OnePlus·phone
OnePlus 8T
Based on 10 credible posts from Hacker News & Bluesky. 23 filtered out as bot-like or off-topic.
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Scored September 27, 2026
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Owner reviews
Overall owner mood
Owners are split: 10% of 10 reviews are positive, 40% negative, and the rest mixed or neutral. The most common complaint is price & value (2 owners).
What owners like
Nothing two or more owners agree on yet.
What owners complain about
Price & value raised by 2 owners (1 disagree)
“True because wars finance value destruction.”
What owners talk about
- Price & value1 praise · 2 complain
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Every credible owner review, most detailed first. Bots, off-topic comments, and ones that say nothing about using it are left out.
Mimo has been one of those models that I have been rooting for since the first I used it, the 2.5 pro which I have used quite a bit, was very concise, very aware of how much context needs to be read for which tasks and would always keep the context tight. [...] Good to see they also kept the price the same, and landed in the greenest quardrant of the intelligence vs speed of AA.
True because wars finance value destruction. [...] NB: did you know Uber destroyed $27B of value since inception? [...]
[...] I really wanted to build a cluster of mobiles, but its hard to find cheap and good mobiles for such experiment... [...]
Worked on my OnePlus 8T running LineageOS with no gapps and using Fennec F-Droid for the browser. [...] [1] Due to an unrelated bug in latest Fennec, I currently have all my extensions disabled or else all pages stop loading at all. [...]
[...] I have a OnePlus 8t and it's the worst phone I've ever owned. [...] It's now old enough for me to consider a replacement (finally!). [...] Written from my OnePlus 8t. [...]
[...] Slow agentic search that takes many seconds, and is greatly subsidized, is certainly better. [...]
This is true, but only half the equation. Nothing Phone 1 took ages to get LineageOS support and the already-supported OnePlus 8T had similar specs. Though if OnePlus pisses everyone off, maybe Nothing will take their place and get more LOS maintainers, in which case I'd be fine switching to their devices.
[...] I replaced my pixel 1 with a OnePlus 8t and I've been kicking myself ever since for not going with a new pixel. [...]
Yeah I've also heard good things about their early devices, which was why I got this one. Maybe they used to be good? As of the 8t, they definitely weren't good anymore though
The claims, and the evidence
What the brand claims
No published claims on file for this product yet.
What owners report
“Mimo has been one of those models that I have been rooting for since the first I used it, the 2.5 pro which I have used quite a bit, was very concise, very aware of how much context needs to be read for which tasks and would always keep the context tight. [...] Good to see they also kept the price the same, and landed in the greenest quardrant of the intelligence vs speed of AA.”
“[...] I really wanted to build a cluster of mobiles, but its hard to find cheap and good mobiles for such experiment... [...]”
“Worked on my OnePlus 8T running LineageOS with no gapps and using Fennec F-Droid for the browser. [...] [1] Due to an unrelated bug in latest Fennec, I currently have all my extensions disabled or else all pages stop loading at all. [...]”
“[...] I have a OnePlus 8t and it's the worst phone I've ever owned. [...] It's now old enough for me to consider a replacement (finally!). [...] Written from my OnePlus 8t. [...]”
Common OnePlus 8T problems
Problems most owners who mention them agree on, plus ones owners are split on.
- Price & value2 owners report this (1 disagree)