OnePlus 8, 8 Pro full specs and pricing leak ahead of April 14 unveiling

08 April 2020
Not much left to wonder about the upcoming OnePlus flagships.

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harwey, 08 Apr 2020I guess now it's time to get OP 7 Pro (8/256GB ) for 500euro....Yeah, that's exactly what I'm thinking. I'm in need of a new phone; was hoping it would be a OnePlus 8 Series; but after these price leaks (should they prove to be accurate), it simply doesn't make sense.

With the air of respectability having been evaporated due to OTT pricing (OPPO Find X2, Xiaomi Mi 10, and OnePlus 8), I may go along with your line of thinking, or wait to see whether ASUS release their ZenPhone 7 at a fair price, or even wait for the Microsoft Duo.

OnePlus has made getting a phone so much harder, when I, like many others, believed a OnePlus purchase in 2020 would be one of the simpler personal decisions to make in this year. Darn you Pete Lau.

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    • sGA
    • 09 Apr 2020

    Back design need to be improved

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      • Anonymous
      • Y6X
      • 09 Apr 2020

      Oneplus phones generally don't hold value and frankly struggle to sell in the future second hand due to their lack of brand image (especially here in Canada). This only applies to people like me who like to switch up their phone every year or two, maybe even three years sometimes.

      But on another note, Oneplus's camera system will not justify its $1000 CAD price tag as this happens every year. No doubt their camera's are okay, but spend $100-$200 more, and you can get a next-lvl camera system from the next flagship above it (Samsung s20 dynamic range and low light shots destroy the competition, and iPhone has the best videography around). If camera isn't your thing, their average storage sizes are definitely not worth 1000 bucks (Samsung still rules with their SD card inclusion with large base storage sizes). Heck, if you don't mind storage, surely the poor audio quality will deter you from Oneplus! Judging by most reviews and personal experience, Oneplus has lower than average plug in and bluetooth audio playback quality with weak bass and an overall muddy sound. I can keep on going on and on, but I really don't see myself buying a $1000+ dollar Oneplus phone. And I don't see this brand being on display at any mobile carrier store here in Canada aswell either, which is a huge loss especially since more and more people are going on contract with other name brand phones due to the rising msrp scaring them from buying outright.

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        • 09 Apr 2020

        AlexP, 09 Apr 2020Wrong. The Mi 10 in its base 8GB RAM and 128GB storage tri... moreName one proper flagship below that price this year?
        The specs of OnePlus 8 especially the camera is atrocious compared to Mi 10.

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          • 09 Apr 2020

          Adoogle, 08 Apr 2020 To summarise these OnePlus 8 Series price leaks, in compa... moreNot only that, the cameras in both for its prices are a joke too. Like with the HMD-Nokia 8.3

          Luckily, we can still find brands like Redmi, Honor, Meizu and even some Vivo at reasonable prices and with good specifications and cameras. OnePlus has lost north and its original identity. They positioned now as a alleged premium brand without premium hardware lol. Or in other words overpriced mediocre phones.

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            • 09 Apr 2020

            Anonymous, 09 Apr 2020This will ensure that the Samsung S20 will continue to sell... moreWrong. OnePlus is never 50% off

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              • 09 Apr 2020

              Anonymous, 09 Apr 2020Lol 800 Euros for a rebranded OnePlus 7t pro with SD865? N... moreWrong.
              The Mi 10 in its base 8GB RAM and 128GB storage trim is listed at €799

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                • KgV
                • 09 Apr 2020

                what happened to oneplus that kils flagship at midrange price? oneplus no more..

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                  • n2I
                  • 09 Apr 2020

                  I applaud them for pushing out new hardware , makes the general phones cheaper and filled with quality and new tech that we love so much to stay ahead of other competition

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                    • XRg
                    • 09 Apr 2020

                    Lol 800 Euros for a rebranded OnePlus 7t pro with SD865?
                    NO Thanx!
                    It's clear that Mi 10 (regular version) is the budget flagship of the year.

                    Since all the premium flagships are 1000 Euro and above, it will be interesting to see, who takes the 2020 flagship crown. The Find X2 pro and the Galaxy S20 are leading the premium segment as of now.

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                      • 09 Apr 2020

                      Dudi4, 08 Apr 2020Imagine paying over 1000€ for a 1+ device... That that esca... moreYour impression that they're "very popular" is precisely the problem. They're very popular in in the echo chamber of the tech blog and vlogoshpere. Their phones are talked about constantly in the tech press. They're reviewed and often recommended by all of the top tech Youtubers. But what are their sales? You don't actually know, so how can you say they're very popular? Samsung and Apple phones are very popular. How do I know? Because both companies sell more phones in ONE QUARTER than OnePlus has in its entire lifespan. OnePlus doesn't have the sales to justify this pricing. That's not to say the phones won't be worth the price they're asking; They might be on par with Samsung and Apple's best. What I mean is, they shouldn't be trying to compete in the premium smartphone market to begin with. They would be a more profitable company if they made a $300 and $500 phone each year, and instead relied on the strength of their software and the manufacturing advantage afforded to them by being an Oppo subsidiary.

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                        • Jki
                        • 09 Apr 2020

                        companies still use this curved screen crap??? stop using curved screens, they are awful!

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                          • 0cL
                          • 09 Apr 2020

                          This will ensure that the Samsung S20 will continue to sell like hotcakes.

                          And by the time the new Pixels and iPhones come out, all of these Chinese models will be at 50% off.

