Earlier this month, OnePlus started its hype-building campaign for the Open with a promotional video that showed the device from some angles, but not all of them, and also concealed what seemed like a huge camera island on its back. Today a usually reliable source brought us a ton of leaked renders of the upcoming foldable smartphone, and these leave nothing to the imagination, showing every single detail. And indeed, there is a gigantic camera island on the rear.
The renders suggest that the OnePlus Open
will be offered in two colorways - a faux leather black, and a glass green. The
phone will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, which makes
sense considering the rumors saying it would launch this month. But Qualcomm
will introduce the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 within only a few days after that, and
that will leave the Open in an awkward spot.
Especially since this leak brings us a
rumored price in the US of $1,699, which is only $100 less than what the
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 launched at. So it's not possible to place the Open in a
more affordable spot of the market in order to alleviate the use of what will
almost instantly be a superseded chipset. Anyway, the OnePlus Open will come
with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB of storage, a 6.31-inch outer screen,
and a 7.8-inch flexible main screen sourced from BOE. It's said to be made
official on October 19. According to previous rumors, it will have a 48 MP main
camera, a 48 MP ultrawide, and a 64 MP 3x optical zoom camera.
The handset will make it to the US and
Europe at least, but not Germany due to parent company Oppo's ongoing patent
dispute with Nokia in the country.
