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OnePlus 9
Based on 32 credible posts from Hacker News, YouTube & Bluesky. 68 filtered out as bot-like or off-topic.
Medium confidenceA solid sample; expect small shifts as more owners post. How we score
Scored November 11, 2026
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Owner reviews
Overall owner mood
Owners are split: 50% of 32 reviews are positive, 25% negative, and the rest mixed or neutral. Praise centers on camera and price & value. The most common complaint is build & durability (4 owners). Owners are divided on battery & charging. Owners with 6+ months of use are more positive (64%), which suggests it holds up well.
What owners like
Camera praised by 5 owners
“The cameras have served well, as I've taken hundreds, if not thousands of photos, by now.”
Price & value praised by 4 owners (1 disagree)
“I got one for a very low price and though it has a cracked screen..”
What owners complain about
Build & durability raised by 4 owners
“I wanted to build an app to turn on tethering automatically and you can't even change settings at all using Swift and the SDK.”
Software & AI raised by 3 owners (1 disagree)
“After daily driving that phone for a whole year, 7 lockups, 12 crashes, and I switched back to Apple.”
Display raised by 2 owners
“If it breaks tomorrow I have no idea what I'd take because I got so used to the way this phone handles with face unlocks, gestures, side sliding the screen to go back or gestures to close apps.”
Owners are split on
- Battery & charging 4 like it · 5 don't
Worth reading the reviews on these if they matter to you.
What owners talk about
- Battery & charging4 praise · 5 complain
- Price & value4 praise · 1 complain
- Camera5 praise · 0 complain
- Software & AI1 praise · 3 complain
- Build & durability0 praise · 4 complain
- Display0 praise · 2 complain
Built from the reviews themselves — every quote links to the owner who wrote it.
Every credible owner review, most detailed first. Bots, off-topic comments, and ones that say nothing about using it are left out.
[...] EVs have really high-end battery management systems and cooling, which will have a huge impact on battery life. Heck even my phone is lasting better these days with just better software battery management in Android. My current oneplus 9 is going on three and a half years old and hasn't notably degraded in battery life. Whereas I'm pretty sure I remember all my previous phones having noticeable battery degradation after a year or so.
Using my OP 9 since early 2022 and love the phone. If it breaks tomorrow I have no idea what I'd take because I got so used to the way this phone handles with face unlocks, gestures, side sliding the screen to go back or gestures to close apps. The battery is still performing like new, I don't see much degradation and the original 65W charger is a godsend when I forget to charge the phone as mere minutes bump it up to a half day usable amount.
I've had mine since a few months after launch, my daily driver all this time. Battery degradation is becoming a little bit of an issue, and my screen is cracked in multiple places, but all in all, still running great. [...] Still pretty snappy, it's been a trooper. The cameras have served well, as I've taken hundreds, if not thousands of photos, by now. [...] Just gotta figure out a few things with the settings, but it's worth it.
I have had this phone since '21 and love it. [...] I just wish the battery was still new. [...] I may just get a new battery for this one. Hard to find a larger battery, wireless charging, rapid charging, and a decent processor under $500-600 in 2025.
Have had my OnePlus 9 4 years, seems it wasn't as good on launch, but got alot better over time, at this point im considering a battery replacement as health is like 84% now, but the fast charging makes it alot less noticeable, but kinda want that 6000 mah the OP 13R has. But the OP 9 has been the best lasting phone i have had, 4 years in and probably another 4 years easy i think. And i find i use the added close up zoom mode alot more than any other camara feature, just to read small serial codes better.
[...] Their capacities have largely dropped to the point that I need to charge them every ride or two. [...] They're not user-serviceable by design but I've been pondering cracking them open and having a go at swapping the batteries. [...]
What I learned from carrying a phone with "2.5d" screen edges: They make the screen effectively narrower in terms of usable area, while making the phone physically wider. [...] Please go back to 9:16 or 10:16 screen ratios. If you need more space for the battery, gently round the back. [...] Also, a fingerprint reader / power button on the back is superior to all other placements, and cutouts of any kind are distracting and wasteful. OnePlus managed a motorized pop-out selfie-cam and it's still working for me seven years later.
I just realized I've had mine for over 3 years. I broke the back. I'd say the battery is maybe 10-15% weaker than new. Other than that it's pretty much just as good as the day I bought it. [...]
I switched from Samsung Galaxy (first S, then S3) to OnePlus years back, and I've been a happy camper. I currently have an OnePlus 9, I've heard no so good (compared to previous) reviews of their newer models, but I'll cross that bridge when I get there. My current phone has been running great for multiple years, minimal bloatware, would recommend.
got this phone as well at a really bargen price i must say you should turn on high performance mode and you will expirence an even highier performance than before i invested in a new battery but didn't change it yet because as was stated in this video you can charge up your phonr prettty fast also when auto turn off and turn on really saves up the battery besides that i have the oneplus 8 pro and they are quite similar in all aspects truely a hidden gem and cameras are quite enough for avrage user
I hated my 2021 Edge+ with such a burning fury that I'm typing this on my old OnePlus 9 (with LineageOS, which I couldn't do on the moto). [...] The OnePlus 9 is supposedly the last good phone from them, so I'm thinking of using my wife's Pixel with a re-locked ROM once she upgrades. [...]
I've been using this phone for 6 months.. It supports reverse wireless charging.
never used an Apple device. I've been using a OnePlus 9 w/ LineageOS since '22. it takes some extra time and a teensy bit of interaction with a command line, but the bonus is that I expect to keep using it, barring unforeseen unfixable physical damage, for a long time to come
Bruh, I bought a OnePlus 9 phone back in 2021, during the summer, OnePlus announced that they’ll be launching the new Android 13 (I think it was that version or 12). After daily driving that phone for a whole year, 7 lockups, 12 crashes, and I switched back to Apple. (1/2)
[...] I love my OnePlus 9 + Murena OS with its built-in tracker blocker.
