The OnePlus 8 Pro was launched on April 24, 2020 with great pomp and show (mostly online). The phone with flagship specs runs on Android 10 out of the box. It has 8 processing horses under the hood – 2.84 GHz, Single core, Kryo 585 + 2.42 GHz, Tri core, Kryo 585 + 1.8 GHz, Quad-core, Kryo 585. This is supported by plethora of a RAM space of 8 GB and 128 GB internal memory. And these horses run on a war chariot of Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Chipset.
Flagship features and spec makes one wonder if they should upgrade from their OnePlus 7 Pro or even buy the 7 Pro over OnePlus 8 Pro. Yes! the OnePlus 8 Pro has 5G capabilities, has a bigger battery, boasts of wireless charging, but does the price gap justify its purchase over OnePlus 7 Pro?
The one-year-old OnePlus 7 Pro is still a strong flagship killer smartphone. It has flagship flanking specs and an awesome 6.67 inch AMOLED display. It has an industry-leading 2.84 GHz octa-core processor based on one generation older Snapdragon 855 chipset, which by no means is a laggard. Basis the discussion so far, could we call OnePlus 8 Pro a mild upgrade over OnePlus 7 Pro? May be and maybe not.
Let’s do a spec comparison before arriving at conclusions.
Similarities
Body build
Both phones have almost similar dimensions with OnePlys 8 Pro measuring 165.3 x 74.4 x 8.5 mm (6.51 x 2.93 x 0.33 in) and OnePlus 7 Pro measuring 162.6 x 75.9 x 8.8 mm (6.40 x 2.99 x 0.35 in). As the sizes are almost similar, so are the weights, OnePlus 7 Pro is heavier by 7 grams at 206 g while 8 Pro weighs 199 g. Both phones are Dual SIM.
Display
Bother smartphones have Fluid AMOLED capacitive touchscreen and display sizes don’t vary much. Also the screen-to-body ratio stands at almost 90% for both phones. No major difference in screen resolutions either, OnePlus 8 Pro has 1440 x 3168 pixels.
Camera setup
As far as Video capture capabilities go, both the phones have the same 2160p@30/60fps video and 1080p@30/60/240fps. Both have an Auto HDR and gyro-EIS stabilization.
While the rear camera setups are both broadly classified as 48 MP, each has different camera configurations.
As for front selfie camera setups, OnePlus 7 Pro has a motorized pop-up 16 MP Wide, f/2.0 camera, while OnePlus 8 Pro has an almost similar punch-hole front camera.
Sound
No difference at all, both give 3.5mm jack a convenient miss and both have stereo speakers.
Connectivity
All specs similar, apart from 5G advantage of 8 Pro. And the 8 Pro also scores with Bluetooth 5.1 instead of Bluetooth 5.0. Both phones have USB 3.1 and Type-C 1.0 reversible connector. Both have NFC and both do not have FM radio, IR ports. Both have the same dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, SBAS.
Differences
Body build
OnePlus 8 Pro has an IP68 dust/water resistant rating. While OnePlus 7 Pro is splash resistant and does have some water resistance, however the same is not rated.
Display
The game-changer here is that OnePlus 8 Pro has industry-leading 120 Hz refresh rate, which is great for gaming and renders fluid display transitions. OnePlus 7 Pro works on 90 Hz display. But if you keep 120 Hz always on, it will drain much more battery, fact that OnePlus realized and bumped by 8 Pro’s battery by an additional 510 mAh.
The 90 Hz refresh rate of OnePlus 7 Pro still propels it among the flagships, Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ and iPhone 11 Pro Max have lower refresh rates. Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL both have 90 Hz rates.
Under the hood
OnePlus 8 Pro rightly plays the generation divide game here. It has the same configuration as its predecessor but one notch up on each aspect. It has chipset, CPU and GPU configurations as Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 585) and Adreno 650, respectively.
OnePlus 7 Pro is a near finisher with one year older chipset, CPU and GPU configurations as Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4×1.78 GHz Kryo 485) and Adreno 640, respectively.
Camera setup
While the rear camera setups are both broadly classified as 48 MP, each has different camera configurations.
OnePlus 8 Pro has 4 camera lens setup. Starting with 48 MP Wide, f/1.8 main camera with omnidirectional PDAF, Laser AF, OIS. The second camera is an 8 MP Telephoto, f/2.4 lens with PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom. The third camera is again a 48 MP Ultrawide, f/2.2 PDAF lens. And last but not the least, the fourth camera lens is 5 MP Depth lens, f/2.4.
OnePlus 7 Pro has 3 camera lens setup. Starting with 48 MP Wide, f/1.6camera with PDAF, Laser AF, and OIS. The second camera is an 8 MP Telephoto, f/2.4 with 3x optical zoom, PDAF, Laser AF, and OIS. The third camera is 16 MP Ultrawide, f/2.2 with AF. OnePlus 7 Pro rear camera has a DXOMark score of 114 and the selfie front camera score is 86.
Memory
OnePlus 8 Pro has two variants available with 128GB internal memory and 8GB RAM; and 256GB internal memory with a whopping 12GB RAM.
OnePlus 7 Pro does not lag behind with 3 different memory variants: 128GB 6GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM and 256GB 12GB RAM.
Battery
Both smartphones have Non-removable Li-Po batteries, but the difference starts to appear as we delve further. The OnePlus 8 Pro has 4510 mAh battery and OnePlus 7 Pro has an inferior 4000 mAh battery.
While OnePlus 7 Pro has the OnePlus signature 30W Warp Charge, OnePlsu 8 Pro goes up by a notch with 30 W wireless fast charging. 8 Pro also has reverse wireless charging 3W capabilities.
So the last difference which actually is a major deciding factor is the price. The process of both smartphones is listed as follows.
OnePlus 7 Pro is still an excellent phone and holds up well against the competition in 2020. OnePlus 8 Pro takes flagship level competition and crushes most of it.
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