This is the time of year when people in my line of work start thinking about the biggest hits and misses of the past 12 months. When it comes to my area of interest, I have plenty of candidates to consider for the best phones of the past year. But there's no debate over which phone has disappointed me the most — the OnePlus 15R.
That may be a surprising choice, as the OnePlus 15R is seems like a very solid phone. In his OnePlus 15R review, my colleague Richard Priday praised the phone overall, citing how closely it mirrors flagship phones like the OnePlus 15. And certainly, the OnePlus 15R's battery life — it's the runner-up on our best phone battery life list after lasting nearly 22 hours on our custom battery test — makes it a phone that commands your attention.
