The OnePlus 12 could feature major camera and charging upgrades
The OnePlus 12 is one of the next Android flagship phones we expect to see and it could be worth waiting for as the latest leak suggests it will be a big upgrade over the OnePlus in at least two areas 11.
According to the renowned leaker, Digital Chat Station writes further Weibo (through GSMArena), the OnePlus 12 will feature 50W wireless charging, while the OnePlus 11 will not support wireless charging at all. The company’s current flagship is one of the few high-end phones that don’t offer wireless charging, but with 50W speeds the OnePlus 12 would not only be in line with the competition, it would surpass them.
For comparison, the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and the iPhone 15 Pro Max both support 15W wireless charging, while the Pixel 8 Pro can charge wirelessly at 23W. Now some phones already offer 50W wireless charging, like the Xiaomi 12s Ultra, but these are rare.
So if this leak is true, this would be a big win for the OnePlus 12, and this isn’t the first time we’ve heard 50W wireless charging mentioned for the OnePlus 12, so there’s a good chance this is true.
More megapixels and longer zoom
That’s not the only major upgrade we could see either, with the same source claiming this phone will have a “high quality periscope camera”. They don’t get more specific, but previous leaks have suggested that the OnePlus 12 will have a 64 MP periscope camera with 3x optical zoom.
Now 3x zoom is nothing remarkable when Apple and Google offer 5x, and Samsung can achieve 10x. But it’s beyond the 2x optical zoom of the OnePlus 11, and 64 megapixels is a lot more than the 32 the current one offers. telephoto camera of the phone.
So while the OnePlus 12 might not top our list of best camera phones, it could be a big improvement over the current model.
This leak also included some other minor details, such as the use of the powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset (which was always expected), the inclusion of an IR blaster, and USB 3.2, compared to USB 2.0 on the OnePlus 11.
Between this and previous leaks, which have pointed to improved water resistance, 24GB of RAM and a very bright screen, the OnePlus 12 could be one of the very best phones of 2024. While the global launch will likely take place in early 2024, it could land in China as early as December 2023, so there probably won’t be much longer to wait.