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OnePlus 6T: Plans | Pricing | Specs

Alex Kidman

Last updated: 18 September 2019

The OnePlus 6T takes the formula for the OnePlus 6 and juices it up a little with a smaller notch, in-display fingerprint sensor, and of course especially sharp price points.

6.41 inches

Display size

1080 x 2280px

128GB, 256GB

Internal storage

16MP + 20MP

Rear camera

3,700 mAh

Battery size

Finder rated as Excellent vs similar phones

Details

Display size	6.41 inches
Resolution	1080 x 2280

Dimensions	157.5mm x 74.8mm x 8.2mm
Weight	185g

NFC	Yes
Wi-Fi	802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Network category speed	Category 16

Headphone jack	No
Fingerprint sensor	Yes
Water resistance	N/A
Wireless charging	No

Launch price (RRP)	$895
Launch date	2018-11

Alex Kidman was the tech and telco editor at Finder and is now a freelance technology writer. He's been a technology writer with experience spanning more than 20 years, writing and editing at Gizmodo, CNET, PC Magazine, Kotaku and many more. Alex has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New England and a serious passion for retro gaming.

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The good

In-screen fingerprint scanner
High RAM plus Snapdragon 845
Teardrop notch design

The bad

No headphone jack
Fixed storage
No Australian launch plans

OnePlus has a pedigree in delivering premium features at a lower price point than most flagships. While the OnePlus 6 already filled that niche nicely, albeit at a slightly higher price than most were expecting for a OnePlus device, the OnePlus 6T takes that design and runs with it, adding improved battery capacity, a refined design and a new in-display fingerprint sensor.

Design

In-display fingerprint scanner.
Teardrop notch display.
No headphone jack.
You can have it in black... or black.

The OnePlus 6T features a notch, as is the style of 2018, but it's not much of a notch. It features a "teardrop" style notch – as found on some of stablemate Oppo's phones, as well as the Huawei Mate 20 – with minimal screen intrusion on its 6.41-inch 1,080 x 2,340 pixel display.
Where previous OnePlus designs have included a headphone jack, the OnePlus 6T does away with it, using USB-C only for audio, or Bluetooth if that's more to your taste.
OnePlus offers facial ID scanning for unlocking, with the promise of it being the world's fastest, but it also incorporates a fingerprint scanner located under the glass of the OnePlus 6T. That's a feature that's becoming common in the Chinese market, but we've really only seen it here to date in the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, a considerably more pricey handset than the OnePlus 6T.
In style terms, the OnePlus 6T ships in either Mirror Black or Midnight Black colours. Many manufacturers are opting for a wide array of colour schemes for their flagship phones – and OnePlus has done so in the past – but if you want a OnePlus 6T, you're going to have to like black.
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Camera

Dual 16/20MP cameras.
New "Nightscape" camera.

The OnePlus 6T features dual cameras at the rear, with a 16MP f/1.7 primary Sony IMX 519 sensor matched up to a secondary 20MP f/1.7 Sony IMX 376K sensor.
That should give the OnePlus 6T good overall camera performance, although the bar on premium performance has been seriously shifted upwards recently with phones like the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, Apple iPhone XS Max and Google Pixel 3XL putting serious effort into pleasing photography.
OnePlus is putting particular stress on the low-light level muscle of the OnePlus 6T with what it's calling its "Nightscape" camera with improved focus and less overall image noise. We'll have to wait until we can fully test out the OnePlus 6T to see how it performs.
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Performance

Snapdragon 845 with 6GB or 8GB of RAM.
Android Pie with OxygenOS.
Fixed storage.

OnePlus has often matched up the latest processors with a serious quantity of RAM and in 2018, that should point to a combination of the Snapdragon 845 and either 6GB or 8GB of RAM. That's precisely what OnePlus offers with the OnePlus 6T, with the RAM varying depending on which internal storage combination you choose.
Disappointingly, it's a fixed storage phone, sold with either 128GB or 256GB of storage onboard. The 128GB model is sold at 2 price points with either 6GB of RAM or 8GB, while the 128GB model is 8GB only.
The OnePlus 6T is an Android 9 ("Pie") phone, but as with previous OnePlus devices, it's using OnePlus' highly modified "OxygenOS" environment over the top. If you like your Google phones to be pure Google this may be a limiting factor, but it does make the Android experience a little easier, especially for anyone switching over from Apple's iOS.
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Battery life

3,700mAh battery with fast charging.
Wireless charging is notably missing.

Verdict

Sharp pricing, but we'll have to pay an import tax on top.

The OnePlus 6T has an interesting feature set that pitches towards what we'd call the bottom tier of current premium flagship phones. It should more or less match the power of those flagships thanks to the commonality of the Snapdragon 845 processor running it, but it's not without its compromises. The lack of wireless charging, expandable storage or a headphone jack is an issue for some users, and you'd also have to deal with overseas support if anything went wrong.
OnePlus did release the OnePlus 5 in Australia in very limited quantities and supports that handset here, but not any of its follow-up phones.
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Pricing and availability

US pricing starts at US$549.
Quite likely we won't see an official release in Australia.

OnePlus has brand recognition among smartphone fans, but largely within the realm of offering really affordable flagship phones. The OnePlus 6 saw it shift that focus slightly upwards and it's much the same story with the OnePlus 6T, which will sell in the US for US$549 (128GB ROM/6GB RAM), US$579 (128GB/8GB) and US$629 (256GB/8GB) respectively.

That should equate out to (very roughly) around $780, $820 and $890 respectively, but that doesn't take GST into account, or the fact that OnePlus has only ever soft-launched a single phone in Australia. That was the OnePlus 5 and since then we've seen no official OnePlus handsets in Australia.

That does mean if you want a OnePlus 6T, you'll have to pay a direct importer to get one, which will add a little more again to the likely cost. We'd expect to see the OnePlus 6T start in Australia at around $850–$900 for the entry level model and go upwards from there.

Specifications

Display

Camera

Physical dimensions

Connectivity

Power, storage and battery

Device features

Display size	6.41 inches
Resolution	1080 x 2280

Rear camera megapixels	16MP + 20MP
Rear camera aperture size	f/1.7 + f/1.7
Video recording	4K
Front camera megapixels	16MP
Front camera aperture size	f/2.0

Dimensions	157.5mm x 74.8mm x 8.2mm
Weight	185g

NFC	Yes
Wi-Fi	802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Network category speed	Category 16

Processor	Snapdragon 845
RAM	6GB/8GB
Operating system	Android 9
Internal storage	128GB 256GB
External storage support	Up to N/A
Battery capacity	3,700mAh

Headphone jack	No
Fingerprint sensor	Yes
Water resistance	N/A
Wireless charging	No

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OnePlus 6T: Plans | Pricing | Specs

The OnePlus 6T takes the formula for the OnePlus 6 and juices it up a little with a smaller notch, in-display fingerprint sensor, and of course especially sharp price points.

Details

Display

Camera

Physical dimensions

Connectivity

Power, storage and battery

Device features

Alex Kidman

The good

The bad

Design

Read our full overview of the OnePlus 6T's design

Camera

Read our full overview of the OnePlus 6T's camera

Performance

Read our full overview of the OnePlus 6T's performance

Battery life

Read our full overview of the OnePlus 6T's battery life

Verdict

Read our full OnePlus 6T verdict

Pricing and availability

Specifications

Display

Camera

Physical dimensions

Connectivity

Power, storage and battery

Device features

Compare plans for your Oneplus 6T

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