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You can order one from A l i e x p r e s s for $71 and pay Rs.850 to 1000 as customs duty, Then you have to spend approximately Rs 500for replacement charges ( So totally up to 6K)

I bought the Digitizer + LCD Screen for the above price, during Feb. .Now the same seller, is offering Digitizer + LCD screen + Bezel front frame, for the same price $ 71.00, all pre-fixed in single piece.

For my piece, I have to heat the Front Bezel frame, to remove the old faulty screen and fix the new one. But now you are lucky enough, as the front frame comes free, prefixed, hence you are relieved from the hassle of heating the existing frame,when replacing the LCD panel.

2. If you order some other items along with LCD panel, pl ask the seller to ship the LCD panel separately, in a single parcel,to avoid damage in transit.

3.The value of the screen should be not more than $ 30 on the CN22 form / sticker on the parcel. And no receipts inside the parcel with actual value.The reason is bitter experience with our customs officials. Simply they have declared my screen as LCD MONITOR, in the customs duty slip.

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Hi folks,at first let me appologize, I don"t want to hit up an old thread, but I am very curious about your experiences Richard.After You have got the phone together again with the new screen, did You encounter any changes on your phone?For example: it"s battery is running down faster....

I would like to promote OnePlus devices to all my friends and family. I will promote it through many ways like showing them it"s camera which is very very good,it"s Software optimisation , display quality and many others things which are best in OnePlus. Some of my friends keep changing their phone in sometime and they always looking for a best Smartphone. So I can demonstrate them that device and suggest them to buy that product. So if you kindly send me a free sample product then it will me easier for me to reach them and all other who can buy your devices for getting the best experience.

Who among us didn’t pick up a new pandemic hobby only to lose interest a couple of years later? Only OnePlus didn’t pick up furniture upcycling — instead, it’s spent the last few years trying to reinvent itself as a flagship phone maker rather than a flagship killer.

That didn’t really work, so the company is coming back around to a familiar formula: a phone with a big screen, a top-tier chipset, and a price low enough to undercut most of the flagship competition.

It’s largely a success. The OnePlus 11 5G is a fast, smooth performer, with a $699 price that’s in line with its feature set. The company has also fixed some of the shortcomings of previous devices. The phone will work on the 5G networks of all three major US carriers at launch — something that OnePlus had difficulty securing in the past — and the company is pledging four Android OS updates and five years of security updates. That’s on par with Samsung’s policy for flagship phones, which is one of the strongest among Android OEMs.

But the OnePlus 11 isn’t an all-out triumph. There’s no wireless charging, which most other phones at this price include. Instead, it has the company’s signature fast wired charging, offered at a blistering 80W in the US. The camera system is somewhat improved, too, but still falls a bit short of the competition. Its IP64 rating is better than nothing but doesn’t provide the robust IP68 water resistance of other devices in this class.

OnePlus’ recent high-end phones have offered good screens, and the 11 is no exception. It’s a big 6.7-inch LTPO OLED with a variable refresh rate from 1 to 120Hz and 1440p resolution (that top resolution isn’t enabled by default — it’s an optional setting). It’s sharp as heck. It looks smooth, feels responsive, and gets bright enough to use in abundant daylight. No complaints here.

The display uses the third generation of OnePlus’ LTPO technology, which reduces the refresh rate to 1Hz when the always-on display is in use. That’s the same tech that made Apple’s 14 Pro always-on display possible. This is designed to help boost the 5,000mAh battery’s efficiency, and it certainly isn’t hurting. I had no problem getting through a day of moderate use with a lot of photo-taking, some video conferencing, and plenty of time on social media.

OnePlus has included fast wired charging — fast charging is kind of OnePlus’ thing — to the tune of 80W in the US and 100W for international versions. You need to use the supplied charging brick and cable to get those speeds, so you can’t sub in your MacBook Pro charger to get those top speeds, and you can’t use this brick to charge your MacBook. But with the right equipment, charging speeds are impressive: the OnePlus 10T charges a little faster, at 125W, but 80W is enough to take the battery from zero to 100 percent in under 30 minutes.

It’s the kind of speed that makes charging your phone overnight completely optional. Even down to 25 percent, you can charge it to full before you have time to fold and put away a load of laundry. Take my word for it, I tried. In any case, it’s a nice peace-of-mind feature if you’re a charging procrastinator or someone who travels and needs to make the most of their limited time near a power outlet.

Wired charging is fast, but it’s also your only option. Unlike most other phones at this price, the OnePlus 11 doesn’t include wireless charging. Fast charging certainly comes in handy, but wireless charging is a convenience feature with broader appeal. I’m not sure I’d want another charging brick in my life, especially not one that uses a proprietary charge protocol and can’t sub in for my laptop charger — I’d rather have a device that can share a Qi charging pad with other gadgets in my life, even if that means sacrificing speed. And if you’ve already made a habit of overnight charging, then fast charging is quite a bit less exciting.

It doesn’t provide all the conveniences of a flagship phone, but the OnePlus 11 certainly handles like one. It includes a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and 8GB of RAM as standard; the $799 version offers 16GB of RAM. That’s about as much raw power as any modern Android phone offers and for much less than the other guys: the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra uses a similar chipset and includes 8GB of RAM in its $1,199 base configuration. You get twice the storage — 256GB compared to 128GB — but that’s a pretty big gap in price for similar hardware.

It’s good on paper, and it’s also good in use. The OnePlus 11 is confident with even heavy tasks; it runs the graphics-heavy Genshin Impactas smoothly as any $1,000 phone I’ve tested. Apps don’t close aggressively in the background, and when they’re put to sleep, they reload quickly. My review unit has 16GB of RAM (this configuration costs $799), but given what I’ve seen so far, I’d expect the 8GB version to punch well above its price in terms of performance.

