OnePlus 9 Review:Mobile Specification
- So this is the oneplus 9.
- how do i describe this phone this this
- feels like the phone that oneplus felt
- like they
- had to make you know they're super into
- they're very hyped
- very expensive flagship phone but they
- can't only make
- a hyped expensive flagship phone so this
- video goes hand in hand with my
- 9 pro review my last upload so if you
- haven't seen that
- this video is the is the cherry on top
- of that
- sunday the 20 minute detailed
- hasselblad deep dive software oriented
- sunday
- this one goes in addition to that so if
- you haven't watched it already
- i'll link it below the like button but
- this phone this phone
- i think could have been an awesome deal
- but it's it's actually kind of
- frustrating how close it gets so if you
- can look past all the hype
- around the oneplus 9 pro and just look
- at it as a phone i actually think they
- did what they were trying to do they
- made a flagship with the full checklist
- of flagship features
- high-end specs pretty nice build fast
- charging
- an improved camera and all of that for
- less than
- something like an s21 ultra or any of
- the other thousand
- eleven hundred dollar phones fine but
- this phone
- oneplus 9 729
- and that's pretty good that's very
- competitive as far as snapdragon 8
- phones go that's about as low as we're
- seeing it at launch
- and so that's really great that's
- competitive but watch how the choices
- start to get a little bit
- weird from there so the design here the
- design is
- i'm gonna say acceptable but pretty
- generic like it's it's a rounded
- polycarbonate plastic shell and plastic
- rails they're shiny of course so they
- look
- maybe kind of like metal if you're not
- paying too much attention but they
- aren't metal and honestly
- if i didn't tell you how much this phone
- cost just by
- weight and feel in the hand and the
- materials i feel like you could easily
- mistake this for
- actually a much cheaper phone like
- literally a nord or any
- other three four hundred dollar glossy
- plastic phone it would have been nice if
- they
- separated themselves in some way from
- all the other glossy
- fingerprinty plastic phones that are out
- there
- as much as i hate the glastic term
- samsung's s21 which is mostly plastic
- is a really good example of this like
- you never say it actually feels or
- looks super cheap in the hand you hold
- it it's decent
- maybe you'd be more into like a faux
- leather or something
- like from the xiaomi mi 11 but also
- maybe i'm overreacting
- maybe you're just gonna put it in a case
- anyway in which case ignore that
- that's just my two cents now with the
- specs they still do the oneplus thing
- here
- it's the snapdragon triple eight eight
- or 12 gigs of ram 128 or 256 gigs of
- storage
- and a 4 500 milliamp hour battery for
- those of you who have already seen
- the 9 pro review you may recognize that
- as the exact same
- set of specs as the 9 pro which is of
- course more expensive
- so that's where we expect oneplus to be
- competitive lower prices
- still keeping high-end specs but there
- are a couple small cuts so
- this cheaper version does not have
- millimeter wave 5g support
- not a huge deal right now this phone
- still has the ridiculously fast 65 watt
- warp charging setup that's been
- so convenient and it still has wireless
- charging but just at a standard 15 watts
- nothing too crazy fine for topping up
- overnight and makes perfect sense if you
- weren't going to buy
- some 70 specialized charger anyway and
- then for water resistance where
- sometimes you see cut
- the t-mobile version does say it's ip68
- certified maybe just
- t-mobile decided to pay for that but
- since they're all built
- the same i think we can safely assume
- they're all
- somewhat dust and water resistant and
- this phone is just really enjoyable to
- use
- mainly because of that display where i
- think they nailed it for this price
- it's nearly the same size as the pro
- 6.55 inches
- and it's great it's flat at the edges
- instead of curved over but the bezels
- are still thin
- and the display goes right up to the
- edges it's great for watching videos
- with this speaker setup too that's just
- as loud as the nine pro the screen
- doesn't get
- quite as bright as the brightest
- flagships but it's still manageable
- and it's 1080p 120 hertz
- so this is a nice screen and you'll
- notice it's just 120 hertz it's not
- smart 120 hertz since it's not an ltpo
- panel
- they've had slightly weird panels in the
- past where sometimes you can see
- off axis yellowing maybe rainbowing but
