On the newest Unpacked occasion, Samsung unleashed the Galaxy S23 sequence of smartphones. The latter included three fashions: the vanilla variant, the Plus, and the Extremely fashions. One of many closest rivals of this model is OnePlus. It’s going to host a mega occasion on February 7. At this convention, the China-based first-tier smartphone maker will uncover its personal flagships within the OnePlus 11 lineup. By the way in which, the latter was introduced in China not way back.

That’s not troublesome to guess that the Samsung Galaxy S23 and the OnePlus 11 are direct rivals. (One other competitor is the Xiaomi 13). So let’s see whether or not the OnePlus 11 can get out from this competitors with head held excessive.

Worth

The Samsung Galaxy S23 is out there at $799/$859 (128GB/256GB). The worldwide model of the OnePlus 11 will price greater than the Chinese language model. Because it’s not launched but, we will take the Chinese language mannequin’s value as a reference. The 12GB + 256GB variant is bought for 3,999 yuan ($589), whereas the 16GB + 256GB possibility is 4,399 yuan ($648). (There may be additionally a 16GB + 512GB mannequin priced at 4899 yuan ($722)).

Design

The again of the Samsung Galaxy S23 carries the principle digicam module, which consists of three sensors. Every of them is constructed into its personal particular person spherical gap.

The design of the OnePlus 11 has many issues in widespread with its predecessor. It combines all of the digicam sensors in a separate unit on the again. The digicam module is formed like a circle as an alternative of a rectangle.

The OnePlus 11 additionally has a three-stage slider on the best.

The entrance panels of those two are protected with totally different glasses. The Galaxy S23 makes use of Corning Gorilla Victus 2, whereas the OnePlus 11 makes use of Corning Glass Victus. We also needs to word that the Galaxy S23 has the IP68 certification. Thus, it’s water- and dust-proof.

Show

The OnePlus 11 comes with a a lot bigger 6.7-inch 2K AMOLED show in comparison with the compact 6.1-inch Dynamic AMOLED FHD+ show used on the Galaxy S23. As well as, the OnePlus 11 helps LTPO 3.zero expertise with an adaptive display screen refresh price from 1Hz to 120Hz, relying on the content material. The Galaxy S23 show makes use of an adaptive refresh price of 48 to 120Hz. On the identical time, the entrance panels of each smartphones assist HDR10+ and All the time On Show. Along with this, the OnePlus 11 additionally helps Dolby Imaginative and prescient.

The Samsung smartphone comes with its personal benefit. It overtakes the opponent by way of brightness, providing a most brightness of 1750 nits. The height brightness of the OnePlus 11 show is 1300 nits.

{Hardware}

Samsung and OnePlus flagships use the newest Qualcomm Snapdragon eight Gen 2 cell platform. The Galaxy S23 makes use of a modified model of the chipset created particularly for the Galaxy S23 line (the processor clock frequency has been overclocked to three.6 GHz). On account of a big evaporation chamber, each telephones don’t overheat. It maintains temperature steadiness beneath excessive workloads, together with high-end gaming, video recording, and downloading giant quantities of information. The Snapdragon eight Gen 2 SoC permits each units to assist a number of 5G bands.

Digicam

The primary digicam module of the Samsung Galaxy S23 consists of three sensors: the principle 50Mp sensor with OIS assist, a 12MP ultra-wide-angle lens with a seize angle of 120°, and a 10MP telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom.

OnePlus, in collaboration with Hasselblad, launched its flagship with a primary digicam module that additionally consists of three sensors: a 50MP primary sensor, a 32MP telephoto lens, and a 48MP ultra-wide-angle sensor with a 115° viewing angle.

Each smartphones are able to capturing movies with a decision of as much as 8K. The Galaxy S23 even helps HDR10+ recording.

One other facet within the digicam division the place the S23 has an edge over the OnePlus 11 is its 12-megapixel selfie sensor that helps as much as 4K video recording. The OnePlus 11’s front-facing digicam solely helps 1080P at 30fps.

Autonomy

The OnePlus 11 has a a lot bigger 5,000mAh battery in comparison with the Galaxy S23’s 3,900mAh battery. Nevertheless, OnePlus makes use of a 100W charger, whereas the S23 is proscribed to 25W charging. Sadly, on this flagship, OnePlus deserted wi-fi charging. The earlier OnePlus 10 Professional and the OnePlus 9 Professional assist this characteristic. Quite the opposite, the Samsung flagship retained this characteristic. Aside from this, it helps wi-fi reverse charging with an influence of 4.5W.

As compensation for the dearth of wi-fi charging, OnePlus put a charger within the field, whereas Samsung doesn’t.

Verdict

Each flagships deserve consideration and will certainly discover their patrons. After all, Samsung is the world’s chief. So it’s going to ship mode units. But when evaluating the flagships of those two prime manufacturers, there’s each purpose to suppose that the OnePlus 11 doesn’t fall behind the Samsung Galaxy S23. In concrete instances, it even outruns its rival.

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