OnePlus 11 Review: They're Back?!
OnePlus 11 Review: They're Back?!
OnePlus 11 is a flagship for $699
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0 -> I was kind of wondering how long it
1.319 -> would be before I could say this again
3.06 -> if I'd ever say it again
4.86 -> but OnePlus is kind of back
9.24 -> so this is the new OnePlus 11. now
11.639 -> people who have been following the
12.66 -> industry for a little bit already know
14.04 -> the story behind this phone which is
16.199 -> OnePlus starting out hot as a fan
18.359 -> favorite with a plus bang for the buck
20.64 -> Flagship killer type of phones peaking
23.1 -> I'd say around the OnePlus 7 Pro it's my
25.92 -> phone of the year and then slowly
27.9 -> descending into the very generic
30.24 -> expensive Flagship that they swore to
32.7 -> kill their last attempt at a phone the
34.38 -> 10t is literally the worst phone that
37.68 -> came out last year it won my bust of the
39.36 -> year and I got a trophy for it and
41.579 -> apparently they've used this as
43.5 -> motivation they keep saying oh they now
45.78 -> they want to redeem themselves now
47.219 -> they're gonna turn it around and you
50.039 -> know great like I think we all know the
52.079 -> next phone was already in the works by
54.059 -> the time they got that trophy but if you
56.1 -> want to give me some credit I'll take
57.3 -> some credit sure but the point is
59.82 -> they're sort of reflecting shades of old
62.699 -> OnePlus which is a really good thing
64.619 -> because this phone is
66.36 -> really good so this is a flagship
68.1 -> smartphone right now for 6.99 in a world
70.799 -> where the Galaxy s23 just came out it's
72.9 -> 7.99 that's a sort of a de facto default
75.479 -> for a lot of people my semi-hot take is
77.46 -> this could be a better phone for a lot
78.96 -> of people now it's not perfect and they
80.58 -> still do some classic Corner cutting
82.799 -> things to pull this off and there are
85.02 -> still some software behaviors that I
87.06 -> really do not like but here are the
89.58 -> basics so if you want just a classic
90.96 -> spec sheet bang for the buck summary
92.7 -> this phone has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with
95.64 -> 8 gigs of RAM a 6.7 inch 1440p 120 hertz
100.439 -> OLED display triple cameras and a 5 000
103.259 -> milliamp hour battery with 80 watt
104.759 -> charging for 699 bucks that's pretty
107.579 -> damn good so I think because the phone
108.84 -> has like the nice screen the big battery
110.64 -> and the newest chip it begs comparisons
112.979 -> to like the 900 000 other Flagship
115.979 -> phones but like I said it does cut some
118.86 -> Corners the big one being no wireless
120.78 -> charging huge and then the other it's
123.36 -> ip64 rated instead of IP67 so it'll
126.299 -> survive a Mist better than a splash but
129.119 -> on the design front I'd call this a
131.039 -> mixed bag mixed bag you know it
133.2 -> definitely is taking a step away from
134.7 -> the ultra generic last generation the
136.68 -> Hasselblad branding is back and we'll
138.42 -> talk about the cameras in a minute but
140.099 -> also the alert slider is back literally
142.68 -> an iconic OnePlus feature that they
144.42 -> somehow thought getting rid of last time
145.98 -> was a good idea this one also has a very
148.739 -> slightly textured matte black finish on
150.84 -> the back not quite Sandstone level but
152.7 -> enough to be interesting so I like it
154.5 -> and the camera bump the camera bump is
157.14 -> kind of a weird hybrid of smoothly
159.06 -> wrapping around the side like Samsung
160.5 -> used to but then turning it into a big
163.5 -> circle Plateau that looks like a generic
165.84 -> not seamless thing anymore at all it's
168.66 -> whatever I don't mind it it's fine but
170.34 -> you're not here for the back of the
171.599 -> phone though like honestly if you just
173.76 -> saw the back and saw the lack of
175.319 -> wireless charging and a slightly awkward
177.239 -> camera bump it feels like a 699 phone
180.54 -> sure but the front is where it gets way
182.879 -> more impressive 6.7 inch corner to
185.16 -> corner thin bezel with a slight curve
187.68 -> over the edges I wish it was flatter but
189.18 -> it's not too bad 1440p resolution 120
193.14 -> hertz ltpo OLED 1000 Hertz touch sample
197.04 -> rate and 1300 nits Peak brightness
199.08 -> that's visible outdoors in all but
201.06 -> direct sunlight and that little corner
202.98 -> cut out for the selfie camera that's
204.959 -> nearly as good as you can ask for these
207.3 -> days and actually using a phone it's
210.06 -> very Snappy and smooth it's got the
211.5 -> fingerprint reader on the display in
213.48 -> just the right spot it's fast and
216.36 -> OnePlus One a little over the top with
218.159 -> like the future proofing of the highest
220.379 -> end fastest internals it's good details
222.72 -> like this phone has not just Wi-Fi 6 or
