From the forums: Should you buy the OnePlus 6T or Pixel 3 XL?

OnePlus 6T
OnePlus 6T (Image credit: Android Central)

Yesterday at an event in New York City, OnePlus formally unveiled the OnePlus 6T. With a starting price of just $549 for the base model with 128GB of storage and 6GB of RAM, the 6T delivers a true flagship smartphone experience for hundreds of dollars less than what's being asked for Samsung and Google's latest handsets.

The Pixel 3 XL was just released earlier this month and is easily one of the best smartphones you can buy right now. However, for $350 more than the OnePlus 6T, is it worth the extra cash?

Here's what the Android Central forum community has to say.

The pixel 3 will still have the better camera. But all cameras these days are so similar it’s not funny. There’s a better resolution on the 3xl, with a smaller screen. I personally will probably grab a 6t. 549 for 6gb of ram and 128 storage is insane. Only con I can see is warranty support and one plus data breeches they’ve had.

MooMooPrincess

It's hard to beat the Pixel low light camera smarts. If that's not a deciding factor then 6T may be a choice to consider.

digitalbreak

I think that the higher price of the pixel is not justified. Ok, the pixel cam is the best, but the 6t is as good (and even better sometime) on others specs

Delnic

6T is a great choice if you don't care about best camera, platform update and monthly security updates. OnePlus does have faster platform updates compared to others and they said they will do bi monthly security updates so not very bad. One thing I think they regressed is that gimmicky in-display fingerprint over the traditional fingerprint. Hearing on AC podcast and others looks like a...

bhatech

What do you think? Should you buy the OnePlus 6T or Pixel 3 XL?

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Joe Maring

Joe Maring was a Senior Editor for Android Central between 2017 and 2021. You can reach him on Twitter at @JoeMaring1.