- i'm not seeing nearly as much of that
- here so there's there's no distractions
- when just
- watching videos or gaming or whatever
- you're doing
- i'm gonna call out this odd fingerprint
- reader placement every time i see it
- though
- i still think it's weird that it's so
- low on this phone but
- other than that using this phone
- flipping through oxygen os with all its
- animations and multitasking
- has been super fast thanks to the screen
- and then there's a camera layout on the
- back
- so you can see it's one less camera than
- the nine pro
- so this has a different sensor but the
- same size primary 48 megapixel chip in
- there
- it has the exact same ultra wide which
- is one of the best in any phone
- and then it drops the telephoto but
- keeps the 2 megapixel black and white
- camera
- why but like i said using this phone
- overall
- is still great like this is what oneplus
- has gotten so good at
- there's not a single thing missing from
- this software
- that's in the nine pro like they've been
- very willing to tweak oxygen os over the
- years
- make it smoother add features most
- people who aren't coming straight from a
- more expensive phone
- will find this perfectly fine it handles
- multitasking everyday use
- exactly the same as its 969 dollar
- brother
- there's no extra stutters no earlier
- drops in the ram
- it even had slightly better battery life
- in our testing otherwise
- same deal but of course it's my job to
- point out the things that aren't quite
- the same in this phone so you're not
- surprised when you get them so just so
- you know
- the haptics in this phone aren't
- quite as good they're not as strong
- they're pretty weak
- honestly um and they're not quite as
- tight now they still lean into it
- in the software so they emphasize the
- haptics a lot when you drag brightness
- and volume
- and a lot of other ui elements in the
- stock apps like in the clock here
- it still feels like it's trying to
- emulate that high-end haptics but it's
- not as great
- the alert slider on this phone is also
- much looser than it was
- on my pro and you know what maybe it's
- just this exact phone i got
- but it's so loose that it's particularly
- easy to switch it
- to ring as you pull the phone out of
- your pocket and then it's not quite the
- same camera setup as the pro
- like i said it's the same size main
- sensor but it's a different 48 megapixel
- sony sensor for the main camera
- it still gets the hasselblad branding
- though and it still looks
- slightly more natural like this more
- muted color profile than before
- so it looks pretty much the same in good
- lighting
- and almost has this neutral version of a
- contrasty pixel-like look
- but you can't zoom in nearly as far of
- course without it starting to get soft
- there is a 2x button here in the
- viewfinder but that's just a digital
- punch in
- and that's about as far as i'd go if i
- want a good quality photo
- the ultra wide is amazing like i said
- honestly it's the best part of this
- particular camera system this year
- but then the shutter lag that i talked
- about from the oneplus 9 pro
- it's still here there's still this
- overall weirdly slow camera performance
- and i'm really hoping that that's
- something that's fixable through a
- software update
- and then let's let's just talk about the
- two megapixel monochrome camera for
- those who are wondering why i said i was
- just going to ignore it in the nine pro
- review
- the best case for this extra
- piece of hardware they've thrown in here
- according to oneplus is it helps add
- detail
- to your black and white photos which
- number one
- it's two megapixels how much detail
- could it possibly be adding to
- the 48 megapixel sensors black and white
- photos
- but also number two just for black and
- white photos
- like if i want to take a good black and
- white photo i don't know about you but i
- just take a regular photo and then later
- i just make it black and white i just i
- just turn the colors down saturation off
- so this is it's it's basically a useless
- extra piece of hardware to me look this
- extra sensor is a waste of money
- a small amount of money but it's a waste
- of money and you should have spent that
- money
- on something else changed my mind but
- long story short
- oneplus 9 is a pretty good phone and
- it's one that i'll be recommending to
- certain people
- but not all you know some phones are
- just so good overall that you can sort
- of blanket recommend them to a bunch of
- people
- this isn't quite that phone but for
- people who value the oneplus software
- experience like the the clean
