The OnePlus 9 is a mid-range Android smartphone with some severe features. It offers a top-notch display, a fast-charging battery, and an excellent camera.
The phone feels premium and safe, with a curved back and a buffed metal frame. It also has the usual OnePlus three-position notification slider that lets you toggle, ring, vibrate, and be silent.
Display
If you’re looking for a top-tier mobile device with excellent performance, the Oneplus 9 Size is worth considering. It packs a powerful chipset, supports faster charging, features a large screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, and can be had with more RAM.
The display is a 6.7-inch AMOLED with LTPO technology, enabling it to adjust its refresh rate based on how much power you’re using. This allows for a higher refresh rate when you’re using the phone, like scrolling through web pages, and a lower one to save battery when viewing photos or watching videos.
This LTPO display can support HDR+ and has a native 10-bit color depth, meaning it can display up to 1.07 billion colors. That can lead to better color fidelity in photos and videos and a more dynamic range.
Camera
Cameras are always a big deal for smartphones, and the Oneplus 9 Size has a good one. It features a 48-megapixel primary camera, a 50MP ultra-wide sensor, and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens.
In addition, OnePlus has partnered with Swedish photography firm Hasselblad to enhance the camera software on its phones, which will hopefully result in natural color calibration and other tweaks that make the images more appealing.
In our tests, the primary camera could take perfect photos in various situations and conditions, including in low light. It also produced excellent results in the Nightscape mood mode, which uses HDR to combine multiple exposures and ensure that you get an image that’s well-detailed and free from noise.
Battery
The Oneplus 9 Size comes with a 4,500mAh battery, which is standard for this phone class. Other phones with similar capacity are the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra and Asus ROG 5.
The 4,500mAh battery in the Oneplus 9 Size is more than enough to get through a full day of mixed usage. It also has a new fast-charging option called Warp Charge 65T, which can take your battery from empty to 100% in half an hour.
Besides the impressive battery performance, the Oneplus 9 Size boasts a triple camera system. This includes the primary and ultra-wide camera and a 16 MP front-facing selfie shooter.
Performance
OnePlus has always prided itself on providing top-tier smartphone performance for less than its rivals. That includes top-tier processors, high refresh rate screens, ultrasonic shoulder buttons, and relatively lightweight software.
The Oneplus 9 Size is no exception to this rule, packing a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor and a 120Hz display with HDR10+ support. As a result, the phone loads apps and games quickly and rarely skips a frame when running heavy multitasking sessions.
It also has a solid battery life, lasting about 11 hours on a charge. That’s enough to get through most days of usage, although the fast charging feature can boost your battery from zero to 100 percent in just 30 minutes.