The OnePlus 10 Pro could launch early — but there’s a catch

The OnePlus x Pro could launch early — but there's a catch

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Update: OnePlus co-founder Pete Lau has confirmed the OnePlus x Pro will be revealed in January , very likely at CES 2022 .

Traditionally, OnePlus has released a slightly souped upwards 'T' version of its flagship around this time of year, but the visitor has already confirmed that there will be no OnePlus 9T. At to the lowest degree for those unimpressed by the special edition OnePlus Nord 2 Pac-Human being Edition the company just announced, the OnePlus 10 Pro might not be likewise far abroad.

That'southward according to the reporter Max Jambor of High german website All About Samsung on Twitter, who published an extract from what appears to be OnePlus' upcoming release timeline. On the nautical chart, the OnePlus ten Pro is listed as existence a "January/February" product which is a plus, given the OnePlus 9 Pro arrived in March this year.

Only there's a catch: that early release date seems to be for China just, with the "Global" version of the OnePlus 10 Pro listed as March/April, which is more in keeping with what we've come to expect.

Possibly the staggered release is a symptom of the ongoing global chip shortage, and OnePlus believes that this is the style it can go on upward with need. If so, information technology's interesting that China is seen as the priority when combating the rumored early on 2022 release of the Samsung Milky way S22 in the battle for best Android phone.

Is at that place whatsoever significance in the fact that the chart only mentions the OnePlus 10 Pro, and not the vanilla OnePlus 10? Possibly, just if the non-Pro version of the handset were being planned with a dissimilar schedule in mind, it would represent a change of strategy for OnePlus. The visitor has released both the Pro and non-Pro versions of handsets on the same 24-hour interval since the OnePlus 7 Pro debuted in May 2019.

The OnePlus ten Pro is expected to characteristic the Snapdragon 898 chip with all the speed and efficiency improvements Qualcomm is no doubt planning. Alongside a prominent looking photographic camera bump, that will hopefully house significant improvements, the phone will reportedly feature a 120Hz, 6.7-inch OLED screen and a five,000mAh battery.

The OnePlus 10 could be powered up by a crazy fast 125W charger, though we're dubious as to how much faster that volition be than the lightning fast OnePlus 9 Pro in practice.

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