OnePlus 9 Pro

This beautiful new phone from OnePlus impresses in every department. While the OnePlus 9 Pro doesn’t offer the best camera phone even with a new partnership with Hasselblad, it’s a serious contender for the best Android phone overall.

While there are other phones now doing a similar thing – offering the latest smartphone silicon in a more reasonably priced package, none can quite compete with the package that the OnePlus 9 Pro offers.

The reason to opt for the 9 Pro over the regular 9 is in some ways the same reason you’d opt for a OnePlus phone over a Samsung phone in the first place: it’s just a little nicer and a little different than what everybody else has in their pocket.

The OnePlus 9 Pro is a good phone, but it’s certainly not a great one, with a compromised camera and clunky design. Strong specs and fast charging help make the case for the 9 Pro, but for the first time rival flagships deliver consistently better value.

This is OnePlus’s best phone camera to date, and also nets you higher-end display hardware than Samsung and Apple phones near the price.

The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro are the company's most expensive phones yet, but significant improvements in camera quality make them an easy sell.

The OnePlus 9 Pro really is a great phone, comfortably one of the best Android phones around. The screen impresses, performance is snappy and the camera is surprisingly capable (for a OnePlus phone, at least) – even if a slow camera app can make the experience a little frustrating at times.

With the Pro, OnePlus tries to address the series' historically biggest issue: the cameras. However, even with support from Hasselblad, it still doesn't quite hit the mark in that regard. But the rest of the phone impresses, with fast wireless charging truly brilliant, and the display being top notch too.