Here’s what we know about the next numbered OnePlus phone.
The OnePlus 7 launch date has been confirmed as May 14, and it won’t show up alone as it’ll also be joined by the OnePlus 7 Pro.
New OnePlus 7 leaks point to at least two phones that will compete with the best smartphones – especially the best Android smartphones – with a gaming-ready silky smooth screen that has a 90Hz refresh rate.
OnePlus has even told us one core feature about its next handset: the OnePlus 7 will be one of the first phones to support 5G – although this particular feature is likely reserved for the pricier OnePlus 7 Pro variant.
Below you’ll find everything that we’ve heard so far about the OnePlus 7. For more on the OnePlus 7 Pro, we have a separate guide but you may find the odd mention of that top-end phone in this list.
The OnePlus 7 launch date has been set for May 14 after the Chinese firm sent out invites for simultaneous events in London, New York and Bangalore. TechRadar will be reporting live from both the New York and London events to bring you all the latest on the OnePlus 7, and we’ll have a live blog for you to follow along with us.
As for the OnePlus 7 release date – when you’ll actually be able to get your hands on one – that’s still up in the air, but going from what’s happened with previous launches, we’d expect it to ship before the end May.
It should go on sale soon as the OnePlus 6T has started to sell out across the world and OnePlus is unlikely to intend no phones on sale at any point.
If the OnePlus 7 Pro does turn out to be the 5G variant, then you may have to wait a little longer for that to hit shelves though, as carriers will need to enable their 5G networks first.
There’s no word on the OnePlus 7 price, but the OnePlus 6T – the most recent handset from the firm – launched at $549 / £499 / AU$599 and prices have been gradually creeping up since the range began, so we’d expect the OnePlus 7 will cost at least that much if not more.
If you want 5G though you might have to pay more. OnePlus has confirmed that it’s working on a 5G phone and while it’s not known whether the OnePlus 7 will support 5G, the company’s CEO has said that its 5G handset will cost between $200 and $300 more than its next 4G device.
And in the US you might be able to buy it from a carrier, as this is something OnePlus has said it’s looking into again. Last year’s OnePlus 6T was available through T-Mobile if you didn’t want to pay for the entire phone upfront and unlocked.
We’ve seen numerous images seemingly showing the OnePlus 7, with the clearest look coming from the renders below, which show an almost bezel-free screen with a pop-up selfie camera, while the back has a triple-lens camera.
You can also see this design in some renders from a case-maker. The pop-up selfie camera isn’t visible, but a cut-out in the cases to make space for it is. These images can be seen below.
That same design was suggested in leaked photos too, some of which show an all-screen design with no visible selfie camera, and one of which shows a raised section slightly above the screen, which could be part of the mechanism for a slide-out camera.
It seems that all of the images showing a phone with a pop-up camera might actually be the OnePlus 7 Pro though, according to a leak, which included renders supposedly showing the standard OnePlus 7.
You can see these below. They look a lot like the OnePlus 6T, with a teardrop notch rather than a pop-up camera and two rather than three rear cameras, though unlike the 6T the flash is inside the camera block, and the screen is apparently 6.2 inches (where the 6T is 6.41).
Elsewhere though we’ve heard that the OnePlus 7 has a 6.4-inch 1080 x 2340 screen, while the OnePlus 7 Pro has either a 6.7-inch 1440 x 3120 one or a 6.64-inch QHD+ one, so there’s some disagreements on screen sizes.
We also know some details about the OnePlus 7 Pro, but we don’t know if it’ll be the same for the standard model.
