Right, let’s address the elephant in the room: the absolutely gargantuan 7,100mAh battery. This is, frankly, nuts. OnePlus claims it’ll last for up to 2.5 days, and for once, the marketing blurb isn't far off. We're talking 27+ hours of YouTube, 18+ hours of Instagram, or a marathon 9+ hours of BGMI on a single charge. Battery anxiety is officially a thing of the past. These are OnePlus’s numbers, though. We got a day and a half’s worth of juice, leaving 20 to 30% left in the tank for day 2. Our usage included WhatsApp messaging, Reels, Netflix, calling, doomscrolling and a bit of photography. Gaming was thrown in as well.
When you do eventually drain it, the 80W SUPERVOOC charging will juice it back up in a jiffy. Powering this endurance champion is the MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Apex chipset, a nippy processor built on a 4nm process that balances power with efficiency. Paired with up to 8GB of LPDDR5X RAM, it handles multitasking and demanding games like BGMI at up to 90 FPS with ease. Oh, and yes, there are no stereo speakers here. The earpiece does not double as a speaker while gaming or watching content. To stop things getting toasty, there's a large CryoVelocity VC Cooling system. And for all you digital hoarders, there’s even a microSD slot for up to 1TB of extra storage.