Best OnePlus 5T Alternatives
Top Sub-$500 Phones
The OnePlus 5T is a powerful performer that lasts a long time on a charge. It gives you flagship-style features such as dual rear cameras, all while keeping its price tag under $500. And you can't have it, at least not anymore.
OnePlus says the 5T is out of stock in North America, and it has no plans to build additional models of that particular phone. So if you snoozed and lost when it came to grabbing a OnePlus 5T, you've got two options: cool your heels until the OnePlus 6 inevitably appears (whenever that will be), or find an alternative smartphone. Fortunately, there are plenty of appealing phones that meet or beat the OnePlus 5T's price tag. And while these handsets may not deliver every feature on your wish list, they may just meet your smartphone needs. (Image Credit: OnePlus)
Honor View 10
The latest phone from Huawei's Honor brand comes the closest to mirroring what the OnePlus 5T had to offer. Like the OnePlus phone, the Honor View 10 has a $499 price tag. It's also powered by a top-of-the-line CPU — the same Kirin 970 chipset you'll find in the more expensive Huawei Mate 10. That gives the View10 some added smarts, such as the ability to automatically adjust the camera settings when it recognizes what you're shooting. We wish the View 10's dual rear cameras performed as well as the OnePlus 5T's did, but we can't complain about the 11-hour battery life and 128GB of onboard storage included with the Honor phone.
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Moto X4
Motorola's midrange phone doesn't boast quite the horsepower of the OnePlus 5T, making do with a Snapdragon 630 instead of the more powerful Snapdragon 835. But for most users, that's more than enough processing oomph to handle jumping from app to app or taking on the latest games. The unlocked version of the phone includes Amazon's voice-powered Alexa assistant, but we're fans of the Moto X4 Android One, which you can use on Google's Project Fi wireless network, enjoying full-speed data when you travel and protection against sky-high bills if you binge on data in a given month.
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Honor 7X
The OnePlus 5T may have cost a few hundred dollars less than some of the leading flagships, but for some people, $499 is still a lot to spend on a phone. The Honor 7X cuts the price tag even further, all the way to below $200. You'll make some trade-offs in the form of a lower-end Kirin 659 processor and hit-or-miss rear cameras. But you won't have to settle for the aging design that most budget phones adopt. Instead, the Honor 7X minimizes the bezels, with its LCD screen stretching from one end of the phone to the other for an immersive 18:9 aspect ratio on a 5.9-inch phone that's still easy to operate with one hand.
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BlackBerry Motion
BlackBerry phones have their devotees, and now that TCL Communication is designing the handsets, we're seeing a bit of a revival for the venerable brand. The specs on the BlackBerry Motion won't blow you away, but you will get a great 5.5-inch LCD screen and a battery that lasts nearly 12 hours on a charge.
The real stars of the show are the software features built for power users, like a Convenience Key that can adapt its shortcuts to whether you're at home, in a car or in a meeting. If you like your keyboards to have physical keys instead of the on-screen ones featured on the Motion, you can always turn to the older BlackBerry KeyOne or hold out for the new designs TCL will reportedly roll out later in 2018.
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Moto G5 Plus
It's been out for nearly a year, but the Moto G5 Plus remains a hard-to-beat budget device. In addition to that sweet price tag — the phone costs $229, but you can get it for even less if you buy it as an Amazon Prime Exclusive device — you'll enjoy epic battery life, a superbright screen and enough performance to satisfy all but the most demanding of users. If you're envious of the dual rear cameras on the OnePlus 5T, just spend a few bucks more for the Moto G5S Plus, which boasts twin rear cameras of its own.
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Essential Phone
The upstart Essential Phone is a good example of how patience can be a virtue. When the device debuted last year, its price tag was comparable to what you'd expect from an iPhone or a Galaxy. The trouble was, it didn't compare favorably to those higher-end models, so Essential slashed the price to OnePlus 5T levels. The result was a more compelling phone, especially now that software updates have addressed some (though not all) of our complaints about camera performance. If you can live with a slower camera shutter, the Essential Phone's design remains exquisite, and Android fans will enjoy the pristine software that remains fairly faithful to Google's stock OS.
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