There’s another feature that continues to delight me on OnePlus phones: the super-quick fingerprint scanner. It’s consistently a beat quicker to activate and accept my fingerprint than the one on the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, tested side by side. When you unlock your phone a hundred times a day, that extra beat adds up.

OnePlus product manager Jonathan Yeung tells me that the phone is designed for someone who wants to stand out from the crowd. “It won’t look like devices that his or her friends are holding.” Mission accomplished, I’d say. More than one person told me they thought the prominent circular camera bump looked like an eyeball, and I don’t think that’s a compliment. It’s kind of giving Metal Mario. I wouldn’t say it looks cheap; it’s just not a look I prefer.

There’s Gorilla Glass 5 on the back panel and Victus on the front, which gives it a high-end feel and bodes well for scratch resistance. The rear panel is a glossy fingerprint magnet. The device is IP64 rated, which means it’s sealed against dust and can stand up to water spray, like from a splash or sudden shower. That’s definitely better than nothing, but most of the competition at this price includes an IP68 rating, which indicates water resistance when the phone is fully submerged. Missing out on that level of protection is a mark against the OnePlus 11.

The three-stage alert slider is back after a no-show in the OnePlus 10T, and I wish every phone had one. I can click it to turn on media volume to watch a video and then flip it back to mute all sounds just as easily. Ah, the joy of physical controls.

OnePlus is also releasing a new pair of earbuds alongside the phone: the OnePlus Buds Pro 2. I tested a pair (in a lovely matching green) as I used the OnePlus 11 over the past few weeks and have no complaints about them. The noise cancellation was effective enough to drown out plane noise so I could listen to a podcast. The case is a little too slippery to try to open one-handed (there’s one complaint, I guess) but otherwise, they’re a nice companion to the OnePlus 11.

In recent years, OnePlus has struggled to secure 5G certification from all three major US wireless carriers. To be clear, its phones have worked on all carriers, but sometimes only on 4G. 5G was a given on T-Mobile since it sold prior OnePlus phones directly, but the other two have been hit or miss — the 10 Pro eventually gained 5G certification on its final carrier, AT&T, five months after launch.

That’s all changing this year: the OnePlus 11 will be able to use all three major US carriers’ 5G right out of the gate. That’s great news, especially as better mid-band 5G is becoming more widely available on all three networks. Unlike in the past couple of years, 5G actually means something now, and the OnePlus 11 will work on these networks both in the present and the near future as they keep improving. We love to see it.

The phone ships with OxygenOS 13, which is much like OxygenOS 12, which is to say, it’s very Oppo ColorOS-like. The shift away from OnePlus’ more minimalist vibe to the, well, more colorful Oppo OS has not been popular among longtime users. If that’s you, I don’t have a lot of good news about OxygenOS 13.

For what it’s worth, I don’t find it too offensive, and I like some of the minor tweaks for this year’s update. On OxygenOS 12, swiping down from the top right of the screen surfaced a feature called the Shelf, which is a customizable page with widgets and quick info like weather. It’s fine unless you were trying to get to the notification shade — because every other Android phone on earth reserves that gesture for pulling down the notification shade.

It’s a far cry from where OnePlus started, but for my money, I still like the Oppo-ized OxygenOS better than Samsung’s One UI. There aren’t any duplicate app stores, virtual wallets, or assistants cluttering it up. It’s Android with a fair bit of Oppo on top, but it could be worse. And there’s other good news: OnePlus is promising four Android OS updates and five years of security updates, which marks a significant upgrade in its software support policy. It also matches what Samsung offers for its flagship devices and actually includes one more OS upgrade than Google’s Pixel phones. That makes the phone’s competitive price even more appealing when you consider the long-term ROI you can expect to get from it.

OnePlus has made some meaningful tweaks to its camera system this year. The TL;DR is that they’re a net positive, though as a whole, the camera system still falls a bit short of what you get on a Galaxy or Pixel phone. Here are the raw numbers:

There’s also a spectral imaging sensor embedded right next to the flash, which can detect 13 color channels (compared to between six and eight with a conventional image sensor) to try and help the system set more accurate white balance. It’s hard to say if or how well it works — some side-by-side shots with the OnePlus 10 Pro show the 11 making better choices in challenging light. Then again, covering and uncovering the spectral sensor doesn’t seem to make an appreciable difference in photos. The image quality improvements are likely due to another change: revamped color calibration.

Colors and contrast from the main camera look much better in my photos from the 11 than the 10 Pro, which tended to overbrighten indoor images. I really dig what it does in bright contrasty lighting — colors are vivid but not cartoonishly so, and it leans toward a warmer image overall. It can go a little hard with HDR at times, but OnePlus is far from the only phone maker guilty of this crime.

The OnePlus 11 continues to offer a very good ultrawide camera — it holds onto detail well and doesn’t get too noisy in dim light. The 2x telephoto camera is a slightly different story. White balance seems to vary significantly when I switch between the main and telephoto cameras, particularly indoors. In these instances, images from the telecamera have a softer, brighter look to them that I don’t prefer.

OnePlus says that portrait images in this year’s cameras are designed to mimic specific Hasselblad lenses. In good lighting, portraits look a little better, with a bit more gradual falloff in background blur — less of that “cardboard cutout” look. But the sensor on the telecamera is so small that it struggles to keep shutter speed high enough to capture sharp images indoors, even with a subject that’s not moving much. Other manufacturers are shifting toward using a crop from the high-res main sensor for telephoto portraits, and I wonder if OnePlus would be better off making that move, too.

With the 11, OnePlus has produced its best phone in years. It has made some significant strides forward, patching up some of the weak spots I’ve criticized the company for in the past. It now matches Samsung’s strong software support policy, with five years of security updates, and the phone will work on all three major US carriers’ 5G networks right out of the box. Beyond that, performance is excellent, the screen is top-notch, and fast charging is truly impressive.

For the things that don’t hit — the lower water resistance rating, lack of wireless charging, image quality missteps — there’s a little more comfort this year in the OnePlus 11’s more reasonable price. But $699 is still a lot of money, and if you want to pick up a OnePlus 11 this year, you’re going to be paying out of pocket. It won’t be sold by any of the major carriers — including T-Mobile — so subsidizing it with your phone plan isn’t an option.

That dramatically narrows the audience for this phone in the US. As for the OnePlus faithful, I’m not sure how many of them have come along for the meandering journey to the OnePlus 11. Those who are left and aren’t bothered by an Oppo-ified software experience will find a heck of a good deal in this device. But I suspect many others have already moved on.

For everyone who isn’t a OnePlus devotee, I hesitate to recommend the 11. The Pixel 7 comes with a much smaller 6.3-inch screen, but it checks a couple of boxes that the 11 misses, including wireless charging and an IP68 rating. And even though it lacks a dedicated telephoto camera, image quality is better overall. It’s also a bit cheaper, with a $599 MSRP that’s currently (permanently?) marked down to $499.

Maybe there’s a case for the OnePlus 11 if you really want a device with a big high-quality screen and you want to pay a bit less than Samsung charges for one. Or maybe you’re the kind of person OnePlus is hoping to court — someone who wants that “something different” phone. I’m glad that there’s a viable alternative to Samsung and Google in the OnePlus 11. But as much as we all love an underdog, most people probably need to look no further than those established brands.

Every smart device now requires you to agree to a series of terms and conditions before you can use it — contracts that no one actually reads. It’s impossible for us to read and analyze every single one of these agreements. But we started counting exactly how many times you have to hit “agree” to use devices when we review them since these are agreements most people don’t read and definitely can’t negotiate.

The OnePlus 9 Pro may be the premium choice for Android lovers, but don"t overlook the OnePlus 9. The less expensive version of the new OnePlus flagship may lack some of the higher-end features of its sibling, such as a dynamically adjusting display, a telephoto lens and fast wireless charging, but the OnePlus 9 offers enough at a lower price to compete against some of the best Android phones out there.

The OnePlus 9 offers the features you"ve come to expect from OnePlus: solid battery life, fast charging and outstanding performance. But this latest phone goes a long way toward addressing a longtime Achilles" heel for OnePlus, because it improves the quality of photos produced by the rear cameras.

In our OnePlus 9 review, we"ll look at what"s improved in this latest phone from OnePlus and whether it"s enough to make this handset the next Android device you buy.

The OnePlus 9 starts at $729 for a 128GB model. That"s $240 less than the OnePlus 9 Pro launching at the same time. More importantly, it"s $70 cheaper than the Samsung Galaxy S21, which also features 128GB of storage, and the iPhone 12, which offers a meager 64GB. OnePlus" reputation as the phone maker that can beat the high price of flagship devices is secure, at least with this phone.

OnePlus told there would be a 256GB version of the OnePlus 9 will cost $100 more, but so far, only the 128GB model appears on OnePlus" site(opens in new tab), where you can buy the phone unlocked. (And why not? The OnePlus 9 is the best unlocked Android phone by our calculations.) The phone costs €699 and €799 in Europe for the 128GB and 256GB versions, respectively.

The OnePlus 9 shipped in April, you can buy it at Amazon, Best Buy and B&H Photo, as well as from OnePlus. If you prefer to buy your phones directly from wireless providers, T-Mobile also offers the OnePlus 9.

That said, I would have preferred to see the OnePlus 9 in Winter Mist, the other color option available in North America. That purple-ish phone features a refraction effect that I imagine is more eye-catching than a black matte phone, particularly in sunlight.

As with last year"s OnePlus models, the OnePlus 9 features an in-display fingerprint sensor for unlocking the phone, with a handy fingerprint outline showing you where to press. It sometimes takes a couple of touches for the OnePlus 9 to recognize my fingerprint, though perhaps that will improve as I spend more time with the phone.

Better to take advantage of the OnePlus 9"s ability to detect your face and unlock your phone, though this facial recognition feature isn"t secure enough to confirm mobile payments.

Still, that 120Hz display is great when you"re scrolling through web pages, and as we"ll see when we discuss the OnePlus 9"s battery life, leaving the fast refresh rate turned on doesn"t drain the battery.

I found the OnePlus 9 screen to be plenty bright, with a light meter reading of 696 nits with adaptive brightness turned on. That"s a touch dimmer than the Galaxy S21 (711 nits), though it beats the iPhone 12"s 569-nit reading. I had no problem seeing the OnePlus 9 screen outdoors in bright sunshine, though it"s easier to navigate with the brightness cranked up all the way.

When I was streaming on Peacock, I noticed that the picture didn"t stretch to fill the entire OnePlus 9 screen, but that wasn"t a problem with YouTube, where the familiar faces of Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall filled up a frame that went right to the OnePlus 9"s minimal top bezel.

In its Vivid setting, the OnePlus 9 screen recreates 199.4% of the sRGB color spectrum, a number that drops to 104.1% when you adjust the display to Natural. That"s in line with the 109.2% that the Galaxy S21 shows off.

Whether you opt for Vivid or Natural, the OnePlus 9 screen renders colors fairly accurately with Delta-E scores of 0.28 and 0.27, respectively. Both scores are slightly better than the 0.29 Delta-E ratings for the iPhone 12 and Galaxy S21. (The closer the rating is to zero, the more accurate the colors.)

Enter famed camera maker Hasselblad to change all that. OnePlus has inked a deal with the Swedish firm aimed at improving the cameras on its phones, and the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro are the first models to benefit.

The initial effort focuses on natural color calibration, with OnePlus promising natural, rich colors in photos shot by its 9-series phones. There are other tweaks as well, including a distinctive shutter sound and orange shutter button familiar to anyone who"s used a Hasselblad camera.

The focus may be on software, but OnePlus isn"t ignoring the hardware side of things. The OnePlus 9 comes with a 48MP main camera and a 50MP ultrawide angle lens, the latter of which features a freeform lens aimed at reducing the distortion you can find at the edge of wide-angle shots.

There"s also a dedicated monochrome camera, which, frankly, I wish OnePlus would have left on the drawing board. You won"t get a telephoto lens with the OnePlus 9 — that requires an upgrade to the OnePlus 9 Pro.

The very first shot I took with the OnePlus 9 left me wondering whether the promised color calibration was all that it"s cracked up to be. This plate of scrambled eggs looks ghostly pale in the OnePlus 9 shot — even the chipotle salsa on top of the eggs seems muted.

The iPhone 12"s photo doesn"t have that problem, and you can see the yellow of the eggs alongside the other multitude of colors from the vegetables. Even the gray mushrooms have some pop in the iPhone pic.

We see a similar issue in this photo of a marquee outside a restaurant, taken with both the OnePlus 9 and the Pixel 4a 5G. (Yes, the Pixel 4a 5G is a midrange phone, but it"s got the same cameras as the higher-end Pixel 5, so the comparison is apt.)

The OnePlus 9 shot looks all right until you compare it to the Pixel"s. Google"s phone successfully distinguishes the blue and green neon surrounding the marquee, and you can see a patch of blue sky in the upper left corner. OnePlus" cameras washed out the sky.

Fortunately, the OnePlus 9"s struggles with color were only sporadic. There"s nothing wrong with this shot of a bowl of fruit. Yes, the iPhone 12 offers more vibrant colors and the red apple in the foreground comes into sharper focus. But the colors in the OnePlus 9 shot are very natural, and I"d be pleased to share this photo.

Moving outside to a Sonoma County pond, we see that the OnePlus 9 once again tackles color with skill, balancing the greens, blues and yellows in this shot. My daughter — the subject of the photo — prefers the OnePlus 9 photo because it has a dreamier cast to it, while I like the detail that the iPhone 12 captures in the ripples on the pond. You can"t go wrong with either photo, though.

Testing out the ultrawide angle lens, there"s a very slight bend to the trees on the right side of the iPhone picture, but you really have to look to notice it.

More obvious is the difference in color — the iPhone 12 really offers a deep blue for the sky, and the vegetation growing pondside has a vibrancy lacking from the OnePlus 9. That said, I think the OnePlus 9 picture is perfectly acceptable, and it captures slightly more area than the iPhone"s ultrawide angle lens does. That"s handy for sweeping vistas.

As noted, there"s no telephoto lens on the OnePlus 9, so you"re relying on a digital zoom when you want to get closer to a shot. Fortunately, the software on the OnePlus 9 is up to the task for this photo of a drinking fountain erected by the Women"s Temperance Union. (No, really.)

You can clearly make out the text of the rather extremist messaging — I came here to get a drink of water, not a lecture, folks — and the OnePlus 9 actually does a better job of balancing sunlight and shadow than the iPhone 12 did on its zoom.

For low-light photography, I put the OnePlus 9 up against the Pixel 4a 5G, since Google"s phones are a leader in this area, and I think the new OnePlus phone held its own. OnePlus clearly puts the focus on getting the colors right in this shot that"s lit only by overhead LEDs and a solar lamp in the background. The stuffed animal is really as pink as it appears in the OnePlus photo, while the Pixel mutes that particular color a bit.

The Pixel does a better job capturing more detail like the texture of the brick wall in the background, and it keeps the animals in sharper focus. But this is about as close to a push as you can get, which is good news, given OnePlus" track record in this area.

Which portrait shot you prefer depends on whether you prefer up-close-and-personal photos like the one the OnePlus 9 produces or images with more background, as seen in the iPhone 12 shot.

I think the iPhone 12 is better at separating my daughter from the tree behind her, while the OnePlus photo gives you a better view of her face. Again, this is an instance where OnePlus holds its own against a well-regarded camera phone.

The OnePlus 9 has some specific camera features worth calling out, starting with its 2MP monochrome camera. By opting for the mono filter, you can get a true black-and-white shot, like this photo where I"ve drained all the color out of a field of periwinkle flowers.

I was far more impressed by the tilt-shift mode OnePlus includes in its camera app. Enable Tilt Shift and you can use selective focus to draw attention to a particular part of the image. This brick wall that I photographed wouldn"t look very interesting as a regular photo, but the intentional blurs in the tilt-shifted shot produce a rather artistic view.

I"m not enamored with the 16MP front camera on the OnePlus 9. In this portrait shot, the OnePlus 9 lightened my face a little too much, whereas the Pixel 4a 5G didn"t have as much trouble with the sunlight being cast on me. The A"s logo in the Pixel photo is also sharper, and there"s less over-exposure around my cap.

Like the OnePlus 9 Pro, the OnePlus 9 is powered by the Snapdragon 888, the latest and greatest system-on-a-chip from Qualcomm. While it figures to find its way into most of the top Android phones later this year, the Snapdragon 888 is only in a handful of phones right now, such as Samsung"s Galaxy S21 lineup and the new ROG Phone 5 gaming handset from Asus. As a result, the OnePlus 9"s performance can match — and even beat — the top Android phones.

Running the Geekbench 5 test for general performance, the OnePlus 9 turned in a multicore result of 3,618. That"s in the same ballpark as the OnePlus 9 Pro"s 3,685 result — no surprise since the phones are running on the same chipset.

The OnePlus 9 also kept pace with the ROG Phone 5 (3,672) while handily outperforming the Galaxy S21 (3,302). You can expect top performance from the OnePlus 9, thanks to not only the phone"s Snapdragon 888 silicon, but also the 8GB or 12GB of RAM OnePlus includes in the different configurations of the devices.

In 3DMark"s Wild Life Unlimited test, the OnePlus 9 turned in a result of 5,726, or 34.4 frames per second. That essentially matches the graphics performance of the ROG Phone 5, which hit 34.8 FPS on that same test.

Considering that the ROG Phone 5 is specifically marketed as a gaming device, you can enjoy a similar experience with demanding games on the OnePlus 9, as I discovered when playing PUBG Mobile on the OnePlus handset. The game never stuttered, even during some pretty intense fire-fights, and graphics looked sharp, save for a few trees that looked a little janky when I sped by in a jeep.

Another aspect of the OnePlus 9 that"s sure to appeal to gamers is the phone"s stereo speakers. Because the speakers are front-firing, you don"t cover them up with your hands when holding the OnePlus 9 in landscape orientation, so you can hear every last sound from your game. And these speakers are loud — so much so that when I was playing a game, my wife shut the door on me so that she wouldn"t have to listen to the carnage from the other room.

As good as the OnePlus 9 and its Snapdragon 888 chipset is, it"s still no match for the iPhone 12 and its A14 Bionic processor, which turned in better Geekbench (3,859) and Wild Life (39 FPS) scores.

In our real-world test in which we have phones transcode a 4K video using Adobe Premiere Rush, the OnePlus 9 completed the task in 1 minute and 2 seconds. That"s good for an Android phone — the Galaxy S21 took a second longer — but it"s nowhere near the 26 seconds it takes the iPhone to transcode that same video.

The Snapdragon 888 silicon includes Qualcomm"s integrated X60 5G modem. You"ll have no problem connecting with T-Mobile"s 5G network, whether you buy your phone directly from the carrier or pick up an unlocked version. An unlocked OnePlus 9 will only work with the LTE networks of AT&T, though.

As for Verizon, it"s a little bit complicated. After we initially published our OnePlus 9 review, Verizon and OnePlus announced that the phone was certified to work on Verizon"s 5G network. (We figured it would — the OnePlus 9 lists the necessary bands for compatibility with Verizon 5G.) However, that apparently ensures compatibility with just Verizon"s slower, nationwide 5G; access to the faster Ultra Wideband network is reserved for the OnePlus 9 Pro.

Don"t expect life-changing speeds from 5G at this point, though that"s more a reflection of the state of 5G networks than any issue with the OnePlus 9. On T-Mobile"s 5G network not far from my Bay Area house, the OnePlus 9 hit a download speed of 34.4 Mbps. My iPhone 11 Pro Max, connecting to Verizon LTE, reached 86 Mbps in that same spot. Adjust your 5G expectations accordingly.

One area in which OnePlus can indisputably teach other phone makers a thing or two concerns the phone"s battery. OnePlus not only builds devices that typically last a long time, it also boasts the fastest charging speeds of any phone maker.

In terms of battery life, the OnePlus 8T was a bit of an outlier for OnePlus. It turned in only an average time for smartphones on our battery test, which involves setting a device to continuously surf the web over a cellular connection until it runs out of power.

The OnePlus 9 rebounds quite nicely on our test, lasting for 10 hours and 51 minutes. That"s not quite long enough to land on our best phone battery life list, where you have to hold out for 11 hours or more, but it"s still an excellent time.

Even better, the OnePlus lasted just shy of 11 hours with its screen set at a 120Hz refresh rate. When we"ve tested other phones that offer fast-refreshing displays, we"ve noticed that the feature puts a serious hit on battery life.

The Galaxy S21 lasts 6.5 hours when its adaptive display is enabled, for example — more than three hours shorter than when we set Samsung phone"s screen to refresh at 60Hz. OnePlus should be congratulated for delivering a fast-refreshing screen without compromising on battery life.

It"s in charging up the OnePlus 9"s dual-cell 4,500 mAh battery where OnePlus really sets the standard. The phone supports OnePlus WarpCharge 65T technology, which allows the device to charge at a higher wattage for a longer period.

Our testing didn"t quite hit that speed, though it came awfully close. After 30 minutes of charging, our OnePlus 9"s battery was at 98%. The Galaxy S21 only got up to 55% after half-an-hour, and Samsung"s phone doesn"t come with a charger like the OnePlus 9 does.

The Oxygen OS that OnePlus uses on its phones isn"t the purest form of Android, but it"s a reasonable take on the operating system that offers valuable add-ons without much in the way of bloat.

The biggest addition with Oxygen OS 11, which is built on Android 11, involves the latest version of the Turbo Boost memory-optimization feature. OnePlus says Turbo Boost 3.0 uses RAM compression and virtual RAM to let you keep 25% more apps open in the background than before. I can"t quantify that exact figure, though switching between apps on the OnePlus 9 feels snappy.

You can expect two major Android updates plus three years of security patches from OnePlus. That"s a level of support befitting a flagship phone, even if Samsung outdoes OnePlus by offering an additional Android update and an extra year of security patches.

Until now, the biggest argument against OnePlus" phones has been the camera performance. While some inconsistencies remain, our OnePlus 9 review found that the new phone performs much better in that department when compared to the leading flagships. You"d still favor photos from the likes of the iPhone or the Google Pixel, but OnePlus is at least now in the conversation.

Those improved cameras means that the OnePlus 9 should also be in the conversation if you"re wondering which phone to get. Not only is the OnePlus 9 cheaper than the Galaxy S21, it also outperforms that phone.

In fact, you can even expect performance on par with the ROG Phone 5, making this an affordable option for gamers. And the fast-charging, long-lasting battery on the OnePlus phones continues to impress.

If you"ve been unsure about whether OnePlus is worth a gamble over devices from more established phone makers, let the OnePlus 9 be your assurance that this phone can hold its own against any Android device.

Market forces made us endure screens interrupted with various sorts of notches and cutouts for a considerable time, but that’s all about to end soon. In the last few years, we have seen the Android community evolve from hating notches to being indifferent towards them. But living with the new wave of bezel-less, full-view display phones has convinced us that the world is better off without notches and it’s imperative that natural order be restored to our phone screens. (हिंदी में पढ़िए)

For now, most of the true full-view and notch-less display phones use Pop-up cameras or sliders, but a few tech giants including Samsung, Oppo, and Xiaomi have already demonstrated prototypes or released phones that place the front camera behind the screen.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 5G comes with an improved under-display camera (UDC) which was first introduced in 2021. The main screen of this foldable phone is a 7.6-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel with a 22.5:18 aspect ratio, QXGA+ (2208 x 1768) resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, and 374ppi. Thanks to that UDC, you get an 90.9% screen-to-body ratio.

Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 4 is yet another under-screen camera phone. It calls its implementation CUP (Camera Under Panel), but the mechanism is pretty much the same as the other under-display selfie cameras out there. Above its 20MP selfie camera lies 400ppi pixels of the screen. This display stretches 6.67 inches and sports 120Hz refresh rate.

Asus Zenfone 8 Flip has a 6.67-inch (2400 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ E4 AMOLED HDR10+ display with 90Hz refresh rate, 200Hz touch sampling rate, 110% DCI-P3 color coverage, up to 1000 nits brightness, and Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection. This full screen fascia is possible thanks to a flip camera module.

Legion Duel 2 is a gaming smartphone from Lenovo that’s envisioned to be used in landscape orientation primarily. The screen is a 6.92-inch Full HD+ AMOLED panel with 144Hz refresh rate, 1300 nits peak brightness, 111.1% DCI-P3 color gamut support, and 20.5:9 aspect ratio.

The front camera is present within a pop-up camera that raises from the right-hand edge of the phone. The logic is to allow players to stream their gameplay while playing in the horizontal orientation.

OnePlus was one of the first few Android OEMs to usher in a notch, and it’s also one of the first in the premium segment to get rid with OnePlus 7 Pro (review). It further continued the trend with OnePlus 7T Pro which comes with a gorgeous true full-view display with extremely narrow bezels.

The 90Hz refresh rate makes it super smooth, the resolution goes all the way up to 2K, and, there are those slick curves at the edges. The phone is powered by Snapdragon 855 octa-core chipset paired with high-quality UFS 3.1 storage and LPDDR4X RAM. On the downside, the 7 Pro is big and bulky, is missing the audio jack, and has a mediocre set of cameras.

The Galaxy A80 is the only phone from Samsung with an AMOLED screen that extends edge to edge. Yes, even the high-end S-series and Note-series flagships rely on cutouts or punch holes to accommodate the front camera.

The 6Z (globally known as the Zenfone 6) is one of the most impressive phones we have seen from Asus in India. The 6Z (review) has a gorgeous and well-calibrated IPS LCD display that covers the entire facia. The selfie camera is housed in a flip module and this glass body phone houses a massive 5000mAh battery while being reasonably manageable.

The 6.4-inch screen has Full HD resolution which is quite sharp considering this is an IPS LCD and not AMOLED screen. This competitively priced Snapdragon 855-powered phone also has stereo speakers, 48MP primary camera, and runs an extremely close-to-stock version of Zen UI.

Xiaomi’s Redmi K20 Pro (review) brandishes an impressive set of specs that you’d otherwise find on phones priced significantly higher. With the K20 Pro, Xiaomi pays due attention to design and the phone gets a full-view AMOLED display (6.4-inch, full HD+) with an in-display fingerprint sensor lying underneath.

As is the case with most other Xiaomi phones, the K20 Pro is a great value proposition. Key features include triple rear cameras, 4000mAh battery with fast charging support, and MIUI 10 interface with fewer ads.

This one is missing 10X lossless zoom and Snapdragon 855, but the 48MP primary rear camera and SD 710 chipset should still be a good deal for light and moderate user.

Motorola One Fusion Plus rocks a 6.5-inch full HD+ notch-less TFT-LCD screen. It’s pop-up camera houses a 16MP sensor. Pivot and by the back you get a 64MP quartet.

The phone is powered by Snapdragon 730G with 6GB RAM, 128GB storage, and a 5000mAh battery. There is support for 15W fast charging. There is Vanilla Stock Android software too in the mix.

The Realme X (review) is a very competent phone that includes trendy features like a full-view AMOLED screen with minimal bezels on three sides, in-display fingerprint sensor, and pop-up camera – all for a sub Rs. 20,000 price.

Huawei Y9 Prime is the first Huawei phone in India to deliver a full-view screen. The IPS LCD display on the phone measures 6.59-inch and is full HD sharp.

Samsung has developed one of the best full-view display devices globally. One such example of the same is the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. The smartphone has a 6.9-inch dynamic AMOLED display complemented with a 120HZ refresh rate. The device has 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage that can be expanded up to 1TB via a microSD card. It is powered by Samsung’s own Exynos 9 series processor.

On the camera front, the smartphone has a triple rear camera setup consisting of a 108MP primary shooter and two 12MP shooters. On the front, it gets a 10MP sensor for the sake of selfies and video calls. The device packs a 4500mAh battery along with fast charging as well as wireless charging support.

iQOO took the whole market by storm with the launch of the iQOO 9 Pro 5G. The smartphone stands as a strong competitor of devices like the OnePlus 9 Pro in the market. It comes with a 6.78-inch AMOLED display that also has a 120Hz refresh rate to offer a smoother experience. The smartphone runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor paired with 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage in the high-end variant of the device.

The Xiaomi 12 Pro could be hailed as one of the best devices launched by the company so far. The smartphone has a 6.73-inch AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate The smartphone works on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor for high-speed performance, It also has 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage to store all your data.

When it comes to the camera, the handset rocks a triple rear camera setup including a 50MP primary shooter, 50MP secondary shooter, and a 50MP tertiary shooter. No doubt the camera performance of the smartphone is better than most of its competitors. The smartphone draws power from a 4600mAh battery and also supports Hyper Charging 4.0.

