The OnePlus 9 series and OnePlus Watch are now official

Following a few teases, OnePlus has officially unveiled their latest flagship smartphones with their OnePlus 9 Pro and OnePlus 9.

“The OnePlus 9 Series represents a key milestone for OnePlus flagship smartphones. Co-developed with Hasselblad, the new Hasselblad Camera for Mobile will give users the ability to capture their own iconic moments with more accurate colours and premium image quality,” said Pete Lau, Founder, CEO and Chief Product Officer of OnePlus. “Together with the new OnePlus Watch, our latest flagship smartphone series offers a burdenless user experience with even the smallest detail tailored to challenge the smartphone industry and empower our Community through premium technology.”

OnePlus 9 Pro

The OnePlus 9 Pro offers a 6.7-inch AMOLED with LTPO (low-temperature polycrystalline oxide) display with a resolution of 1440 x 3216 at 525 PPI.

The screen is be called Fluid Display 2.0 by OnePlus and offers a Smart 120Hz refresh rate. The LTPO technology (which was also on the Galaxy S21 Ultra’s display) helps provide a smooth scrolling experience while cutting down on the display’s power consumption by 50%.

The Smart 120Hz feature will automatically change the refresh rate to match what’s on screen, as low as 1Hz for things like reading and viewing photos.

Just like other Android flagships this year, the OnePlus 9 Pro is being powered by the Snapdragon 888 chip with 8 or 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM.

The phone is running OxygenOS 11 based on Android 11, which first debuted on the OnePlus 8T.

There’s also 128 or 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage, an in-display fingerprint sensor, face unlock, Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 6 and 5G.

Inside the OnePlus 9 Pro is a 4,500 mAh battery with Warp Charge 65T wired charging (you can get a full charge in just 29 mins) and Warp Charge 50 Wireless.

That means you can charge your phone wirelessly at up to 50W (compared to 30W wireless on the 8 Pro).

To get the 50W charging speeds, you’ll need the updated Warp 50 Wireless Charger, which looks exactly+ like the 30W model from last year.

As announced previously, the OnePlus 9 Pro is the first phone under their camera partnership with Hasselblad.

The OnePlus 9 Pro’s Hasselblad Camera for Mobile system uses four lenses, a 48MP main lens (via the custom Sony IMX789 sensor), a 50MP ultra-wide (Sony IMX766), 8MP telephoto and 2MP monochrome lens.

The camera on the OnePlus 9 Pro can shoot 8K video at 30fps or 4K at 30/60/120fps. There’s also Nightscape for low-light photos.

The OnePlus 9 Pro is available for pre-order today from the company’s website. The phone will start shipping on March 26th, the same day as open sales.

Pricing for the OnePlus 9 Pro is as follows:

• $1,349 CAD ($969 USD) for 8GB RAM/128GB*
• $1,499 CAD ($1,069 USD) for 12GB/256GB

*Only available in Morning Mist

Colour options for the OnePlus 9 Pro include Morning Mist, Pine Green and Stellar Black (in select markets outside of North America).

The Warp 50 Wireless Charger costs $99 CAD ($69 USD) and ships alongside the OnePlus 9 series.

OnePlus 9

The OnePlus 9 has similar features to the bigger OnePlus 9 Pro but differentiates in a few areas.

First off, the OnePlus 9 is a 6.5-inch AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate (that also supports 60Hz). It has a resolution of 2400 x 1080 and is the same flat display as the OnePlus 8T.

The OnePlus 9 is being powered by the Snapdragon 888 chip with 8 or 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM. The phone is running OxygenOS 11 based on Android 11.

There’s also 128 or 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage, an in-display fingerprint sensor, face unlock, Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 6 and 5G.

Inside the OnePlus 9 is a 4,500 mAh battery with Warp Charge 65T wired charging (like the 9 Pro and 8T) and 15W Qi wireless charging.

For cameras, the OnePlus 9 has three lenses, a 48MP main lens (Sony IMX689), a 50MP ultra-wide (Sony IMX766) and a 2MP monochrome lens.

Just like the 9 Pro, the OnePlus 9 can shoot 8K video at 30fps or 4K at 30/60/120fps.

The OnePlus 9 is available for pre-order today from the company’s website. The phone will start shipping on March 26th, the same day as open sales.

Pricing for the OnePlus 9 is as follows:

• $999 CAD ($729 USD) for 8GB RAM/128GB
• $1,149 CAD ($829 USD) for 12GB/256GB*

*Only available in Astral Black

Colour options for the OnePlus 9 include Winter Mist, Arctic Sky (in select markets outside of North America) and Astral Black.

OnePlus Watch

The OnePlus 9 series wasn’t the only thing the company announced, they also unveiled their first smartwatch with the OnePlus Watch.

The device has a 1.39-inch AMOLED display with a 326ppi. The design of the OnePlus Watch uses a 46mm case, stainless steel body and a 2.5D curved glass on the front.

It also has 5ATM and IP68 water and dust resistance, which should be fine for tracking swim workouts.

In addition to the Classic Edition, there will also be a Cobalt Limited Edition that uses cobalt alloy instead of stainless steel. Cobalt alloy is hypoallergenic and the display on the OnePlus Watch Colbalt Limited Edition uses sapphire glass with a Mohr rating of 9 for better brightness and scratch resistance.

The OnePlus Watch Colbalt Limited Edition comes with a leather band instead of a silicone one.

There’s also automatic workout detection, around 110 workout types, a heart rate monitor, stress tracking, and a SpO2 sensor. The watch also includes built-in GPS and will still track your activity when not connected to your phone.

While some were expecting the watch to run Wear OS, the OnePlus Watch is running what’s called RTOS (Real-time operating system), similar to Huawei’s LiteOS.

There are 4GB (2GB of actual use) of internal storage and the 402 mAh battery lasts 14 days. The watch has OnePlus’ Warp Charge to get you 50% battery life in just 20 mins.

The OnePlus Watch comes in multiple colours (depending on region), Midnight Black, Moonlight Silver. Midnight Black will be the only colour available in North America.

The watch is set to launch on April 14th and costs $219 CAD ($159 USD) from OnePlus.com. No pricing or availability has been announced yet for the Cobalt Limited Edition but OnePlus has confirmed it won’t be coming to North America.

Source: OnePlus