OnePlus 6T: Plans | Pricing | Specs

Alex Kidman

Last updated: Sep 24, 2018

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.

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

No headphone jack
Fixed storage
No Australian launch plans

6.41 inches

Display size

1080 x 2280px

128GB, 256GB

Internal storage

16MP + 20MP

Rear camera

3,700 mAh

Battery size

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Display

Display Size

6.41 inches

Resolution

1080 x 2280px

Camera

Rear camera megapixels

16MP + 20MP

Rear camera aperture size

f/1.7 + f/1.7

Video recording

Front camera megapixels

16MP

Front camera aperture size

f/2.0

Physical Dimensions

Dimensions

157.5mm x 74.8mm x 8.2mm

Weight

185g

Connectivity

NFC

Yes

Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Network category speed

Category 16

Power, storage and battery

Processor

Snapdragon 845

RAM

6GB/8GB

Operating system

Android 9

Internal storage

128GB, 256GB

Battery capacity

3,700mAh

Device features

Headphone jack

Fingerprint sensor

Yes

Water resistance rating

N/A

Wireless charging

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

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Alex Kidman

A multi-award winning journalist, Alex has written about consumer technology for over 20 years. He has written and edited for virtually every Australian tech publication including Gizmodo, CNET, PC Magazine, Kotaku and more. He has also been the Editor of Gizmodo Australia, PC Mag Australia, CNET.com.au and the Tech and Telco section at Finder. Alex has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New England and a serious passion for retro gaming.

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What's in this guide?

Design
Camera
Performance
Battery life
Verdict
Pricing and availability
Specifications

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.

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

Price: ~$1,000
Where to buy: Amazon

Specifications

Display

Display Size

6.41 inches

Resolution

1080 x 2280px

Camera

Rear camera megapixels

16MP + 20MP

Rear camera aperture size

f/1.7 + f/1.7

Video recording

Front camera megapixels

16MP

Front camera aperture size

f/2.0

Physical Dimensions

Dimensions

157.5mm x 74.8mm x 8.2mm

Weight

185g

Connectivity

NFC

Yes

Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Network category speed

Category 16

Power, storage and battery

Processor

Snapdragon 845

RAM

6GB/8GB

Operating system

Android 9

Internal storage

128GB, 256GB

Battery capacity

3,700mAh

Device features

Headphone jack

Fingerprint sensor

Yes

Water resistance rating

N/A

Wireless charging

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