In the past time, TCL has been particularly noticeable as a contract manufacturer for all kinds of technical products from other brands. Recently, the Chinese manufacturer has also launched products under its own name. One of them is the new 5G Home Station Linkhub 5G CPE.
Yesterday, OnePlus launched two new flagship 5G smartphones, the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro. Like other cell phone manufacuturers, OnePlus also launches two models, one basic model and the other Pro version. On the new models for 2020, OnePlus wants to finally remove the criticisms and there are many current standard configurations for flagship models such as wireless charging and an IP certification, which has also been given to the Pro model. However, the prices of OnePlus 8 and 8 PRO have now reached the very top and costs up to 1000 USD. But before we get to the prices and the date for the market launch, there is an overview of the specifications for you again. Most of the specs for One+ 8 and 8 pro have been known for weeks, but not everyone has followed the rumor mill.
OnePlus 8 Specifications:
- 55 inch Fluid AMOLED display with FHD+ and 90 Hz
- Snapdragon 865 for 5G modem
- 8 or 12 GB of RAM
- 128 or 256 GB UFS 3.0 storage
- Main camera: 48 MP (Sony IMX586)
- Ultra wide camera: 16 MP
- Macro camera: 2 MP
- Front camera: 16 MP
- Battery: 4300 mAh
- Charging: 30 watts with cable
- Size: 160.2 x 72.9 x 8.0 mm
- Weight: 180 g
OnePlus 8 Pro Specifications:
- 78 inch Fluid AMOLED display with QHD + and 120 Hz
- Snapdragon 865 for 5G modem
- 8 or 12 GB of RAM
- 128 or 256 GB UFS 3.0 storage
- Main camera: 48 MP (Sony IMX689)
- Ultra wide camera: 48 MP
- Telephoto camera: 8 MP
- Color filter: 5 MP
- Front camera: 16 MP
- Battery: 4510 mAh
- Charging: 30 watts with cable and wireless
- IP68 certification
- Size: 165.3 x 74.35 x 8.5 mm
- Weight: 199 g
OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro Prices
The OnePlus 8 starts at 800USD with 8/128 GB in the colors Onyx Black and Glacial Green. For 12/256 GB you have to put 8700USD on the table, there are Glacial Green and Interstellar Glow (but comes a little later). The OnePlus 8 Pro starts at 900 USD with 8/128 GB in Onyx Black, if you want 12/256 GB and one color, you have to put 1000USD on the table, here you get Glacial Green and Ultramarine Blue. Market launch (apart from Interstellar Glow) is April 21st, more details are available on the OnePlus website. In addition to its own online shop, the new OnePlus 5G phone models will be available from others online stores. Not every partner will have every version available.
2019 was the year when the first foldable phone was announced. Samsung launched the first model with the Galaxy Fold, and now there is a new foldable phone Samsung Galaxy Z Flip available now. Huawei announced the Mate X in early 2019, but now Mate X was discontinued and only the second generation and optimized Huawei Mate Xs is available for sale. The Motorola Razr also joins the product range to compete. If you plan to get the foldable phones, you’d better prepare 3000USD or more on the table. The foldable phones are at high price range now.
Samsung Galaxy Fold | Huawei Mate X | |
Display size, resolution | 4.6-inch Super AMOLED; 7.3-inch QXGA+ Dynamic AMOLED | 6.6-inch (2,480x1,148 pixels); 6.38-inch (2,480x892); 8-inch OLED (2,480x2,200) |
Mobile software | Android 9.0 with Samsung One UI | No Android on the Chinese model |
Camera | 12-megapixel main, 16-megapixel ultra wide-angle, 12-megapixel telephoto | 40-megapixel main, 16-megapixel ultra-wide, 8-megapixel telephoto |
Front-facing camera | Two 10-megapixel, 8-megapixel 3D depth | Same as above |
Processor | Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 | Kirin 980 processor |
Storage | 512GB | 512GB |
RAM | 12GB | 8GB |
Expandable storage | No | No |
Battery | 4,380 mAh | 4,500 mAh |
Fingerprint sensor | Power button | Power button |
Connector | USB-C | USB-C |
Special features | Foldable display, wireless charging, fast charging, 5G in select countries | Foldable display, fast charging, 5G |
Price off-contract (USD) | $1,980, £1,900, converts to AU$2,800 | 16,999 yuan, converts to $2,400, £1,830 or AU$3,546 |
As the first 5G mobile phone from Nubia, the RedMagic 5G from the Chinese manufacturer ZTE is primarily geared towards gaming and (according to the name) supports the new 5G mobile communications standard. The Nubia's flagship RedMagic 5G will go on sale globally starting April 21.
New gaming smartphone with Snapdragon 865
The heart of the Nubia RedMagic 5G is the new Snapdragon 865, which is cooled down by active liquid cooling for maximum performance. It is supported by an Adreno 650 GPU and a 5G modem with SA + NSA dual-mode operation. Depending on the model, there are four different combination for storage: 8GB RAM + 128GB ROM, 12GB RAM + 128GB ROM, 12GB RAM + 256GB ROM, and 16GB RAM + 256GB ROM, of course, the prices would be higher on the large capacity. A 4,500 mAh battery is responsible for the power supply, which can be quickly charged with a maximum of 55 watts.
In terms of specs, the RedMagic 5g features a 6.65-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with 144Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate, with a follow-up response time of 14.9ms. It also gets a sliding response time of 45ms and a click response time of 32.2ms. The phone sports the latest Snapdragon 865 chipset paired up with up to 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM. It comes with latest L-shaped cooling pipe and also gets new Active Liquid-Cooling with Turbo Fan 3.0 which is claimed to be 200 per cent cooler from previous RedMagic smartphones. The new cooling technology has also increased the airflow volume by up to 30 per cent and features multilayer thermal graphite as well. The specs seems much better than the other 5G phones from ZTE such as ZTE Axon 11 5G and Axon 10 Pro 5G.
First of all, the 5G mobile smartphone starts in China. However, it should also be available globally in April 2020. And now the Red Magic 5G phone is available in China for sale and the price is in middle range, not cheap and also not too high. Converted from the China prices, the smaller model in black and red with 8 GB RAM and 128 costs just under 600USD, the best one with 16 GB RAM and 256 GB memory is over 800USD.
The RedMagic 5G phone provides many colors for the users such as Black, Mars Red, Cyber Neon, Transparent. They all look very cool and fashion. The RedMagic 5G will be made available in EU (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden) and Australia, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Macao. We will keep update on this ZTE 5G cell phone.