The OnePlus 12 smartphone drops to a file low of $650 for Prime Day

In our review of the OnePlus 12, we mentioned the smartphone’s affordability was among the finest issues about it. Now, thank’s to Amazon’s upcoming Prime Day sale, that is an much more compelling level. A 19 % low cost drops the value to $650 for the mannequin with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. That is a a brand new all-time low (it is gone for $700 just a few instances beforehand). The model with 16GB/512GB can also be $150 off and all the way down to $750.

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This can be a new low worth for the (already fairly inexpensive) Android smartphone.  

$650 at Amazon

Aside from being a terrific worth for a flagship telephone, the OnePlus additionally has stable cameras that take sharp and clear photos. Simply be aware that the digicam module is strikingly cumbersome and you will see a watermark from Hasselblad (the digicam firm OnePlus companions with) except you decide to take away it.

The battery life is one other win. We measured a lifespan of over 26 hours in our video rundown check. And after simply 10 minutes of wall charging, the telephone acquired from 10 to 55 %. It refilled to 37 % in the identical period of time sitting on a OnePlus wi-fi charger, which is accessible individually for $50.

The design is pleasingly “retro” (when you can apply that time period to an aesthetic that harkens again a mere 5 years) with the rounded corners and tapered edges of one thing just like the Galaxy S10+. The OnePlus 12 additionally takes notes from the previous in relation to AI — in that it principally forgoes the buzzy new tech in favor of fundamental (however stable) smartphone performance.

The display screen and processor are absolutely fashionable, nevertheless, with a brilliant vibrant and crisp 120Hz display screen and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip that we discovered to supply fluid efficiency, regardless of clocking in a tad low on some benchmarks.

Elsewhere, Amazon can also be promoting the OnePlus Open for $1,300, which is a $400 low cost on the telephone we named the extra affordable pick for a flagship foldable. That is a worth the Open has hit beforehand, as just lately as final month.

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