SpecEagle review · OnePlus

OnePlus 9RT review: SD888 performance-tier R with 600 Hz touch sampling.

Item: OnePlus 9RT
Rating: 80
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Oct 2021·$599

Overall

80/100

Class rank

#1 of 22

Tier

Premium

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

A performance R-series flagship.

OnePlus 9RT brought SD888 and 600 Hz touch sampling to $599 with the IMX766 camera. A strong value flagship-killer of late 2021.

01Display

82/100

82/100 — right at the average for premium phones of 2021.

TypeFluid AMOLED, 120 Hz, 600 Hz touch

Size6.62 inches

Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px

02Camera

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for premium phones of 2021.

Main50 MP Sony IMX766, f/1.8, OIS

Ultrawide16 MP

Macro2 MP

Selfie16 MP

03Performance

82/100

82/100 puts it above the 77-point average for premium phones of 2021.

ChipsetSnapdragon 888 (5 nm)

RAM8 / 12 GB

Storage128 / 256 GB

04Battery

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 75-point average for premium phones of 2021.

Capacity4,500 mAh

Wired65 W

05Build

76/100

76/100 trails the 79-point cohort average for premium phones of 2021.

06Value

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 77-point average for premium phones of 2021.

What works

SD888 + 600 Hz touch at $599.
IMX766 OIS main.
65 W charging.
Alert slider.

What doesn't

SD888 thermals.
No IP rating.
No wireless charging.
ColorOS transition.

Cross-shop it against

Pixel 7

$599 · score 80/100

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