OnePlus 15 vs Apple iPhone 18 Pro
Overall winner
Apple iPhone 18 Pro
8.2/ 10 — Good
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Full specs & detailsWhich is better?
- Apple iPhone 18 Pro wins narrowly over OnePlus 15 — 8.2 overall against 7.3.
- Apple iPhone 18 Pro takes 6 of the 6 categories both phones are scored in.
- OnePlus 15 gives you the larger screen — 6.8 inches against 6.3 inches.
- On paper, OnePlus 15 has the higher-resolution main camera — 50 MP against 48 MP.
- OnePlus 15 charges faster — 120W wired against 60W.
Category scores
| Category | OnePlus 15 | Apple iPhone 18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 7.8 | 7.9Better |
| Camera | 7.5 | 7.8Better |
| Display | 7.6 | 8.6Better |
| Design & Build | 6.2 | 8.0Better |
| Software | 6.3 | 8.8Better |
| Call Quality | 8.3 | 8.8Better |
| Battery | — | 8.7 |
| Audio | — | 7.1 |
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Full specifications side by side
| Specification | OnePlus 15 | Apple iPhone 18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Network | ||
| Technology | GSM / WCDMA / LTE / 5G | GSM / EDGE / UMTS / HSPA+ / LTE / 5G NR (sub-6 GHz and mmWave), Apple C2 cellular modem |
| Bands 2g | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz | GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) |
| Bands 3g | WCDMA Band 1/2/4/5/6/8/19 | UMTS/HSPA+ (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz) |
| Bands 4g | LTE FDD: Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/30/32/66/71; LTE TDD: Band 34/38/39/40/41/42/48 | FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71, 106); TDD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 53) — Model A3472 |
| Bands 5g | 5G NR: n1/n2/n3/n5/n7/n8/n12/n13/n20/n25/n26/n28/n30/n38/n40/n41/n48/n66/n71/n75/n77/n78 | FDD-5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n26, n28, n29, n30, n66, n70, n71, n75); TDD-5G NR (Bands n38, n40, n41, n48, n53, n77, n78, n79); 5G NR mmWave (Bands n258, n260, n261) |
| Speed | LTE/LTE-A: 4x4 MIMO, supports up to UL Cat18 (211 Mbps), DL Cat20 (2000 Mbps), depending on carrier support | 5G (sub-6 GHz and mmWave) with 4x4 MIMO, Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO |
| Launch | ||
| Month | October | — |
| Year | 2025 | — |
| Status | Available. Released 2025, November 13 | Available. Released 2026, September 18 |
| Release Date | 2025, November 13 | 2026, September 18 |
| Body | ||
| Dimensions | 161.42 x 76.67 x 8.20 mm (Infinite Black/Ultra Violet); 161.42 x 76.67 x 8.10 mm (Sand Storm) | 150.0 x 71.9 x 8.75 mm (5.91 x 2.83 x 0.34 in) |
| Weight | 215 g (Infinite Black/Ultra Violet); 211 g (Sand Storm) | 211 g (7.44 oz) |
| Build | Infinite Black with advanced AG glass; Sand Storm with MAO-treated frame; Ultra Violet with light-responsive dual-texture coating; IP66, IP68, IP69 and IP69K certifications | Aluminum unibody design, Ceramic Shield 2 front, Ceramic Shield back; Rated IP68 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes) under IEC standard 60529 |
| Sim | Dual nano-SIM slot; eSIM supported | Dual eSIM (two active eSIMs; stores eight or more eSIMs) — US models: iPhone 18 Pro models are activated with an eSIM and do not support a physical SIM |
| Display | ||
| Type | LTPO, 1.5K, 1-120Hz adaptive, maximum 165Hz in gaming, 100% DCI-P3 (typical), 1.07 billion colors (10-bit), HBM 1800 nits, minimum 1 nit | Super Retina XDR OLED, Dynamic Island, Always-On display, ProMotion technology with adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz, HDR display, True Tone, Wide color (P3), Haptic Touch, 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical), 1000 nits max brightness (typical); 1600 nits peak brightness (HDR); 3000 nits peak brightness (outdoor); 1 nit minimum brightness |
| Size | 6.78 inches (17.23 cm, measured diagonally from corner to corner) | 6.3-inch (diagonal) all-screen OLED display; 6.27 inches diagonally when measured as a standard rectangular shape |
| Resolution | 2772 x 1272 (FHD+), 450 ppi, 20:9 aspect ratio | 2622-by-1206-pixel resolution at 460 ppi |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Ceramic Shield 2 front, fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating, anti-reflective coating |
| Platform | ||
| Os | OxygenOS 16.0 based on Android 16 | iOS 27 |
| Chipset | Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform | A20 Pro chip |
| Cpu | Qualcomm Oryon CPU @ 4.608 GHz | 6-core CPU with 2 super cores and 4 efficiency cores |
| Gpu | Adreno 840 @ 1200 MHz | 7-core GPU with Neural Accelerators, Dual 16-core Neural Engine, hardware-accelerated ray tracing |
| Memory | ||
| Internal | 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM; LPDDR5X Ultra/Ultra+ RAM, UFS 4.1 storage; available configurations: 12GB+256GB / 16GB+512GB | 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, 2TB |
| Main Camera | ||
| Wide | 50 MP, f/1.6, 23 mm, Main wide camera with OIS | — |
| Ultrawide | 50 MP, f/Not confirmed, Not confirmed mm, Ultra wide | — |
| Periscope Telephoto | 50 MP, f/2.8, 85 mm, Telephoto/periscope 3.5× optical zoom | — |
| Features | LED flash; Multi Autofocus (all pixel omni-directional PDAF + CDAF + LDAF); DetailMax Engine; Photo, Video, Portrait, Night, Panorama, SLO-MO, Long Exposure, Dual-view video, TIME-LAPSE, HI-RES, Underwater, Master, TEXT SCANNER, DOC SCANNER, TILT-SHIFT, PRO VIDEO | Sapphire crystal lens cover, Adaptive True Tone flash, Photonic Engine, Deep Fusion, Smart HDR 5, next-generation portraits with Focus and Depth Control, Portrait Lighting with six effects, Night mode, Panorama (up to 63MP), Photographic Styles 3, Smart focus tracking, Spatial photos, 48MP macro photography, ProRAW, Pro controls for lens aperture, shutter speed, white balance, and viewing histogram, Apple Reference Image (Fusion Main) |
| Triple | 50 MP main (Sony IMX906, 6P, f/1.8, 84° FoV, OIS, autofocus) + 50 MP telephoto (S5KJN5, 4P, f/2.8, 30° FoV, 3.5x optical zoom, 7x optical quality zoom, OIS, autofocus) + 50 MP ultra-wide (OV50D, 6P, f/2.0, 116° FoV, autofocus) | 48MP Pro Fusion camera system: 48MP Fusion Main with variable aperture (ƒ/1.48, ƒ/1.8, ƒ/2.8, ƒ/4.0), 24 mm, second-generation sensor-shift optical image stabilization, 100% Focus Pixels, super-high-resolution photos (24MP and 48MP), also enables 12MP optical-quality 2x Telephoto (48 mm); 48MP Fusion Ultra Wide, 13 mm, ƒ/2.2 aperture, 120° field of view, Hybrid Focus Pixels; 48MP Fusion Telephoto, 100 mm (4x), ƒ/2.8 aperture, Hybrid Focus Pixels, 3D sensor-shift optical image stabilization and autofocus, tetraprism design, also enables 12MP optical-quality 8x Telephoto (200 mm); 8x optical-quality zoom in, 2x optical zoom out, 16x optical-quality zoom range, digital zoom up to 40x |
| Video | 8K@30fps; 4K@120/60/30fps; 1080p@120/60/30fps; 720p@30fps; SLO-MO: 4K@120fps, 1080p@240/120fps, 720p@480/240fps; TIME-LAPSE: 4K/1080p@30fps; EIS/OIS; HDR video; optical zoom up to 3.5x, digital zoom up to 18x | 4K Dolby Vision video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, 60 fps, 100 fps (Fusion Main), or 120 fps (Fusion Main); 1080p Dolby Vision at 25 fps, 30 fps, 60 fps, or 120 fps (Fusion Main); 720p Dolby Vision at 30 fps; Cinematic mode up to 4K Dolby Vision at 60 fps; Action mode up to 2.8K Dolby Vision at 60 fps; ProRes video recording up to 4K at 120 fps with external recording, ProRes RAW; slo-mo 1080p up to 240 fps and 4K Dolby Vision up to 120 fps (Fusion Main); Dual Capture up to 4K Dolby Vision at 30 fps |
| Selfie Camera | ||
| Single | 32 MP (Sony IMX709, 5P, f/2.4, 21 mm equivalent, autofocus supported) | 18MP Center Stage camera, ƒ/1.9 aperture, autofocus with Focus Pixels, Retina Flash, Tap to zoom and rotate, Center Stage for photos, Center Stage for video calls, ultra-stabilized video, Dual Capture |
| Features | Photo, Video, Portrait, Night, Panorama, Dual-view video, TIME-LAPSE, Retouch, Screen Fill Light | Photonic Engine, Deep Fusion, Smart HDR 5, next-generation portraits with Focus and Depth Control, Portrait Lighting with six effects, Night mode, Photographic Styles 3, ProRAW, Animoji and Memoji |
| Video | 4K@60/30fps; 1080p@60/30fps; 720p@30fps; EIS/OIS; TIME-LAPSE: 4K/1080p@30fps; HDR video | 4K Dolby Vision video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps; 1080p Dolby Vision at 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps; Cinematic mode up to 4K Dolby Vision at 30 fps; ProRes up to 4K at 60 fps with external recording; slo-mo 1080p at 120 fps |
| Sound | ||
| Loudspeaker | — | Built-in stereo speaker |
| Connectivity | ||
| Wlan | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be), Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Wi-Fi Display, WLAN Tethering, 2x2 MIMO, Wi-Fi 5GHz 160MHz, Wi-Fi 6GHz 320MHz | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) with 2x2 MIMO, Apple N1 wireless networking chip, Thread networking technology, Apple second-generation Ultra Wideband chip |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 6.0, Low Energy; SBC, AAC, LDAC, aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, LHDC 5.0 | Bluetooth 6 |
| Positioning | Dual band: GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (G1), BeiDou (B1I+B1C+B2a), Galileo (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5) | Precision dual-frequency GPS (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, and NavIC), digital compass, Wi-Fi, Cellular, iBeacon microlocation |
| Nfc | NFC enabled | NFC with reader mode, Express Cards with power reserve |
| Usb | USB 3.2 Gen 1, Type-C; supports standard Type-C earphones | USB-C connector with support for charging, DisplayPort, USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s) |
| Features | ||
| Sensors | Proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, color temperature sensor, e-compass, accelerometer, gyroscope, in-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, Hall sensor, laser focusing sensor, spectral sensor, infrared remote control | Face ID, LiDAR Scanner, barometer, high dynamic range gyro, high-g accelerometer, proximity sensor, dual ambient light sensors |
| Battery | ||
| Type | 300 mAh | Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery; typical use up to 24 hours; video playback up to 36 hours; video playback (streamed) up to 33 hours |
| Charging | 120W SUPERVOOC wired, 50W AIRVOOC wireless (global specs page); up to 80W wired charging in the U.S. and Canada per the official press release | Fast-charge capable: up to 50% charge in around 15 minutes when using 60W-capable adapter or higher with Adjustable Voltage Supply (available separately) paired with USB-C charging cable; up to 50% charge in 30 minutes with 35W adapter or higher paired with MagSafe Charger (both available separately); MagSafe wireless charging up to 25W; Qi2 wireless charging up to 25W |
| Misc | ||
| Colors | Infinite Black, Sand Storm, Ultra Violet | Black, Silver, Glacier, Burgundy |
| Models | Variants for RAM / storage as above (12 GB /16 GB, up to 1 TB) | — |
| Price | USD $899.99 / $1299.99 CAD (12GB + 256GB); USD $999.99 / $1399.99 CAD (16GB + 512GB) - North America pricing as published in the official OnePlus press release | From $1,199 (US) |
| Audio | ||
| Jack | No | — |
| Loudspeaker | Yes | — |
| Build | ||
| Protection | IP68 (water & dust resistant), some leaks also suggest IP69 (higher resistance) | — |
| Materials | Glass front, Glass back | — |
| Cameras | ||
| Wide · Mp | 50 | — |
| Wide · Aperture | 1.6 | — |
| Wide · Focal Length | 23 | — |
| Wide · Description | Main wide camera with OIS | — |
| Ultrawide · Mp | 50 | — |
| Ultrawide · Aperture | Not confirmed | — |
| Ultrawide · Focal Length | Not confirmed | — |
| Ultrawide · Description | Ultra wide | — |
| Periscope · Mp | 50 | — |
| Periscope · Aperture | 2.8 | — |
| Periscope · Focal Length | 85 | — |
| Periscope · Description | Telephoto/periscope 3.5× optical zoom | — |
| Connectivity | ||
| Wlan | Wi-Fi 6E / Wi-Fi 7 (rumored) | — |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 (expected) | — |
| Positioning | GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, (likely QZSS) | — |
| Nfc | Yes | — |
| Infrared | No | — |
| Radio | No | — |
| Usb | USB Type-C (high speed, likely USB 3.x) | — |
| Dimensions | ||
| Size | 162.0 x 76.5 x 8.5 mm | — |
| Weight | 214 | — |
| Memory Storage | ||
| 0 · Ram | 12GB | — |
| 0 · Storage | 12GB | — |
| 1 · Ram | 12GB | — |
| 1 · Storage | 12GB | — |
| 2 · Ram | 16GB | — |
| 2 · Storage | 16GB | — |
| Sensors | ||
| Fingerprint | Fingerprint (under-display) | — |
| Accelerometer | Accelerometer | — |
| Gyroscope | Gyroscope | — |
| Compass | Compass | — |
| Barometer | Barometer | — |
| Face Unlock | Face Unlock | — |
| Virtual Proximity | Virtual proximity sensing | — |
| List | Fingerprint (under-display), Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Face Unlock, Virtual proximity sensing | — |
| Sim | ||
| Types | Nano-SIM, eSIM, Dual SIM | — |
| Storage | ||
| Card Slot | N)A | — |
| Type | UFS 4.x | — |
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