The flagship devices by Vivo have always amazed the users in terms of camera prowess, performance, and display capabilities. Vivo X70 Pro follows the same trend with its 6.56-inch AMOLED display coupled with a 120Hz refresh rate. Though we will say that the smartphone lags behind in terms of the processor as it has a MediaTek Dimensity 1200 processor. Apart from that, it has 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage that cannot be expanded.

The smartphone rocks a quad rear camera setup consisting of a 50MP primary sensor, two 12MP sensors, and an 8MP sensor for delivering the best shots in both daylight and low light. On the front, the device has a 32MP front camera for clicking selfies and attending video calls. The handset is powered by a 4450mAh battery that comes with flash charging support.

The OnePlus 10 series failed to make an impact like the OnePlus 9 series due to the changes and experiments. Still, the OnePlus 10 Pro was something which the audience loved because of the specs. The device works on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor with 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage. The smartphone comes equipped with a Fluid AMOLED display and 120Hz refresh rate.

Furthermore, it flaunts a triple rear camera setup including a 48MP primary snapper, 50MP ultra wide-angle snapper, and an 8MP tertiary snapper. The smartphone has a 32MP camera at the front and it offers decent selfie shots along with allowing the user to attend video calls in HD. The device has a highly durable 5000mAh battery along with 80W superfast charging that completely charges the smartphone in less than 30 minutes.

The Samsung Galaxy S21 FE packs a compact 6.4-inch Dynamic AMOLED display along with a 120Hz refresh rate. The device runs on the Samsung Exynos 2100 processor accompanied by 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage that is non-expandable in nature. The smartphone operates on the Android 12 operating system offering the user a snappy interface without lots of bloatware.

iPhone® X and above do not have a visible LDI. If you cannot identify your LDI on an iPhone X or above, we ask you to confirm the device has not been exposed to liquid.

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Whether you’re just starting in digital creation, want to add a twist to your visual thinking or looking to improve your digital expression, Wacom One delivers a great experience. It comes with all the essentials to spice up your digital life. There’s the natural pen feel on the 13.3” screen, the included creative software – even the ability to connect to certain Android devices. And it’s compatible with leading pen brands too. Open up new possibilities with Wacom One.

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There are many folks out there who swear by stock Android. While we would agree that many Android skins tend to be bloated and poorly designed in comparison, some skins work so well that they transcend stock Android to become something even better. Today, we’re going to look at two of those skins in a kind of face-off event: Oxygen OS vs One UI.

Oxygen OS is the Android skin used exclusively by Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus. The skin debuted on the OnePlus One after the company’s partnership with Cyanogen, Inc failed. That company’s skin — known as Cyanogen OS — originally powered the One. In the beginning, Oxygen OS was all about simplicity with an experience as close to stock as possible. Things have changed a bit since then, though.

One UI is the Android skin used exclusively by South Korean smartphone maker Samsung. Most would consider it the third iteration of its original Android skin, TouchWiz. That skin eventually became Samsung Experience which itself evolved into One UI. Samsung’s Android skin is all about options — it allows the user to do pretty much anything they would want at the cost of simplicity.

In the Oxygen OS vs One UI debate, you might already know which side you fall on. However, some people may have only ever used Samsung devices and might be curious to know what all the fuss is about when it comes to Oxygen OS. Conversely, some people may have abandoned Samsung for OnePlus back in the TouchWiz days and would like to know what One UI is like. Hopefully, this article will answer any questions you may have.

Oxygen OS vs One UI notes: To examine the two Android skins, we used a OnePlus 9 Pro running Android 13 (Oxygen OS 13 vF.18) and a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra running Android 13 (One UI v5.0). Whenever possible, the comparisons were made using out-of-the-box configurations of the software.

Originally, Oxygen OS was very much like stock Android. OnePlus tweaked it a bit by making things more elegant and adding some very useful features. The overall goal, though, was to keep things “fast and smooth,” a phrase that the company still uses in its marketing.

This has changed the Oxygen OS vs One UI debate significantly. In the old days, Oxygen OS and One UI were like the macOS and Windows of the Android world. By that, I mean Oxygen OS relied on simplicity and elegance at the expense of features, while One UI did the opposite.

Now, though, things aren’t so simple. Oxygen OS looks different from One UI, but both skins cater to the same ideas. They both don’t look like stock Android and offer many extra features.

Believe it or not, OnePlus officially debuted an always-on display in 2020 with the OnePlus 8T. However, Samsung has had AODs on its flagships for years, making OnePlus the late-comer to this particular party.

Once you have it enabled, features are very similar between Oxygen OS vs One UI. For example, Oxygen OS 13 gives you over a dozen different formats for your AOD, with the ability to customize most of them, and Samsung does this, too.

Once you get out of the always-on display, you enter the lock screen. Once again, by default, Samsung and OnePlus offer pretty much the same thing here. The only major difference between the two defaults is that OnePlus offers a shortcut for voice commands (through Google Assistant) in the lower-left corner. In One UI, Samsung has a shortcut to the dialer in the same spot.

However, as one would expect, Samsung offers plenty of customization features for the lock screen. For example, you can change those two bottom apps to be whatever you like. If you don’t like the lack of security with those shortcuts, you can use the floating button setting, which forces you to unlock your device with your fingerprint before swiping to one of the two app shortcuts.

To its credit, Oxygen OS allows you to change the lock screen, such as wallpaper (naturally), how your notifications show up, or even disable notifications altogether. You can also add a brief message to the lock screen, such as your contact information (should your phone get lost) or an inspirational quote. However, One UI also offers these settings.

To leave the lock screen and gain access to the phone, you’ll need to unlock it. Depending on which device you have, there could be different options for either One UI or Oxygen OS. However, there will be a lot of crossovers.

Both Android skins offer plenty of ways for you to unlock the phone, including a PIN entry, a swipe pattern, a text password, and the very insecure face unlock (since Samsung and OnePlus have yet to roll out phones with 3D sensors on the front, this isn’t an advisable option). If you don’t care much about security, you can also choose to just swipe out of the lock screen or even deactivate it all together, as both skins have these options.

Almost all newer Samsung and OnePlus devices also feature fingerprint scanners, whether under the display or elsewhere. This is also an option with One UI and Oxygen OS.

In both skins, you can also choose how the lock screen is activated. For example, how fast after the display goes to sleep do you want the phone to lock itself? The default is five seconds, but you can make this shorter or longer. You can also choose whether or not hitting the power key (which will immediately put the screen to sleep) locks the device or not in both skins.

Once you’ve unlocked your smartphone, you hit the home screen. It’s pretty incredible how similar One UI and Oxygen OS are out-of-the-box here. Although things are re-ordered a bit, the layouts have the same information and available functions. OnePlus’ five default dock apps are essentially the same as Samsung’s four (OnePlus just throws in its Photos app). There’s a Google search bar in the same position on each screen, too.

Notably, by default, Microsoft apps have prominent placement on the One UI home screen. Samsung’s own Galaxy Store also gets some prime home screen real estate next to the Play Store.

OnePlus heavily leans on Google apps for its home screen. If you swipe to the right, there are a few more apps on the second panel, too. By default, Samsung’s home screen only has one panel.

Oxygen OS borrows a bunch of features from Color OS for the home screen. You can change transition animations, the shapes of icons, wallpaper styles, and icon layout grids. One UI has fewer features — you can’t change the transition animations, for example. However, both Android skins have plenty of tweaks to make to get your home screen to feel like yours.

You can long-press on some empty space from the home screen on either Oxygen OS or One UI and pull up the home screen settings. We’re going to break down each aspect of the various settings here.

Samsung offers a few extra functions here as compared to OnePlus. With One UI, you can easily add blank home screen pages by swiping right and clicking the plus button. We’re not sure why you would ever want blank home screen pages, but One UI gives you that option. You can also easily delete home screen pages regardless of whether they have content in them or not.

If you swipe left on the home screen settings page on One UI, you can enable or disable Samsung Free (on some devices, this can also be Google Discover).

Both Oxygen OS and One UI have quick shortcuts for changing wallpapers to their respective control centers. Here you can easily change the lock screen wallpaper or home screen wallpaper, regardless of which skin you’re using.

Oxygen OS has a special setting here called Inventive Wallpapers (borrowed from Color OS, naturally). Using a photo you upload, it pulls the color information from the picture and then creates various algorithmic wallpapers incorporating those colors. If you spot a color scheme you like, this is an easy way to make your phone match. You can also take a selfie to match your phone’s wallpaper to your outfit, for example.

One UI offers something else called Wallpaper Services. Here you can program your lock screen wallpaper to change constantly between photos in various categories. If you want to do even more with your wallpapers, you can hit the Explore more wallpapers button and visit the Galaxy Themes store, where you can browse through free and paid theming aspects to install on your phone.

Samsung and OnePlus took very different approaches when it came to organizing widgets. Oxygen OS presents widgets in a very simple way: a vertically-scrolling list in alphabetical order. It doesn’t get much simpler than that.

One UI uses the stock Android system for widgets. This categorizes widgets to make them easier to navigate. You just need to hit the dropdown menu to find what you want in each category. It makes things a little easier to sort through, but there’s a lot more tapping involved.

The one aspect here where Samsung undoubtedly wins is the fact that there’s a search bar at the top of the One UI widget selector screen. Oxygen OS cannot search for widgets for some reason.

One UI, however, offers a quick shortcut to its theming section in the home screen settings area, appropriately called Wallpaper & style(note the singular form of “wallpaper”). At the bottom of the wallpaper selection area, there’s a link to the Galaxy Themes store, where you can find free and paid themes to install.

Thankfully, if you choose a side in the Oxygen OS vs One UI battle, you don’t need to sacrifice access to a dark mode with either choice. Both Android skins offer dark mode toggles within system settings. They also each offer a dark mode toggle from within the Quick Settings tiles (when you fully drop the notification drawer), which gives you easy access.

Interestingly, OnePlus offers a neat setting that gives you a little more control over your dark mode experience. Within Android settings, you can choose between three modes: Enhanced (default), Medium, and Gentle. Enhanced is for OLED displays and represents truly black backgrounds. Gentle offers dark gray backgrounds for a pseudo-dark mode. Obviously, Medium offers a middle ground between the two.

A quick swipe up anywhere on the home screens of either Oxygen OS or One UI will bring up the app drawer. This is where all your apps get organized unless you previously chose to eliminate the app drawer and have everything be on the home screens.

In older versions of Oxygen OS, you would also find a nifty feature called Hidden Space. This allowed you to hide apps and lock them behind a password. However, in Oxygen OS 13, this feature is gone, with OPPO’s version known as Private Safe taking its place. With this, you set a password for all your privacy-centric software needs, such as hiding apps, taking private notes, locking apps, and storing media securely. This password is not the same as your lock screen password/PIN/code, which adds an extra layer of protection since accessing your phone won’t necessarily give someone the ability to access Private Safe.

One UI doesn’t have something quite like Private Safe, but it does give you the ability to simply hide apps. However, there isn’t an easy way to then access all the hidden apps.

As far as app drawer organization goes, Oxygen OS and One UI list your apps in alphabetical order by default. Both skins allow you to customize the order, but only One UI allows you to move around the apps manually and create your own custom order. Oxygen OS 13 only allows you to sort alphabetically, by install time, and by most used.

Oxygen OS only has one option for the layout of its app drawer: a vertical-scrolling list with four columns of icons resulting in around 28 apps per page. One UI has horizontal-scrolling pages and allows you to choose how many icons appear on each page, with the minimum being 20 and the maximum being 30.

Thankfully, both app drawers have a search bar at the top, w