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OnePlus 9 review: Hasselblad flagship with flat display and 65 W charging.

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2021·$729
Overall
78/100
Class rank
#7 of 9
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

The Hasselblad-era OnePlus, value edition.

OnePlus 9 brought Hasselblad tuning and a flat 120 Hz panel at $729. The SD888 heat and missing telephoto were the trades vs the Pro.

01Display

84/100

84/100 trails the 87-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2021.

TypeFluid AMOLED flat, 120 Hz
Size6.55 inches
Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px

02Camera

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.

Main48 MP Sony IMX689, f/1.8, OIS
Ultrawide50 MP IMX766
Mono2 MP
HasselbladColor tuning

03Performance

80/100

80/100 trails the 84-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2021.

ChipsetSnapdragon 888 (5 nm)
RAM8 / 12 GB
Storage128 / 256 GB

04Battery

78/100

78/100 trails the 82-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2021.

Capacity4,500 mAh
Wired65 W
Wireless15 W (NA/EU)

05Build

78/100

78/100 trails the 81-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2021.

06Value

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.

What works
  • Hasselblad tuning debut (with 9 Pro).
  • Flat 120 Hz AMOLED.
  • 65 W + 15 W wireless.
  • Alert slider.
What doesn't
  • SD888 thermals.
  • No IP rating (non-carrier).
  • No telephoto.
  • Plastic frame.
Cross-shop it against
iQOO 11
$650 · score 90/100

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 9-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .