OnePlus normally debuts its new flagship telephone within the spring. But this yr, the corporate is switching it up: OnePlus is revealing the brand new One Plus 10 Pro in Las Vegas this week previous to the flagship’s official launch in China on Jan. 11.

While OnePlus has but to launch official specs and pricing, immediately at CES OnePlus has offered the primary official photographs exhibiting off the OnePlus 10 Pro’s design, which is a notable departure from the OnePlus 9 and 9.

Instead of the shiny mirror finishes OnePlus used on the OP9, the OP10 Pro sports activities a extra low-key two-toned aesthetic with a matte end (accessible in inexperienced or black) highlighted by a big rear quad digital camera module that after once more bears some outstanding Hasselblad branding.

While particulars are gentle to date, there are a few issues we will glean from these photographs. First is the dearth of a rear or side-mounted fingerprint sensor, which suggests using an in-screen fingerprint reader, together with continued help of OnePlus’ conventional alert slider on the aspect. The telephone appears slightly fetching, although the digital camera module’s form and placement are fairly paying homage to Samsung’s Contour Cut design on the Galaxy S21. Small kudos to OnePlus for making a sexy telephone, however minus a pair factors for originality.

However, the principle query now we have in regards to the OP10 Pro is about its fourth rear digital camera, which on high of not trying like a typical digital camera lens additionally bears a label saying “P2D 50T.” Currently, with none additional information from OnePlus, it’s unclear what the true nature of this fourth digital camera will likely be, however based mostly on earlier feedback from OnePlus co-founder and CEO Pete Lau, who stated he desires to enhance the cameras on OnePlus telephones, this P2D cam appears to be the massive characteristic that makes an attempt to set the OP 10 Pro aside from different flagship smartphones.

My present guess is that P2D is OnePlus’ title for a brand new kind of autofocus system, which makes use of that fourth digital camera as devoted focus sensor as a substitute of being an everyday digital camera. That stated, I additionally wouldn’t be shocked if that 50T stands for a 50x zoom or possibly a 50x macro. Who is aware of, possibly it’s each (and even all three).

The different little tidbit we will glean from OnePlus’s newly launched teaser video (seen above) is that the telephone will likely be powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip, which can doubtless be the dominant processor utilized in most high-end Android telephones this yr.

This considerably uncommon announcement timing, the OP10 Pro’s new design, and the telephone’s new fancy digital camera ingredient point out that 2022 might be the yr when OnePlus lastly believes it may actually tackle the opposite huge Android telephone makers like Samsung and Google.

Over the previous few years, OnePlus telephones have been getting steadily costlier as OnePlus has added extra options and extras to raised compete with different flagship gadgets. And whereas final yr’s OP9 got here shut, it didn’t fairly dwell as much as different high-end Android telephones, notably when it got here to low-light photographs.

We anticipate to listen to extra in regards to the OnePlus 10 Pro later this week at CES previous to the flagship’s official launch in China subsequent week, so keep tuned.