Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks


OnePlus launched its latest flagship device, OnePlus 8T in India on October 13, 2020. Only a day later, Xiaomi came out with the Mi 10T. Both the Chinese smartphone giants have launched their devices at a very close price range and at the same time. Thus a lot of users will be confused about which one they should pick. There are major differences between the two and in a lot of ways, unexpectedly, Mi 10T is ahead of the OnePlus 8T. So is OnePlus 8T worth purchasing over the Mi 10T or did Xiaomi pull off a winner? Read ahead to find out.
OnePlus 8T vs Mi 10T: Display
The OnePlus 8T comes with a smaller display than the Mi 10T. There is a 6.55-inch AMOLED display with support for 120Hz refresh rate in the OnePlus 8T. The Mi 10T, however, comes with a bigger 6.67-inch FHD+ DotDisplay with support for 144Hz refresh rate. OnePlus 8T comes with display features such as ‘Reading Mode’, ‘Night Mode’, and ‘Vibrant Color’. Mi 10T on the other hand gets the support of ‘Sunlight Display 3.0’ and ‘Reading Mode 3.0’.
OnePlus 8T vs Mi 10T: Performance
The OnePlus 8T runs on OxygenOS 11 based on Android 11 out of the box. Powering the smartphone is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 which supports 5G. It is paired with the Adreno 650 GPU with up to 8GB and 12GB LPDDR4X RAM. There is 128GB and 256GB UFS 3.1 storage options available as well. The OnePlus 8T packs in a 4500mAh battery which comes with the support of Warp Charge 65.