We are now officially in September. While some brands have already announced their flagships for the second half of the year, there are lots more that are yet to do so. OnePlus belongs to the latter group, and is expected to announce the OnePlus 8T series. Now, a new finding has brought up what may be our very first look at the Oneplus 8T.
A teardown of Beta 4 of OxygenOS 11 by a member of XDA-Developers for OxygenUpdater has resulted in some interesting findings, chief of them being an image of what is believed to be the OnePlus 8T.
The image is actually a file found in the OnePlus Settings app with the name “oneplus 8t.webp”. The image is likely the one that will be displayed if you were to go to the About Phone section under settings. However, there is no confirmation this is indeed the OnePlus 8T as there is a possibility it might be a placeholder.
As seen above, the device has a single punch hole at the top left corner of the screen just like the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro but it ditches the curved display for a flat one. The bezels at the top and bottom are also thinner.
Sadly, there is no image of the back of the device but we can see the button placements have not changed and the phone will likely launch in the same Glacial Green colorway of the OnePlus 8.
Other details found include support for 8K video recording for a future Oneplus phone(s) and also support for SD card for new models (most probably mid-range devices). The latter will be a big deal seeing as no OnePlus save for the OnePlus X has a MicroSD card slot.
The OnePlus 8T should launch this month going by the launch of the OnePlus 7T last year. It is expected to come with a 64MP primary camera and run OxygenOS 11 based on Android 11 out of the box. OnePlus is also expected to announce new mid-range phones soon including a model codenamed “clover”.
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