OnePlus went ahead and launched its OnePlus 12 in China at a special ceremony that coincides with the company’s tenth anniversary. OnePlus 12 is one of the most impressive new phones, bringing the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, up to 24 GB RAM and 1 TB storage. Wireless charging makes a return after it was omitted from the OnePlus 11 and OnePlus also blessed its latest flagship with an IP65 rating against dust and water jets.
There’s an impressive curved 6.82-inch
LTPO AMOLED display with a 1,440 x 3,168px resolution and 1-120 Hz adaptive
refresh rate upfront. The BOE-made panel is advertised to crank out up to 4,500
nits peak brightness for HDR content or 1,600 nits in normal use. OnePlus also
boasts a 2,160Hz PWM dimming feature and class-leading blue light filtering.
Going around the back reveals a Hasselblad-branded camera setup headlined by a
50 MP main shooter with Sony’s dual-layer stacked Lytia 808 sensor. This is the
same sensor used on the OnePlus Open with 1.12µm pixels and a 24mm equivalent
f/1.7 lens with OIS.
The main shooter is complimented by a 70mm
equivalent 64 MP telephoto module with 3x optical zoom and up to 6x lossless
magnification via in-sensor zoom. The third shooter is a 14mm equivalent 48 MP
ultrawide camera with an IMX581 sensor. OnePlus 12 boots ColorOS 14.0, based on
Android 14 in China which will likely arrive as OxygenOS 14 for the
international markets.
The phone brings a 5,400 mAh dual-cell
battery which is the largest seen in a OnePlus phone to date. The other notable
bit is that the OP 12 also supports up to 50W wireless charging as well as 10W
reverse wireless charging. If you prefer old-fashioned wired charging, you can
go up to 100W speeds. The new flagship also supports the very latest Wi-Fi 7
and Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity standards and also brings an IR blaster and USB
Type-C 3.2 connector for faster-wired transfer speeds.
OnePlus 12 comes in black, emerald green
and white colors. Pricing in China starts at CNY 4,299 (US$ 607) for the 12/256GB
model and tops out at CNY 5,799 (US$ 818) for the version with 24GB RAM and 1TB
storage. OnePlus 12 is already on pre-order in China while open sales start on
December 11. The international crowd might have to wait deep into January of
2024 for the OnePlus 12 global launch. The company has not yet confirmed an
official global launch date.
