Hands-on with the OnePlus 7 Pro

Impressions of the latest OnePlus flagship handset from an Apple iPhone user

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There’s a huge 6.7” screen here, but it’s not quite bezel-free — there’s still that pesky chin on the bottom. (Picture: Chris Chang/Abacus)

Ravi Hiranand

Published: 12:11am, 15 May 2019Updated: 9:04am, 20 Sep 2019

This article originally appeared on ABACUS

OnePlus has just unveiled their newest flagship handset — and we’ve already got our hands on the OnePlus 7 Pro. I have to confess: I’m an iPhone guy. Even so, my early impressions of this Android phone are mostly positive.

At first glance, there aren’t many surprises here. Virtually everything about the phone has been leaked over the last few months, from the (almost) bezel-free front and pop-up selfie camera, to the in-screen fingerprint sensor and triple-camera array on the back.

On the whole, it looks and feels pretty good. The “Nebula Blue” color — either a reference to interstellar clouds or the Marvel antihero — is really striking when light catches it from different angles. And the matte finish to the glass on the back feels great, smooth to the touch but with just enough texture to be less slippery than a regular glass back.

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It might look more Captain America here, but in person this color really does resemble Marvel’s Nebula. (Picture: Chris Chang/Abacus)

On the other hand, the smoothness of the back only highlights how odd the front feels. OnePlus, like many Android handset makers, puts a screen protector on the front by default. I hate it. Your finger just doesn’t slide as smoothly across the screen as it should because you’re touching plastic, not glass. It just feels “off”.