OnePlus launched their 7 series, both the OnePlus 7 and the OnePlus 7 Pro, it has made several technology pundits, as well as/especially me wonder if OnePlus 7 Pro is the right phone to buy?
The OnePlus 7 Pro has been launched for INR 48,999 / USD 669, whereas the regular OnePlus 7 is priced at INR 32,999 / USD 499 (yet to go on sale in the US). This price point is historically reserved for the flagships that OnePlus had originally set out to 'kill' (Re: Flagship Killer) with the original OnePlus One being priced at INR 21,999 / USD 349, offering comparable specifications and quality as those offered by the top of the line flagships from Samsung, Huawei and the Google Nexus/Pixel!
Fast forward to 2019, and OnePlus has become the kind of company where they are just trying to capitalise on the brand name that they have worked for, in all these years and apart from the Dash/Warp Charging feature on the phones, there is no real innovation from OnePlus. Each year they keep getting celebrities to endorse their products and I can bet the ads online and on TV cost a lot as well; which ends up increasing the prices of the phones. They have come far from the original invite only times where the phones needed to be purchased only by applying for an invite first.
Compare their phones to that of the current Android flagship, i.e. the Samsung S10 series, since the base Samsung S10E is having a starting price of INR 50,900 / USD 749, and since it has been a while since it launched, the prices come down to around INR 46k with some cashback offerings or USD 649 during sales. The Samsung cameras are amazing to say the least and the punchhole display is something to be experienced to actually appreciate, I did like the pop-up camera on the OnePlus 7 Pro but having used flip phones and sliding phones in the past, I am always a bit sceptical about moving parts in a mobile phone.
Coming to the weight of the phones, the OnePlus 7 Pro is their heaviest phone to date, standing tall at a massive 206 grams, compared to Samsung's S10E weighing a nice 150 grams (I had to check the specifications to confirm this since the phones don't come so light anymore!) and even the top end Samsung S10+ which is ofcourse much costlier (INR 73,900 with INR 6,000 cashback, making it INR 67,900) but comparable in size to the OnePlus weighs around 175 grams.
OnePlus has been boasting about its 90Hz display ever since they launched their 7Pro, and it is quite impressive, but my experience using the phone did not make me notice is as significantly coming from a very fluid iPhone experience, but I do think that is something that should be had as an option in all flagship phones and credit to OnePlus for coming up with that.
Another place where the Samsung S10 series score above the OnePlus 7Pro is the presence of a memory card slot as well as a 3.5mm audio jack. One may argue that we do not need either of those any more, but just like Apple did when they removed the 3.5mm headphone jack a couple of years ago with their 7 series (and OnePlus actually made fun of that in their announcement, even uptill last year at the OnePlus 6 launch) to promote the AirPods which uses bluetooth, OnePlus is doing the same having launched their own Bluetooth earphones and removing the headphone jack to push them down their customers throats.
In all, I would recommend preferring the regular OnePlus 7 paying INR 16,000 less than the 7Pro and having similar specifications inside. The only differences being slightly lesser battery, the absence of the 90Hz display as well as the wide-angle and telephoto zoom lens only being available on the 7Pro. Both of these phones come with the top of the line Snapdragon 855 and 6GB/128GB starting variants. The regular OnePlus 7 is slightly lighter at 182 grams and is also a bit compact with a smaller screen too.
OnePlus is being sold exclusively through amazon in India, with a starting price of INR 32,999 with a inaugural offer of INR 1500/2000 cashback using SBI debit/credit cards respectively.
Click here to purchase OnePlus 7.
The OnePlus 7 Pro has been launched for INR 48,999 / USD 669, whereas the regular OnePlus 7 is priced at INR 32,999 / USD 499 (yet to go on sale in the US). This price point is historically reserved for the flagships that OnePlus had originally set out to 'kill' (Re: Flagship Killer) with the original OnePlus One being priced at INR 21,999 / USD 349, offering comparable specifications and quality as those offered by the top of the line flagships from Samsung, Huawei and the Google Nexus/Pixel!
Fast forward to 2019, and OnePlus has become the kind of company where they are just trying to capitalise on the brand name that they have worked for, in all these years and apart from the Dash/Warp Charging feature on the phones, there is no real innovation from OnePlus. Each year they keep getting celebrities to endorse their products and I can bet the ads online and on TV cost a lot as well; which ends up increasing the prices of the phones. They have come far from the original invite only times where the phones needed to be purchased only by applying for an invite first.
Compare their phones to that of the current Android flagship, i.e. the Samsung S10 series, since the base Samsung S10E is having a starting price of INR 50,900 / USD 749, and since it has been a while since it launched, the prices come down to around INR 46k with some cashback offerings or USD 649 during sales. The Samsung cameras are amazing to say the least and the punchhole display is something to be experienced to actually appreciate, I did like the pop-up camera on the OnePlus 7 Pro but having used flip phones and sliding phones in the past, I am always a bit sceptical about moving parts in a mobile phone.
Coming to the weight of the phones, the OnePlus 7 Pro is their heaviest phone to date, standing tall at a massive 206 grams, compared to Samsung's S10E weighing a nice 150 grams (I had to check the specifications to confirm this since the phones don't come so light anymore!) and even the top end Samsung S10+ which is ofcourse much costlier (INR 73,900 with INR 6,000 cashback, making it INR 67,900) but comparable in size to the OnePlus weighs around 175 grams.
OnePlus has been boasting about its 90Hz display ever since they launched their 7Pro, and it is quite impressive, but my experience using the phone did not make me notice is as significantly coming from a very fluid iPhone experience, but I do think that is something that should be had as an option in all flagship phones and credit to OnePlus for coming up with that.
Another place where the Samsung S10 series score above the OnePlus 7Pro is the presence of a memory card slot as well as a 3.5mm audio jack. One may argue that we do not need either of those any more, but just like Apple did when they removed the 3.5mm headphone jack a couple of years ago with their 7 series (and OnePlus actually made fun of that in their announcement, even uptill last year at the OnePlus 6 launch) to promote the AirPods which uses bluetooth, OnePlus is doing the same having launched their own Bluetooth earphones and removing the headphone jack to push them down their customers throats.
In all, I would recommend preferring the regular OnePlus 7 paying INR 16,000 less than the 7Pro and having similar specifications inside. The only differences being slightly lesser battery, the absence of the 90Hz display as well as the wide-angle and telephoto zoom lens only being available on the 7Pro. Both of these phones come with the top of the line Snapdragon 855 and 6GB/128GB starting variants. The regular OnePlus 7 is slightly lighter at 182 grams and is also a bit compact with a smaller screen too.
OnePlus is being sold exclusively through amazon in India, with a starting price of INR 32,999 with a inaugural offer of INR 1500/2000 cashback using SBI debit/credit cards respectively.
Click here to purchase OnePlus 7.
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