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OnePlus 8 Coming w/6.5” FHD OLED Display
March 02, 2020
 
The upcoming OnePlus 8 has the following specs:
 

• 120Hz refresh rate
• Snapdragon 865 processor
• Triple rear camera (60MP + 16MP + 13MP)
• 32MP front-facing camera
• 4,500 mAh battery
• 50W charging
• 8GB/ 12GB RAM
• 128GB/ 256GB storage
• $799 

If the specs are accurate, the display is smaller than the Galaxy S20 Ultra's 6.9-inches, which is comparable to Samsung's Note 10+.  The OnePlus 8 Pro sits between the S20 and S20 Plus when it comes to the display, and it keeps up with the S20 Ultra's 120Hz refresh rate too.   It also has an Ultra's 5,000 mAh with a fast charging component The 8 Pro has three rear cameras rather than four, and is closer to the S20 and S20 Plus which both feature a 12MP wide angle lens, a 12MP ultra-wide angle lens, and a 64MP telephoto lens.  Ignoring the base level S20, Samsung's flagship phones feature an impressive zoom capability too, so it'll be hard for anyone to outshine it on the camera-front. But the price difference could be what counts for a lot of people, and with the S20 Ultra starting from £1199, the OnePlus 8 Pro has more than a fighting chance of going up against it
 
Samsung Display announced its OLED displays are “optimized for the 5G era,”
The screen requires 15% less power to operate, according to Underwriters Laboratories certification. The average power drops from 1.5W to 1.3W, the announcement says, which is good news for 5G devices, which will draw more energy to power 5G connectivity. The new screens emit 6.5% blue light, lower than last year’s panels which emit 7.5% blue light. The numbers come from Swiss agency Société Générale de Surveillance, according to Samsung. Recently, Samsung announced its manufacturing LPDDR5 memory for phones and tablets in 12GB and 16GB varieties. While Apple is unlikely to make such a huge RAM jump, LPDDR5 is undoubtedly in the cards for the iPhone 12 series, which could ship with at least 6GB of RAM on board this year.