OnePlus 15 arrives in China, global launch ‘coming soon’

The OnePlus 15 has a redesigned camera with a rounded quadrate module.

After a dependable watercourse of spec teases, OnePlus has launched its caller OnePlus 15 flagship successful China today. Release plans elsewhere are inactive unconfirmed, but the institution promises that the phone’s planetary launching volition beryllium “soon.”

We’ve known what the 15 would look similar since September, erstwhile OnePlus besides confirmed it would beryllium powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and person a accelerated 165Hz refresh complaint show — a leap from the 120Hz connected past year’s OnePlus 13, though determination are inactive fewer games that enactment those speeds.

The ample 7,300mAh artillery is the different large draw, the latest in a trend for 7,000mAh+ cells successful Chinese flagships this year. Those large batteries are often exclusive to China though, and it’s not guaranteed that European and US models volition get the aforesaid artillery life. A triple 50-megapixel rear camera with an upgraded periscope lens, IP69K durability rating, and 120W wired charging circular retired the spec expanse successful China, wherever it costs ¥3,999 (around $560).

It launches alongside the cheaper Ace 6 phone, which mightiness look globally arsenic the 15R, with an adjacent larger 7,800mAh artillery but overmuch simpler dual rear camera.