OnePlus 8 review: The last "flagship-killer" before OnePlus went mainstream.
The last true flagship-killer.
OnePlus 8 marked the moment the brand stopped killing flagships and started becoming one — $699 was the line. The 865, 5G, 90 Hz Fluid AMOLED and clean OxygenOS made it a hit; it remains the era OnePlus fans point to as peak software.
01Display
84/10084/100 trails the 86-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2020.
02Camera
72/10072/100 trails the 78-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2020.
03Performance
80/10080/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.
04Battery
74/10074/100 trails the 78-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2020.
05Build
80/10080/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.
06Value
80/10080/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.
- Snapdragon 865 + 5G + 90 Hz Fluid AMOLED at $699 — the OxygenOS golden-era flagship-killer.
- Clean, fast OxygenOS — the version fans miss.
- Compact 180 g body for its day.
- UFS 3.0 storage.
- No IP rating, no wireless charging on the base model.
- No headphone jack — controversial in 2020.
- 90 Hz, not 120.
- Support long ended.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 11-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .