ONE PLUS 5 VS ONE PLUS 3T: QUICK COMPARISON

Its been seven month for One Plus when they launched their previous flagship One Plus 3T and after seven months we are getting to see their new flagship cellphone named as One Plus 5. People were eagerly waiting for the launch of One Plus 5 and finally chinese manufacturer One Plus launched their flagship cellphone One Plus 5 on 22nd June 2017 in India. They announced lots of features during the launch so we are here to compare those features of One Plus 5 with its predecessor One Plus 3T and is it worth to upgrade from One Plus 3T to One Plus 5. Let's do a Quick Comarison.

DESIGN

Design of the One Plus 5 is not much different from its predecessor One Plus 3T. The Built quality and Unibody design concept is same in both the cellphone. Both the cellphone gets the metallic body and they share some of the hardware elements.

From the back panel One Plus 5 is more cleaner and smoother than the One Plus 3T with the new crescent antenna lines that blends in. We also get to see a Dual camera feature which was not available on its predecessor and the One Plus logo is as usual on the back panel of the cell phone. The physical overview of One Plus 5 is almost same as its predecessor.
On the front panel the fingerprint sensor is placed at the same place on the home button like it was placed on the One Plus 3T and also we get to see a secondary camera of 16 MP.
On the side lines of the cellphone we get the as usual Volume Rockers, Power button and an Alert Slider that we have already seen on One Plus 3T.

We admit that the looks of the One Plus 5 is very much similar to the iPhone 7 Plus. This is the point where One Plus makes us sad that they would have done better job to make their flagship more better than any other cellphone in terms of design.

But One Plus 5 does better job than its competitors in matter of hold and gripping of the cellphone. The design of the One Plus 5 is more sleek than the previous flagship One Plus 3T.

HARDWARE

Both the Cellphone gets the 5.5" AMOLED Display with a 1080p resolution. As it is their one of the most powerful cellphone they must have given the Quad HD to their users but it seems that it will take time for the One Plus to come to the Quad HD but still the price point at which we get this cellphone we should not expect Quad HD from One Plus.

In matter of processors, One Plus 3T was based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 which was the fastest processor at that time when One Plus 3T was launched, but the the One Plus 5 is even faster than the One Plus 3T because it operates on the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835.

The One Plus 5 comes up with two variants 6/8 GB of RAM while the One Plus 3T came up with only 6 GB of RAM which is still sufficient for better performance today also.

One Plus 5 comes up with a storage of 64/128 GB respectively while the One Plus 3T came up with only 64 GB of storage. One Plus gets plenty of storage but it does not support the External Memory Card Slot.

One Plus 3T gets the 3,400 mAh of battery while the One Plus 5 gets the 3,300 mAh of battery which is slightly smaller but it is 25% more power-efficient than the predecessor because of the smart architecture of the Snapdragon 835 which actually consumes less and performes more than the Snapdragon 821, while both the cellphone supports One Plus's Dash Charge Technology.

CAMERA

The rear camera of One Plus 3T was 16 MP but for One Plus 5 manufacturers decided to give a rear Dual Camera with 16 MP and 20 MP for more perfect and awesome shots than One Plus 3T. Both the cellphone gets the 16 MP of front-facing camera for crystal clear selfies.

SOFTWARE

The One Plus 3T and One Plus 5 both operates on the same Operating System that is company's own Oxygen OS which is based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat.

SPECIFICATION COMPARISON

ONE PLUS 5 ONE PLUS 3T

DISPLAY 5.5-inch AMOLED 1920x1080 5.5-inch AMOLED 1920x1080 resolution 401 ppi resolution 401 ppi 16:9 aspect ratio

16:9 aspect ratio

PROCESSOR 2.45 GHz octa-core 2.35 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Snapdragon 821

RAM 6/8 GB LPDDR4 6 GB LPDDR4

STORAGE 64/128 GB UFS 2.1 64 GB UFS 2.0

MICRO SD NO NO

CAMERA Rear Camera Rear Camera

Main: 16 MP Sony IMX 398 sensor, 16 MP Sony IMX 298 sensor,

f/1.7 aperture,EIS, Dual LED Flash f/2.0 aperture,OIS,EIS, dual LED flash

Telephoto: 20 MP Sony IMX 350

sensor, f/2.6 aperture Front Camera

Front Camera 16 MP Samsung 3P8SP sensor, f/2.0

aperture, EIS

16 MP Sony IMX 371 sensor, f/2.0

aperture, EIS

BATTERY 3,300 mAh 3,400 mAh

Non-removable, Non-removable,

Dash Charge (5V, 4A) Dash Charge (5V, 4A)

WATER

RESISTANCE NO NO

SOFTWARE Android 7.1.1 Nougat, Android 7.1.1 Nougat,

Oxygen OS Oxygen OS

DIMENSION 154.2 x 74.1 x 7.25 mm 152.7 x 74.7 x 7.4 mm

AND 153 g 158 g

WEIGHT

PRICING

The price of One Plus 3T currently is Rs. 29,999 and the price of One Plus 5 is bit higher for the starting variant of 6/64 GB will cost around Rs. 32,999 and the top variant will cost around Rs. 37,999. Still, One Plus 5 gives a lot in this price segment as compared to its flagship rivals and it can be said that it is a flagship killer with this price point.

CONCLUSION

From the above comparison we came to a conclusion that One plus 5 is a very minor improvement only over the Processor, RAM, Battery-Efficient the upgrade to the dual camera setup makes up for the lacks of upgrade in some of the phone's other features.

We conclude that if you are a One Plus 3T user then its not necessary to upgrade to One Plus 5 but if you are a person who is looking for flagship cell phone with high-end specifications in a tight budget then we would recommend you to upgrade for One Plus.

Read more: Know In Detail About The Most Awaited Flagship Killer: One Plus 5

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ONE PLUS 5 VS ONE PLUS 3T: QUICK COMPARISON