OnePlus is expected to debut its first foldable phone, the OnePlus Open, any day now, but it looks like the cat might be out of the bag a bit early as what looks like a foldable OnePlus device has just been spotted in the wild.
Productive leakage OnLeaks last weekend posted a video of the rumor mill were wielded by renowned Indian actor Anushka Sharma as they were driven through a busy street. In the video, Sharma tilts the phone and flips it open, revealing it to be a foldable handset.
How do we know this is a OnePlus device? Well, it has a giant circular camera area on the back, similar to what we’ve seen on many of the company’s phones, like the OnePlus 11 5G. It’s hard to imagine any other company launching a phone with a similar camera system.
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Soooooooo clearly on purpose… I mean, who the hell has such a top-secret prototype in their hands and poses like that in public?! Come on @OnePlus…🤣🤣🤣 #OnePlus #OnePlusFold @Slashleaks 👉🏻 https://t.co/LwwzsgkamA pic.twitter.com/pjQvPE4S1WSeptember 29, 2023
Furthermore, the upcoming release date of OnePlus’ foldable phone hints that this could be a not-so-subtle attempt to build hype for the product. After all, there’s nothing like giving expectant fans a teaser to get tongues wagging and mice clicking.
Interestingly, Sharma hardly seems shy when it comes to the phone.
Instead of hiding such a secret device from prying eyes, he holds it at an angle for passersby to see, then slowly and methodically unfolds it to reveal that it is a foldable phone. telephone. It all feels very staged to get people excited about the Open.
According to the various rumors we have heard, the OnePlus Open will come with a vertical hinge, along with an internal screen of approximately 7.
7 inches and an external screen of 6.3 inches, both with AMOLED technology and refresh rates of 120 Hz. Two of the upcoming colors are expected to be called Emerald Eclipse and Voyage Black, with the latter a likely candidate for the dark device Sharma held up for the cameras.
Rumored details and specs aside, we’ll likely get a good look at the OnePlus Open this month, when the company is widely expected to launch the device – we’ll know for sure then whether Sharma did indeed show off OnePlus’s first foldable device, or something very different.