- near stock type of look the fast and
- smooth
- experience the fast charging that they
- offer all of that
- this phone is actually i think sneaky
- good value like i obviously don't love
- the design
- as i said maybe put in a case fine but
- if you weren't going to buy
- that extra 70 turbo wireless
- fast charger and if you're cool with
- 1080p flat and no telephoto this
- using the phone experience this software
- experience
- is exactly the same to the spec
- to the speed to the performance it's
- exactly the same
- as the phone that costs 240 dollars more
- whether you believe it deserves to cost
- that or not
- that's what makes this actually a pretty
- good deal now if you compare it to
- something like the galaxy s 21 which
- launched at a little higher of a price
- but now is roughly 700 bucks
- this is probably what oneplus was
- looking for this is probably about the
- comparison they were aiming at
- and it's kind of a toss-up like for
- build quality
- i would give the edge even though
- they're both plastic i would give the
- edge to samsung because the camera
- and the rails are metal and they've got
- a nicer finish then they're both
- 120 hertz flat 1080p displays
- but i would again give the edge to
- samsung just a little bit for extra
- brightness then they've got the same ram
- same storage same snapdragon 8 but i
- give the edge to one plus for the bigger
- battery and the faster 65 watt wired
- charging i think this is a better
- battery setup and then they're both
- triple camera systems technically but
- i'm giving the edge to samsung because
- there's a real zoom in there and they
- didn't waste a sensor
- so and then it's just software how much
- do you prefer
- what samsung's doing with theirs versus
- what oxygen os is doing
- on oneplus phones i personally would
- prefer oxygen os
- and i think i would lean towards this
- phone over this one but it's going to be
- about your priority
- are you about that battery are you about
- that software
- are you about that camera it's all about
- you so there you have it it's the
- oneplus
- 9 it's a good phone if you know what
- you're getting yourself into
- no doubt cast in a little bit of a
- shadow by the hype of the oneplus 9 pro
- but this is worth looking at there you
- have it thanks for watching
- So this is the oneplus 9.
- how do i describe this phone this this
- feels like the phone that oneplus felt
- like they
- had to make you know they're super into
- they're very hyped
- very expensive flagship phone but they
- can't only make
- a hyped expensive flagship phone so this
- video goes hand in hand with my
- 9 pro review my last upload so if you
- haven't seen that
- this video is the is the cherry on top
- of that
- sunday the 20 minute detailed
- hasselblad deep dive software oriented
- sunday
- this one goes in addition to that so if
- you haven't watched it already
- i'll link it below the like button but
- this phone this phone
- i think could have been an awesome deal
- but it's it's actually kind of
- frustrating how close it gets so if you
- can look past all the hype
- around the oneplus 9 pro and just look
- at it as a phone i actually think they
- did what they were trying to do they
- made a flagship with the full checklist
- of flagship features
- high-end specs pretty nice build fast
- charging
- an improved camera and all of that for
- less than
- something like an s21 ultra or any of
- the other thousand
- eleven hundred dollar phones fine but
- this phone
- oneplus 9 729
- and that's pretty good that's very
- competitive as far as snapdragon 8
- phones go that's about as low as we're
- seeing it at launch
- and so that's really great that's
- competitive but watch how the choices
- start to get a little bit
- weird from there so the design here the
- design is
- i'm gonna say acceptable but pretty
- generic like it's it's a rounded
- polycarbonate plastic shell and plastic
- rails they're shiny of course so they
- look
- maybe kind of like metal if you're not
- paying too much attention but they
- aren't metal and honestly
- if i didn't tell you how much this phone
- cost just by
- weight and feel in the hand and the
- materials i feel like you could easily
- mistake this for
- actually a much cheaper phone like
- literally a nord or any
- other three four hundred dollar glossy
- plastic phone it would have been nice if
- they
- separated themselves in some way from
- all the other glossy
- fingerprinty plastic phones that are out
- there
- as much as i hate the glastic term
- samsung's s21 which is mostly plastic
- is a really good example of this like
