The OnePlus 11 5G – the successor to the OnePlus 10 Pro 5G that was launched last year – made its debut in India on Tuesday. This handset may not have the word “Pro” in its name, but it is powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and supports 100W fast charging. The company also launched the OnePlus Buds Pro 2, which is claimed to offer major improvements over its predecessor. Meanwhile, the company also announced several other devices that will be available in the coming months, including the OnePlus 11R 5G, a new OnePlus Pad, the OnePlus TV 65 Q2 Pro, and the OnePlus Keyboard 81 Pro.
This week on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast, host Siddharth Suvarna spoke with reviews editor Roydon Cerejo and senior reviewer Ali Pardiwala to discuss the OnePlus 11 5G and OnePlus Buds Pro 2 TWS earphones that launched on Tuesday. We also discuss other new OnePlus devices that were announced during the Cloud 11 launch event that will be arriving in the coming months.
OnePlus 11 5G is the company’s most powerful smartphone till date and it does not have to make much changes from its predecessor OnePlus 10 Pro 5G. The company has also fixed some of our complaints which were in the previous generation smartphones. You get the iQoo 11 5G and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC at a lower price than the entry-level Samsung Galaxy S23. At the event, the company also launched another handset with similar design, OnePlus 11R.
Oddly, the OnePlus 11 doesn’t support 5G wireless charging, a feature that was present in last year’s model. However the company has upgraded all the cameras. The macro mode is back and the ultra-wide camera is better, as we noted in our review. However, it only has an (unofficial) IP64 rating and the selfie camera is significantly worse than the OnePlus 10 Pro. If things like wireless charging and better waterproofing are important to you, should you still consider last year’s model instead?
OnePlus 11 5G review: The one to beat?
The OnePlus Buds Pro 2 have been launched two years after the company launched its first high-end earbuds, and it brings notable upgrades like a dual-driver setup and spatial audio with head tracking. These TWS earphones are great earbuds out of the box, unlike the older model, which was updated with support for more codecs. At the moment, Hi-Res audio streaming is locked to phones that support the LHDC audio codec, which includes phones from Xiaomi, Oppo or OnePlus.
At the event we also saw the OnePlus Pad, the company’s first tablet. The device will arrive in April and appears to be aimed at productivity users with a more square-like (7:5) aspect ratio. We didn’t have too much time to use the device, but stay tuned to our website and YouTube channel for a review in the coming months. There are some features that will be exclusive to OnePlus phones such as tethering your OnePlus phone to share a 5G connection, or copying and pasting between devices.
OnePlus Buds Pro 2 review: Making a good thing better
OnePlus also launched a new smart TV, the OnePlus TV 65 Q2 Pro, which is available in a single 65-inch display size. The price of this TV is around Rs 10,000. 1 lakh mark and it does not feature a retractable soundbar like its predecessor. It has a 70W speaker setup and QLED display panel. It will also support Dolby Atmos, HDR content and we look forward to reviewing this device in the coming months.
Another pair of more affordable TWS earbuds was also announced by the company at the event – the OnePlus Buds Pro 2R. It doesn’t support spatial audio with head tracking like the OnePlus Buds Pro 2, and they don’t support wireless charging either. OnePlus’ new mechanical keyboard and wireless router were also announced, but we didn’t get any hands-on time with them at the launch event.
Finally, OnePlus said it will show off a new OnePlus concept smartphone at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2023) and it appears it will be a foldable phone that could arrive in Q3 2023, but we’ll have more on that later. There is no information. At this point these phones.
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