OnePlus Open will be unveiled on October 19 at an event in Mumbai. This is the Shenzhen-based company’s first foldable phone. Several leaks and reports surrounding the smartphone have surfaced in recent weeks. Specifications, design renders and price range of the device have been tipped. There is speculation that the upcoming foldable book style will compete with Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Google’s Pixel Fold. In a new video shared by a YouTuber, we get a tour of OnePlus’ headquarters and get a glimpse of the OnePlus Open model before its official unveiling.
YouTuber Michael Fisher aka MrMobile was invited by OnePlus for a tour of their factory and research facility in China, according to one of his latest videos. Fisher posted a compilation of his tour and most importantly, shared glimpses and information about the upcoming OnePlus Open foldable book-style smartphone. Of the various things discussed in the video, the main focus was on two things: durability and the fold.
Infamously, one of the biggest drawbacks of recent foldable smartphones is the crease that appears on the screen when the screen is unfolded. A recent leak suggested that the OnePlus Open may have a barely visible crease. In Fisher’s video, we see a shallower fold than what we’ve seen on other folding flagships. In fact, it is similar to the fold found in the Oppo Find N series models. Fisher explains how the number of parts in the hinge has been reduced from 100 to 69 and the hinge now weighs just 13 grams, as the company claims to have used lighter alloys.
Of the durability tests the OnePlus Open has undergone, Fisher takes us through the drop test, the twist and bend tests, and the water resistance test. While the exact IP certification of the upcoming foldable phone wasn’t revealed, the test chamber the phone was seen in was able to simulate conditions for the phones equivalent to what an IPX2 or IPX4 handset could handle, so we could speculate that the OnePlus Open will arrive with one of those ratings.
The video didn’t reveal the design or placement of the rear camera, but several leaked renders and promotional images of the OnePlus Open have suggested that the phone will come with a center-aligned, circular camera island at the top. The phone is also tipped to be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC paired with 12GB of RAM. The phone is expected to feature a 7.82-inch 120Hz OLED main display with a resolution of 2,268 x 2,440 pixels and a 6.31-inch 120Hz OLED outer panel with a resolution of 1,116 x 2,484 pixels. The phone’s triple rear camera setup is said to include a 48-megapixel primary sensor, another 48-megapixel secondary sensor, and a 64-megapixel sensor with a telephoto lens. The front camera is tipped to come with a 32-megapixel or 20-megapixel sensor. According to leaks, the device could be backed by a 4,805mAh battery with 100W fast wired charging support.
