The OnePlus 12 smartphone drops to a file low of $650 for Prime Day

In our evaluate of the OnePlus 12, we stated the smartphone’s affordability was top-of-the-line issues about it. Now, thank’s to Amazon’s upcoming Prime Day sale, that is an much more compelling level. A 19 % low cost drops the worth to $650 for the mannequin with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. That’s a a brand new all-time low (it is gone for $700 a couple of instances beforehand). The model with 16GB/512GB can be $150 off and all the way down to $750.

Other than being an important worth for a flagship cellphone, the OnePlus additionally has strong cameras that take sharp and clear photographs. Just be aware that the digital camera module is strikingly cumbersome and you will see a watermark from Hasselblad (the digital camera firm OnePlus companions with) except you choose to take away it.

The battery life is one other win. We measured a lifespan of over 26 hours in our video rundown take a look at. And after simply 10 minutes of wall charging, the cellphone received from 10 to 55 %. It refilled to 37 % in the identical period of time sitting on a OnePlus wi-fi charger, which is out there individually for $50.

The design is pleasingly “retro” (should you can apply that time period to an aesthetic that harkens again a mere 5 years) with the rounded corners and tapered edges of one thing just like the Galaxy S10+. The OnePlus 12 additionally takes notes from the previous with regards to AI — in that it principally forgoes the buzzy new tech in favor of fundamental (however strong) smartphone performance.

The display screen and processor are absolutely trendy, nevertheless, with an excellent brilliant and crisp 120Hz display screen and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip that we discovered to supply fluid efficiency, regardless of clocking in a tad low on some benchmarks.

Elsewhere, Amazon can be promoting the OnePlus Open for $1,300, which is a $400 low cost on the cellphone we named the extra reasonably priced decide for a flagship foldable. That’s a worth the Open has hit beforehand, as lately as final month.

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