Hands-On With the OnePlus 7 Pro's New Pop-Up Camera and Bezel-Free Display

[tuzzanti]

Apple and Samsung will not cover water damage either on their phones.

Apple's policy is that if it fails due to water you did something you weren't supposed to do with it.

Tim

Lmao! Yeah, that won’t break ever!

And maybe that one reason why the warranty doesn’t cover water damage.

#techfail
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Know what else is meaningless? Your idea that it’s “waterproof just not officially certified.” After I stopped laughing, I looked it up and found that OnePlus’s warranty does not cover water damage either. When your 7 Pro gets wet and stops working, that’s all that matters. If it were actually waterproof, they’d cover water damage regardless of no certification.

Maybe stop picking on Apple when the same applies here.

[doublepost=1557878562][/doublepost]Did you see the video of them hanging a 49lb brick from the popup camera? Pretty impressive.

It auto-retracts when it detects free fall.

 

[jdclifford]

How much DRAM on the cheapest version ?

RAM Management has become one of the weakest areas of ALL smartphones the past few years, including iPhones, & Android phones have a Rep for being even worse.

I believe 6gb

 

[Blaze4G]

Someone may need to do a DFMEA on this.
What happens when the phone slips out of hand when taking selfie with the motorized camera stuck out?

It detects a fall and retracts automatically.

 

[The_Martini_Cat]

Does it have a hardware "back" button like some other android devices? That alone would make me jump ship from the iPhone. Well, maybe not :-Q

 

[DeepIn2U]

OnePlus today unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 7 Pro, which offers an impressive feature set at a price that beats out flagship devices from other smartphone manufacturers, including Apple.

We were able to go hands-on with the OnePlus 7 Pro at the OnePlus event this morning, so we thought we'd give MacRumors readers a look at the bezel-free display and pop-up camera, both of which are great smartphone features.

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The OnePlus 7 Pro is all display, with a 6.67-inch OLED screen that takes up the entire front of the device. There are no camera cutouts or notches on the display at all, and that's because OnePlus is using a nifty little front-facing camera that pops out of the back of the phone when you want to use it.

It's a feature that's unique to the OnePlus device, and it allows for an edge-to-edge top-to-bottom bezel-free display without sacrificing the selfie camera. The little pop out camera seems rather durable, though we'll have to see how it holds up over time.

OnePlus uploaded a video demonstrating the camera opening and closing more than 300,000 times (it's 12 hours long!) and another video that demonstrated it lifting up a rock, so it certainly seems to be able to hold up to abuse.

Though it's got a 6.67-inch display, the OnePlus 7 Pro is similar in size to the iPhone XS Max, just because there's no bezels to deal with. The display does curve around the edges of the device, which some may not like, but it looks undeniably good.

OnePlus calls the display a "Fluid AMOLED" display because it has a 90Hz refresh rate, a concept similar to the 120Hz refresh rate on the iPad Pro models. That refresh rate is more noticeable on a smaller device, and scrolling through the OS is super smooth.

Aside from the standout display and the unique pop-up front-facing camera, the OnePlus 7 Pro has some pretty decent specs. There's a triple-lens camera with telephoto, wide-angle, and ultra wide-angle lenses, an under-display fingerprint sensor, a Snapdragon 855 chip, up to 12GB RAM, up to 256GB storage, a 4,000mAh battery, and a fast charging feature.

On the downside, the OnePlus 7 Pro doesn't offer wireless charging like many other smartphones on the market, nor does it have an Ingress Protection rating for water resistance. And of course there's one other major downside for Apple fans -- it runs Android.

OnePlus is charging more for this year's flagship OnePlus smartphone, and the 7 Pro is priced starting at $669. That's still quite a bit cheaper than the iPhone XS and flagship smartphones from other companies like Samsung, even though it's using some pretty high-end hardware.

What do you think of the OnePlus 7 Pro and the pop-up selfie cam? Let us know in the comments. We'll be taking a closer look at the OnePlus 7 Pro and comparing it to the iPhone XS Max in a future video, so keep an eye out for that.

Article Link: Hands-On With the OnePlus 7 Pro's New Pop-Up Camera and Bezel-Free Display

Ahem, the front facing camera that pops up is NOT unique to one plus. Oppo has 3 phones over s year old now that have this as well as another Chinese brand.

 

[gixxerfool]

This is a good option for the Tin Foil Hat people. If the government turns on the camera to watch you, you’ll know.

 

[falainber]

Moving parts? No thanks. Oh, and it runs Android? Pass.

I take a selfie on average once a year. At this rate I think this design would last about 100000 years or so. I should be fine. The notch on the other hand stares at me every day many times per day.

 

[Kabeyun]

Did you see the video of them hanging a 49lb brick from the popup camera? Pretty impressive.

Doesn’t matter. It will break in the wild. The demo of the Galaxy Fold looked neat, too. Nice idea. Will fail.

 

[Blaze4G]

Does it have a hardware "back" button like some other android devices? That alone would make me jump ship from the iPhone. Well, maybe not :-Q

It does. You have the option to turn on the software buttons or use gestures. Its android, you have options lol.

