OnePlus has already broken with tradition in a couple of different ways this year, exclusively releasing the 10 Pro flagship in China (ahead of an eventual global expansion scheduled for tomorrow) and leaving that bad boy’s vanilla sibling out of its early 2022 timetable.
The monochrome imaging sensor present on the back of the 9R will also go missing from the OnePlus 10R’s redesigned triple camera system. Of course, no one’s really going to miss that largely useless shooter, with a big 50MP Sony IMX766 sensor performing “primary” photo-capturing duties, aided by an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle Sony IMX355 snapper and a… largely useless 2MP macro unit.
Around the front, the 10R will stick to its predecessor’s 16MP selfie camera rather than upgrading to a 32MP sensor as on the 10 Pro. All in all, the imaging specs look… fine on paper but not exactly astounding, unlike the 150W fast charging capabilities, up to 12 gigs of RAM paired with 256GB internal storage space, and even the MediaTek Dimensity 8100 processor.
Unfortunately, while European availability might be in the cards this year in addition to a release in countries like China and India, we don’t expect the 10R to (officially) come to the US.
