The OnePlus Open! a new addition to the foldable flagships

OnePlus has launched the OnePlus Open foldable phone. It offers a lighter and thinner design than Google and Samsung’s foldables. OnePlus teased its first foldable phone around February 2023. Now, after almost seven months of waiting, the company has finally launched the device. 

The OnePlus Open brings a book-style foldable device, competing with devices like the Google Pixel Fold and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5. The new foldable is lighter and thinner than Google and Samsung’s foldables.

DISPLAY

As for all the displays, you'll get a 6.3-inch smartphone screen (2,484 x 1,116, 20:9) on the outside and a 7.8-inch 2K OLED folding screen (1.0758:1). The smartphone panel is in between Samsung and Google’s external displays in terms of the aspect ratio, while the folding screen is almost square.

Both screens have LTPO 3 tech featuring a 120Hz refresh rate, although the inner panel drops down to 1Hz while the outside display drops down to 10Hz. You can also expect 2,800 nits of peak brightness on both panels, although it specifically notes 1,400 nits of brightness when using high brightness mode.

OnePlus says the smartphone screen has so-called Ceramic Guard protection, claiming it’s 20% tougher than Gorilla Glass Victus given the same size and thickness. The folding display offers ultra-thin glass, the usual TPU protection, and an anti-reflection screen protector.

CHIPSET AND CHARGING

The OnePlus Open has an IPX4 rating for splash resistance. You’ll find a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset inside, along with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of fixed storage. Expect a 4,805mAh battery, along with 67W wired charging. Unfortunately, the foldable lacks wireless charging capabilities. 

OnePlus is thankfully offering a bundled wired charger, although Europe gets a 67W charger while the US gets an 80W adapter. It’s also worth noting that this charger has a USB-A port rather than a USB-C connection.

CAMERA

The OnePlus Open is also bringing a triple back camera system. We’ve got a 48MP Sony LYTIA T808 main camera here (with OIS), which might make the foldable the first Android device to use a LYTIA camera sensor.

It offers a 64MP 3X telephoto camera (with OIS) and a 48MP ultrawide lens. The brand claims that the 3X telephoto lens can deliver 6x in-sensor zoom and 120X zoom. It also comes with a 20MP selfie camera on the foldable screen and a 32MP selfie shooter on the smartphone panel. 

The phone has the Oxygen OS 13.2 skin with  Android 13. OnePlus is also bringing a variety of features like Bluetooth 5.3, a trio of so-called “Reality” speakers, a side fingerprint scanner, and Wi-Fi 7.

PRICING AND AVALIABILITY

Foldable phones are quiet pricey and the OnePlus around $1,699 for the 16GB/512GB model in the US, the phone will also be available in Europe (€1,799), India (Rs 139,999), Canada (CA$2,299), and the UK (£1,599).

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