OnePlus 12R gets U.S. and Europe launch on 23 January 2024
The OnePlus 12R is a reimagined, pared-down OnePlus 12 if we are to believe the leaks thus far.
OnePlus's 23 launch announcement for 23 January 2024, as seen on its Europe website. Note the mention of OnePlus 12 and 12R below. Source: OnePlus.
A variant of OnePlus’s 2024 Android phones will likely begin its global rollout by the start of next year.
OnePlus’s 2024 flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 12, was announced earlier this month for the China market. Now, its variant, OnePlus 12R, will see retail in other markets like the U.S. and Europe, which signifies that OnePlus is moving ahead with a global rollout like previous years.
The OnePlus 12R is a reimagined, pared-down OnePlus 12 if we are to believe the leaks thus far. As reported on 9To5Google, it uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (SD8G2) processor, while the OnePlus 12 uses the newer Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. In return, the OnePlus 12R gets a bigger 5,500mAh battery, just 100mAh more than its flagship counterpart.
At its core, the OnePlus 12R offers competent components like a 6.78-inch LTPO AMOLED panel with 120Hz refresh rate, a triple rear camera combo (50MP main, 8MP ultra-wide, and 2MP macro), and a starting RAM of 16GB.
Right now, the leaks are more concerned with its possible launch date and colourways available. Phone tipsters Max Jambor (@MaxJmb on X) and Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24 on X) said that OnePlus 12R would come in Cool Blue and Iron Gray colourways, with a global launch date on 23 January 2024. Notably, the photos and videos they shared had the phones’ artistic renders available, and it also shows the Hasselblad partnership around the camera housing.
9To5Google observed that the Cool Blue colourway for the OnePlus 12R strongly resembles Bay, a toy-blue hue as seen on the Google Pixel 8 Pro (review and hands-on for reference here).
The OnePlus series phones can get a little confusing if you’re not closely following its roadmap. OnePlus has a mainline numeral series of phones that serves as its flagship representative of that year (for example, OnePlus 12 for 2024). It has variants like the R-series, which was believed to be an India-exclusive lineup until now. The T-series, which we are more familiar with, serves as OnePlus’s budget flagship alternative. These phones co-exist with other OnePlus products, like its midrange Nord series.
Source: 9To5Google (1, 2), Max Jambor (Twitter/X), Ishan Agarwal (Twitter/X)
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