OnePlus 8 unveiled with 48MP camera and SD865, 8 Pro gets bigger sensor, 120Hz screen
They are here and let’s get this out of the way first – OnePlus kept its promise that its phones will be under $1,000. Indeed, the full-loaded Pro phone is $999 and the base configuration is $100 below that. The vanilla OnePlus 8 starts at $700. The two new models will be available on OnePlus.com starting on April 29 and will also sell through Amazon in the US as well as the major carriers.
OnePlus 8 Pro
The OnePlus 8 Pro comes with a new 6.78” Fluid AMOLED display, the largest for the brand yet, and its first to hit 120Hz refresh rate. The screen comes with 240Hz touch sampling rate to minimize input lag.
OnePlus 8 Pro
The display is calibrated at the factory achieving a record-setting color accuracy. It’s a 10-bit panel with HDR10+ support. HDR Boost will take old 8-bit content and enhance it. There’s also MEMC, which can interpolate 24fps video to 120fps. That’s a “love it or hate it” feature, but OnePlus also did extensive optimizations to the software to ensure that the interface flies at 120fps with no snags.
The pop-up camera of previous Pro models is gone, replaced by a simple punch hole camera. The OnePlus 8 Pro is the first phone by the company to feature an official IP68 rating.
For years OnePlus was saying that wireless charging tech isn’t ready – well, it finally is. Warp Charge 30 Wireless can charge the 8 Pro at up to 30W and can fill a flat battery to 50% in half an hour. Reverse wireless charging is supported as well.
Wired charging is still a bit faster, the 30W Warp Charge 30T goes from 0% to 50% battery charge in 23 minutes. Still, the OnePlus 8 Pro houses a larger 4,510mAh battery (up from 4,000mAh on the 7 Pro) and the new wireless charging is about as fast as the non-T Warp Charge 30.
The phone has two 48MP cameras plus a telephoto and an assistant module. The main cam uses the 1/1.4"-inch Sony IMX689 sensor with 1.12µm native pixels and 2.24µm binned pixels. It has omni-directional autofocus on all pixels.
It can record 4K video at 60fps using the new Single Shot 3-HDR feature, which captures three exposures at once, greatly enhancing the dynamic range. The camera uses a mix of Optical and Electronic image stabilization.
The other 48MP camera has a 120° ultrawide lens and also doubles as a macro camera taking snaps at 3cm distance.
The third camera is an 8MP telephoto module. The sensor has 1.0µm pixels and sits behind a lens with f/2.44 aperture and OIS. The fourth module is an all-new Color Filter camera, which will help with the rendering of various color effects.
The OnePlus 8 is powered by a Snapdragon 865 chipset. Its performance is further enhanced by the switch to LPDDR5 RAM, which is 30% faster while using 20% less energy than the RAM on the OnePlus 7 series. The storage is of the UFS 3.0 variety.
The phone boasts 5G connectivity, of course, specifically the sub-6GHz flavor. Locally, there’s Wi-Fi 6 that tops out at 9.6Gbps – that’s faster than even the 5G modem (7.5Gbps on a mmWave connection).
The OnePlus 8 Pro will cost $899/£799 for the version with 8GB of RAM and 128GB storage. There’s one step up from that, the 12/256GB option for $999/£899. It will be available in the new Ultramarine Blue and Glacial Green colors as well as Onyx Black.
OnePlus 8 Pro: Ultramarine Blue • Glacial Green • Onyx Black
You can read our hands-on review for more details on the phone and our first impressions.
OnePlus 8
The OnePlus 8 is built around a 6.55” screen with 1080p+ resolution and 90Hz refresh rate. This is not the same panel as the 7T, however, this one is curved and has a punch hole for the selfie camera, replacing the notch. The screen supports HDR10+ and offers perfect color accuracy, just like its bigger sibling.
The 48MP main camera uses an older IMX586 sensor, meaning you lose the omni-directional AF. Also, the pixels are notably smaller at 0.8µm. Pixel binning is still supported and there’s the OIS+EIS combo to help out.
The 16MP ultra wide camera (116°) gives up the macro duties, which are handled by a dedicated 2MP macro camera instead. There’s no telephoto camera, instead the 48MP sensor natively supports 2x zoom via crop.
The 4,300mAh battery offers 13% more capacity compared to the 7T. It supports Warp Charge 30T over USB-C, charging up to 50% takes only 22 minutes. There’s no wireless charging on this model, however.
Like the Pro, the OnePlus 8 is powered by a Snapdragon 865 chipset with the same memory configurations – 8GB of RAM and 128GB as standard, 12/256GB for those who need more. Note that the RAM is the slower LPDDR4X like on previous models.
5G and Wi-Fi 6 are supported on this phone as well, the company is all in on new connectivity. Verizon is getting a special version of the phone which adds the faster mmWave as well.
Both new models have in-display fingerprint readers. Also, they sport stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos support and the haptic feedback has been improved for a better gaming experience.
The OnePlus 8 will be available alongside the Pro, starting on April 24. The base configuration (8/128GB) is $700/£599 and you can upgrade to 12/256GB for $100/£100 more.
OnePlus 8: Interstellar Glow • Glacial Green (matte) • Onxy Black • Polar Silver
The phone comes in two new colors - Interstellar Glow (which has a glossy finish) and Glacial Green (with a matte finish). The standard Onyx Black is also glossy. Verizon has exclusivity on the Polar Silver color.
Is this a big enough upgrade over the OnePlus 7T? Check out our hands-on review for our initial thoughts on the matter.
They are here and let’s get this out of the way first – OnePlus kept its promise that its phones will be under $1,000. Indeed, the full-loaded Pro phone is $999 and the base configuration is $100 below that. The vanilla OnePlus 8 starts at $700. The two new models will be available on OnePlus.com starting on April 29 and will also sell through Amazon in the US as well as the major carriers.
OnePlus 8 Pro
The OnePlus 8 Pro comes with a new 6.78” Fluid AMOLED display, the largest for the brand yet, and its first to hit 120Hz refresh rate. The screen comes with 240Hz touch sampling rate to minimize input lag.
OnePlus 8 Pro
The display is calibrated at the factory achieving a record-setting color accuracy. It’s a 10-bit panel with HDR10+ support. HDR Boost will take old 8-bit content and enhance it. There’s also MEMC, which can interpolate 24fps video to 120fps. That’s a “love it or hate it” feature, but OnePlus also did extensive optimizations to the software to ensure that the interface flies at 120fps with no snags.
The pop-up camera of previous Pro models is gone, replaced by a simple punch hole camera. The OnePlus 8 Pro is the first phone by the company to feature an official IP68 rating.
For years OnePlus was saying that wireless charging tech isn’t ready – well, it finally is. Warp Charge 30 Wireless can charge the 8 Pro at up to 30W and can fill a flat battery to 50% in half an hour. Reverse wireless charging is supported as well.
Wired charging is still a bit faster, the 30W Warp Charge 30T goes from 0% to 50% battery charge in 23 minutes. Still, the OnePlus 8 Pro houses a larger 4,510mAh battery (up from 4,000mAh on the 7 Pro) and the new wireless charging is about as fast as the non-T Warp Charge 30.
The phone has two 48MP cameras plus a telephoto and an assistant module. The main cam uses the 1/1.4"-inch Sony IMX689 sensor with 1.12µm native pixels and 2.24µm binned pixels. It has omni-directional autofocus on all pixels.
It can record 4K video at 60fps using the new Single Shot 3-HDR feature, which captures three exposures at once, greatly enhancing the dynamic range. The camera uses a mix of Optical and Electronic image stabilization.
The other 48MP camera has a 120° ultrawide lens and also doubles as a macro camera taking snaps at 3cm distance.
The third camera is an 8MP telephoto module. The sensor has 1.0µm pixels and sits behind a lens with f/2.44 aperture and OIS. The fourth module is an all-new Color Filter camera, which will help with the rendering of various color effects.
The OnePlus 8 is powered by a Snapdragon 865 chipset. Its performance is further enhanced by the switch to LPDDR5 RAM, which is 30% faster while using 20% less energy than the RAM on the OnePlus 7 series. The storage is of the UFS 3.0 variety.
The phone boasts 5G connectivity, of course, specifically the sub-6GHz flavor. Locally, there’s Wi-Fi 6 that tops out at 9.6Gbps – that’s faster than even the 5G modem (7.5Gbps on a mmWave connection).
The OnePlus 8 Pro will cost $899/£799 for the version with 8GB of RAM and 128GB storage. There’s one step up from that, the 12/256GB option for $999/£899. It will be available in the new Ultramarine Blue and Glacial Green colors as well as Onyx Black.
