Last month, OnePlus announced the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro smartphones in various markets. The OnePlus 9R was also made official last month as an India-exclusive device. It appears that the smartphone will be no longer exclusive to the country as it is set to launch in China at 2 PM (local time) on April 15. Ahead of the launch, the smartphone is now up for reservations through retailer platforms like OnePlus China’s online store, JD.com, Tmall, and Suning.
OnePlus is endorsing the OnePlus 9R with a popular fictional superhero named Ultraman Tiga to showcase its performance prowess. The handset will be arriving in two colors like Black Island and Blue Island in the home market. In terms of specifications, it could be identical to the Indian variant.
OnePlus 9R specifications and features
The OnePlus 9R is equipped with a 6.55-inch Fluid AMOLED screen with a punch-hole design. It produces a Full HD+ resolution, a 20:9 aspect ratio, and a 120Hz refresh rate. The phone is loaded with ColorOS11 based Android 11 OS.
It has a front-facing camera of 16-megapixel and its rear camera setup has an OIS assisted 48-megapixel main camera, a 16-megapixel ultrawide lens, a 5-megapixel macro camera, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. The phone is backed by a 4,500mAh battery that supports 65W fast charging. The Snapdragon 870 chipset powers the device with LPDDR4x RAM and UFS 3.1 storage.
It is speculated that the OnePlus 9R will be costing under 3,000 Yuan (~$458) in China. In India, the OnePlus 9R variants such as 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage are priced at Rs 39,999 (~$535) and Rs 43,999 (~$588), respectively.
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