It’s official — OnePlus 10 will feature the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

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OnePlus is playing with power for its next flagship device

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The OnePlus 10 will launch with Qualcomm’s powerful new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, according to someone who should know — the phone maker's co-founder.

Pete Lau, who co-founded OnePlus and now serves as the chief product officer for OnePlus parent Oppo, took to Chinese social networking site Weibo where he revealed that the "next-generation" of OnePlus would make use of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Likely, he’s referring to the 2022 OnePlus 10.

It's unlikely any of those phones will reach the U.S., though. The OnePlus 10 certainly will, as will Samsung's Galaxy S22, which is expected to be featuring the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

OnePlus hasn’t shared a specific release date for the OnePlus 10, but a leaker expects the phone to launch sometime in January or February of 2022 in China, with the rest of the world following suit by the middle of the year. That would be a departure from OnePlus' usual approach, which typically features a global launch for its flagship phones.

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