£849 oneplus.com
SPECIFICATIONS
Display 6.82-inch 3168x1440 120Hz 4,500-nit LTPO
Chip Snapdragon 8 Gen
3 CPU Qualcomm Kryo
GPU Adreno 750
RAM 12GB / 16GB
Storage 256GB / 512GB
Camera 50MP wide, 64MP 3x telephoto, 48MP ultra-wide rear; 32MP front
Battery 5,400mAh
Connectivity USB-C, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4
Dimensions 164.3x5.8x9.15mm
Weight 220g
The fight to be crowned the best Android phone on the market is always fiercely competitive. We're now seeing more evidence of that. The Samsung Galaxy S24 range launched a few months back. Now, we have the OnePlus 12, and this looks set to take the fight straight to the Korean brand.
This is an anniversary year for OnePlus, so we were expecting some big things. They've delivered, too.
Inside, you'll find the same Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset as many of the other top picks for this year. However, the brand has also given that a boost with something called the Trinity Engine. That is a multi-faceted approach that looks to get the most horsepower out of the hardware.
One more headline feature to speak of here is the display. On the face of it, you might think it's nothing too impressive a 2K AMOLED panel with a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate. But dig deeper and you'll find a whopping 4,500 nits of peak brightness. That's second sun levels of light, and should make colours vivid and bright.
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