OnePlus 15 leaks: Upgrade to SoC, downgrade to display, new camera system expected

OnePlus is working on its next flagship, the OnePlus 15, and it will be a beast of a phone, at least for the most part. A new leak has hinted at some of the specifications including the screen and the SoC, as well as some information about the camera system. While the phone is said to get a processor upgrade compared to the predecessor, the same doesn’t seem to be true for the display.

Known leaker Digital Chat Station has shared on Weibo that the upcoming OnePlus 15 will be powered by the successor to the Snapdragon 8 Elite. Qualcomm has not made the SoC official yet but leaks have suggested a 20% to 30% improvement in single core and about 15% to 20% improvement in multi-core performance compared to the current gen SoC.

On the other hand, the leak claims that the OnePlus 15 will feature a flat, smaller, and less sharp display compared to the OnePlus 13 (Buy on Amazon). It states that the phone will have a 6.78-inch 1.5K resolution flat LIPO display, which is more in line with the OnePlus 13R (Buy on Amazon) rather than the OnePlus 13. That’s not to say that the display will be bad by any means. In our review, we found that even though it does not match up to the company’s brightness claims, it does well outdoors, is responsive, and has a high pixel density.

For reference, the OnePlus 13 has a 6.82-inch 2K LTPO display that is curved around the sides. As to why OnePlus is reportedly opting for a display downgrade for its next flagship, is a mystery.

Another piece of information shared by Digital Chat Station is that the OnePlus 15 will not have a circular camera layout. It will, however, include a 50MP triple camera setup with a periscope zoom camera. Moreover, the partnership with Hasselblad seems to have ended with the OnePlus 15 since the leak states it carries an “independent image brand” (machine translated). This will also be a departure from the company’s previous flagships since the OnePlus 9, all of which used camera systems developed in collaboration with Hasselblad.