what you should Know
- OnePlus may wait until the end of 2022 to unveil a new flagship phone.
- Rumors say the new phone could use the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip.
- OnePlus’ next flagship could also come with a firm focus on performance.
OnePlus may waste no time in showing off its next flagship phone with the latest chipset.
Android Authority spotted a post from Weibo Leaker Digital Chat Station that says OnePlus’ next flagship could use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip. Rumors further suggest that OnePlus could be looking towards the end of 2022 to unveil this new flagship telephone. The Digital Chat Station post also points to the potential for the new phone to have a firm focus on performance.
The reveal of a new OnePlus flagship phone at the end of the year will give us a short window between November and December. We expect Qualcomm to talk about its new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset at its Snapdragon Summit in November.
This new chip will take over as the go-to chip for next-generation Android phones in 2023. So OnePlus, unveiling its new phone in late November or December as one of the first phones to use Qualcomm’s latest chip, will put your name in people’s minds. The chance to reveal a OnePlus flagship will also come before Samsung, which we’d assume will also use the latest Snapdragon chipset.
An earlier leak about the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 said it could use four different CPU cores and would be manufactured by TSMC, potentially built on the same 4nm process as the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.
The Chinese OEM has already released two phones this year: the OnePlus 10 Pro and the 10T. The 10 Pro was released first and featured the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The 10T features the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset, which is a significant upgrade over the previous chip. However, it won’t hit the US until late September, giving it just a few months until it’s effectively overshadowed.
Although the name of this new flagship was not mentioned in the leak, it is possible that the new phone will come in as a OnePlus 11 series phone.
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With a beautiful design, the OnePlus 10 Pro offers incredible everyday performance with all-day battery life. The device also has a 6.7-inch liquid 120Hz AMOLED screen and a 50MP primary shooter. It also charges super fast with 125W wired charging, so you won’t have to wait for a recharge anymore.