OnePlus 5 review: The 2017 OnePlus — first dual camera, eight gigs of RAM.
A 2017 value flagship — now a legacy device.
The OnePlus 5 brought a dual camera and up to 8 GB RAM to OnePlus’s value formula. Ended support and dated hardware place it in the past.
01Display
72/10072/100 trails the 78-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2017.
02Camera
70/10070/100 trails the 72-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2017.
03Performance
58/10058/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2017 — 14 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
66/10066/100 trails the 69-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2017.
05Build
78/10078/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2017.
06Value
82/100At 82/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2017 — 19 points above the cohort average.
- First OnePlus with a dual camera.
- Up to 8 GB of RAM — generous for 2017.
- Fast Dash Charge and clean OxygenOS.
- Light at 153 g.
- Mono speaker; no IP rating; no wireless charging.
- 1080p 60 Hz display.
- No 5G; software ended at Android 10.
- Discontinued.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 121-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .