OnePlus 9 Lite specs just leaked — and they’re pretty insulting

OnePlus 9 Low-cal specs but leaked — and they're pretty insulting

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Plenty of rumors have told us about a third telephone launching alongside the OnePlus 9 range next calendar month. It may exist called the OnePlus 9 Lite, or the OnePlus 9E, just whatever the name a new leak may have just revealed all of its specs.

Greek site Techmaniacs has the lowdown on the low-cost OnePlus 9 device, although some of these specs audio more like a new OnePlus Nord than any sort of flagship-lite model.

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Techmaniacs claims that the phone will pack in 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, a 5,000 mAH bombardment, and a 64-megapixel camera. All good so far. It's as well set to have a 6.v-inch 90Hz display with Full Hard disk drive resolution, all of which are pretty standard for OnePlus these days. Withal it is said to be running on a Snapdragon 690 processor.

The OnePlus ix and ix Pro are expected to pack in the flagship Snapdragon 888 chip, so a 690 would be a downgrade. The chip may have 5G connectivity, simply the 600 series is designed for budget and mid-range phones. In fact, it's the same chipset that was featured in the OnePlus Nord N10, which arrived last Oct.

Meanwhile, past rumors nigh a OnePlus ix Lite suggest that the phone would come with the Snapdragon 865 chipset. It'southward older and less powerful than the 888, but it's nevertheless the chipset featured in near of 2020'due south flagships. It's not such a terrible compromise to suffer to save some greenbacks. The same can't be said for the 690.

It sounds like Techmaniacs has got its wires crossed, and confused the OnePlus ix Lite with an upcoming OnePlus Nord model. Nosotros know more Nords are coming, and a 690-powered device would sit comfortably with the other mid-range Nord handsets already on sale.

8GB of RAM is a stride upwards from Nord devices we've seen and then far, simply the rest of the features sound very like to the Nord N10.

I'm beingness skeptical about this particular leak, and I encourage everyone else to do the aforementioned. Because having a Snapdragon 690 in a flagship-centric device is pretty unbelievable, and frankly information technology would be insulting for OnePlus to try and sell such a device with OnePlus 9 branding.

Rumor is the OnePlus 9 range will exist launching quondam in March, and then we don't have very long to wait to detect out what's really happening, Until then stay tuned to Tom'southward Guide where nosotros'll bring y'all all the latest news and updates on what nosotros hear.

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