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Days after first teasing the OnePlus 15 at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit, the brand has now confirmed its next flagship phone is set for a global launch. Although OnePlus has yet to specifically confirm a US release, it normally brings its phones to the country soon after launching devices in China.
The brand also confirmed a new Sand Storm color to sit alongside the black and white variants previously teased. It’s a dune color, so it’s somewhere between beige and taupe.
OnePlus confirmed its new Sand Storm finish will be the first handset to use aerospace-grade Micro-Arc Oxidation. That’s on the middle frame and the camera housing on the rear.
The brand says, “Aerospace-grade toughness arrives through a high-voltage plasma process that grows a ceramic coating directly on the metal frame.” It’s said to be over three times harder than an aluminum frame, which should improve durability for the frame.
As spotted by The Verge, the brand also used three different posts on its Weibo accounts to share new photos of the handset. You can see the device from multiple different angles, all in the new Sand Storm version.
(Credit: OnePlus)
Previous OnePlus teasers have shown us the camera cutout in the top left hand corner of the rear of the device, but we get to see it in more detail throughout these shots.
The photos also confirm the brand isn’t including its iconic OnePlus Alert Slider. Instead, the brand has replaced it with its own customizable “Plus Key” shortcut button.
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(Credit: OnePlus)
Last week’s announcements saw confirmation the handset will run on the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. The brand has also confirmed this will be its first phone to feature a 165HZ refresh rate display, plus it debuts its new DetailMax image engine.
The Plus Key (Credit: OnePlus)
OnePlus says it will use “advanced algorithms and powerful processors to capture images that feel breathtakingly clear and truly real.”
We don’t yet know when the global launch for the OnePlus 15 will be. The brand has said its first official reveal will be in China at some stage during October, but a full global launch date is currently unclear.
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