OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro have gone up for pre-orders in India. The two phones went up for pre-order starting midnight April 28 hours after the company revealed the price of its wireless charging dock in India.
Interestingly, there’s no clarity on when the phones will start shipping to buyers in the country. While the expectation is the deliveries should start in the next few days, but there really isn’t any guarantee considering the country is in the midst of an unprecedented lockdown to curb the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic.
To remind our readers, the prices of the OnePlus 8 series phones start from Rs 41,999 in India which will be for OnePlus 8’s 6+128 RAM and storage variant. The 8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant of the OnePlus 8 is available in Onyx Black and Glacial Green colours. The variant has been priced at Rs 44,999 and will be up for purchase from all online and offline channels.
The highest-end variant of the OnePlus 8 — 12GB RAM and 256GB storage — has been priced at Rs 49,999 and will be available in three colours, Onyx Black, Glacial Green and Interstellar Glow. This variant too will be available across online and offline channels.
Coming to the OnePlus 8 Pro, the phone is available in two memory and storage variants, with the entry-level 8GB+128GB one available in Onyx Black and Glacial Green colours across online and offline channels at a price of Rs 54,999. The higher-end variant with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage has been priced at Rs 59,999. The variant has been announced to be available in Onyx Black, Glacial Green, and Ultramarine Blue via all online and offline channels.
For the price, both the phones get some really impressive specs, including Qualcomm’s most powerful chipset to date, the Snapdragon 865 SoC which the company has paired with up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage depending on your model and variant of choice. Both the phones are 5G ready and have been announced to support the same in all regions where the device can find a relevant network to latch on to.
Of the two, it is the OnePlus 8 Pro that gets the more powerful cameras. At the core of the set-up is a 48-megapixel Sony IMX689 primary lens sat next to another 48-megapixel ultra-wide lens which boasts of a 120-degree field of view. The two have been paired with an 8-megapixel telephoto lens and a 5-megapixel colour filter lens. At the front, we have a Sony IMX471 lens with a sensor size of 16-megapixels.
