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OnePlus 7T

 & Sascha Segan Former Lead Analyst, Mobile

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OnePlus 7T

T-Mobile's OnePlus 7T offers fast, smooth performance; a big, clear screen; and three rear cameras.

Small Notch

There's a notch at the top of the screen for the front-facing camera that doesn't bother.

Three Cameras

The OnePlus 7T has three cameras on the back: a 12MP f/1.6 main one, a 12MP f/2.2 "2x telephoto," and a 16MP f/2.2 117-degree wide-angle. The front camera is also 16MP.

Mute Slider

The solid metal body has all the usual OnePlus touches, most notably a physical mute slider and a USB-C port.

No Headphone Jack

The phone doesn't have a 3.5mm jack and doesn't come with headphones or an adapter dongle.

OnePlus 7 Pro vs. OnePlus 7T

The OnePlus 7 Pro (left) has a 3X zoom camera, while the OnePlus 7T (right) has a 2X zoom lens.

OnePlus 7 Pro vs. OnePlus 7T

The 1080p screen on the 7T, at right, looks oddly cool and blue by default. You can tweak the color balance, fortunately.

Software

The 7T runs Android 10 with OnePlus' Oxygen OS extensions. Outside of Google, OnePlus does the best Android builds in the business. They're fast and smooth, they have frequent updates, and they have subtle, useful touches.

About Our Expert

Sascha Segan

Sascha Segan

Former Lead Analyst, Mobile

My Experience

I'm that 5G guy. I've actually been here for every "G." I reviewed well over a thousand products during 18 years working full-time at PCMag.com, including every generation of the iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy S. I also wrote a weekly newsletter, Fully Mobilized, where I obsessed about phones and networks.

My Areas of Expertise

  • US and Canadian mobile networks
  • Mobile phones released in the US
  • iPads, Android tablets, and ebook readers
  • Mobile hotspots
  • Big data features such as Fastest Mobile Networks and Best Work-From-Home Cities

The Technology I Use

Being cross-platform is critical for someone in my position. In the US, the mobile world is split pretty cleanly between iOS and Android. So I think it's really important to have Apple, Android and Windows devices all in my daily orbit.

I use a Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon X1 for work and a 2021 Apple MacBook Pro for personal use. My current phone is a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, although I'm probably going to move to an Android foldable. Most of my writing is either in Microsoft OneNote or a free notepad app called Notepad++. Number crunching, which I do often for those big data stories, is via Microsoft Excel, DataGrip for MySQL, and Tableau.

In terms of apps and cloud services, I use both Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive heavily, although I also have iCloud because of the three Macs and three iPads in our house. I subscribe to way too many streaming services. 

My primary tablet is a 12.9-inch, 2020-model Apple iPad Pro. When I want to read a book, I've got a 2018-model flat-front Amazon Kindle Paperwhite. My home smart speakers run Google Home, and I watch a TCL Roku TV. And Verizon Fios keeps me connected at home.

My first computer was an Atari 800 and my first cell phone was a Qualcomm Thin Phone. I still have very fond feelings about both of them.

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