Should You Buy OnePlus 15 or Not: Everything You Need to Know

Intro:

So, the OnePlus 15 has been launched, and this is the first smartphone with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. Some say that the camera is downgraded, some say that the heat is increasing, and its processor is giving peak performance or not. We have checked everything about this phone,e and today in this article, le we will tell you everything about this phone. So let’s start!

Build and Design:

Let’s start with the design because it has a catch, too. This is sandstorm c.lor. It has 2 colors: infinite black and ultraviolet. We were seeing the black one. It has a lot of scratches, and it gets cleaned. It feels dull because the frame is also in matte finish,h and we get matte finish at the back too. It has N OnePlus branding, a camera module, a speaker, Na noise-cancellingmicrophone, and a SIM tray in which you can put dual nano SIMs. And it has a Type C 3.2 Gen 1 port through which you can do display output and fast-speed data transfer. If you want to do streaming or you want to mirror on a big screen.

If you want to do it, then you will do it, which is good. This phone comes with IP 66, 68, 6,9 and 69 IP ratings.ng So, it will be able to survive in water, high temperature, andhigh-pressuree water. Keep it safe from water according to real life use case. It weighs 216 grams, and the thickness is around 8.1mm. It is comfortable and feels like a boxy phone. Overall, it is good, but there is a catch: OnePlus has mentioned Gorilla Glass 7i in the back panel.

Display:

Display is downgraded, it has 6.78 inches, LTPO AMOLED display, 1a 65W refresh rate, and it can reachup too 1Hz. There is no curve problem, and the bezels are very good.d, They are just like the bezels. They feel edge to edge And the resolution is an FHD+ display. It has a resolution of 1272×2772, compared to the flagship of the OnePlus 13. In the OnePlus 13, there was a 2K display, but it was 120Hz. We have seen and heard that with 165Hz, In better color accuracy, We get a Full HD+ display. And we were also seeing that there is no smartphone in the market that brings a refresh rate of 165Hz with 2K.

Specifications:

It has 12GB LPDDR5X Ultra R.M The 16512 variant has LPDDR5X Ultra+ RAM Which means it has better clock speeds and bandwidth, but you won’t get to know in real life.e And it has UFS 4.1 storage.

Performance and Benchmarks:

Now let’s talk about performance benchmark.k, If we compare it with the 8 Elite Gen 1, iQOO 13 has 8 Elite Gen 1 in Monster mode. It has 2.6 million, and its score is around 3.6 million.n, We have taken it in high-performance mode, which is the mode of OnePlus. And Antutu benchmark has a 3.6 million score in high performance mode, but in balanced mode it hasa  3.7 million score. If we had taken more performance, the processor would have been heated upand the throttle would have been there, so the score could have been less,  but a 4 million score is not there, but we saw that it is there onthe  OnePlus 15.

We have run the 3DMark wildlife extreme stress test. It runs, but it doesn’t run 20 loops. The device gets so hot near the 17th loop that the benchmark crashes, es and nothing works in the phone. It says to cool down the temperature.

Connectivity:

In sensors connectivity weee get 16 5G bands. It supports eeSI. It was working finand we didn’t face any issues with connectivity. You can use a dual physical SIM or 1 eSIM and a physical SIM. We get WiFi 7, Bluetooth v6.0, and all major codecs support like LHGC 5.0, LDAC, APT, X, etc. We also get a dedicated Wchanneli ch.p, We were checking that we have a OnePlus 13,s which has WiFiand thehe d same WiFi in the OnePlus 15, and we connected with the same  WiF, i  and at a particular distance,ce we were getting better internet speeds compared to the OnePlus 13s. So yes, the extra WiFi is working. And you can also turn on the dual channel network acceleration by going to its settings, which will run your WiFi and network at the same time for fas speedster.

And yes, it has NNFC. You can tap and pay. It has an IR blaster in the camera module. You can control your TV, AC, and you can also control your projector in your school or college. It has an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. It works really well.

OS and UI:

It has Oxygen OS 16 and Android version 16, 4 major updates, which means you can use it till Android 20 and 6 years of security updates, which is good. Here flagship is maintained. There is no bloatware. You get pre-installed applications like App Picks, Phone Manager, etc. You can disable those apps if you want.
There is no notification of the app market, We get O dialer in this, So you can record calls without notification but responsibly The opening and closing animation of the app is very good The screen response is very good, The UI is very smooth, It gives a very good feel And if you swipe in the system, There is a very nice animation of the swipe animation And you get live alerts, The same dynamic IOS inspired IOS type Like torch, charging, music is working in Spotify And UI’s extra features like flux theme 2.0

AI Features:

Let’s tala k little about AI features. AI Play Lab, which is one of the applications of OnePlus that you have to download from the Play Store.e It is not officially installed, and you can install this application in other phones as well But it doesn’t work in this one. In AI Play Lab, you get 3features. One is a feature called UMC, in which, if you want to travel, you can click photos of any man. If you want to convert the dish or currency, it is very useful for travelers. Then comes the Party App. You can convert any image into a video.

By double-tapping, mind space will open, and it has multiple use cases. Like you saw a place and saved it,t or you sasome a content and saved it. It analyzes it and gives information about it. If there is an event, add it to the calendar.

Battery:

It has a 7300 mAh silicon carbon battery and 120W charger And in day to day usage, You will get 11-13 hours of SOT on basic usage It depends on the applications you use, If you use it for 1 day then you can get 1-1.5 days battery backup and if you play for 3-4 hours continuously, Then it’s battery comes up to 50% So, Battery backup is good in gaming also. Other than that, there are many things like brightness, Mode, Headphones, and speakers, which can be a little different. Charging speed is 120W It charges 0-50% in 15 minutes and 100% in 40-41 minutes. You can also turn off the rapid charging in settings.

Camera:

Now let’s talk about cameras. There is a different debate about how the OnePlus 13 can downgrade. First of all, they removed the Hasselblad, which is known for its best photo processing. They removed the Hasselblad and introduced their own engine Which is Detail Max.

The primary sensor is 50MP, but if you compare it with the OnePlus 13, the size has become smaller in comparison to the OnePlus 13. The aperture is also high, so the light will capture less. The ultrawide sensor is also 50MP, but if you compare it withthe  OnePlus 13, the size has become smaller in comparison to the OnePlus 13. The telephoto sensor is also 50MP, but if you compare it with the OnePlus 13, the size has become smaller in comparison to the OnePlus 13. The aperture is also F2.8, so the light will capture less.

You get the same front camera sensor and you can record up to 8K 30FPS But it doesn’t support HDR, Dolby Vision, Yes, you can record up to 4K 120FPS with Dolby Vision and 3.5X zoom But it doesn’t support Ultra Wide in 4K 120FPS, You can record up to 4K 60FPS with up to 18X and it also supports wide angle And it also has an ultra steady mode which automatically turns on to 4K 60fps and it also has a crop option and it also has a pro video option in which you can record in log mode and in pro video you can customize your ISO, shutter speed and all other things and it also supports up to 4K 120fps in log mode and the front camera supports up to 4K.

The dynamic range is also good. The primary sensor was expected, but this is not good. Thebrighterr part looks good, butthe shadows make it black. The detail max engine is working in detail. There are multiple samples like flowers, Outdoor, Indoor, etc.