Review on Renewed OnePlus 7 Pro GSM Unlocked Phone - 256GB, 6.7" Display, Mirror Grey, Android OS by Kio Mateo ᠌

Name: Renewed OnePlus 7 Pro GSM Unlocked Phone - 256GB, 6.7" Display, Mirror Grey, Android OS
Item: Renewed OnePlus 7 Pro GSM Unlocked Phone - 256GB, 6.7" Display, Mirror Grey, Android OS
Rating: 4

February 14, 2023

The item was good, I'll recommend it to my friends.

Didn't get higher.
nitpick #1. There is no slot for memory cards. In many ways, an atavism with such volumes of internal memory, but I felt all the perishability of this shortcoming, pumping 100 gigs of music and photos from the old phone to the new one via FTP.
nitpick #2. Proprietary charging. Guaranteed to fly past cans with QuickCharge, as well as fast charging away :(
nitpick #3. No 3.5mm jack. I realized this two weeks after the purchase, because. I have been using wireless headphones for 10 years, but sometimes I connect a dead headset with a wire. There is no adapter included.
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At one time, I was fascinated by the OnePlus 5 - fast, light, convenient, inexpensive, although in many ways a compromise. I closely followed the products of this company, trying to objectively compare with the products of others. I was really looking forward to a real frameless display, because in my mind I tightly connected this characteristic with the onset of the future. In addition to the frameless screen, an under-screen scanner came as a bonus, which only fixed the futuristic model in the mind. I reviewed a bunch of reviews on Proshka, and, probably, in vain - no wow effect from "the fastest android in the world !" I didn't survive. The phone turned out to be very good, but far from perfect. I didn’t want to compromise, especially for not the smallest money, but I succumbed to a moment of weakness on New Year’s holidays :)

In general, the purchase is satisfied. Over time, I got used to the large size and weight, I forgot about the curved screen - I remembered only when I finished the review, and not so dramatic changes in performance no longer torment my thrifty heart. I can rather call the phone worth the money, and 8/256 is, in my opinion, the optimal configuration. In OnePlus 5, 8 gigs of RAM was always enough for me, I don’t even know where 12 would be needed in the top version of Proshka. Given the release of the 7T Pro, I recommend that when choosing a phone, google the differences from the 7 Pro and weigh the pros and cons. Maybe you, like me, will understand that you are not ready to overpay for such meager innovations.

Pros

1. Screen. Before that, I used OnePlus 5, which at the end of 2022 was hopelessly outdated; since the beginning of 2022, several generations of "frameless" displays have passed - with terrible iPhone-style bangs, droplets, cutouts in the screen. Semi-frameless didn’t attract me, so I seriously looked at the OnePlus 7 Pro. The screen is very cool - amazing real colors (I compared the same pictures with the display of the 5th model and now I don’t know how to unsee orange instead of red on the last one), 2K, true frameless. I was very surprised in a positive sense by the feature with the display refresh rate - 90Hz is not just a marketing ploy, but a real boost to the user experience. 2. Battery. With such a screen, the battery holds just gorgeous. Even with 90Hz turned on. My record is 30 hours on a full battery (of which 10 with the screen on). I'll correct myself for being a fan of the most dim backlight in the lighting around me. 3. Shell. I just fell in love with this sophisticated combination of simplicity, minor one-of-a-kind know-how and subtle minimalism on the fifth model. I really didn’t want to get off Oxygen OS, and 7 Pro did not disappoint in this regard. The shell has not deteriorated at all with the new hardware and technology. 4. Fast charging. It fully charges in about an hour, but I never fully charge it - half an hour of charging is enough for me for a day with such autonomy. An added bonus was backwards compatibility with the dash charge from the old phone. 5. Other pleasant tinsel - the camera, leaving the top panel; already a traditional slider for switching sound profiles; subscreen fingerprint scanner; finally usb type-c 3.1 - you can connect your phone via HDMI to a monitor or TV; two SIM cards working in parallel; water resistance (not declared, but the feature is always at your own peril and risk, but here at least without an overpayment for certification); a simple silicone case for the first time included; 5G is optimistic to talk about it, but maybe the future will be much closer than we all think :)

Cons

1. Size and weight. The discouraging trend of flagship manufacturers towards megalomania. It sits uncomfortable in the hand, it is difficult to control with one hand. Heavy, especially after the light as a feather fifth one-place. They save the gestures that were still on the 7th android in the fifth model: you can set the action to double or long press the buttons on the control panel - open the curtain or application menu (replaces pressing the three vertical dots that usually design at the top of the application window), split the screen or the recent apps menu (double tapping this gesture will open the latest app). Buttons can be swapped, hidden, and more. This solution has an unfortunate minus - in the 10th android there are screen gestures that do not yet know such shortcuts. Screen gestures are stylish and fashionable, but the old-fashioned navigation still wins due to the above gestures in convenience, unfortunately :( 2. The curved screen is the strangest thing about this phone for me. When you read unscaled text in the browser, scrolling to the side, you get the feeling of folding a newspaper. It doesn't look very good, albeit nostalgically. (Reminiscent of the jelly effect in the fifth model? :)) It's good that at least there are no phantom clicks. 3. Performance. There is absolutely nothing to slow down, lag or throttling. I just want to urge the potential reader to soberly evaluate this device according to this criterion - reseeding from the flagship of the year before last, you are unlikely to feel some superbly fantastically gigantic acceleration. Well, at least I didn't feel it. 4. No LED indicator. For me, the most important and terrible retribution for framelessness. To replace it, there is Horizon Light - illumination of the side faces with one of four colors to choose from. The solution at first glance looks amazing, but in reality it is a stupid zilch, because the backlight does not repeat and depends on the currently selected display brightness. I never noticed it during use (partially to blame - I almost always have the backlight at a minimum).