00:00 Hey guys, it's Jon V here.
00:02 Today, I'm going to compare the Open
00:03 to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and the Pixel Fold
00:06 to see how it stacks up.
00:08 Common complaints about notebook style unfoldables
00:14 are that they're bulky and big.
00:16 So I have to give OnePlus credit here
00:18 because the Open turns out to have one of the best designs
00:21 in a foldable I've seen.
00:23 It's incredibly lightweight and just look at how skinny it is
00:26 versus the Pixel Fold 5.
00:28 It feels nice, the hinge especially,
00:30 the mechanism that they use here, it just feels solid.
00:33 It has that nice snappy feel.
00:35 And when you look closer with the display,
00:38 I don't see the crease as badly compared to the Pixel Fold
00:42 or the Z Fold 5.
00:43 It's less pronounced and that just shows
00:45 that they really spent a lot of time with the hinge.
00:48 However, it's not without its own drawbacks
00:50 because if you look at the back,
00:52 there's the hump with the giant size camera.
00:54 It's what OnePlus has done in the past.
00:57 But here, when I'm holding the phone,
00:59 it kind of gets in the way,
01:00 especially when I place it down on a flat surface,
01:03 it just makes it almost impossible to use
01:05 if you're typing on it.
01:06 The OnePlus Open sticks to its partnership
01:08 with Hasselblad, meaning you get a triple camera system
01:12 that consists of a 48 megapixel camera,
01:14 48 megapixel ultra wide, and a 64 megapixel telephoto
01:18 with a three times optical zoom.
01:20 Now, I've always thought the Hasselblad cameras
01:22 were underwhelming with previous OnePlus phones I've tested,
01:25 but it's really interesting this time.
01:28 The main camera holds up nicely against the Z Fold 5.
01:31 Details are plentiful,
01:32 it handles dynamic range really well,
01:34 and I do like the punchier color tones it produces.
01:37 It might only have a three times optical zoom camera,
01:39 but wow, it almost matches the pixel fold in the shot.
01:42 I can still make out a little bit more detail
01:44 with the pixel fold when I punch into the shot,
01:47 but the OnePlus Open doesn't disappoint either.
01:49 It's consistently good with portrait and macro photography,
01:52 but it fell behind in one particular area,
01:54 and that's low light photography.
01:56 I did use the dedicated night mode in the shot,
01:58 but you can see how it's clearly underexposed,
02:01 so I can't see the details of the tree.
02:03 The pixel fold does better,
02:04 while it's clear that the Z Fold 5 is the best.
02:08 However, there's no problem shooting video
02:10 when there's sufficient lighting around.
02:11 I'm actually surprised again by how well the camera works
02:14 against the pixel fold.
02:15 They almost look identical.
02:17 Using the phone outside, it's quite obvious
02:19 that the external display doesn't stack up
02:21 with the pixel fold.
02:23 OnePlus chose to go in the direction of Samsung
02:26 by giving the inner display the extra brightness,
02:28 which does mean you have to unfold your phone
02:30 to use it in direct sunlight.
02:32 I was honestly surprised
02:35 by how OnePlus handles multitasking with Open Canvas.
02:39 At first, I wasn't a fan of it,
02:40 but I soon realized how it's the best implementation
02:44 and affordable to date.
02:45 I just love the dynamic look of the canvas
02:48 whenever I'm moving around from one app to another,
02:50 and everyone else should really copy it.
02:53 Beyond that, the experience is exactly like other foldables.
02:57 I like how I can use the outer display to take selfies
02:59 with the better main cameras,
03:01 or have the camera app adjust when it's in flex mode.
03:03 The test results are good and bad.
03:06 It posts a better multi-core test in Geekbench
03:08 than the pixel fold,
03:09 but its single core performance is lagging.
03:12 It actually beats the pixel fold and the Z Fold 5
03:15 in the graphics processing department with its 84.8 FPS.
03:19 Numbers aside, I played several graphically demanding games
03:22 on it, and it handles them nicely.
03:24 All right, so I have the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 here,
03:27 and one of the cool things I like about it
03:29 is the ability to connect it via USB-C
03:31 to an external monitor.
03:33 So it kind of acts like a desktop,
03:35 but the thing that differentiates this phone
03:38 is that you have Samsung DeX.
03:39 Okay, so here's DeX,
03:41 and DeX gives you pretty much a desktop experience.
03:44 So it's just like having a desktop PC, but in your phone.
03:48 So connect the mouse, keyboard,
03:50 and you get the full desktop experience.
03:53 Connect it via USB-C, let's see what happens.
03:56 If it has a video out function, which I hope it does,
04:00 it looks like we have just screen mirroring,
04:03 which is nice, it's useful.
04:04 So if you're gonna do presentations, great, you have that.
04:08 But it kind of doesn't have that richer experience
04:11 you get with Samsung DeX.
04:12 OnePlus phones have always been great with battery life,
04:15 and the Open is no exception.
04:16 It's 4805 milliampere battery delivers a massive 12 hours
04:20 and seven minutes on our battery benchmark test,
04:23 which is the longest for affordable so far.
04:26 But what's really crazy is how ridiculously fast
04:29 it can charge with the included power adapter.
04:31 I'm talking about zero to almost full recharge
04:34 in 30 minutes.
04:35 However, it still lacks wireless charging,
04:38 despite what OnePlus users have been asking for.
04:41 Come on, OnePlus, this is long overdue,
04:43 and you know everyone wants it,
04:45 especially when you're paying for a phone this much.
04:48 Pricing for the OnePlus Open is a strange affair.
04:51 It costs $1,700, which is just $100 less
04:54 than what Samsung and Google sells
04:55 their foldable phones for.
04:57 However, you could actually get a $200 trading credit
05:00 for any phone in any condition.
05:03 That effectively makes it $1,500,
05:05 which I think is a pretty damn good deal.
05:08 It's also sweet that a case is included with the purchase,
05:11 along with that 80 watt charger.
05:13 This is a convincing phone that undercuts the competition.
05:16 I guess that's the OnePlus philosophy.
05:18 What do you guys think?
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