The official spec sheets for the OnePlus 8T and OnePlus 9R says both phones ship with LPDDR4X RAM. While that may have been true for the several thousand units sold, that appears to no longer be the case.

A new report says some users have discovered that their OnePlus 8T and OnePlus 9R phones ship with the faster LPDDR5 RAM. The info comes from XDA Developers who have been able to confirm the info.

The change in RAM type was discovered by some users who tried to unbrick their phones using the MSMDownloadTool which doesn’t work with LPDDR5 RAM. While there is now a solution available for those with the faster RAM variant, the fact is that OnePlus is now selling both phones with a faster RAM than their spec sheet says.

You definitely won’t be able to tell before purchase if you will be getting the OnePlus 8T or OnePlus 9R with LPDDR4X RAM or LPDDR5 RAM. However, if you own one already, there is an easy way to find out the type of RAM the device has. XDA Developers says you have to run the command below if you have ADB installed on your PC:

adb shell getprop ro.boot.ddr_type

If it returns a “0”, you have the LPDDR4X RAM variant while “1” means you have LPDDR5 RAM.

The OnePlus 9R and OnePlus 8T are very closely related. The two major differences between them are the design and processor. So on both devices, you get a 6.55-inch FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED screen, 48MP+16MP+5MP+2MP quad rear cameras, a 16MP front-facing camera, a 4500mAh battery capacity, and support for 65W fast charging. The OnePlus 8T has a Snapdragon 865 processor while the OnePlus 9R is powered by the more powerful Snapdragon 870.

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Yesterday, Xiaomi announced that its upcoming Mi 10 series will feature the new-age LPDDR5 memory across the entire lineup. Micron was first to confirm this news and it announced the mass production of the first LPDDR5 RAM chip for Mi 10.

However, soon after this announcement, netizens on Weibo wondered whether Xiaomi planned to use Samsung made LPDDR5 memory chips as well. This was a valid question given how the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S20 series, Nubia’s Red Magic 5G flagship are expected to use Samsung’s new memory chip. And yesterday night, Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun confirmed that the Mi 10 series will be using Samsung as well as Micron’s LPDDR5 memory chips.

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Both Samsung and Micron LPDDR5 memory chips promise speeds of up to 6.4 Gbps, which a significant 50% boost as compared to previous LPDDR4X generation. The new age chips also promise a 20-30% reduction in power consumption. And if Samsung is supplying LPDD5 memory chips for the Xiaomi Mi 10, we can’t entirely rule out the possibility of the top-end variant featuring a Samsung made 16 GB LPDDR5 RAM. After all, Samsung had revealed that it was working on a 16GB RAM module for 2020.

Xiaomi has never been shy to include high RAM modules inside its flagships. For example, its most recent Mi 9 Pro 5G has a 12 GB RAM variant as well. So, it won’t be surprising to see a 16GB LPDDR5 RAM module in the top-end Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro 5G model.

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