The OnePlus 10T will be official on August 3rd, which is next Wednesday, but in true OnePlus style we are getting a lot of official details even sooner. Earlier today we saw a shot of the two color versions side by side, and the Chinese company also spoke The border on the missing warning slider, when publishing a new set of official images.
It’s hard for any OnePlus fan to look at these and not immediately focus on what’s missing: the iconic alert slider, a clear inspiration initially from Apple, but then a feature that has rightfully been associated with OnePlus in the Android world since it was practically the only company that uses it constantly.
And then came some cheaper Nord devices that didn’t have them, then the exclusive 10R for India and now, for the first time in many years, a globally launched numbered OnePlus will ship without the warning slider. . Clearly OnePlus knows how big this point of contention will be, by revealing the reasons behind the removal before launch.
If you’ve been around removing the headphone jack from most phones, the reasoning is sure to sound like deja vu. According to Hope Liu, OnePlus chief designer, the slider needed to go so that the 10T had enough internal space for other components, needed for “high-power charging, large battery capacity, and better antenna signal.”
The fast charging system requires two charging pumps in the 10T compared to just one in the OnePlus 10 Pro, as the 10T will charge even faster. There is also a new 15 antenna system in the upcoming model, which should improve the signal when holding the phone horizontally.
The warning slider may seem small, but according to Liu it takes up 30 square mm of motherboard area, so if it had stayed the company would have had to stack the motherboard, which would have made it thicker (and probably more expensive, let’s venture) guess, even if this is not mentioned). So removing the warning slider was the trade-off the company decided to make.
It seems OnePlus thinks people will appreciate the faster 80W charging and ever-slightly better signal when gaming more than the warning slider does. What do you think? Is the company right about this or has it made a mistake that will alienate its user base even further?
Finally, you may have missed it, but the Hasselblad brand has also disappeared, and this apparently happened because OnePlus “wanted to offer a flagship smartphone with maximum performance at the price chosen by the device,” according to Liu. It seems that licensing the Hasselblad name is anything but cheap.
The OnePlus 10T will use the Sony IMX766 sensor for its main camera and supports 10-bit color shooting as well as “enhanced HDR photography”. Liu also confirmed a 6.7-inch display, and the rest of the specs were also leaked by a prolific Twitter leakster.
The screen is therefore said to have a refresh rate of 120Hz. The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 unsurprisingly powers the phone, coupled with up to 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. There’s also an 8MP ultrawide camera on the back and a 2MP decorative sensor of some kind (monochrome, depth, or macro). Selfies are taken care of by a 16MP shooter, while the battery capacity is said to be 4,800mAh and charging is 150W. Of course the phone will run Android 12 with OxygenOS 12.1 on top.
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