1. Introduction and pictures
OnePlus is special, and it can even be said to be different. This domestic mobile phone brand founded eight years ago has been active in overseas markets most of the time, and has always established a high-end tonality.
It is undeniable that OnePlus’ overseas strategy is successful. In just a few years, it has won the top spot in the Indian high-end smartphone market, surpassing Samsung and Apple in share. There are not many domestic brands that can do this, and OnePlus is one of them.
Taking advantage of the Review, let’s briefly talk about the reasons why OnePlus has been able to operate smoothly in overseas markets. This is due to the product itself. OnePlus has maintained its annual flagship position since its inception, and the quality is really good. For example, it has been supported very early. The harsh IP68 level, which represents the quality of the body, is also the highlight of the flagship over the years.
The most important thing is that the OnePlus mobile phone was previously equipped with hydrogen/oxygen OS, and the operation logic is close to the native Android system, which is in line with the usage habits of foreigners, but the domestic UI functions are richer and more localized. Therefore, the OnePlus previously equipped with hydrogen OS Mobile phones are a niche in China, not mainstream.
OnePlus realized this and began to change the UI of domestic mobile phones to Color OS for One Plus. At the same time, it changed its marketing strategy and merged with OPPO for resource integration. These measures indicate that OnePlus is beginning to enter the mass market.
OnePlus 9RT is the first new phone released after OnePlus was integrated into OPPO. From the perspective of configuration, it should belong to the flagship level. Let’s see what is different.
Oneplus 9RT offers three colors: hacker silver, dark matter, and blue sky enchantment. This one in my hand is hacker silver. Different colors of the phone have different craftsmanship. For example, hacker silver has left and right diffuse reflection gradient texture, and dark matter uses the second generation Silk glass, similar to the OnePlus 9 Pro.
mobile phone packaging
mobile phone packaging
front of phone
front of phone
front of phone
The front of the OnePlus 9RT uses an AMOLED straight screen, with a hole in the upper left corner, the size is acceptable, and the chin control is also acceptable. It is a common mainstream form at present. There is nothing to say on the whole. It is a micro-curved screen, which is another choice for those who prefer a straight screen, which reduces the accidental edge touch when playing games.
front of phone
front of phone
In terms of parameters, OnePlus 9RT uses a 6.62-inch Samsung E4 screen with a resolution of 2400×1080, supports 120Hz refresh rate, 600Hz touch sampling rate, local peak brightness of 1300nit, supports HDR10+, 10,000-level dimming, front and rear dual light perception, sRGB, Display P3 and other characteristics.
OnePlus 9RT does not support high-resolution screens. It should be related to positioning and cost, but it uses a technology called sub-pixel rendering. It is said that the clarity of icons and text has been improved by 100%, which should be a further refinement of icons and text. , the actual look and feel is still incomparable with 2K resolution.
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
camera module
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
OnePlus has always emphasized the feel of the phone, which is actually inseparable from the quality of the body. This is the case with the OnePlus 9RT. The body material is quite similar to the flagship OnePlus 9 series. Personally, I think it may be the same back cover, just open The hole is different.
The back cover of the hacker silver adopts a left and right diffuse reflection gradient texture, which is different from the frosted effect of the AG process. It is a bright surface material. Although it is stained with fingerprints, it is not obvious. The second generation of silk glass, personally feel better, you can go to the physical store to feel it.
The right side of the fuselage is a three-stage switch and a power button
On the left side of the fuselage is the volume key
The top of the fuselage is a noise-cancelling microphone
The bottom of the fuselage is a SIM card slot, a noise-cancelling microphone, a USB Type-C interface, and a speaker.
Package comes with 65W charger and data cable, phone case, sticker
2. System and Highlights
OnePlus 9RT comes with ColorOS 12 pre-installed at the factory, and Android 12 of most models is still in the public beta state, so the phone is pre-installed with ColorOS 12 based on Android 11, but apart from the underlying difference, there is no difference between the beta version and the public beta version.
Although it is ColorOS 12, it is still in the style of hydrogen OS as a whole. For example, the App icon and time display retain the unique red color of OnePlus. Status, the design seems to have done “subtraction”, and more reserved is the function.
ColorOS 12 optimizes the small window function. The floating window can be enabled by sliding to the top of the app interface, and the size can be adjusted at the same time. It can display more apps on the same screen. It is a common function at present, and it is quite convenient to use in practice.
With the gradual improvement of the status of mobile phones, computers can no longer meet the needs of daily office work, so the interconnection between the two has become inevitable. ColorOS 12 supports cross-screen interconnection. The content displayed on the mobile phone can be projected to the PC side, and it supports mouse control. It can also be used on the PC side. Swipe short videos, a new way to fish for it.
Game shortcut bar
Game shortcut bar
The game mode has been improved, and the game shortcut bar can be opened by swiping in the upper left corner. In addition to some common functions, the ColorOS 12 equipped with OnePlus 9RT has an extreme frame stabilization function, which, as the name suggests, further stabilizes the game frame rate, but currently only supports “Genshin Impact” , other games cannot be opened for the time being.