 

[carletonguy]

 is just disappointing me these days. When a 5 year old startup from China is running design circles around the largest hardware design company in the world, it makes me wonder what is going on in the Bay. I used to think  would do it late, but do it better. It’s been MANY years since that’s actually panned out. Just sad.

 

[Suttree]

This proves Apple has the wrong approach. Apple’s so-called approach is to make the iPhone a “tool.” No one considers a phone a tool. No one is using an iPhone for Music Memos, Clips, iMovie, GarageBand, Reminders, etc. Imram Chaundry was a fool for conceiving of the iPhone as a bunch of widgets apps for productivity. No one cares about 3D Touch, FaceID. Why do I have a Stocks app on my phone? No one follows stocks. Useless.

Name a SINGLE thing that 3D Touch is good for. ONE thing. 3D Touch is useful if you’re using your iPhone as a utility device. But no one does. For chrissakes, Apple packs FORTY apps. Plus a half-dozen more in the App Store. FORTY apps.

What people want is novelty. The cool factor. Curved edges. We don’t CARE about utility. We want something to pass the boredom. We want to game, watch YouTube/Twitch, listen to music. We want a bezel-free display at the expense of FaceID because it’s cool!

 

[c0ppo]

One more thing to break, expensively. Why?

Because of butterfly keyboards? Or soldered ssd/ram/etc on laptops? Or because of too short flex cable?
Who could know?

That's why we can purchase a phone or a laptop from Apple

 

[B4U]

The phone has motion sensors and accelerometers that will retract the camera before it hits the ground.

There's a demo of it in MKBHD's video review.

Though I guess it all depends on how high the phone is when it falls. Still it's cool that they though of it!

It all depends on which is faster.

 

[GoodWheaties]

Hey look, a rebadged Oppo F11 Pro. Pretty much at least, but it is to be expected with a big company like Oppo.

 

[hipnetic]

What's that thin black border I'm seeing around the entire display? If it's not a "bezel", what is it exactly?

 

[napabar]

this looks like a great phone, apple plz catch up

Nothing to catch up to.

 

[Khedron]

Lmao! Yeah, that won’t break ever!

And maybe that one reason why the warranty doesn’t cover water damage.

#techfail
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Know what else is meaningless? Your idea that it’s “waterproof just not officially certified.” After I stopped laughing, I looked it up and found that OnePlus’s warranty does not cover water damage either. When your 7 Pro gets wet and stops working, that’s all that matters. If it were actually waterproof, they’d cover water damage regardless of no certification.

Maybe stop picking on Apple when the same applies here.

If neither OnePlus nor Apple have warranties that cover water damage then what's the point of Apple advertising it?

OnePlus is waterproof. Confirmed.

https://twitter.com/oneplus/status/1124358412999983105

 

[jpn]

Meanwhile us iPhone users have two brand new colours to look forward to along with the same notch at the same 1k price tags. Yay!

i am sure there will also be new emoji however. so.../s

 

[csi24]

As someone who has had a OnePlus One and 5 and is currently an iOS user, OxygenOS is my favorite Android OS.

The biggest thing I miss about the OnePlus 5 was it's ram management. It easily destroyed my 7 Plus when it came to keeping apps open. An iPhone with at least 6gb of ram would be amazing!

 

[palmerc2]

I actually like to notch on my iPhone X.

"I like part of my screen missing. In the past, I was annoyed having a perfectly uniform screen with 4 edges...and Apple has delivered by cutting part of it out. Magical. Courage."

I can only imagine the amount of flack Samsung would've received on here if they released the notch first.

 

[vladi]

How much money did OnePlus spend? Every single tech blog is publishing day 0 review

 

[crawfish963]

If I were going to jump ship to Android, this would definitely be the device I would do it on. I'm not going to, but if I did...

 

[Baymowe335]

 is just disappointing me these days. When a 5 year old startup from China is running design circles around the largest hardware design company in the world, it makes me wonder what is going on in the Bay. I used to think  would do it late, but do it better. It’s been MANY years since that’s actually panned out. Just sad.

You failing to recognize the hardware design doesn’t mean it’s not there.

There is still no viable competitor to FaceID, as an example. iPhones are incredibly durable and have the best silicon, are among leaders in mobile display accuracy, and have some of the best cameras in the industry.

 

[baller1308]

I'm not big on selfies so the popup camera wouldn't really be an issue for me.

The 90Hz refresh rate probably looks nice. Higher refresh rates need to come to OLED displays or use the same AMOLED display.

 

[racerhomie]

That pop up crap is going to break. Thats obvious. People give  crap for touch disease & audio IC disease. This is a product that should boycotted, because of its stupidity. Function over form, for what, a little less bezel. Bezels wont suddenly make your cameras stop working. If you hate notches, get an iPhone 7 or 8. If you want mostly edge to edge , get an iPhone XR, or X. Do not get this. If you like Droids, get a Samsung or Pixel.