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OnePlus 7 Pro Mobile Phone
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4.4 out of 5
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Hardware

Operating systemOxygenOSAndroid 6.0Android 7.1
N/A
CPU clock speed2.84 GHz2.3 GHz1.6 GHz2.0 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-coreQuad-core8-core
CPU modelQualcomm Snapdragon 855Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890Kryo 260Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
RAM memory
  • 12 GB
  • 6 GB
  • 8 GB
4 GB4 GB
  • 3 GB
  • 4 GB
GPU model
N/A
ARM Mali-T880 MP12Qualcomm Adreno 509
N/A

Display

Screen size6.67 in5.7 in
N/A
6.3 in
Resolution3120 x 1440 px1440 x 2560 px1080 x 2160 px2340 x 1080 px
TechnologyFluid AmoledAMOLEDIPS TFT
N/A
Pixel density516.0 ppi518.0 ppi403.0 ppi
N/A
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 3DCorning Gorilla Glass 5.0
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Touchscreen
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Number of colors
N/A
16.7M16.7M
N/A
Panel type
N/A
OLEDLCD
N/A
Dual screen support
N/A
no
N/A
N/A
Scratch resistant display
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
HDR
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Multi touch
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution48.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx48.0 Mpx
Resolution (second camera)8.0 Mpx
N/A
N/A
8.0 Mpx
Resolution (third camera)16.0 Mpx
N/A
N/A
2.0 Mpx
Lens aperture (second camera)F/2.4
N/A
N/A
F/2.2
Lens aperture (third camera)F/2.2
N/A
N/A
F/2.4
Field of View (FoV) (third camera)117.0 °
N/A
N/A
N/A
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
N/A
Automatic
Optical zoom3x
N/A
N/A
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.5"
N/A
1/2"
Primary lens aperture
N/A
1.7 f
N/A
N/A
Video recording
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Highest video resolution
N/A
4096 x 2160 px
N/A
N/A
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
30.0 fps
N/A
N/A
Autofocus
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Burst Mode
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Face detectionFace recognitionyes
N/A
Face recognition
Geo-tagging
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Gesture Shot
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
HDR Capture
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
LED Flash
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Optical image stabilization
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Panorama
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Slow-Mo
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Smile detection
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Touch focus
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Number of rear cameras
N/A
N/A
1
N/A
Resolution (fourth camera)
N/A
N/A
N/A
2.0 Mpx
Lens aperture (fourth camera)
N/A
N/A
N/A
F/2.4
Primary Field of View (FoV)
N/A
N/A
N/A
79.4 °
Field of View (FoV) (second camera)
N/A
N/A
N/A
120.0 °

Front camera

Primary resolution16.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx
Face detectionFace recognitionyes
N/A
Face recognition
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
N/A
Automatic
Lens apertureF/2.0
N/A
N/A
F/2.0
Light sourceDisplay flash
N/A
N/A
N/A
Number of front cameras
N/A
N/A
1
N/A

Storage

Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 256 GB
64 GB64 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card reader
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Maximum card storage
N/A
256GB
N/A
N/A
Types of memory card supported
N/A
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
N/A
N/A

Dimensions

Height6.4 in6.04 in6.24 in6.23 in
Width2.99 in2.91 in2.97 in2.96 in
Depth0.35 in0.31 in0.32 in0.33 in
Weight7.27 oz5.96 oz6.38 oz6.7 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyes
N/A
yes
Gyroscopeyesyesyesyes
Fingerprint
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Barometer
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Thermometer
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
ANT+
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A

Cellular

Data transmission
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • EV-DO
  • HSDPA
  • HSUPA
  • HSPA+
  • FDD-LTE
  • TDD-LTE
HSPA+
N/A
  • VoLTE
  • FDD-LTE
  • TDD-LTE
Navigation system
  • GPS
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • BeiDou
  • Galileo
  • SBAS
GLONASSGLONASS
  • GPS
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • BeiDou
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
N/A
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
UMTS frequences
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
  • 2100 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Wireless networking standard
N/A
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
N/A
N/A
2G GSM
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
3G UMTS
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
4G LTE
N/A
yesyes
N/A
LTE frequencies
N/A
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
  • 2500 MHz
N/A
N/A
Mobile hotspot
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Streaming standards
N/A
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
  • MirrorLink
N/A
N/A

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