OnePlus launches Ace 7 series in China with 9,000mAh battery and 200MP camera

OnePlus launched its new OnePlus Ace 7 series in China on Thursday. The series was unveiled at the company's October event and has two models: the OnePlus Ace 7 and the OnePlus Ace 7 Pro. Both phones come with a large battery, a dual camera system and several high-end features.

Both smartphones will go on sale in China from November 3. The Ace 7 comes in Midnight Black, Streamer White and Quenched colours. The Ace 7 Pro will be available in Flowing White, Midnight Black and Windbreaker colours.

On pricing, the Ace 7's 12GB + 256GB variant costs 4,399 yuan, or about Rs 63,000. The 16GB + 256GB variant is priced at 4,899 yuan, about Rs 70,000. The 12GB + 512GB variant costs 5,199 yuan, about Rs 74,000, while the 16GB + 512GB variant is priced at 5,699 yuan, about Rs 81,000.

The Ace 7 Pro's 12GB + 256GB variant is priced at 4,799 yuan, about Rs 69,000. The 16GB + 256GB variant costs 5,299 yuan, about Rs 76,000. The 12GB + 512GB variant is 5,599 yuan, about Rs 80,000, and the 16GB + 512GB variant is 5,999 yuan, about Rs 86,000. The 16GB + 1TB variant costs 7,299 yuan, about Rs 1,04,000.

Both phones are dual-SIM and run ColorOS 17, based on Oppo's latest Android 17, as seen on the OnePlus 16. They have a 6.78-inch 1.5K (1,272 x 2,772 pixels) AMOLED display. It supports a refresh rate of up to 185Hz, a 100 per cent DCI-P3 colour gamut, a pixel density of 450 PPI, peak brightness of up to 2,000 nits, 3,840Hz PWM dimming, an always-on display and 1.07 billion colours. Protection against dust and water comes with IP66, IP68, IP69 and IP69K ratings.

For performance, the Ace 7 Pro has Qualcomm's octa-core Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, built on a 3nm process. The Ace 7 has the recently introduced Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5V chipset. Both chipsets offer a peak clock speed of up to 4.6GHz. They are paired with LPDDR5X Ultra RAM and UFS 4.1 onboard storage. To keep the phones from overheating, the whole series gets a dual-path Glacier air-cooling system.

The series has a dual rear camera setup. The main camera is a 200-megapixel (f/1.8) unit with autofocus, OIS (optical image stabilisation) and 20x digital zoom. The Ace 7 also has an 8-megapixel (f/2.2) ultrawide camera with a 112-degree field of view at the back. The Ace 7 Pro gets a 50-megapixel (f/2.8) telephoto camera supporting up to 120x digital zoom. Both phones have a 16-megapixel (f/2.4) selfie camera on the front, and both can record video at up to 8K/30 fps.

On the battery front, both the Ace 7 and Ace 7 Pro have a 9,000mAh battery with 100W wired fast charging. Connectivity includes 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo and QZSS. The sensors include a proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, e-compass, accelerometer, gyroscope, an in-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor for security, and an IR blaster.