Blocked by waves - Oneplus 10R to be released as possibly Asia exclusive

[williamcll]

Many manufacturers are planning to sell their flagships this year using the Mediatek dimensity 9000 as an alternative to the snapdragon 8G1. The same can be applied to Oneplus, but due to the 5G limitations it may only be available in countries that use low frequency 5G as opposed to mmWave.

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OnePlus exclusively offered Snapdragon chipsets on its phones for the first seven years of its existence, but with the Nord 2, it switched to the MediaTek Dimensity 1200. That wasn't an isolated incident; by the time the Nord 2 was released, OnePlus already committed to using the Dimensity 9000 in the OnePlus 10R. The Dimensity 9000 is interesting because it has the potential to go toe-to-toe with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The chipset has the same core configuration that sees the Cortex X2 alongside A710 and A510 cores, and there's a Mali-G710 with ten shader cores. As to why OnePlus is using the Dimensity 9000 in the OnePlus 10R and not the OnePlus 10, it has to do with North America.

The Dimensity 9000 has an integrated 5G modem with global 5G bands, but it is limited to Sub-6 and lacks mmWave connectivity. With U.S. networks relying on mmWave for 5G coverage and OnePlus intent on strengthening its ties with T-Mobile and Verizon, the lack of mmWave connectivity made the Dimensity 9000 a non-starter for OnePlus in the region. That's why the chipset is debuting on the OnePlus 10R, which will be limited to Asian markets. As for the rest of the hardware, the OnePlus 10R will have a 120Hz AMOLED display, and at least 8GB of RAM along with 128GB of storage. I should have the camera details shortly, so stay tuned for that.

 

My thoughts

Oneplus has always been nice at optimizing the performance at their phones, if they can keep it cheap for the performance it might balance out the pitfalls of the current Oneplus 10 Pro.

 

Sources

https://www.androidcentral.com/oneplus-10r-mediatek-dimensity-9000-exclusive

[dizmo]

Would have been nice if they just changed the marketing to not include 5G in NA. Most people are still perfectly happy with a 4G phone. People likely to buy a phone directly from the OnePlus website probably know what they're getting already.