What’s a new smartphone without talking about the cameras though, and the 108MP primary camera is a big boast by OnePlus here. In outdoor conditions, it does capture large amounts of detail that allow you to crop a certain part of the image, but indoors, it is riddled with high amounts of noise. The 3X lossless zoom is handy and does give mixed results, great on inanimate objects and not so on humans. The 2MP Macro lens makes a comeback here and it looks a bit improved over earlier iterations, churning out decent levels of detail. But it is a manual switching process as the lenses don’t shift automatically.
Overall, the camera performance is average for stills and video and the 108MP mode should be seen as a number and not a tool to make better-looking pictures. Eventually, your creativity will outshine the number and more impressive and useful is the Night Mode, which brightens up the image evenly without overcooking things.
Gaming and everyday performance remain typical OnePlus smooth, without any lag or latency, even with the display settings at their highest. It may not be as zippy around tasks and editing as the flagship 8 series of Snapdragon processors, but it gets the job done without any fuss.