The OnePlus 10 is the upcoming top-class smartphone we all are imagining to see from the Chinese top tech firm now that the OnePlus 9T has been confirmed not to occur.
This forthcoming top smartphone will probably be introduced with a Pro sibling in the first half of 2022 as part of the early-year wave of top-end smartphones, with the Samsung Galaxy S22, Xiaomi 12, and Oppo Find X4 expected to be close generations and competitors.
We haven’t overheard that much about the OnePlus 10 to date but there are a few leaks, which we’ll share with you guys below but rumors will perhaps start up rapidly, mainly in the new year ahead of the phone’s launch.
We’ve also prepared a wish list of features we and people want to get in the OnePlus 10, together with variations from preceding phones and added extras from competing devices, which would give the OnePlus 10 and 10 Pro an improved chance of achieving top review score.
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OnePlus 10 release date and price
The OnePlus 9 was released in March 2021 and was accessible to purchase in most regions including the US and UK by April. As OnePlus functions in a yearly cycle, it positions to the motive we could see the OnePlus 10 release in the same window in 2022.
A leak suggests that it could launch to some extent early, in either late January or early February, though a succeeding rumor proposes that’s just in China, with a universal opening in March or April elsewhere.
The firm doesn’t sell its phones in Australia, so don’t expect a OnePlus 10 release in Australia, nevertheless.
When it comes to price, the OnePlus 9 series started at $729 / £629 (about AU$940) for the lowest-spec base model and went up to $1,069 / £929 (about AU$1,400) for the top-spec Pro model, so assume a range of prices in between those figures for this premium handset.
Of course, the fresh phones could change the price up or down a little means, but since the OnePlus 10 doesn’t comprehensive like a vast reinvention, we wouldn’t assume this alteration.
OnePlus 10 news and rumors
First up, is a validation of a feature from OnePlus itself. The firm has confirmed the 10-series phones will introduce brand-new software, which will associate the firm’s own Android junction called OxygenOS, with that of its sibling Oppo’s ColorOS, following the union of the corporations.
The OnePlus CEO stated the innovative software will combine “the fast and smooth, burdenless experience of OxygenOS, and the steadiness and rich features of ColorOS.”
When it comes to the overall design of this upcoming premium OnePlus 10 smartphone, one leak suggests the design of the OnePlus 10 and 10 Pro will be quite alike to how the 9 series parallels looked, just with some refinement here and there.
OnePlus phones don’t have the most fundamental designs in the world, so that’s no wonder there.
That said, an additional fresh leak demonstrations the probable back of the OnePlus 10 Pro, comprehensive with a very dissimilar camera design, as you can see beneath.
The foundation of this leak entitlements the render is founded on a photo of the phone and added ‘suggested’ specs of a 6.7-inch 1440 x 3216 screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and a 20:9 aspect ratio, a 5,000mAh battery, 8GB to 12GB of RAM, and 128GB to 256GB of storage.
We have meanwhile realized a more thorough leak of the OnePlus 10 Pro, showing the phone in full from all sides, as you can see below. According to the same source, the phone has dimensions of 163.0 x 73.8 x 8.5mm or 10.3mm including the camera bump
We don’t know plentiful about the phone’s camera up till now, but one leak from a source called Bald Panda on Weibo which is a Chinese social networking site, has confirmed that the phone will come with 5x optical zoom.
The OnePlus 9 Pro features an 8MP telephoto camera, but it’s only proficient with 3.3x optical zoom.
When it comes to the battery, one rumor proposes that the Pro model of the OnePlus 10 is going to come with 125W fast-charging, like a number of smartphones launched by Oppo and Oppo inline brands in 2022.
What do we want to see on the OnePlus 10?
This wish-list for the OnePlus 10 series is based on what we and people did and didn’t like about the OnePlus 9 series, and what smartphone rivals are responsible.
1. A zoom photo renaissance
Some phones feature remarkable zoom cameras, like the Mi 11 Ultra with its 48MP 5x zoom camera or the Huawei P50 Pro with its 64MP 3.5x Zoomer.
The OnePlus 9 didn’t even have a zoom camera, and the Pro’s snapper was a comparatively stingy 8MP 3.3x presenting. Sure, that’s not awful, but if you’re spending a lot of money, you’d definitely want a bit more than that.
People would like to see the OnePlus 10 pack a telephoto camera, even if it’s just 12MP or 2x zoom, with the OnePlus 10 Pro packing a periscope snapper with 4x or 5x zoom and a higher-res sensor. Though even that wouldn’t assist the Pro rival the big player, with the S22 Ultra probable to have super-zoom and the Xiaomi 12 perhaps having a Pro familial too, it’d at least be more well-intentioned of its cost.
2. Expandable or more storage
The only negative point that both our OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro reviews had in common was the absence of expandable storage. So, if you bought a 128GB smartphone, you can’t extend the space with an external memory card, and in its place need to depend on cloud storage if you want more data.
While expandable storage isn’t essential for most users, phone power users, the kind who’d expected to purchase a Pro phone, for instance, might need the additional space for photos, files, or loads of apps.
Otherwise, perhaps the storage space could be improved. The OnePlus 9 phones come with a max option of 256GB, which is a lot, but not much as compared to 512GB or 1TB iPhone 13s. Some individuals just need lots of storage.
3. Faster charging
Both the OnePlus 9 phones have 65W charging, which is very quick compared to your iPhones or Samsung Galaxy smartphones, but not honestly as speed as competitors from firms like Xiaomi or Huawei.
Arranged, 65W is quicker than most people will need, but some power-users would likely enjoy the aptitude to juice up a smartphone in even less time. For instance, surprisingly the new Xiaomi 11T Pro can be fully charged wining just 17 minutes.
Maybe OnePlus could use this kind of super-fast powering on the 10 Pro, or at least discover a competitive powering rapidity to stay in line with the opposition.
4. Better colors
If you look at the color options of the OnePlus 9 series, or in detail most devices from the firm in wide-ranging, you’ll see the usual gamut: black, white, maybe a light blue. There’s nothing actually fascinating there.
We’d like to see the OnePlus follow suit with the iPhones, and get slightly strange in its colors.
Unquestionably, vivacious phones are recognized to sell pretty poorly compared to uninteresting colored ones, but in a world where most smartphones look almost identical, brands are going to have to look to color sooner or later in order to stand out.
Something to come from this Hasselblad co-operation
In 2021, OnePlus proclaimed that it had united with Hasselblad for the 9-series cameras. Lots of phone firms partner with camera brands for their snappers, but it wasn’t precisely rich what the Hasselblad partnership would bring for the OnePlus 9.
Finally, it has driven out not that much. Though, OnePlus did propose that this collaborating would take some time to come to fruition, with the OnePlus 9 series just some of the initial handsets to advantage from the partnership.
Expectantly, with the OnePlus 10 series, we will see the positive results of the OnePlus’ and Hasselblad’s labor. Maybe we’ll see some innovative camera modes or bespoke lenses that influence us. Months after the OnePlus 9 release we saw a few Hasselblad-centric features brought to the phones, and it would be prodigious to get the OnePlus 10 release with something similar like this.
These are things we know about the One Plus 10 so far. So, what’s your thought on this upcoming premium smartphone of OnePlus? Feels free to share your view with us in the comment section and keep visiting our site for further details on the OnePlus 10 smartphone.
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