Samsung vs OnePlus: Who built the better phone this year?

Galaxy S21 vs OnePlus 9? S21+ vs 9 Pro?

It’s time for a showdown! Samsung cut hardware to reduce costs, while OnePlus is moving up to a more premium tier! Which phone is the better bang for buck? Let’s discuss! Continue reading “Samsung vs OnePlus: Who built the better phone this year?”

OnePlus 9 Pro By the Benchmarks: Better Performance for the Price!

Sometimes it’s ok to NOT be first.

OnePlus is following the CRAZY early launches from Xiaomi and Samsung. This generation, we’ve seen some concerning tests using Qualcomm’s newest SOC, the Snapdragon 888.

After testing the Galaxy S21, we definitely needed to compare against other phones using this SOC. Were the performance issues the fault of Qualcomm? Samsung? App developers? There are a LOT of moving parts here to consider.

The OnePlus 9 Pro gives us another data point to compare, and OnePlus is making some important claims about their phone. Not only are they using the top of the line SOC, they’re also claiming to do a better job cooling that SOC.

A premium tier phone is an incredibly powerful mobile computer. Someone buying at this price tier might want to know they really can replace some of their laptop or desktop use with their phone.

Performance testing is more involved than running a synthetic bench and comparing who’s number is bigger. Let’s dig a little deeper than that. Here’s the OnePlus 9 Pro: By The Benchmarks! Continue reading “OnePlus 9 Pro By the Benchmarks: Better Performance for the Price!”

OnePlus 9 Pro 8K Vlog! Let’s Really USE This Camera!

OnePlus 9 Pro 8K video samples!

Why show a couple little clips when we can try to shoot a whole video ALL from the phone! This is the best quality footage the phone can produce, so let’s do a little walk and talk vlog.

Sharing my first day impressions, show some samples, and we can take a listen to the mics on the OnePlus 9 Pro! Continue reading “OnePlus 9 Pro 8K Vlog! Let’s Really USE This Camera!”