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OnePlus Z is the missing link on the company’s early 2020 list, as it should be the model for trying to alleviate price increases experienced with the launch of OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro. It was initially thought to be called OnePlus 8 Lite, the Z is still coming, only later. According to the latest whispers on the matter, it should see the light of day in July.
Today, a new rumor claims that the OnePlus Z will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 765 chipset, and not the MediaTek Dimensity 1000L, as suggested countless times before.
At first glance, this appears to be just the case for a few filters that are wrong, but here is an alternative explanation. So please be patient with us as you enter unconfirmed speculative territory.
What if the delay in launching the Z is really connected to the SoC choice? What if the OnePlus Z was initially supposed to launch alongside the 8 and 8 Pro, with the Dimensional chipset, but in the meantime Qualcomm contacted OnePlus and made it “an offer you can’t refuse” for the 765 ?
After all, OnePlus has been exclusively using Qualcomm chips since its founding, and its close collaboration with Qualcomm engineers is promoted at almost every press conference or event. So would Qualcomm simply accept that the company that used to be an exclusive supplier would simply change course? Maybe not.
And if this is the case, then explain the delay, since the phone would have originally been designed around one chip, and now needs to house a different one. All that work could take a few months.
The unfortunate thing here is that the Dimensional 1000 and 1000L appear to be much more powerful chips than the Snapdragon 765, so if you choose the latter, hopefully OnePlus software optimizations will ensure that the Z doesn’t feel significantly slower than a 8 or 8 Pro.
As always, take all this with a good portion of salt, because everything is not confirmed at this time.
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