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                            • IYp
                            • 09 Apr 2020

                            Funny how at $699 the OnePlus 7 Pro was a gargantuan sales flop at T-Mobile in the US, the single largest market for premium smartphones, and yet they continue to push up into Samsung S/Note and iPhone pricing territory. You're simply not going to sell phones in the US at that price (I mean sales with statistical or financial significance) because no one here is going to choose a 'OnePlus' branded phone over an equally-priced Samsung or Apple flagship (or Google, for that matter). They're also losing perhaps the largest overall market in India, where smartphone buyers are extremely price-conscious, and in their homeland they're now taking on Huawei's flagship camera dominance, not to mention the patriotic support that comes with Huawei's US ban.

                            Pete Lau is the new Cher Wang (except that HTC, at its peak, sold an order of magnitude more phones that OnePlus does). His smartphone market strategy roughly equates to "copy Samsung, become Samsung". The problem is that A) the audience he's targeting values brand recognition and the approval of their peers far more than they value function, and B) OnePlus is always at least a year behind the curve when it comes to flagship smartphone features. When they finally adopted the curved display (which I hate, btw), they were years behind Samsung and Huawei, and didn't seem to notice that the other guys were making their display curves more subtle year by year. What we ended up with was a OnePlus 7 Pro with a ridiculously glare-ridden and edge-warped display.

                            Pete Lau was onto something in the beginning. He found a hidden market for price-conscious power users and tinkerers that don't need frills, gimmicks or advertising to find the phone they want. The OnePlus One, to this day, ranks as the pound-for-pound best smartphone, and perhaps even the best piece of tech overall, I've ever owned. But even back then, Pete Lau was bungling. From the idiotic "Invites", to the denial of obvious hardware defects (remember the One's display yellowing?), to the staged inventory shortages to try and make it appear as if the demand was far greater than it was.

                            Now that Cher Wang has run HTC into the ground and has moved on to... well, to whatever company she's going to ruin next, Pete Lau holds the crown for worst smartphone company chief in the world. Yes, the OnePlus 8-series phones will get tons of press and recommendations from all of the top tech blogs and Youtubers (Marques Brownlee will undoubtedly call it his favorite smartphone, again. Nothing fishy going on there, I'm sure). Pete Lau will watch all that unfold and feel like OnePlus is a player. What he won't have are sales.

                              One plus 8, is trash Samsung makes their s series same.
                              Same camera hardware
                              Same processor
                              Ip rating
                              Wireless charging
                              Same fast charging
                              Same display refresh
                              Same Resolution
                              Only thing different is size and that what matters in vanilla n plus model, vanilla is more pocketable
                              Even same amount of ram in base model.
                              What is one plus smoking, the pro ain't gonna sell, for, $800 you could get an iPhone xs max, an S10 plus, an iPhone 11, an note 10 plus or an s20, all with superior camera n build quality compared to one plus 8.

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                                • 08 Apr 2020

                                notafanboy, 08 Apr 2020what's mediocre about it?Well, for one, 1k flagships now require a periscope camera........


                                  To summarise these OnePlus 8 Series price leaks, in comparison to the recently released Xiaomi Mi 10 Series are as follows:

                                  OnePlus 8
                                  8GB RAM + 128GB = EUR 729 (cf. Xiaomi Mi 10 = EUR 799; [but CNY 3999 = EUR 510])

                                  12GB RAM + 256GB = EUR 835 (cf. Xiaomi Mi 10 = EUR N/A; [but CNY 4699 = EUR 600])


                                  OnePlus 8 Pro
                                  8GB RAM + 128GB = EUR 930 (cf. Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro = EUR N/A; [but CNY 3999 = EUR 510])

                                  (Not exactly a direct comparison, by the nearest equivalent Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro with double the storage (8GB RAM + 256GB) = EUR 999.

                                  12GB RAM + 256GB = EUR 1020 (cf. Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro = EUR N/A; [but CNY 5499 = EUR 700])


                                  Points to note:
                                  Other than the obvious extortionate prices:

                                  OnePlus are really miserly with the 8 Pro:
                                  1) the 12GB version should be beefed up with double the storage capacity at 512MB storage.

                                  2) the 8GB version too should have with double the storage capacity at 256MB storage. It's the 'Pro' version for Pete's sake.

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                                    • J2u
                                    • 08 Apr 2020

                                    why did they give up on the hidden camera.
                                    Also I wish their cameras were better :(

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                                      • pZe
                                      • 08 Apr 2020

                                      Imagine paying over 1000€ for a 1+ device... That that escalated quickly once the 1+3 got very popular. At this point there are aiming the same segment as Samsung, Apple but they don't have the same internal infrastructure to compete with them....

                                      Allow me to quote Obi-Wan: "You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the flagships, not join them."

                                        To summarise these OnePlus 8 Series price leaks, in comparison to the recently released Xiaomi Mi 10 Series are as follows:

                                        OnePlus 8:
                                        8GB RAM + 128GB = EUR €729 (cf. Xiaomi Mi 10 = EUR €799; [but CNY 元3999 = EUR €510])

                                        12GB RAM + 256GB = EUR €835 (cf. Xiaomi Mi 10 = EUR €N/A; [but CNY 元4699 = EUR €600])


                                        OnePlus 8 Pro:
                                        8GB RAM + 128GB = EUR €930 (cf. Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro = EUR €N/A; [but CNY 元3999 = EUR €510])

                                        (Not exactly a direct comparison, by the nearest equivalent Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro with double the storage (8GB RAM + 256GB) = EUR €999.

                                        12GB RAM + 256GB = EUR €1020 (cf. Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro = EUR €N/A; [but CNY 元5499 = EUR €700])


                                        Points to note:
                                        Other than the obvious extortionate prices:

                                        OnePlus are really miserly with the 8 Pro:

                                        1) the 12GB version should be beefed up with double the storage capacity at 512MB storage.

                                        2) the 8GB version too should have with double the storage capacity at 256MB storage. It's the 'Pro' version for Pete's sake.

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