SpecEagle review · OnePlus

OnePlus 6 review: The 2018 OnePlus — glass design, Snapdragon 845, sharp price.

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2018·$529
Overall
74/100
Class rank
#63 of 138
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

A 2018 value-flagship staple — now legacy.

The OnePlus 6 delivered the Snapdragon 845 and a glass design at a value price, headphone jack included. Ended support places it in the past.

01Display

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2018.

TypeOptic AMOLED, 60 Hz
Size6.28 inches
Resolution2,280 × 1,080 px (402 ppi)
ProtectionGorilla Glass 5

02Camera

72/100

72/100 trails the 75-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2018.

Main16 MP, f/1.7, OIS
Depth20 MP, f/1.7
Selfie16 MP, f/2.0
Video4K @ 60 fps

03Performance

64/100

64/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2018 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetSnapdragon 845 (10 nm)
CPU8 cores
GPUAdreno 630
RAM6 GB / 8 GB
Storage64 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB

04Battery

66/100

66/100 trails the 72-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2018.

Capacity3,300 mAh
Wired20 W Dash Charge
WirelessNo

05Build

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2018.

06Value

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2018 — 19 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • Snapdragon 845 flagship speed at a value price.
  • New glass design; kept the headphone jack.
  • Fast, clean OxygenOS.
  • Light at 177 g.
What doesn't
  • No IP rating; mono speaker; no wireless charging.
  • Small 3,300 mAh battery.
  • No 5G; software ended at Android 11.
  • Discontinued.
Cross-shop it against
Galaxy Note 10+
$1099 · score 90/100

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 138-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .