Pete Lau is having a party. As he just announced in a community forum post, the OnePlus CEO says the upcoming 10T will launch on August 3rd with a private event in New York. The 10T continues OnePlus’ tradition of performance-focused specs with a Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset, which in theory is a step up from the regular old Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in the OnePlus 10 Pro. OnePlus will also take the opportunity to release OxygenOS 13, which Lau says will come first to the 10 Pro and 10T later this year.
Qualcomm says the “Plus” version of the 8 Gen 1 offers faster performance and better battery efficiency than the non-Plus chipset. It’s an all-in-one processor and is primarily designed for gaming-focused mobile devices. This hints that the 10T will be more performance-oriented than the mainstream 10 Pro, which is a cute phone that falls a bit short of the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S22.
Is that… three or four cameras?
OnePlus is playing its usual long game and not revealing much at the moment. A little tracing – aka fiddling with Photoshop sliders – also doesn’t reveal much in the shadowy parts of one image of the device that OnePlus released. It appears to have a camera array very similar to that of the OnePlus 10 Pro, offering standard wide, ultrawide and telephoto rear lenses.
Both devices look like they have a fourth rear camera, but on the 10 Pro, at least it’s just a flash. It seems unlikely that OnePlus has overhauled the camera system for this release in the second half of the year, but this is definitely one category where the 10 Pro falls short and the 10T could improve.
While OnePlus has been tight-lipped, the rumors are a little more revealing about what the company may have up its sleeve, indicating that we could see very fast 150W charging and – brace yourself – the departure of the physical notification slider. Say it ain’t so, Pete. In any case, all will be revealed soon enough – the launch event starts at 10am ET on August 3rd.
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