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OnePlus has been playing around with its designs lately, not sticking with one to last more than a generation. Initially the company was slow to jump on fashions, but now it seems to be picking up some of the styles it likes. A few months ago, it introduced the OnePlus 8T which, for the first time, did not come with a Pro model. Next year appears to be a return to form, figuratively and literally, with a OnePlus 9 Pro once again sporting a display that is curve at the edges.
Curved-edge displays have somewhat become a mark of a premium phone, partly because of how they make the side bezels seemingly disappear, and partly because these displays are relatively more expensive to make compared to flat ones. In some cases, that distinction is well justified, although there are cases where the literally slippery slope and live parts of the screen can interfere.
Those are the unlikely reasons OnePlus decided to ditch the curved screen on the OnePlus 8T. It was probably meant to be present on a OnePlus 8T Pro, except it never got to be. Now @OnLeaks shows versions of the OnePlus 9 Pro that should satisfy design fans that curves are here to stay.
The renders also show a bump on the camera that looks more like the OnePlus 8T and OnePlus Nord rather than the OnePlus 8 Pro, suggesting that this is the direction the company wants to take, at least for now. OnLeaks, however, cautions that this might not be the final design just yet, as the current prototype reportedly has metal rings protruding from the camera top around two chambers. The only thing you can say for sure is that there will be four cameras on the OnePlus 9 Pro.
The OnePlus 9 Pro is also “confirmed” to launch sometime in March next year, which is a month earlier than the OnePlus 8 Pro last April. Whether or not this change has been influenced by Samsung moving forward on its own schedule, only OnePlus will be able to tell. Hopefully, it will also have more to show than a new and old design.
