OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro have finally been launched in India. This marks the first time OnePlus has gone on to launch two phones in a single day. While both of them come under the all-new OnePlus 7 series, there are major differences between them, right from the hardware that they pack to the prices. OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro pricing and availability The OnePlus 7 starts at Rs 32,999 for the 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant and Rs 37,999 for the model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The former comes in Mirror Grey finish while the latter will be available in Mirror Grey and Red colours. OnePlus 7 will be available sometime in June as no official date has been revealed yet. OnePlus 7 Pro starts at Rs 48,999 with 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage and will come in Mirror Grey colour. The second variant has 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage and costs Rs 52,999. It will be available in classic Mirror Grey colour along with the new Almond and Nebula Blue hues. The OnePlus 7 Pro tops at 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage making it the most expensive OnePlus phone till date at Rs 57,999. This variant will only be available in blue colour. OnePlus 7 Pro will go on sale for the first time on May 16 at 12 PM on Amazon India for Amazon Prime subscribers. For non-subscribers, the sale starts on May 17. Simultaneous sales will be held on OnePlus India Store with the phone also being available at OnePlus offline stores. OnePlus 7 specifications Image Credit: TechRadar OnePlus 7 features a 6.41-inch AMOLED display with a Full HD+ resolution, flush with a waterdrop notch. The display is topped with a layer of Gorilla Glass for added protection. OnePlus has improved the in-display fingerprint sensor for the OnePlus 7 series and it's faster than ever now with the third generation sensor. The stereo speakers have been fine-tuned by Dolby Atmos for an enhanced audio experience. Both the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset with an octa-core CPU and Adreno 640 for graphic-intensive tasks. This is paired with upto 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It runs on Android 9.0 Pie based OxygenOS and OnePlus promises Android updates for the next two years. The dual camera setup on the back consists of a primary 48MP sensor and a secondary 5MP depth sensor. The cameras support HDR and can also record 4K videos at 60fps. On the front, there's a 16MP selfie camera which also doubles up as facial recognition system for the phone. OnePlus 7 has a 3,700mAh battery and supports 20W fast charging. OnePlus 7 Pro specifications Image Credit: TechRadar OnePlus 7 Pro sets a new benchmark for OnePlus in terms of design, display and cameras. The Pro variant features a 6.67-inch OLED panel with QHD+ (3440 x 1440 pixels) resolution and a refresh rate of 90Hz. There's no notch on the front which gives the phone a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. It is also topped with a 3D Gorilla Glass unlike the 2.5D glass on the regular variant. The display on the OnePlus 7 Pro also supports HDR10+ which makes it one of the best screens to watch videos on. This, along with the 90Hz refresh rate should make for a delightful visual experience. As there is no cutout for any kind of notch on the front, OnePlus has gone ahead and embedded the 16MP selfie camera in the body of the phone itself. Through a motorized mechanism, the front camera pops-up from the top edge. As far as the durability of the motor is considered, OnePlus claims to have tested it for around 300,000 cycles. In the event of slippage, the accelerometer detects the phone falling and closes the front camera to avoid damage automatically. OnePlus 7 Pro is also the first OnePlus phone to come with three cameras on the back. These are- 48MP primary shooter with Sony IMX586 sensor and an aperture of f/1.6, an 8MP telephoto camera with 3x zoom and an ultra-wide 16MP snapper with 117-degree field-of-view. The primary and telephoto cameras are backed by Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and supported by dual LED flash and PDAF (Phase Detection Auto Focus). The cameras can shoot upto 4K at 60fps just like the regular OnePlus 7 model. OnePlus 7 Pro is also powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and the RAM capacity goes upto 12GB for this one with 256GB of UFS 3.0 storage, making it the first phone in the world to use UFS3.0 based storage. In addition, the OnePlus 7 Pro has a 10-layer liquid cooling solution that helps dissipate heat more effectively through the body of the phone. It has a 4,000mAh battery which supports the new Warp Charge 30 fast charging solution by OnePlus. This is upto 34% fast than the charging speeds on the OnePlus 6T. OnePlus also announced Wireless Bullets 2 with Bluetooth 5.0 and aptX HD support. The Wireless Bullets 2 can last for over 14 hours on a single charge.