OnePlus 16 launched in China with 9,000mAh battery and 200MP camera, priced from CNY 5,999

OnePlus has launched its new smartphone, the OnePlus 16, in China. The phone replaces the OnePlus 15, the flagship released last year. The company has kept the square rear camera module of the previous model, while the battery, design and chipset have been upgraded. Sales in China begin on October 13.

The base variant with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage is priced at CNY 5,999, about Rs 86,000. The 12GB + 512GB variant costs CNY 6,799, about Rs 97,000. The 16GB + 512GB variant is priced at CNY 7,499, about Rs 1,07,000. The top 16GB + 1TB variant costs CNY 8,499, about Rs 1,21,000. The phone comes in three colours: Tomorrow's Star, Martian Masterpiece and Dark Forest.

The display is a 6.78-inch full-HD+ (1,272 x 2,772 pixels) AMOLED screen with a 185Hz refresh rate. Its pixel density is 450 ppi and local peak brightness goes up to 2,000 nits. The screen supports 100 per cent DCI-P3 colour gamut, an always-on display and PWM DC dimming frequency of up to 3,840Hz. The phone carries IP66, IP68, IP69 and IP69K ratings. It is a dual-SIM phone and runs Oppo's ColorOS 17, which is based on Android 17.

For performance, it has Qualcomm's 2nm octa-core Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset, with a peak clock speed of up to 5.01GHz. It comes with an Adreno 850 GPU, up to 16GB of LPDDR5X Ultra RAM and up to 1TB of UFS 4.1 storage. For gaming, the phone has a tri-chip setup that includes the P4 Super display chip, the Lingxi touch chip and the G3 e-sports network chip.

At the back is a three-camera setup that supports Oppo Lumo Imaging. It has a 200-megapixel (f/1.6) primary camera with dual-axis optical image stabilisation, and a 50-megapixel (f/2.0) ultrawide camera with a 116-degree field of view. The third is a 50-megapixel (f/2.6) telephoto camera that supports 120x digital zoom and 3x optical zoom. For selfies there is a 50-megapixel (f/2.0) front camera. The phone can record video at up to 4K/60 fps.

The battery is the highlight of the phone. It has a 9,000mAh battery that supports 100W wired fast charging and 50W wireless charging. Connectivity options include 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, a USB Type-C port, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, QZSS and Galileo. An in-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor provides security.