OnePlus 16 is likely to launch in India soon after a closed-door meeting in Mumbai. Tipster Abhishek Yadav said that internal testing has started for the device. The phone already launched in China last month with a 9,000mAh battery and a powerful Snapdragon processor, replacing the older OxygenOS with ColorOS.
OnePlus earlier this year, in July, as part of company restructuring, shut down shops in Europe and North America (including the U.S. and Canada). Though it did not specify the reason for the winding down in the West, it is partly blamed on unprecedented storage chipset crunch-induced component price inflation.
. Due to tight profit margins, the OnePlus software team has been merged with sister firm Oppo . All new devices will now run ColorOS out of the box, and existing eligible OxygenOS phones will also receive the update, but to ColorOS.
.Google Labs' experimental AI app 'Dreambeans' makes its debut in India.OnePlus 15 gets Android 17-based ColorOS update. There were also rumours that OnePlus may not launch premium phones in India and focus on just the budget and mid-range segment with N and Nor series, respectively.
Now, Abhishek Yadav (@yabhishekhd), a popular tipster on X known for his accurate track record, has revealed that senior OnePlus India executives held a closed-door meeting in Mumbai to discuss a possible launch of the OnePlus 16 in the subcontinent.
. Already, dogfooding testing has reportedly begun in India. For the uninitiated, dogfooding is a term used when employees use their own company's unreleased products. It ensures that those closest to the product experience its real-world flaws before any outsiders do.
So, there is a high chance of the OnePlus 15 successor coming to the Indian market soon.
OnePlus 16 is already available in China. It was unveiled last month and comes with a lot of upgrades over the predecessor.
Android premium phone sports a 6.78-inch 1.5K (2772×1272p) LTPO AMOLED display with a dynamic 1-165Hz refresh rate, and while gaming, it can attain up to 185Hz and offer up to 2000 nits peak brightness.
. Also, it features a IP66, IP68, IP69, and IP69K water-and-dust resistant rating, a Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 1 port, an infrared sensor, dual-SIM slots (type: nano), Wi-Fi 7 802.11 be (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 6.0, NFC, stereo speakers and an in-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor.
Under the hood, the device is powered by 2nm class Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 octa-core processor, Adreno 850 GPU, Android 17-based ColorOS, 12GB / 16GB LPDDR5X Ultra RAM, 256GB / 512GB / 1TB UFS 4.1 storage and a massive 9,000mAh battery with 100W SuperVOOC charging, 50W wireless charging speed, and 27W wired reverse charging, capability.
OnePlus 16 boasts of triple-camera module--main 200MP (with 1/1.4-inch sensor, f/1.6 aperture, OIS: Optical Image Stabilisation) with 50MP (f/2.0) 116-degree ultra-wide camera and 50MP (with 1/1.95-inch sensor, 3x periscope telephoto camera, f/2.6, OIS) with LED flash, 4K 120fps (frames per second) Dolby Vision video recording, and up to 8K video recording capability on the back.
On the front, it features a 50MP (f/2.0) autofocus camera with up to 4 K video recording at 60 fps recording capability.
The device comes in three colours-- Martian Masterpiece (orange), dark forest (black) and starlight (silver). It will be available in four configurations--12GB RAM + 256GB storage, 12GB RAM + 512GB storage, 16GB RAM + 512GB storage and 16GB RAM + 1TB storage-- for ¥5,999 (approx. Rs 85,386), ¥6,799 (around Rs 96,772), ¥7,499 (roughly Rs 1,06,736) and ¥8,499(approx. Rs 1,20,969), respectively.
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