News & Reviews:   OnePlus 8

Before the launch of the OnePlus 8 series that is going to happen in a short while, the devices have already been found on sale on a retailer site. The devices including OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro have gotten their price tags and tech specs revealed on the site, proving some of the rumours that were leaked earlier to be true.

Although OnePlus isn't the flagship killer than we knew, it's still exciting to read some news about their upcoming products. In this latest rumour mill, multiple sources have claimed the European market has decided on the price tag. Do take note these are all speculation so read it with a grain of salt.

The smartphone industry is ultra-competitive these days, with brands trying to one-up each other in various ways. In what way, you ask? Well, there's the camera war and there's the display war. And since the OnePlus 8 series is launching fairly soon, OnePlus is eager to talk about its latest achievement on the display side of things.

With the extension of the Movement Control Order, it seems more smartphone brands are fully embracing live stream events. But this doesn't really apply to Oneplus because they have always been doing their live stream annually. Anyway, 15 April 2020 is the date and we might just have our first full tech specs leak of the Oneplus 8 series thanks to @IshanAgarwal24 on Twitter.

Based on a statement by ITHome, it seems that the upcoming OnePlus 8 series which consists of the OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Lite as well as the OnePlus 8 Pro, will be unveiled on 15 April 2020. Based on what we know so far, the aforementioned smartphone series is expected to come with a hole-punch notch as well as a 120Hz display. 

5G is all the "hype" now and it's safe to say that most smartphone brands will launch a 5G phone model, even though the technology is not available yet. That applies the same for OnePlus, where a recent interview with OnePlus CEO, Pete Lau has just confirmed that the upcoming OnePlus 8 series will indeed have 5G and also a bit more expensive than usual.

Based on a statement by techradar.com, it seems that OnePlus 8 series might be unveiled somewhere around April 2020. With that said, the new series will most likely consist of the OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, as well as a Lite variant.

While all the other smartphones are trying different directions with their naming strategies, it looks like there is still a brand that thinks the marketing ploy would be unnecessary. OnePlus has now released 7 generations of devices together and the 8th is on its way. Many are also curious about whether the company will change its latest devices’ naming system since the others are doing so. However, someone has spotted the new OnePlus devices in an Amazon listing and they still will continue to be called OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro.

Earlier, we’ve heard rumours that OnePlus is releasing three new devices in the first half of this year, including OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro and a new OnePlus 8 Lite. Other than that, we also know that the company is going to bring some upgrades such as 120Hz display and 12GB RAM to the upcoming devices. Now, the two tech specs have already been confirmed in different ways, and the news made us more excited for the launch!

It was just last week when we found renders of the OnePlus 8 Lite, which showed us a device that had no audio jack and a punch-hole camera. Now, a series of leaked screenshots show full lists of tech specs for the OnePlus 8 series and there's three of them.