With the launch of the 10 series, we are witnessing the umpteenth evolution at OnePlus, whose next chapter could be called OnePlus 10 Ultra. We went from having a single top of the range in its early years to have more than one: first with the birth of the T series, then with the Pro models, finally with the R series.
Meanwhile, competitors such as Xiaomi and Samsung have in turn diversified the proposal in the high range. Both manufacturers have created an Ultra version of their flagships, as demonstrated by the future Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and Xiaomi 12 Ultra.
Not to mention other top exponents, such as Moto Edge 30 Ultra, ZTE Axon 30 Ultra and Redmi K30 Ultra. Once “Pro” was the way to make consumers understand that this was the flagship model. But apparently, it is no longer enough, between Pro, Pro +, Ultra variants and so on.
Technology sharing between OnePlus & Oppo is in Full swing, Find X5 series gets Hasselblad treatment and I’m hearing that MariSilicon will be seen on a OnePlus Flagship in the 2nd Half of this year.
There are rumours of an Ultra flagship from OnePlus in the EVT phase right now.
— Yogesh Brar (@heyitsyogesh) January 25, 2022
Consequently, the existence of a OnePlus 10 Ultra doesn’t seem all that remote, especially if there are insiders supporting this hypothesis. The leaker in question is Yogesh Brar, whose tweets have already released OnePlus themed previews, such as the fact that the base model OnePlus 10 would be presented later.
As he states, there are rumors that this Ultra model is already in the EVT phase, which stands for Engineering Verification Testing. In a nutshell, the smartphone would be in the testing phase that would precede the completion of marketing.
In the meantime, the leaker Yogesh lets us know that the merger between OnePlus and OPPO would continue to bear fruit also in terms of hardware. We know that OPPO Find X5 Pro will be the first to have a proprietary chip MariSilicon and now we discover that this chip will find space on the top of the OnePlus range of the second half of 2022.
An indiscretion that had already been anticipated by the leaker Digital Chat Station: remains to understand what it will be, this OnePlus smartphone. Could it be the OnePlus 10T? In the meantime, let’s not forget that there are also other smartphones on the horizon, such as the OnePlus 10R.