OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro leak reveals big advantage over Galaxy S21

OnePlus 9 and OnePlus nine Pro leak reveals big advantage over Milky way S21

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While the OnePlus 9 and nine Pro may not garner the same hype and applause it did when information technology was under founder Carl Pei, there's withal plenty to be excited about with the upcoming flagship. And according to the latest leak, the OnePlus 9 will have a massive battery with blazing fast charging, more than than what's offered in the Samsung Galaxy S21.

Notable OnePlus leaker Max Jambor (@MaxJmb) believes that the upcoming phone will have a gargantuan 4,500 mAh bombardment. This ways that nosotros can wait longevity to be in the ballpark of eleven hours, only like with the OnePlus 8 Pro and its 4,500 mAh battery.

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While the OnePlus 9 Pro will reportedly have the aforementioned bombardment size as last year'southward model, it's notable that the regular OnePlus 9 will besides sport the four,500 mAh assortment. By comparing, terminal year's base OnePlus 8 had a 4,300 mAh battery.

It's not just battery size that'south seeing an upgrade on the OnePlus nine — charging is getting some attention, too. Considering that terminal year'south OnePlus 8T included 65W Warp Charging, it'south prophylactic to presume the OnePlus 9 would at least include that. At that speed, the telephone can be fully charged in just 40 minutes.

To achieve this blazing fast charge speed, OnePlus has divided the bombardment into 2. By using ii 2,250mAh cells, information technology allows the phone to simultaneously charge both arrays.

It'due south uncertain if OnePlus will follow Apple, Samsung and Huawei in not including a charging brick with this year'southward device. Companies are now foregoing chargers in a bid to curb e-waste product — although, in Apple tree's instance, an iPhone with USB Type-C would have helped tremendously on that front. Information technology's too uncertain if OnePlus volition upwards the ante in wireless charging technology. While last yr's OnePlus eight Pro offered impressive 30W wireless charging, the upcoming Xiaomi Mi xi will ship with 50W wireless charging this March in Europe.

The OnePlus 9 is also expected to see a crash-land in camera performance following a supposed partnership with Swedish camera manufacturer Hasselblad. It's an interesting pairing, specially because Hasselblad cameras can cost well over $thirty,000. Whether the Swedish camera visitor is actually helping in improving photographic camera performance remains to be seen every bit this could be nothing more than a branding deal.

The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro are expected to launch this March.

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