Review: While the OnePlus 11 has done more to catch up with market leaders, it isn't quite enough to push those competitors aside.
isn’t a debut by any means. OnePlus has been selling phones in various markets for years, but this one marks a shift in approach to being fashionable and credible — not to mention cheaper — while also dealing with its branding challenges in a place where Apple, Samsung, and Google reign.“pro enough” to compete at a lower price. This is, in effect, a throwback to the company’s original ethos, back when it was an upstart with minimal retail reach.
There are 8GB and 16GB configurations, with options for 128GB or 256GB of storage; my unit was the 16GB+256GB model. Bear in mind, the operating system and its files alone take up 20.6GB, which is fairly sizeable if you’re going with the 128GB version. OnePlus’ RAM-Vita technology can use available onboard storage to push existing RAM further by an extra 4GB, 8GB, or 12GB. I was never faced with a situation where I had to go that far, but it’s there in case the need arises.
The 48-megapixel ultra-wide uses a better Sony IMX581 image sensor compared to Samsung’s JN1 sensor from before. It retains the 115-degree field of view and f/2.2 aperture, and designed to benefit from Hasselblad’s color reproduction, since those modes are equally accessible by the ultra-wide. Going this route also abandons the expanded 150-degree field of view and fisheye modes OnePlus experimented with in the OnePlus 10 Pro.
As before, it’s possible to shoot in 10-bit, including with the DCI-P3 color gamut, which are options you would have to toggle on in the camera app’s settings. It still only works with the Photo and Night modes, and you can only see the results on a device or app supporting 10-bit color. These images save in HEIF, but you can convert them to JPEG in the Gallery app by tapping on More -> Convert to JPEG, where it will save a copy so you have both formats.
I’m like a broken record on this now, but I’d like to see OnePlus enable some user control over exposure. The shutter already tells us how long it goes, so why not allow shooters to stop it midway or choose how long it should roll for, much like Long Exposure mode does? You could try Long Exposure as an alternative, except it doesn’t give you the same dynamic range because it’s programmed to focus on movement, like for moving objects, light trails, or smooth water effects.
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