<doc-sep>The OnePlus 7 Pro is the company's latest high-end phone — and what a phone it is — but it isn't the only phone it released today. Even though we didn't hear a peep about it at the launch event, outside of North America there's also a standard OnePlus 7 to slot underneath the 7 Pro and offer a different value proposition at a lower price. The OnePlus 7 showed up on the company's UK website, and is seemingly slated to arrive in the UK, Europe, China and India. Even though this is a "OnePlus 7," it isn't really a budget-minded OnePlus 7 Pro — it's more of a refreshed and facelifted OnePlus 6T. One glance at the hardware shows you that it's effectively the same design as the 6T: complete with the teardrop notch in the display, a flat display panel and dual rear cameras. The only notable change here is the back glass, which matches the color and styling of the 7 Pro — you're most likely to see it in Mirror Gray, though there's a red option in China and India. The specs and features are an interesting portmanteau of the OnePlus 6T and 7 Pro. From the 7 Pro, you're getting the same Snapdragon 855 processor, 6 or 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM, 128 or 256GB of UFS 3.0 storage, main 48MP camera and stereo speakers. But we're looking at the 6T's 3700mAh battery, 20W fast charging, secondary 5MP wide-angle camera, 16MP front-facing camera, 6.4-inch Optic AMOLED display and older (read: bad) vibration motor. It's unclear if the in-display fingerprint sensor is the 6T's component, but that wouldn't be surprising. It's tough to argue with the dual-phone strategy to cover a wider range of prices. The OnePlus 7 starts at £499 in the UK, which is well under the 7 Pro's starting price of £649, with the same 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. A £50 bump gets you 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, the same as the 7 Pro at the same price increase, which is great to see. The standard OnePlus 7 is being released in June, which obviously gives the 7 Pro a few weeks of breathing room to take in all the hype before coming in at a lower price. So you take a OnePlus 6T, slightly refresh the design to make it fit in more with the new phone, update some of the core specs, add in a few features, and leave the rest of the fundamentals the same. For £150 less than the OnePlus 7 Pro's starting price, it's tough to argue with this value proposition. It effectively just takes over from the OnePlus 6T, and is better in many ways for roughly the same price ... so there isn't much to complain about here. When OnePlus upped the price on the 7 Pro, it really did need to have a strategy to address the price point it voided — the standard OnePlus 7 is that.<doc-sep>Update, Sept. 26: CNET's OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 7T reviews are here. Read more about the new phones from OnePlus. Original story follows. This year, OnePlus is doing something a little different. Not only is it anticipated to launch the successor to its OnePlus 6T soon (expected to be called OnePlus 7), but the company also confirmed that it will release another device called the OnePlus 7 Pro on May 14. The OnePlus 7 Pro will be an upgraded version of the OnePlus 7 and will be one of the first phones available to support 5G connectivity. Since 2014, when the company launched its first OnePlus One, OnePlus has garnered a reputation for making phones with premium specs at a wallet-friendly price. But its successful strategy of serving up similar features that iPhones and Galaxy S devices offer while keeping prices low is getting harder every year. Compared to other brands, OnePlus has one of the highest increases in cost from model to model. Now playing: Watch this: OnePlus to tease its 5G phone, new Hololens? As such, it'll be interesting to see what its next marquee handsets have in store and how much they'll cost. OnePlus usually announces the first flagship of the year in spring, followed by an incrementally updated phone known as the "T version" in the fall. It's unclear if OnePlus will launch the regular OnePlus 7 on the same day as the OnePlus 7 Pro. While it would make complete sense to debut both phones at the same time, a OnePlus representative declined to comment