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The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro may be paired with an affordable flagship sibling, the OnePlus 9 Lite, but it may have an older chipset.
The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro will likely use the same leading Snapdragon 888 chipset that other 2021 flagships will sport, while the OnePlus 9 Lite will include the Snapdragon 865 featured on top 2020 phones, a source said. Android Central.
While the source did not provide any other details about the OnePlus 9 Lite, it would presumably compete with other cheaper flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE and the Google Pixel 5.
We can only speculate, but we can make an informed guess based on the phone line; For example, the OnePlus 8T came out in late 2020 priced at $ 749 (£ 649 / around AU $ 1,175) for its more robust 12GB of RAM. / 256GB storage model, so we’d expect the OnePlus 9 Lite to be listed below that.
OnePlus line reorganization
OnePlus has been toying with its lineup throughout 2020. You may have noticed that the OnePlus 8T was not accompanied by an 8T Pro, for example, and the mid-range OnePlus Nord was followed by the Nord N10 5G, which appeared to be so similar that it seemed like a hasty version to give early 5G users an affordable option.
Hence, the OnePlus 9 is an opportunity to launch a new range of phones with definitive price levels aimed at individual consumers. OnePlus veterans, on the other hand, who had enjoyed the extreme value of the brand’s old low-priced flagship spec philosophy and have long criticized the rising prices of the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 8 lines, may look at a OnePlus 9 Lite as a return to form.
After all, the Snapdragon 865 is still a great chipset, and phones with it regularly outperform less powerful silicon flagships such as the Google Pixel 5 with Snapdragon 765, but until more specs are leaked, we’ll be cautious. with our estimates of what the OnePlus 9 Lite is capable of.
