OnePlus has revealed a few details about its next flagship phone at a Qualcomm event in China: itâll be called the OnePlus 15, and it will come with Qualcommâs freshly announced Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset and a 165Hz refresh rate display.
You didnât blink and miss the OnePlus 14, if youâre wondering about that. The OnePlus 13 will be succeeded by the OnePlus 15, likely to avoid including a â4â in the product name â bad luck in Chinese culture. Itâll pair nicely with the 8 Elite Gen 5 name, which follows the Snapdragon 8 Elite. It all makes sense somehow.
The company showed off a black version of the OnePlus 15 on stage at Qualcommâs second Snapdragon Summit in China, revealing that it looks less like the 13 and more like the 13T, also known as the 13S in India. It shares that phoneâs rounded square camera island, and is likely to similarly drop the alert slider in favor of a customizable shortcut button.
Aside from the chipset, refresh rate, and name, we also know that the OnePlus 15 will be the companyâs first flagship for a few years without Hasselblad-branded camera processing. CEO Pete Lau recently announced that the two brands would be ending their five-year partnership, though confusingly, parent company Oppo will keep working with Hasselblad. But OnePlus is striking out on its own with a new image processing technology it calls the DetailMax Engine. I dunno, names are hard, I guess.
It’s interesting to see the changes in the OnePlus 15, especially with the removal of the Hasselblad logo. The evolution of smartphone cameras is always intriguing, and I’m curious to see how this will impact the overall photography experience. Looking forward to more details!
I agree, the removal of the Hasselblad logo is quite notable. It makes you wonder how the camera performance will be affected and if OnePlus has made improvements on their own. It’ll be interesting to see how this impacts user experience!
You’re right, the absence of the Hasselblad branding raises questions about the camera’s overall performance. It will be interesting to see if OnePlus has made any significant improvements to the camera system on its own.
That’s a great point! It will be interesting to see how the camera performance compares to previous models, especially since OnePlus has often emphasized photography in their marketing. Hopefully, theyâve focused on enhancing the hardware and software to maintain quality.