OnePlus 8 Pro: Ultramarine Blue • Glacial Green • Onyx Black
You can read our hands-on review for more details on the phone and our first impressions.
OnePlus 8
The OnePlus 8 is built around a 6.55” screen with 1080p+ resolution and 90Hz refresh rate. This is not the same panel as the 7T, however, this one is curved and has a punch hole for the selfie camera, replacing the notch. The screen supports HDR10+ and offers perfect color accuracy, just like its bigger sibling.
The 48MP main camera uses an older IMX586 sensor, meaning you lose the omni-directional AF. Also, the pixels are notably smaller at 0.8µm. Pixel binning is still supported and there’s the OIS+EIS combo to help out.
The 16MP ultra wide camera (116°) gives up the macro duties, which are handled by a dedicated 2MP macro camera instead. There’s no telephoto camera, instead the 48MP sensor natively supports 2x zoom via crop.
The 4,300mAh battery offers 13% more capacity compared to the 7T. It supports Warp Charge 30T over USB-C, charging up to 50% takes only 22 minutes. There’s no wireless charging on this model, however.
Like the Pro, the OnePlus 8 is powered by a Snapdragon 865 chipset with the same memory configurations – 8GB of RAM and 128GB as standard, 12/256GB for those who need more. Note that the RAM is the slower LPDDR4X like on previous models.
5G and Wi-Fi 6 are supported on this phone as well, the company is all in on new connectivity. Verizon is getting a special version of the phone which adds the faster mmWave as well.
Both new models have in-display fingerprint readers. Also, they sport stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos support and the haptic feedback has been improved for a better gaming experience.
The OnePlus 8 will be available alongside the Pro, starting on April 24. The base configuration (8/128GB) is $700/£599 and you can upgrade to 12/256GB for $100/£100 more.
OnePlus 8: Interstellar Glow • Glacial Green (matte) • Onxy Black • Polar Silver
The phone comes in two new colors - Interstellar Glow (which has a glossy finish) and Glacial Green (with a matte finish). The standard Onyx Black is also glossy. Verizon has exclusivity on the Polar Silver color.
Is this a big enough upgrade over the OnePlus 7T? Check out our hands-on review for our initial thoughts on the matter.
Alleged OnePlus 8 renders suggest hole-punch selfie cam; wireless charging rumored
A new rumor about a future device comes right on the heels of the OnePlus 7T launch, before the newly announced device is even available to purchase.
@Onleaks and CaskKaro have co-released a set of renders for what’s supposedly the OnePlus 8. The render looks very identical to the OnePlus 7 Pro from earlier this year, but there are a couple of differences that are only visible through a microscope.
OnePlus 7 Pro
The first and most noticeable difference is probably the paint job. The 7 Pro launched with a Nebula Blue color, which was a blue gradient that faded to a much darker tone than the color we see here. This render looks to be the Glacier Blue color that the OnePlus 7T has.
Alleged OnePlus 8
Next, there’s a hole-punch camera in the upper-left corner of the display. The OnePlus 7 Pro has a pop-up camera by contrast and adding a hole-punch would leave more room to perhaps include a larger battery, or maybe even a wireless charging coil. The latter is also rumored to be present on the OnePlus 8.
Alleged OnePlus 8
OnePlus had previously expressed that it would not include wireless charging on its devices because the technology wasn’t worth the slower charging speeds at the time.
Some time has passed and we’re seeing smartphones with wireless charging speeds of almost 30W from both Xiaomi and Huawei, so could this be the year that OnePlus decides wireless charging is worthy of the OnePlus brand?
Other minor differences are the updated loudspeaker – it’s a port rather than a grille, and the notification slider has wavy ridges instead of the 7 Pro’s criss-cross texture.
The renders above were generated as per “detailed schematics as disclosed by the company insider”. The report even includes dimensions of mm 160.2 x 72.9 x 8.1 mm, which is just shy of the 7 Pro’s 162.6 x 75.9 x 8.8 mm. The display is said to be 6.5-inches, suggesting that this would be a slightly smaller version, identical to the OnePlus 7 Pro in appearance, only with a hole-punch display and presumably the same 20:9 aspect ratio on its display – like the one on the 7T.
We wonder if OnePlus would still release an 8 Pro alongside the 8, because that would be the phone to look out for.
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