The OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition is an eye-catching phone with plenty of flagship features that improves on the standard 6T with even more RAM and even faster charging. It cost more, but it still undercuts a number of top flagship phones.
The OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition sees the smartphone and performance car makers team up, with a handset that packs in a huge amount of RAM and new fast charging technology.
The difference with the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition is that it's comfortably cheaper than its rival, car-branded smartphones - making it a more attainable special edition device.
While there are a couple of new additions on the McLaren Edition, much of this handset is the same as the standard OnePlus 6T.
OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition release date and price
The OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition release date is set for December 13 in Western Europe and North America, with availability in India, China and the Nordics soon after.
The OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition price is set at $699 (£649), which is $70 (£70) more than the 8GB+256GB top-spec configuration of the standard OnePlus 6T.
Considering the price of Huawei's Porsche Design and Oppo's Lamborghini edition handsets, the price increase for the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition is relatively modest, although the upgrades provided here are relatively minimal.
Design and display
The OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition design has the same dimensions as the standard 6T, at 157.5 x 74.8 x 8.2mm - and the general form factor is the same.
There's the all-screen front, power/lock, volume and mute slider on the sides, USB-C port on the base and no headphone jack (although you do get an orange 3.5mm adapter in the box).
The difference here is the color, with McLaren's signature 'Papaya Orange' wrapping around the bottom edge of the handset and then fading to black as it travels up the side of the phone.
It makes for an eye-catching design statement, and one which we are particularly fond of.
There's also a McLaren logo on the rear, and under the glass on the back of the handset OnePlus has worked in a carbon fiber-like pattern around the camera block, similar in look to that of the material McLaren uses in its race cars.
When it comes to the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition display, you still get the same 6.41-inch Full HD display with the water droplet notch at the top as the 6T.
It's bright, clear and houses an in-display fingerprint scanner under it, allowing you to unlock the handset with your finger through the screen.
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