
Apple
Best iPhone for most people

OnePlus
Compact battery champion
iPhone 16
iPhone 16
iPhone 16
A 6.1-inch aluminium-framed body with Ceramic Shield, IP68 and USB-C at a light 170g, now adding the Action Button and the new Camera Control.
OnePlus 15T
OnePlus inherits the design language of the OnePlus 15 — metal frame, glass back, micro-arc oxidation finish on the rails — and shrinks it into a 6.32-inch, 194g body that's roughly iPhone 17-sized but with more than twice the battery capacity. IP66/IP68/IP69/IP69K rating, ultrasonic fingerprint sensor and ~1.1mm symmetric bezels are unambiguous flagship moves. Reviewers debate whether 6.32-inch genuinely counts as compact in 2026.
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OnePlus 15T
OnePlus 15T
iPhone 16
A 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED that's bright (2,000 nits) and dims to 1 nit — but remains stuck at 60Hz, the phone's single biggest criticism.
OnePlus 15T
The 6.32-inch 165 Hz 1.5K AMOLED panel is the only true 165 Hz compact-flagship display on the market and pairs that refresh rate with a measured 1,800 nits brightness, 460 ppi pixel density, Crystal Shield Glass, and HDR10+/Dolby Vision support. Native 165 Hz support in popular FPS games is a real differentiator. Notebookcheck flags 120.7 Hz PWM dimming that can cause eyestrain for sensitive users.
iPhone 16
The A18 with 8GB RAM — the same RAM as the Pro this generation — is fast and a massive leap for anyone upgrading from an older iPhone.
OnePlus 15T
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 paired with 12-16GB LPDDR5X Ultra Pro RAM delivers flagship synthetic scores — Notebookcheck recorded Geekbench multi-core 10,976 and 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited 29,901, on par with the larger Xiaomi 17 and Honor Magic8 Pro Air. The problem is sustained: in the 3DMark Wild Life stress test the GPU drops over 50% and the back of the phone hits 50 °C, which both Notebookcheck and SuperSaf flag as a deal-breaker for long gaming sessions.
iPhone 16
Improved over the iPhone 15 with all-day life for most; charging is slow, with Qi2/MagSafe up to 25W on a 30W brick.
OnePlus 15T
This is the section the OnePlus 15T was built to win. The 7,500 mAh silicon-carbon 'Glacier' cell is the largest ever fitted to a true compact phone — 50% bigger than the iPhone 17's pack in a similar footprint. Notebookcheck measured roughly 1.5 days of real-world endurance at 150 cd/m². Wired charging tops out at 100 W, wireless at 50 W. The only friction points are the missing built-in magnets for MagSafe-style alignment and the still-USB-2.0 port.