on the matter. Because the company is holding four simultaneous events for the OnePlus 7 Pro's debut, one of which is in New York, we're also unsure if the OnePlus 7 Pro is the same 5G phone OnePlus said it would launch for the UK. Until we know more on May 14 though, read on to see what has been confirmed and what other rumors have been speculated so far. We'll update this piece as more rumors arise. Originally published March 8, 2019. Update, April 11: Added news of apparent leaked images of OnePlus 7 Pro; April 19: Adds possible May 14 launch date and Pete Lau CEO tweet. April 23: Adds confirmed OnePlus 7 Pro's May 14 launch event. April 27: Adds confirmed triple rear cameras. Confirmed: It won't have wireless charging OnePlus CEO Pete Lau confirmed during an interview at MWC 2019 that the next OnePlus will not have wireless charging. Citing OnePlus' signature Dash Charging technology, Lau said wireless charging would not be as fast. "OnePlus charging is one of the best," Lau said through an interpreter. "Wireless charging is far inferior." That doesn't mean the company isn't working on it. One of the biggest challenges around the technology, however, is overheating. In the meantime, Lau said he doesn't have an exact date for when you can expect a OnePlus phone with wireless charging. Angela Lang/CNET Confirmed: OnePlus 7 Pro variant launches May 14 On Monday, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau confirmed that the rumored OnePlus 7 Pro is indeed real and will have 5G connectivity. Earlier today, the company set a date for the phone's launch: May 14 at 11:00 a.m. ET. The company will hold launch events in New York, London, Bangalore, India and Beijing. Again, it's unclear whether or not OnePlus will debut the OnePlus 7 on the same day as the OnePlus 7 Pro. But serial leaker and Twitter user OnLeaks reported that we'll be seeing both on May 14. In addition to posting two images of both the OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro, OnLeaks also tweeted a few specs. The OnePlus 7 would have a 6.4-inch flat display and a dual rear camera that includes a 48-megapixel lens. Meanwhile, the OnePlus 7 Pro would have 5G connectivity and a 6.64-inch curved screen. It'll also have a pop-up front-camera and a triple rear camera set up with an ultra-wide lens (more on these specific rumors below). Supposed images of an the OnePlus 7 Pro were leaked earlier on April 11 on the Chinese social networking site Weibo. One photo showed the phone's edge, which resembles the edges seen on high-end Samsung phones, and another listed key hardware specs. If these photos are accurate (and we'd take them with a heavy grain of salt since OnePlus declined to comment), the phone wouldn't have a front-facing camera on the front of the display. It could also have thin bezels, a 6.7-inch screen, a Snapdragon 855 processor and 8GB of RAM. IT Station Confirmed: Triple rear camera On April 25, OnePlus tweeted a GIF with an animated schematic of a phone featuring three rear cameras. It then used the hashtag "OnePlus 7 Pro." The news that one or both the OnePlus 7 phones will have three rear cameras is not altogether surprising. The rumor has been floated as early as March and triple-rear cameras are also appearing on more phones, including the Galaxy S10, the Huawei P30 and the upcoming LG V50 ThinQ. The OnePlus 7 Pro will be 'fast and smooth' On April 17, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau posted a tweet that all but implies either the OnePlus 7 or OnePlus 7 Pro are fast and smooth. Though Lau and the GIF he included in the tweet do not mention any phone by name, The Verge reported that Lau is referring specifically to the OnePlus 7 Pro in the tweet. Lau said that the company will "unleash a new era of Fast and Smooth," and goes on to emphasize the "smoothness" of the device. Excited to share the next product from OnePlus will unleash a new era of Fast and Smooth. Especially Smooth! Smooth is more challenging than Fast - a true test of hardware and software. The new product is just beautiful - I can't wait for you to see it! 😬✨ pic.twitter.com/yPU9sEbeIv — Pete Lau (@petelau2007) April 17, 2019 Possible $569 price tag Onleaks also posted supposed key specs of the OnePlus 7 as well as a $569 price. Specs include a 6.5-inch display, a Snapdragon 855 chipset, two storage options, a 4,000-mAh battery and Android 9.0 Pie. Specific specs for the triple-rear cameras were listed too, and it included a 48-, 20- and 5-megapixel cameras, while the front has a 16-megapixel camera. Giztop/Screenshot by Carrie Mihalcik/CNET It might have a pop-up selfie camera A purported leaked image of the OnePlus 7 and a phone case was posted by SlashLeaks recently, showing a cutout hole on the top edge of the case. This would suggest that the upcoming phone may have a pop-up camera, similar to the Vivo Nex and Oppo F11 Pro. So... To celebrate my fourth Twitter Anniversary as @OnLeaks and start 2019 leaks season, here comes a lil gift as your very first look at the #OnePlus7! 