OnePlus 12 packs in prime efficiency, cameras, and quick charging for underneath £850

After its Chinese unveiling final yr, OnePlus has lastly launched the OnePlus 12 and OnePlus 12R for the remainder of the world, supplying you with two new choices if you’re on the hunt for a high-end Android cellphone. Both fashions have distinctive designs with curved screens and huge round digicam modules on the again, run Android 14, have the model’s distinctive alert slider swap, and go toe-to-toe with Samsung’s new Galaxy S24 series by principally undercutting them for worth.

The OnePlus 12 prices from £849 for the mannequin with 256GB storage and 12GB RAM, whereas a 512GB/16GB model prices £999. That cheaper mannequin is £400 lower than the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra with the identical storage and RAM, which means the OnePlus 12 may very well be a terrific selection if you need prime drawer specs out of your subsequent Android cellphone however baulk at spending over a thousand sheets for the privilege.

The cellphone has the most recent Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset and triple rear Hasselblad-branded cameras with a 50MP primary sensor flanked by a 64MP 3x optical telephoto and 48MP ultra-wide. On paper that’s similar to the digicam on the latest OnePlus Open foldable, which is sweet news as a result of we discovered these cameras to be really wonderful in our review.

There’s a 2K 120Hz OLED display for all of your video and picture viewing wants, plus a big 5,400mAh battery that ought to preserve you going nicely right into a second day. But for when you find yourself working low, you may prime up the cellphone extremely shortly with the 100W quick charger included within the field – an adjunct Samsung, Apple, and Google now not embrace with their costliest telephones. OnePlus says you may cost the cellphone from useless to full in 26 minutes.

With 50W wi-fi charging, you may even cost the OnePlus 12 sooner than its opponents with no wires in any respect – although you need to purchase that charger individually.

The OnePlus 12 is available in matt black or a fetching matt marbled inexperienced model, and if you’re one of many first one thousand UK prospects to pre-order it between 23 and 25 January, you may claim a free pair of B&O headphones worth £459.

At £649, the gaming-focused OnePlus 12R is cheaper however doesn’t lower too many corners by together with the still-excellent Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and what OnePlus claims is the world’s first LTPO 4.0 show, “an intelligent dynamic refresh rate system which allows OnePlus 12R to switch anywhere between 1Hz and 120Hz refresh rates quicker and smarter than ever, saving you battery life and giving you a smoother overall experience,” in response to OnePlus. It is available in blue and gray.

OnePlus additionally introduced the OnePlus Buds 3, £99 wi-fi earbuds with noise cancellation, contact delicate quantity controls and 10 hours of steady playback on a cost.

The OnePlus 12 goes on sale within the UK on 6 February, whereas the OnePlus 12 and Buds 3 could be purchased from 13 February.