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Phone season is in full swing . Last week Samsung introduced its fresh Galaxy S24 flagship , and the next few week will see a deluge of twist up to and include those unveiled at Mobile World Congress at the end of February . Today , however , is OnePlus ’ time to shine .
The Oppo - owned phone Lord just debut its later flagship , the OnePlus 12 . The day of the firm holding out on the late unconscious process are over at the top of the descent . The premium handset sports the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 that Qualcomm introduced at the tail ending of last year .
OnePlus ’s tweaks on top of that really lay into the buzzword here , including the “ Trinity Engine , ” which it shout an “ advanced proprietary platform that intelligently unlocks the full voltage of smartphone ironware . ”
If your eye just glaze over over , I ca n’t say I blame you . The main things you need to know on the performance front is the aforesaid system - on - a - chip , which is paired with either 12- or 16 GB of RAM . Storage , meanwhile , is going to be either 256- or 512 gibibyte . The shelling is a very goodish 5,400mAh , which go from zero to 100 % in a half hour with the included 80W battery charger . The wireless charging , meanwhile , take about doubly as long .
There ’s a three - camera organisation on the rear , with a 50 - megapixel all-embracing slant ( with optic image stabilization ) , 48 - megapixel ultra - extensive and 65 - megapixel telephoto with 3x optical rapid climb . Zoom goes up to 120x , but you ’re going to bug out introducing noise into the photo after around 6x .
OnePlus is also talking up a new HDR algorithm here . The company say the algorithm “ knows what it sees , ” and can adapt luminance and shadow consequently . This looks like a reference to AI - found image recognition , so the equipment knows when , say , it ’s capturing another someone .
Meanwhile a fresh “ Master Mode ” brings additional alternative to OnePlus ’ Pro Mode feature , include adjustments to thing like contrast , impregnation , sharpness and shade . OnePlus is also touting a more “ veritable ” portrait modal value , good manners of the sensors and Hasselblad algorithms .
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OnePlus bewilder some item for doing beneficial things on the design front . I think many of us were surprised by how nice the fellowship ’s first foldable turned out last class . There ’s a lot of public lecture about being influenced by luxury watch , but regardless , the “ Emerald Flow ” purpose is a nice touch , and OnePlus / Hasselblad know how to make a nice photographic camera prominence .
The OnePlus 12 is up for pre - order start today and go on sale February 6 , starting at $ 1,070 for the 12GB/256 GB model and $ 1,200 for the 16GB/512 GB rise . Flagship spectacles at flagship prices . If that ’s a bit too steep , the young OnePlus 12R starts at $ 500 – less than half the price .