225.12 -> Wi-Fi 6E but the brand new Wi-Fi 7 not
229.319 -> just UF S3 but ufs 4.0 the fastest
232.2 -> storage and not just LP ddr5 but LP
235.08 -> ddr5x the fastest memory available so
238.08 -> this is legitimately very Snappy and
239.819 -> it's a quick phone brand new but then
241.68 -> because of those high-end internals I do
243.599 -> expect the Headroom to age pretty well
245.7 -> the snap Dragon Age Gen 2 has proven to
248.22 -> be a pretty good chip like the other
250.2 -> phones that have had it so far have been
251.4 -> really good phones and this is too it's
253.019 -> a powerful chip and the GPU is great but
255.239 -> also it's been pretty efficient and
257.88 -> that's affecting the battery situation
259.56 -> and I think for battery on this phone
261.54 -> this is where it feels the most like old
264.84 -> OnePlus so the OnePlus 11 has a 5 000
267.6 -> milliamp hour battery
269.04 -> great battery life so if I if I use it
271.199 -> like normal maxed out High brightness
273.32 -> 1440p and 120 hertz on I'm making it to
276.54 -> the end of the day fine no problem when
278.58 -> I go 1080P and still 120 hertz I was
282.3 -> able to get two days out of this phone
283.8 -> matter of fact I'm on the second day
285.3 -> right now it's almost noon I have 31
287.699 -> percent that's pretty good I'm getting
290.46 -> to the end of two light days with like
293.04 -> seven eight hours of screen on time fine
295.979 -> that's really good and then for charging
297.96 -> in the US this one has 80 watt charging
300.36 -> I think in China other versions have 100
302.82 -> watt charging there's a difference in
304.38 -> electrical standards but super fast
306.479 -> charging so if I ever found myself
307.979 -> thinking oh I need a little extra
309.24 -> battery it's kind of low right now it
311.28 -> was rare but I could plug in for a few
313.08 -> minutes and have more than enough it is
315.18 -> that Oppo supervook charging Tech so
317.759 -> it's still the brick with USB a instead
319.86 -> of USBC but hey at least it comes in the
322.38 -> Box plus the cable so I know also having
324.72 -> wireless charging would be really
326.34 -> convenient and it's kind of annoying
328.32 -> going from a phone that does have
329.52 -> wireless charging to one that doesn't
331.08 -> but I think OnePlus is counting on
333.3 -> people who have other phones now that
335.34 -> don't have wireless charging moving to
337.44 -> this one and finding it's like an
339.9 -> awesome battery experience so that's
341.639 -> what they're counting on but let me talk
342.78 -> about the cameras in this phone because
344.759 -> these are also a throwback to Old
347.4 -> OnePlus which if you remember those
349.32 -> phones means
351.3 -> not as good as the flagships but really
354.419 -> solid so it's got that 50 megapixel main
356.28 -> camera that bins down to 12 and a half
358.259 -> megapixels and it gives me images that
360.66 -> are generally pretty sharp and nice if
362.94 -> you don't zoom in I mean I was
364.139 -> pleasantly surprised that in most
365.58 -> different types of shooting scenarios it
367.199 -> was at least capable of giving me a
369 -> solid shot even in low light when it
371.52 -> does miss it tends to overexpose a bit
373.5 -> and even more so with darker skin tones
375.68 -> also focus is a little suspiciously slow
379.08 -> sometimes so I found myself taking
380.94 -> multiple shots of moving objects just to
383.22 -> make sure I got a good one but you know
384.72 -> what if the bar is being set at just a
388.02 -> good enough camera that it's not a dead
389.88 -> giveaway that it's a cheaper phone it
392.34 -> clears that bar for sure I couldn't tell
394.68 -> you how much that Hasselblad partnership
396.06 -> is actually doing for photos here I mean
398.52 -> color science maybe it seems like
400.02 -> there's pretty balanced colors and nice
401.88 -> Optical characteristics but like that's
403.5 -> about all I can say about that I mean
404.759 -> the photos look fine the ultrawide is
406.74 -> definitely soft near the edges of the
408.479 -> frame but at least it matches colors
410.1 -> pretty well with the main and it does do
412.139 -> macro when you get super up close to
413.94 -> things
414.66 -> but it's not good macro I mean it does
417.06 -> the macro but yeah not great the only
420 -> reason I'm not going to keep dailying
421.44 -> this phone though aside from other
423.24 -> phones that I have to test very soon is
425.4 -> the software there's just some things
427.319 -> that I I mean the software is fine lots
429.72 -> of people use this software all over the
431.52 -> world I have no problem with it there's
433.259 -> so many little quirks and things that
435.539 -> they just add up and they get annoying
437.34 -> so here if you're going to be like old
438.419 -> OnePlus One Plus let's have some
441.36 -> feedback let's listen to some user
443.699 -> feedback here so I'm an Android User who
