The OnePlus 12 is the company’s latest flagship phone, and it’s another slam dunk.

The phone sports the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, a variable 120Hz display with an amazing peak brightness of 4,500 nits, nippy 80W wired charging alongside a 50W wireless option – something that wasn’t present on the 11. It’s also got a distinctive design, with the Flowy Emerald colour stealing the show.

There are downsides. The IP65 rating isn’t as durable as an IP68 one that many flagships have. In addition, both the Google Pixel 8 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy S24 series offer seven years of OS and security updates, whilst OnePlus only offers four years of Android support and five years of security updates.

The main and telephoto cameras are very impressive, though the same can’t be said for the wide-angle and selfie cameras. Nonetheless, the OnePlus 12 is undoubtedly the best you can buy from the brand right now,.

The OnePlus 11 is 2023’s flagship model. It’s since been outpaced by the OnePlus 12, but if you can find this for cheaper then it’s a great option.

If you want an Android smartphone with excellent specs that’s designed to stay fast and will have software support till 2028, the OnePlus 11 is a great choice. It’s also one of the cheapest high-end phones to offer this.

The absence of wireless charging shouldn’t be dealbreaker for most people. After all, this phone has an excellent screen, top cameras, good battery life and truly fast charging, and the best performance of any Android phone to date. The lack of full waterproofing is more annoying.

OnePlus can’t just stand still, it also must evolve – luckily for us, the OnePlus 11 is a fine evolution and one of the best phones you can buy for a price that undercuts many competing products.

The OnePlus Nord 3 is the company’s top-end mid-ranger, and after a long wait it is finally available on UK shores.

This is the most expensive – and premium – Nord yet, with a flagship Dimensity 9000 chipset, glass body, and up to 16GB of RAM for top performance.

The camera setup is solid for the price, though not jaw-dropping, and there’s no telephoto lens. You’ll also have to put up with unreliable battery life – it’s not bad per se, but it proved pretty variable in our review.

It’s still a solid mid-range option, but not quite a knockout like previous Nord phones.

The OnePlus Open is one of the best folding phones that you can buy right now. It has excellent performance thanks to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip, and both displays are bold and bright, and offer 120Hz refresh rates.

However, like other book-style foldables, apps aren’t properly optimised for the larger screen yet. In addition, the battery life isn’t particularly impressive.

For a first-gen folding device, it is pretty impressive – and it also undercuts other rivals such as the Samsung Z Fold 5 and the Google Pixel Fold.

The OnePlus Nord 2T is another affordable mid-ranger, and the best OnePlus phone in that price range if you live in the UK, where the Nord 3 isn’t on sale.

The Nord 2T takes what made the Nord 2 such a good phone and improves on it in two key areas: a more powerful processor and faster wired charging. And despite those upgrades, it’s officially cheaper than the Nord 2 (and 3) as well.

This is a great phone for anyone who can’t justify the full price of a OnePlus 11 or 10 Pro, but also among the best mid-range phone on the market from any company.

The OnePlus 10T is an affordable flagship that packs in the fastest charging OnePlus has to offer.

The design is similar to the 10 Pro, though it lacks niceties like the curved display or alert slider. Like that phone it has flagships specs though, and indeed even outpaces the Pro thanks to the inclusion of a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset and super-fast 150W wired charging – faster even than the newer OnePlus 11.

Where it falls back is on the camera – it packs basically the same photography setup as the Nord 2T, despite costing a fair bit more. It’s the best OnePlus option for gamers or those drawn to the fastest charging, but photography fans will get more from the 10 Pro.

The Nord 2 was for a long time the best OnePlus phone for most people, with a brilliant balance of specs, features, and price – so much so that we named it the best mid-range phone of 2021. It may have been supplanted by the Nord 2T, but if you can find the 2 on sale then it’s an excellent value option.

Powered by a custom MediaTek chipset, the Nord 2 packs in fast 65W charging, a great main camera (borrowed from the flagship 9 series), and an understated glass design.

You won’t get top flagship features like waterproofing or wireless charging, which makes sense for the price. Perhaps slightly more surprisingly the display is limited to 90Hz rather than 120Hz – though this is a sacrifice we suspect few will mind.

The OnePlus 10R is only available in India, but if that’s where you are then it’s well worth considering.

This mid-range handset is similar to the OnePlus 10T in some respects, with the same 150W charging (though a cheaper 80W model is also available) and similar cameras.

It doesn’t pack the same Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip, but the MediaTek Dimensity 8100-Max found here is no slouch. It’s not quite top tier, but it won’t disappoint – and it keeps the phone handily cheaper than the 10T.

Note that the OnePlus 11R has since been announced – also an India exclusive – but we haven’t yet had the chance to review it.

The OnePlus Nord N300 5G, exclusive to the US, is one of the cheapest OnePlus phones around at $229.

Despite that, it doesn’t feel like a cheap phone, with build quality that feels more expensive than it is.

It also benefits from great battery life, easily lasting a day or more and with fast charging once it does wear out.

There are a few negatives to the Nord N300 5G, including a weak vibration motor and the disappointing promise of only one future Android update, but overall there aren’t many better options at this price in the US phone market.

The Nord N20 5G is a good device that provides decent bang for your buck if you’re in the US or Canada, the only countries where it’s on sale.

Despite costing just $300, it doesn’t feel cheap in the hand. The look and feel of the phone are in line with pricier phones like the Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G or Galaxy A53 – a real win for OnePlus.

There’s also the Snapdragon 695 chipset, which delivers solid performance even though it’s not the top-of-the-line chip from Qualcomm.

There are a few downsides of course, including the lack of a high refresh rate on the display, no official waterproofing, a weak vibration motor, and only receiving one Android update, but these won’t be dealbreakers for everybody.

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