OnePlus 9 Pro long-term review
Verdict
As an expensive flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 9 Pro has a lot to offer. It is built really well and has an excellent display, a relatively clean and minimal UI, great performance, good cameras, decent battery life, and fast charging.
The main issue with the phone comes down to the software. It almost feels as if for the past year or so, OnePlus just gave up trying to fix OxygenOS and make it work reliably, knowing it would get merged into ColorOS anyway. We really hope the merger brings the promised stability to this platform because using it in its current form has been a bit of a nightmare over the past few months.
Still, the OnePlus 9 Pro is not far from becoming the proper flagship smartphone that we were promised back in March 2021, and with the OxygenOS 12 update looming on the horizon, there's a good chance it might just end up becoming that.
Pros
- Good build quality
- Excellent display performance
- Slick UI
- Good main and ultra-wide cameras
- Superfast charging
Cons
- Buggy, frustrating software
- Lackluster telephoto camera
- Most games limited to 60Hz
- Awkwardly large and heavy
Current prices
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256GB 12GB RAM
$ 550.00
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128GB 8GB RAM
C$ 1,349.00
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256GB 8GB RAM
C$ 999.00
Reader comments
- Shoaib
- 09 Feb 2024
- 3Ye
I'm using one plus 9 pro 256 gb .Don't even think of buying one plus phone if you don't want green line on your phone if i can rate the phone i would give it -0
- Anonymous
- 20 Dec 2023
- CAW
I'm in 2023 December. Still have the OnePlus 9pro 5G global, OxygenOS 13. I bought the phone over the pixel 6 pro because of the ROM (128 vs 256). The 1+ is so far not bad performance-wise, having been owning a Pixel 3XL before I jumped in. Howe...
- Anonymous
- 29 Nov 2022
- Km1
Bought in January. With android 12, it WAS an excellent cell, a full charge last 10 hours (2 hours gaming, 3 hours web surfing, etc), saving mode with 20% lasted for 6 hours in stand by. Great camera works well in dark (concerts). Software during cal...