445.8 -> spends a lot of time in the
447.18 -> notifications it's very important part
448.86 -> of the phone a lot of other people spend
450.36 -> a lot of time there too
451.919 -> in every other Android phone that I've
454.38 -> used when you have a notification you
456.3 -> can swipe left or swipe right to clear
458.52 -> them but for some reason on this phone
460.38 -> you can only swipe away to the right if
463.02 -> you swipe to the left no matter how fast
464.52 -> your swipe is it pulls up settings and
466.44 -> then you have to swipe again to clear so
468.84 -> this is slightly annoying every single
470.52 -> time and then in every other Android
473.039 -> phone if I have multiple notifications
475.199 -> from the same app then I can swipe down
477.3 -> with one or two fingers to view each one
479.34 -> and if I just want to open the app you
481.199 -> click it or if you want to open a
482.94 -> specific instance of that notification
484.44 -> you can do that when it's expanded on
487.199 -> this phone for some reason you can't
489.36 -> swipe to expand the group of
491.4 -> notifications you can only click it
493.62 -> which expands it but then in the apps
496.38 -> where there's a single notification and
498 -> you want to expand it like a camera
499.74 -> preview or a message preview or
501.419 -> something with more information you
503.16 -> can't just swipe like every other
504.419 -> Android phone you have to tap this tiny
506.46 -> bar at the top of the notification
508.379 -> around that Arrow to view the preview
511.02 -> that is even more annoying over time and
514.5 -> then in every other Android phone if you
516.539 -> pull down your notifications and you
517.919 -> have a lot of them you can always go you
519.599 -> know what never mind and then pull them
521.7 -> all the way back up to close on this
523.86 -> phone it takes multiple swipes to get
525.899 -> through all your notifications and close
527.399 -> them every time that's a little more
529.44 -> annoying and then if you have music
531.36 -> playing in the background say on Spotify
533.279 -> or podcast or something you want to get
534.899 -> to that app on every other phone it's a
536.58 -> swipe and a Tap Away on this phone it's
539.279 -> a swipe a tap and another tap to get to
542.88 -> the app there's a bunch of little things
544.019 -> like that from coming from almost any
545.519 -> other Android phone that doesn't use
546.839 -> color Os or this version of software and
549.66 -> it would be fine if that's the default
551.1 -> Behavior but there's at least a toggle
552.779 -> to let me not have that happen every
555.12 -> time but it happens every time but the
556.98 -> good thing is other than that there's a
558.18 -> lot of nice things like in this software
559.8 -> it's very well thought out and laid out
561.899 -> I think especially with the haptics and
564.06 -> the combination of visual and haptic
566.339 -> touches throughout it like pulling up
568.2 -> and down the brightness slider you get
570.48 -> this nice haptic feed feedback or going
572.76 -> up and down in volume it's the same
574.26 -> thing it very well thought out in that
576.48 -> way so I think if OnePlus really wants
578.04 -> to sort of redeem themselves and they
579.42 -> look back a little bit at what was so
580.86 -> successful with oxygen OS I know they
583.68 -> eventually did this merge thing with
585.3 -> Oppo and color OS but look at what
587.22 -> people loved about oxygen OS and really
589.38 -> think about bringing some of those
590.58 -> things back okay so this one's
592.68 -> competition at 6.99 it's kind of
595.08 -> interesting I think today you'd probably
596.459 -> consider buying a pixel 7 for 5.99 but
599.399 -> what this phone will have over some of
601.08 -> these other phones in this price range
602.399 -> is some of the highest end specs the
604.68 -> Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and the 1440p display
607.5 -> specifically it'll always have some of
609.839 -> those spec things if you're interested
611.7 -> in that there's even a 799 version that
613.74 -> has 16 gigs of RAM and 256 gigs of
617.58 -> storage too so yeah that's that's what
619.38 -> feels like sort of classic Redemption
621.6 -> OnePlus is this a full Redemption no I'm
624.66 -> not going to give them full Redemption
625.92 -> status yet uh but if the if the
628.38 -> character Arc of OnePlus was kind of
630.3 -> like this and then like like this
633.18 -> it does feel like this is a inflection
635.16 -> point it feels like this is a little bit
636.959 -> of a shift in the right direction at
639.06 -> least so now I just hope they keep it
640.62 -> going you know if they might be past
642.959 -> their Peak but their performance and
645.899 -> price of this phone show potential
649.56 -> thanks for watching
650.94 -> catch you guys in the next one
652.44 -> peace
653.19 -> [Music]
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