OnePlus officially launched the OnePlus 10 Pro in China. And quite strangely, there was only one model announced at the event. In fact, they didn’t even mention anything about the OnePlus 10 standard version.
But if OnePlus decided to keep a launch event just for one model, it’s clear that the brand considers this to be a very important model in their lineup.
And since we were a bit disappointed over the OnePlus 9 series, we wondered whether the 10 Pro could earn back the reputation for the lineup this year. Therefore, we pre-ordered the phone even before the launch and luckily got to be one of the very first to get the package.
Today, let’s check out what it offers.
The box comes in a recognizable OnePlus-like style, including the black-on-red design. The packaging of the OnePlus 10 Pro doesn’t seem to have anything to do with being environmental-friendly. At the bottom, you can see the HasselBlad showing up for the second time. The cooperation is still going on strong.
Open the box, and you’ll find everything to be quite similar to phones with much smaller boxes. All you’ve got is still the 10 Pro phone itself, a phone case, and the 80W wired-charging kit.
Coming back to the phone, to be honest, it seems to take design cues from the Samsung Galaxy S21 series. The ceramic camera housing melts with the frame, like on the Samsung flagship. It also retains the signature logos and matte rear glass panel from the 9 Pro. Notably, the OnePlus 10 Pro is only available in two color variants, black and green.
The phone is 8.5mm thick, which makes it feel a bit bulky. It’s worth mentioning that many brands now are thinking about slimming down their flagship devices, while OnePlus has decided to go the opposite way.
On the front, the phone comes with a 6.7-inch second-generation LTPO AMOLED display with support for an adaptive refresh rate. This curved panel has a resolution of 3216 x 1440 pixel and a punch-hole in the top left corner. Other specs of the display include 1300-nit peak brightness, and 92.7% screen-to-body ratio. This along with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection make it one of the top screens in the market right now. And this screen did look stunning when we played HDR content.
The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset paired with LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. For the China version, it’s the debut model for ColorOS 12.1 based on Android 12. The latest version of OPPO’s mobile operating system brings features such as HyperBoost (for gaming) and more. And OnePlus also claimed that the 10 Pro has the best gaming experience among flagships. We will show you how exactly it performs in our latter full review video.
Stay tuned.
As far as the optics are concerned, the OnePlus 10 Pro houses a triple camera setup on the rear. This system includes a 48MP Sony IMX789 primary sensor with OIS, a 50MP Samsung JN1 sensor 150° ultra-wide unit, and an 8MP 3.3x telephoto shooter with OIS. But to be honest, the new setup didn’t really cheer me up, since we got the same IMX789 sensor and even a much better IMX 766 ultra-wide unit on its predecessor. To give you a better picture about its cameras, we’ll talk about this in our full review later.
For selfies and video calls, there is a 32MP Sony IMX615 sensor on the front. All these cameras are co-tuned by Hasselblad with features like Hasselblad Natural Color Optimization 2.0 and XPan Mode.
Other features of the OnePlus 10 Pro also bring a better interactive experience, including the x-axis linear vibration motor, and the dual stereo speakers with support for Dolby Atmos.
The greatest upgrade on paper is the phone’s power solution. It gets its energy from a 5,000mAh battery. This cell can be filled either by 80W SuperVOOC fast wired charging or 50W AirVOOC fast wireless charging. In addition, it also has support for reverse wireless charging.
The OnePlus 10 Pro now is available for sale from around 737 USD, which is almost the same as the pricing of the Xiaomi 12 Pro.
So I’m wondering whether you guys are interested in their comparison? Or if you have a better model to compare with the OnePlus flagship, just leave your ideas down below. We will take it seriously.
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