360° video + gorgeous 5K renders + dimensions, on behalf of my Friends over @Pricebaba -> https://t.co/gj5eHbiB25 pic.twitter.com/7oNyF9jgG0 — Steve H.McFly (@OnLeaks) March 3, 2019 This is consistent with earlier renders posted online that show the phone with a pop-up selfie shooter and the aforementioned triple-rear camera. Oddly enough, however, the previous mock-ups show no notch for the front-facing camera (which makes sense given that the camera has moved inside the phone). But on the reported leaked image and phone case, the OnePlus 7 is seen with a teardrop notch for a camera.<doc-sep>
OnePlus is gearing up to release a new smartphone, the OnePlus 7, and it has reached the point in its hype cycle where the company has started a slow drip of information every few days. The latest news is the launch date itself. OnePlus is holding a launch event May 14 in several cities, and the company is even selling tickets to the event to the general public. For this year's flagship release, OnePlus is actually announcing two phones: the OnePlus 7 and the OnePlus 7 Pro. While a lot of companies release two phones with identical designs in two different sizes, that is not the case here. OnePlus is shipping two different phones with different designs. We've already seen a bit of the OnePlus 7 Pro. We posted renders in March showing an all-screen OnePlus phone with a pop-up camera and three cameras. At the time, we called it the OnePlus 7, but this is actually the OnePlus 7 Pro. The second device, the OnePlus 7, apparently looks more than a little like the OnePlus 6T. Renders from OnLeaks show a device with a teardrop front camera notch and two rear cameras. A good theory is that the plain-old OnePlus 7 would aim to provide a good, basic high-end smartphone with a low-ish price. The OnePlus 7 Pro, then, would be the higher-end device filled with new and expensive features. Now, about those OnePlus 7 Pro-exclusive features. A OnePlus teaser claims the company's new phone will be "Fast and smooth," and in an interview with The Verge, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau said the Pro would have a new display that was three times more expensive than the display used on previous models. A report from Android Central claims this is in reference to a 1440p, 90Hz display coming to the OnePlus 7 Pro. Normal smartphone displays run at 60Hz (60 frames per second), but lately we've seen devices like the iPad Pro and the Razor Phone 2 ship with a 120Hz display. With the display running at 90Hz and the software rendering at 90 frames per second, you would get smooth scrolling and gameplay, but it will come at a battery cost. The Android Central report also lists a 4,000mAh battery for the Pro and 30W fast charging. OnLeaks claims the display on the Pro is 6.64 inches, which would make it bigger than the 6.4-inch display on the OnePlus 6T. He claims the triple rear camera setup has a 48MP primary camera, a telephoto lens, and a wide-angle lens, which would be pretty standard. OnLeaks also pegged the existence of a third OnePlus 7 variant (the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G) that was later confirmed in The Verge's interview. As for the regular OnePlus 7, renders from OnLeaks claim it looks just like the OnePlus 6T, with a slightly tweaked rear camera setup. The screen size is the same 6.4-inches, it still has the teardrop camera notch, and it will have a glass back. It looks just like a spec-bumped OnePlus 6T. Speaking of those spec bumps, like every other phone this year, both versions of the OnePlus 7 will be outfitted with a Snapdragon 855 SoC, with a maximum of 10GB of RAM for the top-end version (probably the Pro only). The in-display optical fingerprint reader will be making a return, and there reportedly still won't be wireless charging. As the value champions of the Android world, the big question will be the price of the OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro. The OnePlus One originally started at $300, and since then the price has gone up every year. Will the OnePlus 7's recycled design mean the price is staying the same? How much more expensive will the Pro be? We'll be at the event May 14 to find out. Listing image by OnePlus