[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Guides, News...] knpk13:
Might not be the thread to post this but I can move it if needed.

I'm actually not sure if it's an opinion, seems like an objective fact that curved screens (at least on the 7t Pro) have that glare/distortion problem (I can't see any way to consider that an upside other than aesthetics, which is what you can have opinions about) It stood out sooo much (how ugly) the first day I used it.

I wanna stick with OnePlus because usable stock software/relatively custom rom and dev friendly/been using it for so long.. but I'm considering the Redmi K20 Pro/ Mi 9T Pro at half the price. Custom development seems healthy but pretty messy with all the variants and MIUI/Xiaomi quirks. Hardware wise basically the same phone other than no curved edges, has a 60hz screen, mono speaker, and headphone jack. You might want to consider that. 2020 flagships are going to be worse in every way because of forced 5G and its associated consequences so I don't really want to get a newer phone. Imagine putting in multiple 5G antennae that take up so much space and battery an SOC without an integrated modem for a technology that 95% of people probably can't use within the next 2-3 years. That's likely the reason they're reverting to a punch hole display for OP8. I feel like keeping the 7T Pro for some reason, even with the screen; might be just the inertia to avoid buying/testing a new phone, but the only upgrade that is really significant for me and hurts to go back from is the large high refresh rate screen. Everything else, performance, camera, etc. my OP3T does well enough. I'd have bought a tablet instead of a phone if there were any good non apple/Samsung ones (very locked ones), that's how much I like and use big screens; barely use any actual "phone" features.

I'd still prefer a flat screen, no cutouts, holes, notches, curved edges or whatever. Been pretty hard to find that surprisingly for 2019 phones, for even the cheapest budget ones. Are minimal bezels really that bad or unusable? Feels so bad the curved edges are the only hardware niggle for me with this otherwise almost perfect phone. I can live with the size and weight and other commonly written about compromises (even the no headphone jack with some grumbling lol) every phone has a set of advantages/disadvantages. For a company who's tagline is #NeverSettle, OnePlus is actually making me settle a tad too much. I'm kinda surprised more major tech reviews don't talk about the curved screen that much outside of repairability or screen protectors or how nice it is, and that more people aren't bothered by the curves other than some people on Reddit. They even went and made the regular 7T flat, but with a notch -_-

There are some minor software niggles all over the place too (not just system, but app/content support for the display ratio and curves too; text and UI bleeding into edges on the web and no way to open sidebar in some apps since it interferes with gestures). Also the official twitch app decides I can't use it in 1080p so I had to use a 3rd party app. Apparently an issue for many newer phones. The auto brightness is also amazingly awful, where is the ambient light sensor anyway? Well, I still have a week to make my decision, I think it's a 15 day refund/return window, what a pain.