Gosh I am so done with the battery thing now , it keeps switching off on its own once the battery reaches 25% . Anyone facing the same ?? Please help how to get this sorted ?
I got one for a very low price and though it has a cracked screen.. The price of the screen still makes it an afforable option
Weird, my OnePlus 9 only fast charges when connected to the original charger and not my laptop charger. Even when my laptop charger could output a higher wattage
I bought OnePlus 9 Pro but I hated the Oxygen OS14 which came with it
At the time I got my OnePlus 9 a few years back, it was super rare on the camera side, able to shoot video clips in 8K definition.
A recent phone I had was the Oneplus 9. [...] You can find relatively cheap refurbished phones on Backmarket. I bought my brother an Asian market version of the same phone on there and he loves it. [...]
Still use this as my main phone will probably upgrade once oneplus gets a new camera design
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Hey @bsky.app There's no way for me to exit a video if I open it on the app with my phone. I have a OnePlus 9. [...] I have to double press the power button to open the camera to get out of the app and then close it.
Yipee, now my phone fails to for some reason connect to my home wifi. What the fucking shit phone do I have. Starting to regret my OnePlus 9 purchase
Apparently it was a known issue with the firmware on OnePlus 9 phones that I didn't know about cause I use a custom ROM. Flashed a firmware update and a new ROM since my old one didn't support the newer firmware and I refuse to use OOS. All the issues resolved and now my phone feels like new.
[...] Settings - Battery - Battery Optimization - Turn on advanced optimization (Top right corner) 2. [...] Turn on automatic brightness 5. Turn off sensors which you are not using like location, Bluetooth, tap to turn on the screen, NFC, etc for Save Me from Battery Blast and Save battery Life I have to Follow OnePlus's Instruction, Which is with so Basic feature..
bro i have oneplus 9 and touch is not good with tampered glass on. do you also face same issue
[...] I wanted to build an app to turn on tethering automatically and you can't even change settings at all using Swift and the SDK. I use an OnePlus 9 during my work day that only has Slack, email and other basic tools to get my job done. [...]
I got a OnePlus 9 for this exact purpose and it was good, but not without issues. [...] That OnePlus 9 had some weird issues that eventually got resolved but it took a while. Important to differentiate between an OS that builds for a phone and one that actually works for a phone, but there's not usually a ton of reviews for the latter.
Just a couple weeks after I got it for a steal on Amazon it was 180$ before tax brand new but just a few weeks later they made it 500$+ for like a couple months after that the price crashed back down to around 200$ but now you can only find pre owned 😢.
I got this phone today, not knowing much about it, my pixel 7 (my previous phone) had signal issues, like it couldn't connect to data or Internet, one day that just happened so the day after I brought it to the repair shop, and they took it and 100 dollars, and gave me this phone, it's in the blue colour, I hope it lasts me a long time and doesn't develop any issues. If anyone has any "tips or tricks" or anything I should know about, please let me know
OnePlus 9 long-term: how it holds up
When problems show up
- Battery & chargingtypically around 4 years · 3 reports
- Displaytypically around 3.5 years · 2 reports
- Build & durabilitytypically around 3.5 years · 2 reports
The claims, and the evidence
What the brand claims
No published claims on file for this product yet.
What owners report
“[...] EVs have really high-end battery management systems and cooling, which will have a huge impact on battery life. Heck even my phone is lasting better these days with just better software battery management in Android. My current oneplus 9 is going on three and a half years old and hasn't notably degraded in battery life. Whereas I'm pretty sure I remember all my previous phones having noticeable battery degradation after a year or so.”
after 42 monthsView on Hacker News“I have had this phone since '21 and love it. [...] I just wish the battery was still new. [...] I may just get a new battery for this one. Hard to find a larger battery, wireless charging, rapid charging, and a decent processor under $500-600 in 2025.”
after 4 yearsView on YouTube“[...] Their capacities have largely dropped to the point that I need to charge them every ride or two. [...] They're not user-serviceable by design but I've been pondering cracking them open and having a go at swapping the batteries. [...]”
after 8 yearsView on Hacker News“What I learned from carrying a phone with "2.5d" screen edges: They make the screen effectively narrower in terms of usable area, while making the phone physically wider. [...] Please go back to 9:16 or 10:16 screen ratios. If you need more space for the battery, gently round the back. [...] Also, a fingerprint reader / power button on the back is superior to all other placements, and cutouts of any kind are distracting and wasteful. OnePlus managed a motorized pop-out selfie-cam and it's still working for me seven years later.”
after 7 yearsView on Hacker News
Common OnePlus 9 problems
Problems most owners who mention them agree on, plus ones owners are split on.
- Build & durability4 owners report thisView on YouTube
“I just realized I've had mine for over 3 years. I broke the back. I'd say the battery is maybe 10-15% weaker than new. Other than that it's pretty much just as good as the day I bought it. [...]”
- Battery & chargingOwners split: 5 complain, 4 happyView on YouTube
“Gosh I am so done with the battery thing now , it keeps switching off on its own once the battery reaches 25% .”
- Software & AI3 owners report this (1 disagree)View on YouTube
“Just a couple weeks after I got it for a steal on Amazon it was 180$ before tax brand new but just a few weeks later they made it 500$+ for like a couple months after that the price crashed back down to around 200$ but now you can only find pre owned 😢.”
- Display2 owners report this