- you never say it actually feels or
- looks super cheap in the hand you hold
- it it's decent
- maybe you'd be more into like a faux
- leather or something
- like from the xiaomi mi 11 but also
- maybe i'm overreacting
- maybe you're just gonna put it in a case
- anyway in which case ignore that
- that's just my two cents now with the
- specs they still do the oneplus thing
- here
- it's the snapdragon triple eight eight
- or 12 gigs of ram 128 or 256 gigs of
- storage
- and a 4 500 milliamp hour battery for
- those of you who have already seen
- the 9 pro review you may recognize that
- as the exact same
- set of specs as the 9 pro which is of
- course more expensive
- so that's where we expect oneplus to be
- competitive lower prices
- still keeping high-end specs but there
- are a couple small cuts so
- this cheaper version does not have
- millimeter wave 5g support
- not a huge deal right now this phone
- still has the ridiculously fast 65 watt
- warp charging setup that's been
- so convenient and it still has wireless
- charging but just at a standard 15 watts
- nothing too crazy fine for topping up
- overnight and makes perfect sense if you
- weren't going to buy
- some 70 specialized charger anyway and
- then for water resistance where
- sometimes you see cut
- the t-mobile version does say it's ip68
- certified maybe just
- t-mobile decided to pay for that but
- since they're all built
- the same i think we can safely assume
- they're all
- somewhat dust and water resistant and
- this phone is just really enjoyable to
- use
- mainly because of that display where i
- think they nailed it for this price
- it's nearly the same size as the pro
- 6.55 inches
- and it's great it's flat at the edges
- instead of curved over but the bezels
- are still thin
- and the display goes right up to the
- edges it's great for watching videos
- with this speaker setup too that's just
- as loud as the nine pro the screen
- doesn't get
- quite as bright as the brightest
- flagships but it's still manageable
- and it's 1080p 120 hertz
- so this is a nice screen and you'll
- notice it's just 120 hertz it's not
- smart 120 hertz since it's not an ltpo
- panel
- they've had slightly weird panels in the
- past where sometimes you can see
- off axis yellowing maybe rainbowing but
- i'm not seeing nearly as much of that
- here so there's there's no distractions
- when just
- watching videos or gaming or whatever
- you're doing
- i'm gonna call out this odd fingerprint
- reader placement every time i see it
- though
- i still think it's weird that it's so
- low on this phone but
- other than that using this phone
- flipping through oxygen os with all its
- animations and multitasking
- has been super fast thanks to the screen
- and then there's a camera layout on the
- back
- so you can see it's one less camera than
- the nine pro
- so this has a different sensor but the
- same size primary 48 megapixel chip in
- there
- it has the exact same ultra wide which
- is one of the best in any phone
- and then it drops the telephoto but
- keeps the 2 megapixel black and white
- camera
- why but like i said using this phone
- overall
- is still great like this is what oneplus
- has gotten so good at
- there's not a single thing missing from
- this software
- that's in the nine pro like they've been
- very willing to tweak oxygen os over the
- years
- make it smoother add features most
- people who aren't coming straight from a
- more expensive phone
- will find this perfectly fine it handles
- multitasking everyday use
- exactly the same as its 969 dollar
- brother
- there's no extra stutters no earlier
- drops in the ram
- it even had slightly better battery life
- in our testing otherwise
- same deal but of course it's my job to
- point out the things that aren't quite
- the same in this phone so you're not
- surprised when you get them so just so
- you know
- the haptics in this phone aren't
- quite as good they're not as strong
- they're pretty weak
- honestly um and they're not quite as
- tight now they still lean into it
- in the software so they emphasize the
- haptics a lot when you drag brightness
- and volume
- and a lot of other ui elements in the
- stock apps like in the clock here
- it still feels like it's trying to
- emulate that high-end haptics but it's
- not as great
- the alert slider on this phone is also
- much looser than it was
- on my pro and you know what maybe it's
- just this exact phone i got
- but it's so loose that it's particularly
- easy to switch it
- to ring as you pull the phone out of
- your pocket and then it's not quite the
- same camera setup as the pro
- like i said it's the same size main
