OnePlus 11 5G (Titan Black, 8GB RAM, 128GB Storage)

Been using OnePlus 11 for about a week now and at this price range there's no phone right now which can be considered as an overall package.Pros -Extraordinary battery life and even better 100W charging. You'll always appreciate how this makes your life easier when you know you can get your phone charged to 50% in 10 minutes.I don't think I need to review the SoC which is 8gen2. It's not about how super powerful it is but how good it works in terms of efficiency and heating. Though it is start of summer only, I haven't felt gte phone heating up even once. It's like these two problems which ruined last two years Android scene are non existent this time.Display is quite capable with Dolby vision and Dolby Atmos tech, the viewing experience is as immersive as it gets at this price or may be higher.Haptics are awesome, you don't see (feel) haptics as good as this except iphones or pixels.Color OS inspired Oxygen OS is quite good and if we ignore some bugs highlighted by MKBHD. I moved from OnePlus 6 which was maybe pinnacle of OnePlus and Oxygen OS to this and I feel like it's an upgrade.4 years of OS updates and 5 years of security updates. Their updates are not as frequent and useful as Google but this adds to phone's overall life. You can at least get it repaired and have parts replaced in this window. I couldn't get power button replaced on my old OP6 because it was out of support.Camera is decent. It is actually competing with Samsung and iPhones and beating them in low light shots. This is change as OnePlus cameras used to be B+ which is now A- with other flagships at A+ but they also don't come this cheap except pixel. One disappointment is front facing camera. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE IF YOU'RE A SELFIE LOVER and don't like Vivo and Oppo approach of making your skin look smooth and brighter. Front video is also called at 1080p which is a shame. Should have been 4k30 at least.Cons - as said earlier, there are some annoying bugs/features in UI which can be easily fixed through a small update.Display is not brighter indoor as iphones and Samsung ultras but you won't feel if you haven't seen those.One very apparent disadvantage vis a vis S23 is lack of Wireless charging and IP rating. These are compromises which I think ok to not have if we are getting quad HD display at this price. Although I would have preferred reverse wireless charging so I could charge my earbuds on the go.And last, the most beautiful thing about his phone is it comes with charger and screen guard and a phone case in the box. Appreciate this when trillion dollar companies like Google and Apple don't provide this despite charging more than 1 lakh.I hope you find this helpful. I was criticizing OnePlus and Qualcomm heavily for past two years on all platforms but this is the year they have turned it around.

Operating system -Coming to OxygenOS from MIUI, it is a pretty good switch. I have never used OxygenOS or ColorOS so I am not the best person to tell you whether this thing has been downgraded from previous versions or not but in my personal experience, the UI experience has been super clean, no bloatwares, a lot of good tutorials spread throughout the UI to help me understand the OS which was also good. Haptic feedback is also very good, I had not realised how much a good haptic feedback can improve the overall experience until now. There were couple bugs which were super minor. But overall it's a pretty solid and minimalistic software experience!There are the multitasking features which allow you to use multiple apps at once and it is super convenient. On landscape mode the notification panel changes to better fit the orientation. There are just small quality of life things in this software which I really love and find useful.One thing I despise about the software is the individual notifications, it is super annoying, you cannot expand the notification by swiping, you need to click the notification to expand it, then click it again to open the application. I hope OnePlus fixes this or at least adds a toggle to change the behaviour.Cameras -I am not a big camera enthusiast, but I can pretty much tell that the cameras on these probably cannot keep up with Google, Samsung or Apple's offerings in this price range. It's still pretty decent and in 2-3 shots you get the product you want and shutter speed is also decent. Overall it's good enough for a casual user.Screen -It's good. I don't have much else to say in this department.Battery Life -Lasts me about a full day on moderate usage on pretty high brightness and on 1440p. But what is exceptionally better for me is the charging speed. I just plug it in and in about 20 minutes I got a full battery, it doesn't heat a lot either which tells me battery health will probably be good for longer.Performance -It's really good on casual usage. I am not too sure about gaming though, I am not a heavy mobile gamer, I prefer my laptop over mobile for gaming, just going off the online reviews, this is probably not the best mobile for gaming.Design -It's good enough for casual users. Camera bump was slightly annoying at first but I got used to it. I am not a big fan of glass backs so I am glad this came with a case which is also really grippy and good enough for most people. Alert slider was something I didn't know I needed, it's a really good feature.Sound -It's good. Again, not much I can say here.Overall if you are a casual user who wants a well rounded phone for day to day use, this is a pretty solid option for an android phone.

The performance of the phone is good and the camera's of the phone are better than any midrange smartphone but not as good as samsung and iphone camera's . The display is good since it is fixed with the metallic frame providing a premium phone feeling. The phone gets little warm while charging but the charging speed is amazing . You have to charge your phone twice because the battery drains fastly due hungry snapdragon 8gen2 processor. The phone is descent and totally value for money if you get if under 44k .