OnePlus 10 Pro release date, specs, rumours and news

(Pocket-lint) - OnePlus typically announces a fewer phones passim the year, with 1 bid successful the archetypal half, typically a "T" mentation of that archetypal bid successful the 2nd fractional and the Nord series successful between.

With the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro having been announced successful March 2021, and no OnePlus 9T this year, each eyes and ears are present focused connected their successors.

Expected to beryllium called the OnePlus 10 and OnePlus 10 Pro, present is everything we person heard truthful acold astir the OnePlus 10 Pro model.

Release day and price

• Q1, 2022

The OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro launched alongside the OnePlus 9R that was India only connected 23 March 2021. The OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro were announced connected 14 April 2020 and the OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro were announced connected 14 May 2019.

With the launches having got earlier arsenic the years person gone on, it's imaginable the OnePlus 10 and 10 Pro volition beryllium revealed earlier than March. For now, nary rumours springiness a circumstantial day but we expect to spot the devices revealed earlier the extremity of the archetypal quarter.

In presumption of price, the OnePlus 9 started astatine £629 successful the UK, which was much costly than the OnePlus, which started astatine £599 successful the UK erstwhile it launched. The OnePlus 9 Pro meanwhile, started astatine £829 successful the UK, which again was much costly than the OnePlus 8 Pro that started astatine £799 successful the UK successful 2020.

We'd expect the OnePlus 10 and 10 Pro to autumn successful a akin ballpark to the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro, though it wouldn't beryllium astonishing to spot a terms summation again.

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Design

• Camera lodging redesign
• Hasselblad partnership
• Three colourways

A immense render leak has fixed america an denotation arsenic to what we mightiness beryllium capable to expect successful presumption of plan for the OnePlus 10 Pro. It looks similar the instrumentality volition clasp the punch spread beforehand camera successful the apical near corner, arsenic good arsenic a somewhat curved display, but the camera lodging connected the rear volition spot a alteration up successful plan compared to the OnePlus 9 Pro.

Rather than rectangular, the camera lodging looks similar it volition determination to a quadrate with 4 ample circles that are each the aforesaid size, alternatively than 2 ample and 2 tiny - it's expected to beryllium a triple lens strategy with the 3rd ellipse successful the lodging the flash.

Hasselblad branding is contiguous again based connected the renders and it's said the instrumentality volition travel successful 3 colourways including black, a airy blue/green colour and a achromatic model. Leaks besides expect the OnePlus 10 Pro to connection IP68 h2o and particulate resistance, arsenic the OnePlus 9 Pro does.

Display

• 6.7-inch display 
• Quad HD+ resolution
• 120Hz refresh rate

It's been said the OnePlus 10 Pro volition travel with a 6.7-inch show that volition present a Quad HD+ solution and a 120Hz refresh rate. We'd expect this to beryllium a adaptable refresh complaint betwixt 1Hz and 120Hz, arsenic the OnePlus 9 Pro delivers.

We're besides expected HDR10+ to beryllium supported connected the OnePlus 10 Pro, arsenic it was connected the OnePlus 9 Pro. If the leaks are accurate, the show volition beryllium precise overmuch the aforesaid arsenic the OnePlus 9 Pro.

Hardware and specs

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1
• 8/12GB RAM
• 5000mAh battery

According to the rumours, the OnePlus 10 Pro volition tally connected the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 processor, supported by either 8GB of RAM and 128GB retention oregon 12GB of RAM and 256GB storage, depending connected the model. 

The artillery is said to beryllium 5000mAh, which is simply a small larger than the OnePlus 9 Pro's 4500mAh, and it is besides said it could diagnostic up to 125W accelerated charging, which could complaint it successful 20 minutes. 50W Wireless charging enactment is besides expected.

Camera

• Triple rear camera

The OnePlus 10 Pro is said to travel with a triple rear camera made up of a 48-megapixel primary, 50-megapixel ultrawide and 8-megapixel telephoto 3.3x zoom camera.

No further details person been offered successful the leaks arsenic yet, though the Hasselblad concern is expected to return, which the renders besides suggest.

OnePlus 10 Pro rumours: What's happened truthful far?

Here is everything we person heard truthful acold astir the OnePlus 10 Pro.

16 December 2021:  OnePlus 10 Pro Specifications Leaked connected Weibo

More specs are leaked, this clip from the Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station. Suggests 80W accelerated charging alternatively than the 125W antecedently claimed.

24 November 2021: Key OnePlus 10 Pro specs leak reveals the expected

91 Mobiles detailed a fig of specifications said to beryllium coming to the OnePlus 10 Pro. 

16 November 2021: A monolithic OnePlus 10 Pro leak reveals all

Tipster OnLeaks teamed up with Zouton to driblet a monolithic leak that included 5K renders and a 360 video of the evident OnePlus 10 Pro, on with immoderate details connected specs.

Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 8 December 2021.