Any time you maximize screen space and minimize bezels, you're making the phone better.
Notches have been this year's controversial topic in the Android community, and I fall on the side of thinking a notched design can be a genuine improvement to a smartphone. Given how many in-development Android phones we've seen that are aping the iPhone X's most recognizable feature, we're going to end up talking about notches a lot in 2018. OnePlus joins LG, Asus, Huawei, HMD/Nokia, Oppo, and, like, 17 no-name Chinese OEMs in producing a notched smartphone in 2018. The OnePlus 6 is one of the first Android devices we're reviewing that comes with an iPhone X-style notch, but it is not one of the first ones announced. But for that price, it's still hard to beat. With a switch to a glass back and a notched display design, OnePlus' flagship seems more generic than ever. While OnePlus' flagship pricing is once again jumping up $29, to $529, the OnePlus 6 is still one of the cheapest Snapdragon 845-powered devices you can buy. But OnePlus is really good at making high-end hardware at a low price, though, and for some people that's enough to forgive the company's other flaws.įor 2018, the company is introducing the OnePlus 6. OnePlus might not be a perfect Android device maker, with fairly regular controversies involving its security mistakes, bad advertising decisions, and lack of a concrete support policy.