Pete Lau: OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro will not cost more than $1,000 in US

The upcoming OnePlus 8 smartphone will support 5G and will not sell for more than $ 1,000 in the United States, Pete Lau, CEO of OnePlus, told Business Insider.

Lau also confirmed that the OnePlus 8 series will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor.

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In fact, yesterday evening, OnePlus announced the basic specifications of the new device. The entire series comes standard with the 5G flagship mobile platform Snapdragon 865, a new generation of LPDDR5 memory and UFS3.0 flash memory.

Although Lau did not disclose the specific price of the OnePlus 8, Samsung ’s cheapest Galaxy S20 5G starts at $ 999.99 in the United States, the Galaxy S20 Plus starts at $ 1,199.99, and the Galaxy S20 Ultra starts at 1,399.99.  US dollars.

Earlier reports said that the OnePlus 8 will be equipped with Snapdragon 865 and have 8GB RAM / 128GB UFS storage or 12GB RAM / 256GB UFS storage.

It has a 48-megapixel main camera on the back, a 16-megapixel wide-angle camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.  Powered by 4300 mAh battery, 30W fast charging, but does not support wireless charging.

The OnePlus 8 Pro will feature a 6.78-inch "Super Fluid Curved" 120 Hz screen.  Key features include 1400 nits brightness, MEMC (Motion Compensation), and HDR10 +.

The design of the OnePlus 8 Pro is basically the same as the smaller OnePlus 8 except that the rear camera module is different.

OnePlus 8 series phones will be released online at 19:00 on April 16.

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