- sensor but it's a different 48 megapixel
- sony sensor for the main camera
- it still gets the hasselblad branding
- though and it still looks
- slightly more natural like this more
- muted color profile than before
- so it looks pretty much the same in good
- lighting
- and almost has this neutral version of a
- contrasty pixel-like look
- but you can't zoom in nearly as far of
- course without it starting to get soft
- there is a 2x button here in the
- viewfinder but that's just a digital
- punch in
- and that's about as far as i'd go if i
- want a good quality photo
- the ultra wide is amazing like i said
- honestly it's the best part of this
- particular camera system this year
- but then the shutter lag that i talked
- about from the oneplus 9 pro
- it's still here there's still this
- overall weirdly slow camera performance
- and i'm really hoping that that's
- something that's fixable through a
- software update
- and then let's let's just talk about the
- two megapixel monochrome camera for
- those who are wondering why i said i was
- just going to ignore it in the nine pro
- review
- the best case for this extra
- piece of hardware they've thrown in here
- according to oneplus is it helps add
- detail
- to your black and white photos which
- number one
- it's two megapixels how much detail
- could it possibly be adding to
- the 48 megapixel sensors black and white
- photos
- but also number two just for black and
- white photos
- like if i want to take a good black and
- white photo i don't know about you but i
- just take a regular photo and then later
- i just make it black and white i just i
- just turn the colors down saturation off
- so this is it's it's basically a useless
- extra piece of hardware to me look this
- extra sensor is a waste of money
- a small amount of money but it's a waste
- of money and you should have spent that
- money
- on something else changed my mind but
- long story short
- oneplus 9 is a pretty good phone and
- it's one that i'll be recommending to
- certain people
- but not all you know some phones are
- just so good overall that you can sort
- of blanket recommend them to a bunch of
- people
- this isn't quite that phone but for
- people who value the oneplus software
- experience like the the clean
- near stock type of look the fast and
- smooth
- experience the fast charging that they
- offer all of that
- this phone is actually i think sneaky
- good value like i obviously don't love
- the design
- as i said maybe put in a case fine but
- if you weren't going to buy
- that extra 70 turbo wireless
- fast charger and if you're cool with
- 1080p flat and no telephoto this
- using the phone experience this software
- experience
- is exactly the same to the spec
- to the speed to the performance it's
- exactly the same
- as the phone that costs 240 dollars more
- whether you believe it deserves to cost
- that or not
- that's what makes this actually a pretty
- good deal now if you compare it to
- something like the galaxy s 21 which
- launched at a little higher of a price
- but now is roughly 700 bucks
- this is probably what oneplus was
- looking for this is probably about the
- comparison they were aiming at
- and it's kind of a toss-up like for
- build quality
- i would give the edge even though
- they're both plastic i would give the
- edge to samsung because the camera
- and the rails are metal and they've got
- a nicer finish then they're both
- 120 hertz flat 1080p displays
- but i would again give the edge to
- samsung just a little bit for extra
- brightness then they've got the same ram
- same storage same snapdragon 8 but i
- give the edge to one plus for the bigger
- battery and the faster 65 watt wired
- charging i think this is a better
- battery setup and then they're both
- triple camera systems technically but
- i'm giving the edge to samsung because
- there's a real zoom in there and they
- didn't waste a sensor
- so and then it's just software how much
- do you prefer
- what samsung's doing with theirs versus
- what oxygen os is doing
- on oneplus phones i personally would
- prefer oxygen os
- and i think i would lean towards this
- phone over this one but it's going to be
- about your priority
- are you about that battery are you about
- that software
- are you about that camera it's all about
- you so there you have it it's the
- oneplus
- 9 it's a good phone if you know what
- you're getting yourself into
- no doubt cast in a little bit of a
- shadow by the hype of the oneplus 9 pro
- but this is worth looking at there you
- have it thanks for watching
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