$1,000 is a lot of money to spend on a smartphone. That’s as much as a good laptop. It’s rent money. It’s more than what some people have in their savings account.
For Chinese phone startup OnePlus, this is precisely the perfect moment for its new flagship Android phone, the OnePlus 5T, to shine. The phone starts at $499 — half as much as the iPhone X — but still gives you a premium metal design, huge 18:9 edge-to-edge screen with thin bezels and facial recognition unlock.
And it would have been a killer phone for the money, if only its cameras weren’t so mediocre.
