OnePlus 9R review: The India-priced "R" — Snapdragon 870 and 120 Hz for less.
The Snapdragon 870 deal of its day.
9R brought the loved Snapdragon 870 — a binned 865 that ran cool and lasted — to a $540 OnePlus with 120 Hz and 65 W charging. The missing IP rating and macro filler were the cost; for India and Asia value-flagship buyers it was one of 2021's smart picks.
01Display
82/10082/100 puts it above the 79-point average for upper mid-range phones of 2021.
02Camera
74/10074/100 puts it above the 70-point average for upper mid-range phones of 2021.
03Performance
80/100At 80/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among upper mid-range phones of 2021 — 7 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
78/10078/100 — right at the average for upper mid-range phones of 2021.
05Build
78/10078/100 — right at the average for upper mid-range phones of 2021.
06Value
80/10080/100 puts it above the 75-point average for upper mid-range phones of 2021.
- Snapdragon 870 + 120 Hz Fluid AMOLED at $540 — India-priced flagship killer.
- 65 W charging at launch was class-leading.
- Sony IMX586 OIS main.
- OxygenOS 11 — the polished pre-merger build.
- 5 MP macro filler.
- No IP rating.
- Support ended.
- India-first availability.
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 9-phone cohort of upper mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .