

If you like, you can spend an additional $69 on OnePlus’ new Warp Charge 50 wireless charger. The 65W charger comes in the box (pictured with the regular OnePlus 9).

AT&T 5G support doesn’t appear to be in the cards at all, and as for Verizon, OnePlus says that it “continues to work with Verizon to certify both the 9 and 9 Pro on its 5G network.” Later, on March 26th, Verizon announced that it would support 5G on the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro. If you buy it unlocked, as of now, it will only work with T-Mobile’s 5G network. It supports both Sub-6 and millimeter-wave (mmWave) styles of 5G, but there’s a significant caveat: the phone supports it, but OnePlus has only managed to land 5G certification from its carrier partner, T-Mobile. There’s no microSD card slot for storage expansion in either model. Unfortunately, this configuration isn’t sold in North America - OnePlus originally expected to make it available, but later said that supply constraints led it to offer only the more expensive version with 256GB of storage and 12GB of RAM.

The OnePlus 9 Pro has the top-tier Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor, which is paired with eight gigs of RAM on the 128GB model. Unfortunately, the trade-off is that they aren’t very strong I often can’t feel it vibrate in my pocket.
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Speaking of vibration, the haptics on the OnePlus 9 Pro aren’t sloppy at all, unlike many Android phones. It may still be my favorite feature on OnePlus phones, and I remain baffled as to why more Android phone makers don’t adopt a physical ringer switch. To be fair, OnePlus does keep some of its identity in the three-stage ringer switch, which easily lets you toggle between a ringer, vibration, and fully silent. I get that there are only so many ways to sandwich curved glass and aluminum together, but it’s uncanny. Shift a couple of buttons around, move the selfie camera to the middle, and swap out the logo, and it’s the same design.

It’s also the spitting image of a Galaxy S20 Plus. Both phones have similarly curved glass and molded aluminum rails. OnePlus’ flagship phones always come with a laundry list of top-of-the-line specs, but what makes the OnePlus 9 Pro good isn’t the numbers it’s how well those specs translate into one of the best experiences you can get using Android. The $1069 OnePlus 9 Pro (the only option in North America, other parts of the world have access to a slightly less expensive model) achieves that goal with only a handful of notable compromises. LG, Motorola, and even Google sell more phones here than OnePlus does.īut after nearly seven years and dozens of phones, OnePlus has established itself as a brand that can make great phones that are serious alternatives to the mainstream. Samsung has the carrier relationships, quality, and marketing that have led directly to market share. If you live in the US and you’re buying an Android phone, chances are very high that you’ll end up with a Samsung Galaxy phone. Yet in terms of market and mind share, it’s still destined to be a niche device for a small group of enthusiasts looking for a specific kind of elegance in their Android device. The OnePlus 9 Pro is a legitimate flagship phone that is genuinely competitive with the best Android phones on the market - at least from a features and quality perspective.
