HIGHLIGHTS
- The OnePlus 10 Pro will be available in worldwide regions in March.
- The company is also developing a smartphone with 150W quick charging.
- OnePlus has said that its OxygenOS would not be combined with Oppo's ColorOS.
Meanwhile, Oppo debuted a new 240W flash charging technology at MWC that can fully charge a phone's battery in less than 9 minutes.
The smartphone company said that the OnePlus 10 Pro would be available in Europe, India, and North America by the end of March. According to the company, the smartphone has generated more than CNY 100 million (approximately Rs. 120 crore) in open sales in China since its introduction in January of this year.
Meanwhile, OnePlus will release its most cheap 5G compatible smartphone later this year in India and Europe. In addition, the firm launched a new retail model in India that would allow users to buy smartphones online and then pick them up at retail locations once a OnePlus store member has set it up for them.
OnePlus also disclosed that a future smartphone with 150W SuperVOOC fast charging will be released in the second quarter of 2022. The charging technology, created by the Oppo Research Institute, is said to charge a 4,500mAh battery from 1% to 50% in five minutes. The technology, according to OnePlus, is driven by a customised dual battery configuration, an industry-leading battery PCB protection board, and a highly integrated microprocessor to boost overall charging efficiency.
While OnePlus said in September that it will combine OxygenOS and ColorOS into a single operating system that would be available on both firms' smartphones, the company has now disclosed that OxygenOS 13 will remain an independent brand property when Android 13 is released. According to the business, the decision to keep OxygenOS on OnePlus devices was made in response to community comments. OxygenOS and ColorOS, on the other hand, will be developed on the same codebase as previously disclosed, according to OnePlus.
On the software front, OnePlus also revealed its HyperBoost Gaming Engine, which includes features like GPA Frame Stabilizer to reduce frame rate fluctuation, O-Sync to increase syncing speed by up to six times, and GPU Load Control (GLC) to improve rendering efficiency with up to 36% less power consumption. When the OnePlus 10 Pro is released in India, Europe, and North America, the HyperBoost Gaming Engine will be included in an OTA update. There is no indication yet on whether the functionality will be available on previous OnePlus smartphones.
Oppo, OnePlus' sibling company, also demonstrated 150W SuperVOOC charging technology at MWC 2022 on Monday, which it aims to include into next Oppo flagship phones. The announcement was followed by a demonstration of Oppo's 240W SuperVOOC flash charge technology, which the company says can charge a 4,500mAh battery from 1% to 100% in under 9 minutes. According to Oppo, the technology is developed with 24V/10A on USB Type-C, and the business claims it has used three charge pumps for speedier charging. According to the business, the power provided to the device may be converted to 10V/24A using a compatible adaptor.
According to the business, the 240W SuperVOOC incorporates five safety safeguards and employs a unique control chip that regulates the voltage, current, and temperature on the smartphone. Oppo also uses a customised battery safety monitoring chip, which can analyse and monitor if the phone's battery is harmed by any external pressures while in use. The technology is also combined with a temperature safety function, which monitors 13 temperature sensors on the phone to detect overheating. Oppo has yet to specify when the technology will be commercially accessible or which models would support 240W charging.
