OnePlus 12 review: the new Android phone to beat in 2024
We have a lot of exciting flagship phones arriving in 2024, and one of the first to be released this year was the OnePlus 12, along with its more affordable sibling, the OnePlus 12R. The OnePlus 11 was a solid successor to the OnePlus 10T, and it brought back some of that OnePlus magic that had been missing, meaning the OnePlus 12 has a lot to live up to. Happily, it fixes some of the shortcomings of older models and is set to be a strong rival to the competition from Samsung, Google, and Apple, as we found out in our review. Christine Romero-Chan reviewed the OnePlus 12 upon release at the end of January 2024 and used a U.S. version of the phone in the Flowy Emerald color. In April 2024, Andy Boxall revisited the OnePlus 12, this time using a U.K. model in Silky Black. Andy’s experience with the phone can be found in the “three months later” section directly below, but the review score remains unchanged, and it’s still a highly recommended smartphone. I was disappointed not to have th...
Beautiful curved display; Flowy Emerald is a truly unique color; Powerful performance; Hasselblad camera system delivers great results; Two-day battery; Very fast wired and wireless charging;
Back glass is slippery; Curved screen has some annoyances; Large size can be unwieldy;