OnePlus 9 could fix the worst thing about OnePlus phones

OnePlus 9 could fix the worst thing well-nigh OnePlus phones

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The OnePlus 9 family of smartphones could run into a new camera partnership if a tweet from tipster @rodent950 is to be believed.

According to the leaker, it won't just be Huawei partnering with German camera specialists Leica in 2021. OnePlus will apparently go the expertise and branding, also. The tweet also highlights similar agreements that Zeiss has with Nokia and Vivo.

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How much this is virtually branding rather than real-earth performance is all the same to be seen, but it is an area where OnePlus handsets could amend. As you'll meet in our OnePlus 8T review, OnePlus has fallen off the footstep compared with the loftier photography standards set by flagships from Apple, Google and Samsung.

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And whether information technology is correlation or causation, the long running tie in that Huawei has with Leica has certainly washed the company no harm. While hard to recommend in 2020 thanks to the ongoing trade embargo affecting Google services, Huawei handsets accept continued to dazzle with photographic camera performance. In fact, DXOMark still lists the Huawei Mate 40 Pro and P40 Pro equally the first and third best smartphone cameras in the earth right at present.

While no device is mentioned in the tweet, it's hard to imagine that Leica cameras are for anything only the OnePlus nine family. And to recap, nosotros already know quite a lot about the upcoming OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro. The phones are supposed to exist vi.v- and 6.seven-inches in size, and will exist powered by Qualcomm's brand new Snapdragon 888 processor. Both will apparently feature screens with a 120Hz refresh rate, significant smooth scrolling, likewise as the potential for 120fps gameplay in uniform titles.

If past OnePlus phones are anything to go by, the differences between vanilla and pro are likely to lie in things like RAM speed, battery capacity and the presence of wireless charging and water resistance. While both handsets are tipped to accept a triple camera array, there'southward as well plenty of scope for OnePlus to up the specs hither for the Pro version, specially if the partnership with Leica comes to fruition and the German company has some tricks up its sleeve.

Both phones could make it as soon equally March 2021, merely it's withal a bit early to speculate nigh price, specially given the state of the world economy. All the same, a skillful starting betoken would be to await to the OnePlus 8, which started at $699 for the regular version and $899 for the OnePlus 8 Pro.

Freelance correspondent Alan has been writing about tech for over a decade, roofing phones, drones and everything in between. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are found all over the web and in the occasional magazine too. When not weighing upward the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, y'all'll probably notice him tackling his ever-growing games excess. Or, more probable, playing Spelunky for the millionth time.