A year of OnePlus phones at a glance.
In the past 12 months, OnePlus has announced, promoted, launched, released, and discontinued two flagship smartphones. The OnePlus 3 and 3T each lasted just 6 months on store shelves — which speaks not to any lack of quality but to the reality of OnePlus's fast-moving product refresh cycle.
So here we are with the , the new hotness from OnePlus that takes the core experience of the 3T and slims it down, while ramping up the specs and adding a new dual-camera setup.
Let's take a look at how the new phone compares to its two immediate predecessors.
OnePlus 5 versus OnePlus 3T + 3 hardware specifications
Category OnePlus 5 OnePlus 3T OnePlus 3
Operating System Android 7.1.1 Android 7.1.1 Android 7.1.1
Display 5.5-inch AMOLED
1920x1080 (401 ppi) 5.5-inch AMOLED
1920x1080 (401 ppi) 5.5-inch AMOLED
1920x1080 (401 ppi)
Glass Gorilla Glass 5 Gorilla Glass 4 Gorilla Glass 4
Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
GPU Adreno 540 Adreno 530 Adreno 530
RAM 6/8GB LPDDR4X 6GB LPDDR4 6GB LPDDR4
Storage 64/128GB
UFS 2.1 64/128GB
UFS 2.0 64GB
UFS 2.0
Expandable No No No
Battery 3,300mAh 3,400mAh 3,000mAh
Charging USB-C
Dash Charge USB-C
Dash Charge USB-C
Dash Charge
Water resistance No No No
Rear Camera 1 16MP (IMX398), ƒ/1.7, 1.12-micron pixels, EIS
Dual LED flash, 4K 30 fps / 720p 120 fps video 16MP (IMX298), 1.12-micron pixels
ƒ/2.0, OIS, EIS
PDAF, 4K video, 120fps slow-mo 16MP (IMX298), ƒ/2.0, 1.12-micron pixels PDAF, OIS
RAW, 4K video, 720p slo-mo
Rear Camera 2 20MP (IMX350), ƒ/2.6, 1-micron pixels N/A N/A
Front Camera 16MP (IMX371), ƒ/2.0, 1-micron pixels, EIS
1080p 30 fps video 16MP (3P8SP), 1-micron pixels
ƒ/2.0, fixed focus
1080p video 8MP (IMX179), ƒ/2.0, 1.4-micron pixels
Fixed focus, 1080p video
Security One-touch fingerprint sensor One-touch fingerprint sensor One-touch fingerprint sensor
SIM Dual Nano SIM Dual Nano SIM Dual Nano SIM
Dimensions 154.2 x 74.1 x 7.25 mm
153 g 152.7 x 74.7 x 7.35 mm
158 g 152.7 x 74.7 x 7.35 mm
158 g