OnePlus has gone a long way since the days of "Never Settle." In recent years, the business that was previously recognised for taking on expensive flagship handsets in the market at one-third the price has completely changed its strategy. Its phones are now virtually as pricey as those from Samsung and Apple, and they have comparable specifications. The OnePlus 9 series was a minor success, albeit it failed to live up to the image hoopla around its Hasselblad camera. However, in 2022, the firm will have some substantial changes in store for the OnePlus 10 series on the software front as the company is becoming Oppo-fied, with the hardware receiving a slight upgrade. Everything we know about the OnePlus is listed below.
Galaxy S21-esque design for OnePlus 10 Pro
The design of the OnePlus 10 Pro is inspired by Samsung's Galaxy S21 series, with a camera hump that merges into the chassis. The phone's design was initially unveiled through leaked renderings in November of last year. This was followed by photographs of a fake version of the phone circulating on the internet, depicting how it might seem in real life. OnePlus announced the design before of the 10 Pro's January debut in China.
The marketing materials for the OnePlus 10 Pro emphasise the phone's similarities to Samsung's flagship Galaxy phone for 2021. The front is uninteresting and looks a much like the OnePlus 9 Pro, with the punch-hole camera in the top-left corner. In China, the phone is available in a new forest green hue that should find its way to foreign markets. OnePlus also just released an Extreme Edition of the OnePlus 10 Pro in Panda White, which reminded us of the Panda Pixel 2 XL.
The durability of the OnePlus 10 Pro's design might be a source of worry. In JerryRigEverything's testing, the phone cracked in half, indicating that it is not as sturdy as prior OnePlus phones. This is also not what you'd expect from a flagship smartphone in 2022.
OnePlus 10 Pro specs
There's no mystery about the OnePlus 10 Pro's specifications now that it's publicly available in China. The 10 Pro has a 6.7-inch 1440p OLED display with an adjustable refresh rate of 1Hz to 120Hz. It has up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage, as well as a 5,000mAh battery. There's 80W cable charging, up from 65W on the OnePlus 9 Pro, as well as 50W wireless AirVOOC compatibility. OnePlus has ditched the Warp Charge label for its charging technology in favour of SuperVOOC, as has Oppo.
Inside is Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 CPU, which delivers a considerable boost in AI and ML performance as well as a revamped GPU for improved gaming performance.
The OnePlus 10 Pro's triple-rear camera specifications are comparable to those of its predecessor, with OnePlus referring to it as the "second-generation Hasselblad Camera for Mobile." This implies there's a 48MP f/1.8 main sensor with OIS and a 3.3x telephoto sensor with OIS. The ultra-wide camera receives a fascinating improvement, with a 150-degree field of vision, up from 110 degrees on the 9 Pro. This broad field of vision will provide smartphone photographers with a completely new viewpoint, albeit it may cause significant edge distortion. To counteract this potential, OnePlus has included a more standard 110-degree setting to its camera app.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip's strong new ISP should allow the business to extract higher-quality photos from camera sensors. The front camera has also been upgraded to 32MP quality, which should help the OnePlus 10 Pro improve its selfie game.
OnePlus has released some camera examples from the 10 Pro, demonstrating how the camera shoots photographs in 10-bit colour by default. There's also an upgraded Hasselblad mode for capturing 12-bit RAW files, a Movie mode that allows you to manually adjust the frame rate, ISO, and other parameters when shooting videos, LOG format compatibility, and more. The Hasselblad upgrades on the OnePlus 9 series felt more like a marketing gimmick and did not bring any meaningful real-world benefits. So it'll be fascinating to see if the OnePlus 10 Pro does anything to improve that.
ColorOS-based OxygenOS
OnePlus stated in July that OxygenOS and ColorOS will be merged. In the months since, it has revealed more information on the merger, including a new unified operating system that would operate on both businesses' devices. "The quick and smooth, burdenless experience of OxygenOS, and the stability and rich functionality of ColorOS," according to the unified operating system. The OnePlus 10 series was supposed to serve as the new OS's launch vehicle. Rumors, on the other hand, suggested that its development was falling behind schedule and that it might not be finished in time for the OnePlus 10 Pro launch.
However, in a twist to this tale, OnePlus cancelled the merging of OxygenOS and ColorOS in February 2022. A uniform codebase will be used by both operating systems, allowing for "faster updates and higher build quality." Following user feedback from its community and seeing that both skins have their own user base, the corporation made this decision. This update should bring a sense of comfort to OnePlus and OxygenOS fans who were dissatisfied with the previous announcement.
With its latest upgrades, OnePlus has not had a strong track record. The business bungled the official OxygenOS 12 upgrade for the OnePlus 9 series, and the original release was so problematic that the deployment had to be halted. While the corporation was fast to provide a fresh build, it took its time correcting all of the concerns. With a defined software plan in place for the foreseeable future, OnePlus should be able to concentrate more on producing stable upgrades for its devices.
What about the OnePlus 10?
OnePlus usually releases a non-Pro version of their flagship phone with less features and a cheaper price. There haven't been any leaks about the OnePlus 10, but with the lineup's worldwide debut probably a couple of months away, leaks should start appearing shortly. The phone is likely to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 CPU, but it will have the same triple-camera configuration as its predecessor. The charging speeds should also stay same, with only the Pro model limited to 80W charging speeds.
The phone is rumoured to be nicknamed Oscar and is set to make its debut in late spring. It is likely that the OnePlus 10 Pro will make its appearance first this time.
Available in China, coming to international markets by the end of March
Over the previous several years, OnePlus has accelerated the release of its smartphones. Taking advantage of the OnePlus 9 series' missed 'T' upgrade in the second half of 2021, the business released the OnePlus 10 Pro in China in the first week of January. This is many weeks early than normal. Following several reports of an early worldwide release, OnePlus revealed that the smartphone would be available in India, Europe, and North America before the end of March.
This is the first time OnePlus has released its flagship phone so early in the year. While this is unusual for the firm, it makes sense when one considers its Oppo-fication. Oppo often launches its flagship phones in China first, followed by worldwide markets in the weeks and months that follow. With OnePlus now owned by Oppo, the firm is employing the same launch approach for the OnePlus 10 series.
