The OnePlus 10T is priced the same as the Pixel 6, skips the zoom camera just like Google’s phone, and has a snappy and simple Android interface, again like, you guessed it, the Pixel 6.
That’s why we’re featuring the new OnePlus 10T vs. the “old” Google Pixel 6 to help you decide which one to get ahead of the September launch date here in the US, based on their performance benchmarks. camera, screen and processor. .
OnePlus 10T vs Google Pixel 6, the main differences:
- Record 150W fast wired charging on the OnePlus 10T, but no wireless charging
- The smaller Pixel 6 screen has a better color presentation but a lower refresh rate
- Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset is faster than Google’s Tensor 1 and offers better 5G connectivity
- The OnePlus 10 comes with double the RAM and basic storage of the Pixel 6
- Two color options vs. three
- 50 MP cameras, but Google is still the boss of mobile photography
Design and display quality
The OnePlus 10T is arguably the sleeker phone on the front, with the slimmest screen bezels and squared-off look of the Pixel 6. On the back, though, it’s a toss-up between the OnePlus camera merged with the side frame and Pixel 6’s unorthodox camera “strip”.
The Pixel’s design is a bit more comfortable to hold and use with one hand, not only because it’s more compact, but also because the raised camera strip serves as a great place to press your index finger. The OnePlus 10T’s raised camera area contains three cameras and a flash, while the Google strip has two and a flash, making it look pretty bare in comparison.
The 10T has two color options – Moonstone Black and Jade Green – which, despite the drastic difference in texture and appearance, are achieved by using a glass back. The Pixel 6, by comparison, offers three colors: Kinda Coral, Sorta Seafoam, and Stormy Black, and again offers a glass back that has a wireless charging coil inside, unlike the OnePlus 8T which only charge with the monstrous brick of 150 W. .
Displays
We have to give it to Google and its Pixel line when it comes to displaying colors. While phones from the BBK holding, such as those from Oppo or OnePlus, offer rare unit factory calibration on high-end models for maximum wide-gamut coverage, Google’s Pixels have perfect screen calibration even towards the mid-range currently occupied by the Pixel 6.
Of course, Google’s midranger has a smaller 6.4-inch 1080p panel with “only” a 90Hz refresh rate, versus the OnePlus 10T’s 6.7-inch OLED display with a rate of 120Hz dynamic refresh, but our display benchmarks reveal some weaknesses like a cold white balance or too high of a Delta E in the grayscale, which means colors that differ from the benchmark.
The Pixel 6, on the other hand, has one of the lowest Deltas we’ve measured, near-perfect white balance, and brightness on par with the OnePlus 10T, as if to offset the OnePlus phone’s higher refresh rate .
Performance and software
The OnePlus 10T is powered by the flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor paired with up to 16GB of RAM. If you pre-order the OnePlus 10T in the US, you’ll also get a free upgrade to the 16GB/256GB version. On the software side, we have Android 12, with OnePlus’ OxygenOS 12.1 overlay on top.
The Pixel 6 is powered by Google’s Tensor processor, along with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of basic storage. While both phones do well with their lightweight Android interfaces, the OnePlus 10T runs on the most powerful Android chipset out there, so Google’s Tensor has a hard time catching up, especially when it comes to of games or 5G connectivity where Qualcomm has no equal in terms of supported bands and filters.
But let’s look at the raw specs of our performance benchmarks and let them speak for themselves, especially in the 3D graphics rendering section, which is important if you play a lot of games on your phone, here the 10T easily beats the Pixel 6:
camera
The OnePlus 10T has a large but aesthetically pleasing camera island on the back, which houses three sensor and lens combinations, only one of which makes sense, the 50MP main camera with the Sony sensor. The 8MP ultra-wide camera and 2MP macro camera are compromises, and they seem to be there to count.
Can Google compete with the Pixel 6’s 50MP main camera and 12MP ultrawide sensor against the new OnePlus 10T? It can, and then some, as you can see in the samples below.
The crowd-pleasing OnePlus camera algorithms produce overly warm, yellowish images with an unnatural contrast boost. Photos lose some detail in the process, while the Pixel 6 not only manages to capture very realistic and true-to-life colors both indoors and outdoors, it also captures more detail and images have less blur without over-sharpening , and the same thing happens. for the 4K sample videos of the two phones below.
Audio quality
Both the OnePlus 10T and Pixel 6 list “dual stereo speakers” among their virtues, but it’s a single speaker augmented by using the earpiece as the other to keep the stereo sound out of balance. The sound from both phones won’t shake your socks off, especially in the lows and mids, but both are loud enough to annoy people on your morning commute.
It’s also worth noting that the phones don’t have a headphone jack, so you’ll have to pick your USB-C or wireless headphone poison if you don’t want to use the “stereo speakers.”
Battery life and charging
The added value of the OnePlus 10T is its 150W charging system that pumps its 4800mAh dual-cell battery full of electrons for less than 20 minutes. We measured 23 minutes, to be exact, but that was from a completely drained state, not the 1% measured by OnePlus.
To top it off, OnePlus also notes that steps have been taken to ensure this super-fast (“SUPERVOOC”) charging is safe by installing 13 temperature sensors inside the phone’s battery system and introducing self-healing battery materials which make it good for 1600. load cycles, twice the current average.
There’s no wireless charging like on the Pixel 6, but the ultra-fast cable and the inclusion of its 150W brick in the box more than makes up for it. In short, both battery life and charging rounds go to the OnePlus 10T here.
Comparison of specifications
SpecificationsOnePlus 10TGoogle Pixel 6Dimensions163 mm x 75.37 mm x 8.75 mm6.24 x 2.94 x 0.35 inches (158.6 x 74.8 x 8.9 mm)Weight203.5 grams7.30 oz (207, 0 g) resolution of 40 pixels AMOLED from 4 p. inch) 120 Hz refresh rateHDR10+6.4 inch, AMOLED 2400 x 1080 resolution, (390 pixels per inch) 90 Hz refresh rateHDR10+ProcessorQualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1Google Tensor 1RAM8 GB / 12 GB / 16 GB Camera main OIS 8 GB MP ultra-wide 2 MP macro 50 MP main (with OIS) 12 MP ultra-wide Front camera 16 MP 8 MP front Battery size 4,800 mAh 4,614 mAh Charging speeds 150W (wired) No wireless charging (150W charger included in the box)30W (wired)15W (wireless) )(No charger included in the box)Price $649 for the 8GB RAM / 128GB storage variant $749 for the storage variant 16GB RAM / 256GB $599 for the 8GB RAM / 128GB storage variant
Conclusion: OnePlus 10T or Pixel 6, which one to buy?
While the specifications of the OnePlus 10T and Google Pixel 6 are quite similar, as you might expect given their respective price bracket, the newer phone is definitely the faster one with its Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and the loading speed of 20 minutes. When it comes to photography, the Pixel 6 has the best position, although both have 50MP main cameras.
In other words, if in-game performance, record-breaking loading speeds, and a larger screen with a smoother refresh rate are more important to you than better dynamic range or night colors in your photos and loading without threads, opt for the OnePlus 10T which is now available to order. with a free storage upgrade to boot.
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