So I have been using the OnePlus 10T for a week, and as usual, when it comes to my full video reviews here in Adam Lobo TV, I am not going to go into the specs too much as in this review, I’m going to be talking about my experience using this as my daily smartphone and let you know why this OnePlus 10T is BETTER than you think!

Specs

Now since I have done the unboxing on my YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels, here is a quick recap on the phone’s specs.

 

Build & Design

All right let’s look at the phone’s design and build quality, I have to be honest to say that I was a little sceptical at first whether or not I would enjoy the phone since it came with a glossier finish, and since I didn’t get my hands on the OnePlus 10 Pro, I did not know what to expect using this OnePlus 10T.

So after using the phone for about a week, I have to report that I absolutely loved the phone’s design and shape. Firstly, even though it was glossy, it didn’t feel like it had cheap glass material, where the rear Corning Gorilla Glass 5 cover did feel premium and nice in the hands compared to other smartphones where even though it had a glass back finish, it felt plasticky, but that was not the case for the OnePlus 10T.

Another very important fact of the phone is the fact that the camera bump and the body curved very nicely at the back of the phone, so it gave that nice seamless feeling; hence my hands did not feel like something was poking my fingers, which again, is something that a lot of phones tend to have.

So the only color finish available here in Malaysia is this Jade Green color as the Moonstone Black will not be coming to Malaysia as of now, but here is where this Jade Green was indeed something that really grew on me as there was almost no smudges and the fingerprint was almost invisible on this bright and elegant finish.

 

Display

So the OnePlus 10T’s display was another PLUS feature of the phone as it comes with a stunning 6.7-inch FHD+ Fluid AMOLED display, with a resolution of 1080 x 2412 pixels and up to 120Hz refresh rate, where it does allow you to switch between 60Hz if you want to, but I obviously left it at 120Hz refresh rate to really enjoy this gorgeous and fluid screen. And since it is adaptive between 60Hz, 90Hz and 120Hz, which it did give me quite good battery life, which I will go into later.

So I have tested the video capabilities with Netflix. The good news is that it has the maximum playback resolution of Full HD, with Widevine L1 certification and HDR 10+ support and native support for 10-bit color depth.

So yes, the OnePlus 10T’s display is definitely one of the prominent reasons for you to get the phone.

Cameras

On to the phone’s cameras, just as a recap, we are looking at a triple camera setup:

• a 50-Megapixel Sony IMX766 F1.8 aperture lens with OIS,
• an 8-Megapixel F2.2 Ultrawide lens,
• and a 2-Megapixel Macro camera

Then the front camera is a 16-Megapixel F2.4 lens.

High Megapixel Mode
Starting with the high 50-Megapixel mode, not only were the images really high in detail and sharp, but the dynamic range was also really great in this mode, and of course, I wouldn’t recommend this mode specifically, only if you would like to zoom and crop into the pictures taken.

Ultrawide Lens
Next, switching over to the Ultrawide lenses, guys, just take a look at this particular picture; not only that the dynamic range was stunning, but the focal length was really nice and wide without any barrel distortion on the sides, and the picture was pretty consistent when it comes to the colors throughout especially when you go hand-in-hand with the main lenses.

Main Lens
Speaking of the Main lenses, if you thought that the Ultrawide lenses were great, take a look at these! The dynamic range and the highlights were perfectly balanced without any sign of blowing out; even at the lower contrast areas were nicely lit as well.

And while some complained about the phone not having a dedicated telephoto lens, the pictures for the 2x digital zoom still looked really good, and you can zoom up to 10x if you really need to, which was great during bright daylight.

Portrait Mode
Since smartphones typically do better on human subjects for the portrait mode, I intentionally decided to test the portrait mode with objects first. And as seen, the image captured was just flawless, and I love how the bokeh rolled from the subject to the overall background where it did look really good as well. And what’s nice is that since the camera has a high 50-Megapixel sensor, you can get that rear natural bokeh by getting closer to the subject, so you’ll get more of a natural bokeh shot, just like how it is in this image.

And since it did very well on objects, it did an excellent job for the portrait mode when taking photos of a person with superb dynamic range of the blurred background areas where typically it would be overexposed on most smartphones, as you can see that it wasn’t overexposed in this particular picture at the background area.

Macro
Then going into the Macro mode, I am not the kind of person who takes Macro shots on a day-to-day basis, but here are some pictures for you all to see if you are looking at taking some really good close-up shots.

Night Mode
Now another thing that impressed me was the nighttime images as the ultrawide, and the main lenses produced some perfect balance of highlights and shadows, and I love how the skies were more color accurate in black, compared to some smartphones which produce more of a blueish color for the skies, and I also was quite impressed with the night mode selfie too.

Day Selfies
Speaking of selfies, taking it during the day was impressive, as the skin tones, the highlight roll-off, and once again, the dynamic range was incredible, so it was for the portrait selfie, where you can see how prominent the edge detection is, no matter if there is soft or any harsh daylight as well.