To put it simply, the advantages of using ColorOS 12 on OnePlus phones definitely outweigh the disadvantages. Although hydrogen OS has the characteristics of simplicity and smoothness, it is also considered to be simple in function, so ColorOS 12 is more suitable for the usage habits of domestic users.
3. Performance and Gaming
In terms of core configuration, the OnePlus 9RT is equipped with the Snapdragon 888 processor, which is further upgraded compared to the Snapdragon 870 of the previous generation. It is equipped with LDDDR5 memory and UFS 3.1 flash memory. It is the current mainstream performance three-piece, and the OnePlus 9 series There is overlap. So there is the saying of backstab, let’s not talk about it, let’s take a look at its running score performance.
After the actual test, the AnTuTu score of OnePlus 9RT is 787737, which is the normal performance of the Snapdragon 888 model, and it lags behind the OnePlus 9 Pro as a whole. By comparing the sub-scores, it is found that the OnePlus 9RT mainly lags behind the UX and GPU scores. It’s a bit ahead.
The reason is that the OnePlus 9RT is not equipped with a high-resolution screen. The improvement of the GPU should be due to the adjustment algorithm. Compared with the OnePlus 9 series, it is more unrestrained, indicating that the official has enough confidence in the heat dissipation of the machine.
The machine has built-in super large VC, thickened graphite plate, and 11 copper carbons. It is claimed that the heat dissipation efficiency has increased by 20%, and it is said that OnePlus has the best heat dissipation in history. Whether this is the case, let’s see the actual test.
——”Peace Elite”
Turn on the highest picture quality (90fps) supported by OnePlus 9RT
game fps
Body temperature
Almost all game-oriented mobile phones will optimize “Peace Elite” separately. After all, it is a popular mobile game. After 20 minutes of the game, the performance of OnePlus 9RT is stable, and the frame rate is almost a straight line, but it seems that there are some frame drops in the follow-up, but always It is maintained above 80fps, and there is no large frame drop.
The temperature of the fuselage is slightly unexpected. The 20-minute “Peace Elite” has almost no heat, the average temperature is 35.2, and the highest is only 37.3, which is better than the Black Shark 4S tested before.
– “Original God”
Turn on the highest picture quality (60fps) supported by OnePlus 9RT
game fps
Body temperature
OnePlus 9RT and “Genshin Impact” have reached a strategic partnership, and also launched a limited gift box. It stands to reason that the game performance will be better, but the actual test is a little different, and the machine still locks the frame as the temperature increases.
The data shows that the OnePlus 9RT can barely maintain 60fps at the beginning, it reaches 50fps in about 5 minutes, and finally stabilizes to about 45fps. According to the official statement, the optimization of “Yuan Shen” should be in the early stage, and the game experience will be continuously optimized from the technical level in the future.
The temperature performance is even more surprising. There is no obvious body heat in the whole process. The measured average temperature is 33.4, and the highest temperature is only 37.3. However, you must know that this is in exchange for locking frames. I hope that the subsequent optimization can stabilize to 60fps.
– “Glory of the King”
Turn on the highest picture quality (90fps) supported by OnePlus 9RT
game fps
For the MOBA mobile game “Honor of Kings”, the Snapdragon 888 is slightly easier, and it is completely stable to 90 frames. The frame drop during the period is caused by opening the game shortcut bar and switching the screen, which is a normal performance.
4. Video and photography
The camera is the biggest difference between the machine and the OnePlus 9 series. The rear is a 50-megapixel main camera (IMX766, OIS optical image stabilization) + 16-megapixel 123° ultra-wide-angle + 2-megapixel 4cm macro lens. Compared with the main camera One plus 9R has improved, but the macro lens has been reduced to 2 million pixels.
In terms of functions, OnePlus 9RT has a new Nighthawk night scene algorithm and a 100 million superpixel algorithm. The specific performance is shown in the proofs.
1. Daytime proofs
High-rise buildings (default 12MP f/1.8 ISO-301 for the main camera)
Roadside buildings (default 12MP f/1.8 ISO-100 for the main camera)
Roadside Architecture (Main Crop 2x Zoom f/1.8 ISO-154)
Roadside Architecture (Main Crop 5x Zoom f/1.8 ISO-135)
Roadside buildings (super wide-angle not turned on)
Roadside buildings (with ultra-wide-angle turned on)
Plants (main macro f/1.8 ISO-401)
Plants (Macro 2MP f/2.4 ISO-250)
On the whole, compared to the OnePlus 9R, the 50-megapixel IMX766 main camera has indeed improved a lot. Daytime scenes retain a lot of details, especially in terms of zoom. The macro benefits from OIS anti-shake and large aperture, compared to the main camera. 2 million macro has better blur effect, but macro mode restores rich details, each has its own advantages.
