ONEPLUS 10 PRO

It’s no coincidence that the latest flagship from the brand that never settles is called the 10 Pro. It coincides with the tenth anniversary of the smartphone maker that sought to disrupt the market way back in 2012.

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Price from ₹66,999 / oneplus.in

Shiny new stuff Shelf and Scout are part of the new OxygenOS which is OnePlus' take on widgets with an integrated search bar for contacts, music, documents and more.

Selfie goals The 32MP selfie cam is littered with filters, retouching options but also does a great job at portrait selfies sans any of the toppings. Also gets a wider FOV now.

The 6.7in QHD+ AMOLED display is curved towards the edges and blends into a matte frosted glass black that is typical of OnePlus devices with a luxurious feel and a build quality that is hard to fault.

The three lenses and the flash are housed in a polished metal band with prominent Hasselblad branding and look purposeful without being OTT. Good job, OnePlus!

Cameras: fishy

All the rear cameras benefit from Hasselblad’s Natural Color Calibration that is applied to the 10-bit photos. The primary camera uses a customised Sony IMX789 sensor and gains updates to its resolution, dynamic range, noise reduction and overall colour tuning. The Ultrawide too gets a big update with a 110-degree FoV as default, but dig deeper and you can unlock a dramatic 150-degree option, even with a fisheye circular effect.

Pro mode allows for both RAW and RAW+ captures that allows for 12-bit photos while keeping the computational elements. Pro is the way

I to go because in Auto, the results are wildly inconsistent, especially with live subjects like humans and pets. Video stabilisation is still trailing the industry leaders and the 10 Pro strangely misses out on a Macro lens or mode.