Day Video Recording

[Check out my YouTube video for video sample footages]

As for the video, the rear main camera can record up to 4k 60 frames per second, and like the photos taken, the results were as good if not better, where the image stabilization was decent as well.

Then the front camera maximizes at 1080p and the image stabilization was great, and the amount of dynamic range was quite mind-blowing that you could get from this front camera as the video recording was done during a harsh daylight, still I could see the amount of blue skies available when taking video for this front video camera.

Then if you would like to take videos at night, both the rear and front took some great footage with decent stabilization.

So guys, overall, I have to say that the camera performance was quite good and in my humble opinion, I felt like it was better than when they had the collaboration with Hasselblad.

 

Software

Now, let’s talk about the software and the phone’s performance using it daily; and the good news is that the OnePlus 10T has NEVER overheated; even when I was taking photos and videos on a super hot day, it did feel warm but never hot to the touch, which was a such a significant improvement compared to when I reviewed the OnePlus 9. Now of course, the next generation 3D graphite cooling system also played a HUGE part at this with its 8 dissipation channels.

So yes, the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip does very well over here, so that is such a piece of good news if you are totally worried about overheating.

In terms of usability, the massive 16GB of RAM (expandable up to 7GB) was indeed an influencing factor of how the OxygenOS performed. I didn’t come to any point where there was any lag or stuttering even when I was opening over 35 apps, making multitasking super easy and seamless indeed.

And with the Smart Link connectivity, it improves better system signal to avoid any network congestion, and with the 360-Degree 15 Antenna System, it did get me way stronger Wi-Fi and cellular signals compared to other smartphones within this particular range.

Now I have always had a soft spot for the OxygenOS, as it was one of my favorite Android skins, and I do miss using it on the phone. And most of all, I am super excited with the announcement of OxygenOS 13, as during the keynote presentation, there will be a whole revamping that will be done, and from the look of things, it looks super minimal and clean, and it will be coming to this OnePlus 10T later on this year.

 

Gaming

So before we go into the phone’s battery life, let’s talk about how the phone performs during gaming.

So the OnePlus 10T has the HyperBoost Gaming Engine, and the General Performance Adapter (GPA), and the General Load Control (GLC) make all the games load and have the performance at its optimum level.

So I loaded up Genshin Impact with Medium settings, 60 frames per second, and motion blur turned off, and as expected, the game ran smooth with absolutely no lag or any micro stutter.

There were no battery drain issues, and the heat management is definitely one of the best, as it went from 35 degree Celsius to only 38 degree Celsius after about 30 minutes of gaming.

Then gaming on the phone was very comfortable due to its excellent finish and build quality as mentioned earlier.

Then as for PUBG Mobile, it was at best at UHD graphics and with Ultra frame rate, where the game was very optimized with very smooth movement and responsiveness and 720Hz touch sampling rate.

Then the heat management, it was better than Genshin Impact where the maximum heat of the phone only went up to 36 degree Celsius.

Battery

So having great battery management has always been one of the main focuses for OnePlus and this is no different on the OnePlus 10T.

As for the battery specs, it comes with a rather large 4,800 mAh dual-cell with a 7C rating, and it can charge up to a whooping 150W thanks to its SUPERVOOC charging capabilities.

And what’s interesting is the fact that OnePlus does include a bigger 160W charging adapter in the box, and based on my test, it got me from 1% to 100% in just 18 minutes or so, which was super awesome to know.

Now, if you are worried about the phone’s battery health, well, don’t be, because it has both the Battery Health Algorithm that can track and control the maximum charging current to ensure that it is within a safe range and there’s also the Battery Healing Technology that ensures the most optimum charging performance that allows electrodes to be repaired during the charging cycles.

And OnePlus has assured us that it can retain at least 80% of its battery health even after a crazy amount of 1,600 charging cycles, which give and take is about four to five years of usage.

And based on my daily usage, the battery drain was really good as when I was averaging about 55% of battery left, I was getting an average of 5 hours and 29 minutes or so, and in total, I got about 9 hours and 11 minutes of screen-on time during quite a heavy usage when I was around 10% battery with dark mode turned on and with the higher 120Hz refresh rate, so that, my friends, was pretty impressive!

 

Conclusion

So, in conclusion, OnePlus is certainly back for a long haul. And yes, it does seem like all I talk about is how I love the phone, so what is the negative point then? Well, the fact that the phone is missing the alert slider, at first, I felt like that was a bummer, but since my phone is always on vibrate mode 100% of the time and mostly on my table or in my pocket, I officially did not miss it at all.

And I personally think that it’s not even considered a negative or even a compromise because the OnePlus 10T’s build quality and the cameras are really great, and the fact that I have been using this phone every single day without any overheating issues is such a pleasant experience, which seems to be a huge problem for most smartphones out right now.

Now, as for the price and availability here in Malaysia:

• the pre-order starts from now until the 31st of August
• the first sale will be from the 1st until the 9th of September, where it is available in Shopee, Lazada and selected offline dealer store

With a price of only RM3,199, I feel that the OnePlus 10T is a no-brainer for you to have!

Get the OnePlus 10T at the link below:-
Shopee –
Lazada –