2. Night proofs
Roadside buildings (default 12MP f/1.8 ISO-1506 for the main camera)
Roadside buildings (default 12 million pixels f/1.8 ISO-945 when the night scene main camera is turned on)
Roadside buildings (manually lower the brightness, the main camera defaults to 12 million pixels f/1.8 ISO-370)
Roadside buildings (default 12MP f/1.8 ISO-782 for the main camera)
Roadside buildings (default 12MP f/1.8 ISO-423 for the main camera)
Roadside buildings (default 12MP f/1.8 ISO-611 for the main camera)
In terms of night scenes, the OnePlus 9RT has made significant progress compared to the previous generation. It is no longer focused on improving the brightness, but the shooting is clear enough, and the image has almost no noise. It seems that the new Nighthawk night scene algorithm is indeed useful, and can even be compared with the OnePlus 9. Pro hit a dozen.
The control of light needs to be improved. For example, in the case of sufficient light, it will cause color casts in light recognition, and it is necessary to manually lower the brightness to restore the true color, but this is also a common problem of many mobile phones.
5. Battery life and charging
The OnePlus 9RT is equipped with a 4500mAh battery, which is a common battery capacity at present, but the battery life of the phone really surprised me. Let’s take a look at its test results and continue to use the AnTuTu stress test function for super power consumption. test.
Stress test is a built-in function of AnTuTu Review. It tests the stability of device performance by performing high-load operations. It requires a lot of calculations by the CPU, so the power consumption is larger than that of video and daily use.
Test conditions: no SIM card inserted, the device is connected to Wi-Fi, the positioning is turned on, the battery is fully charged, the screen brightness is adjusted to the highest, and all background services are turned off. Open the AnTuTu stress test, test continuously, and record the remaining battery power of the device every 30 minutes.
In the super power consumption test, OnePlus 9RT lasted for 230 minutes, which is really unexpected. You must know that this is a model equipped with Snapdragon 888 and 4500mAh battery. For comparison, a gaming phone equipped with Snapdragon 888 has a 6000mAh battery. The battery is only 240 minutes, and the Snapdragon 888 model, which is also 4500mAh, rarely breaks through the 200-minute stress test.
Looking at the stress test curve of OnePlus 9RT, it was found that the CPU maintained a high frequency in the early stage, but as the temperature of the fuselage became hot, the CPU began to reduce the frequency, which may have reached the set temperature threshold, and then the fuselage became hot. control, so the power consumption decreases, and accordingly, the stress test time is longer.
The last is the battery life estimation, because this result is obtained when the CPU is always fully loaded, considering our daily use and screen time, so this data needs to be converted into multiples, and it is concluded that the function has more than 8 hours of continuous use Time, pay attention to continuous use, not to turn off the screen every day, reply to messages, etc.
Then let’s look at charging. OnePlus 9RT supports 65T wired fast charging. The official suffix T here does not indicate what it means. It should support the PD33W fast charging protocol on the basis of 65W, and the highest power is still 65W wired fast charging. What is the speed? , to actually test it.
After the actual test, it took 28 minutes to charge the OnePlus 9RT to 100%, of which 49% was charged in 10 minutes, nearly half of it. Although it is not as fast as 100W charging, this speed is sufficient for daily use.
6. Summary
OnePlus 9RT is a model that caters to the mainstream inside and out. It has completely removed the niche label, especially at the software level, and has kept the same pace as the domestic UI, that is, it has rich functions, everything that should be there, and the same hardware. in this way.
Speaking of hardware, the phone is an upgraded version of the 9R, but I don’t know if it was intentional or not. It seems to have backstabbed the existing OnePlus 9. This is inevitable at the beginning of the series, especially this year’s lack of cores, which can easily lead to overlapping positioning. , can only say a long live understanding.
On the whole, the positioning of OnePlus 9RT is biased towards games, such as the straight screen on the front and the heat dissipation configuration of the stacking materials, all of which are more suitable for playing games. The actual game experience does have a few brushes, which may be the most stable mainstream mobile phone for playing games at present. one.
Then there are photos and battery life. The introduced Nighthawk night scene algorithm has a good effect. Compared with the previous generation, the improvement is obvious, and it can even be compared with the OnePlus 9 Pro. In terms of battery life, the same 4500mAh has an impressive battery life, which I hope will continue to the OnePlus 9 series.
As mentioned earlier, the OnePlus 9RT is the first new phone released by the brand after integrating OPPO. Except for its similar appearance to the previous generation, it can be seen that the OnePlus 9RT is not the same as the new phones released before. The OnePlus 9 series was released before. At the time, going out of the circle became a high-frequency word, so the OnePlus 9RT is a model that is completely out of the circle.
What is more rare is that the machine inherits the high quality that is rarely seen at the same price, and it still feels more comfortable. It can be said that OnePlus RT is still the youth with exquisite appearance, but the heart has been full of vicissitudes. Furthermore, the huge changes in UI and resource integration are more like an inevitable compromise on the way to growth.
It’s not that the hydrogen OS is easy to use, but the mobile phone market in the Red Sea is destined to be difficult for the niche.
