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OnePlus 16 & OnePlus 16R is Official & One Will Be Available to Purchase for USA Buyers. · eSIM STUDIOS Podcast - Tech News + Reviews

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  So the OnePlus 16 is now official and it's shaping
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  up to be one of the most interesting phone launches
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  of 2026. It brings all of the upgrades you would
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  expect, including a Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme
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  Gen 6, a 200 megapixel main shooter, and a big
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  battery upgrade. However, it is exclusive to
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  China. However, There is one model that might
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  delight you OnePlus lovers out there. There might
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  be a shining light at the end of that tunnel.
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  But let's talk about the specs with the OnePlus
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  16 to start off. So you're getting a 6 .78 inch
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  LTPO OLED. with a 1 ,272 by 2 ,772 pixel resolution
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  and 185 hertz refresh rate. The phone can run
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  natively at 165 hertz refresh rate. doing anything
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  and everything you want on the phone so that
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  165 hertz is not just reserved for a handful
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  of games it's universal across the phone and
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  they're bumping an extra 20 hertz up to 185 hertz
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  for only a handful of games now the oled panel
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  on this new oneplus 16 is provided by boe it's
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  an x4 luminescent material and it is capable
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  of going down to one nit hardware brightness
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  It also features 1 .15mm bezels, an ultrasonic
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  fingerprint scanner, and a 50MP front -facing
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  selfie sensor. Now, outside of the impressive
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  display, as I mentioned, you are getting the
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  latest and greatest Qualcomm chip, that Snapdragon
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  8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, paired with up to 16GB
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  of RAM and 1TB of storage. the base model does
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  come with 12 gigs of ram 256 gigs of storage
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  now when it comes to the cameras i mentioned
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  that 200 megapixel main shooter well that's a
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  1 over 1 .4 inch sensor alongside a 50 megapixel
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  3x telephoto sensor and a 50 megapixel ultra
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  wide sensor now that big battery upgrade i was
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  talking about well guess what they're bumping
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  it up to a nine 1000 milliamp per hour silicon
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  carbon battery 100 watt wire charging 50 watt
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  wireless charging and it is going to launch with
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  color os 17 on top remember oxygen os was thrown
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  in the trash and they are going to start running
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  color os on these oneplus devices which it's
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  sad to see oxygen os go away but i am really
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  excited for color os 17. the three colors you
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  can get this in is a starlight color a dark forest
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  and a martian masterpiece which is a orangish
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  type of color the base storage variant 12 gigs
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  of ram 256 gigs of storage starts out at 896
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  dollars while the 16 gig of ram one terabyte
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  model is $1 ,270. Open sales for this OnePlus
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  16 is exclusive to China starting October 31st.
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  However, if you just gotta get your hands on
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  one, Giztop will be selling those as well. However,
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  let's talk about a surprise device that we did
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  not see coming. We had no clue that OnePlus and
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  or Oppo was... planning any of their other models
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  of their flagship OnePlus 16. So you know how
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  in the past OnePlus would launch the OnePlus
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  15, but then they would also sell the OnePlus
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  15R, 15T, 15S. Well, with the dismantling of
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  OnePlus, we had no idea what future plans were
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  going to be for other models, other variants
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  of their flagship models. So we now have news.
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  On the upcoming OnePlus 16R, we got specs and
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  we know now where it is going to be sold and
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  the equivalent price. So those of y 'all that
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  want to get your hands on one, it looks like
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  you might be in luck because a new leak suggests
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  the OnePlus 16R is going to come with, check
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  this out, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, so last
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  year's. flagship cpu the same one that's in the
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  s26 ultra the very same cpu that's in the oneplus
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  15. you're going to get triple 50 megapixel camera
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  sensors including a telephoto sensor last year's
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  oneplus 15r skipped out on the telephoto sensor
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  remember it only had two sensors on the back
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  well this year you're going to get three sensors
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  on the back of this one You're going to get 165
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  Hertz refresh rate display and a 7 ,500 milliamp
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  per hour silicon carbon battery. Now bringing
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  back the telephoto camera could be one of the
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  biggest wins for the upcoming quote unquote affordable
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  flagships as users have frequently complained
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  about its absence in the OnePlus 15R. Now it
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  looks like it's also going to be a quote unquote
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  copycat device because as you know oppo owns
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  oneplus oppo also owns realme it's like a brother
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  sister company and or brand well oppo is going
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  to essentially sell this oneplus 15r same model
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  same look under two different brands so realme
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  is also going to launch a device that looks similar
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  has the same specs but just with a different
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  name Interesting thing with the spec sheet on
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  this upcoming OnePlus 16R is it looks identical,
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  identical to the OnePlus 15. If you go look at
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  OnePlus 16R specs and then you compare it side
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  by side to the OnePlus 15 specs, it's basically
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  the same exact phone. has a ton of parts essentially
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  from suppliers from potential one plus 15 devices
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  that they were going to put together and they're
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  just going to go ahead and construct that phone
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  and just put a similar slightly different looking
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  body on that and then slap it with a new name
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  and or logo on the back as well so one plus is
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  basically selling the one plus 16r as a one plus
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  15. Now, if you were not fortunate enough, if
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  you were not one of the lucky users of a OnePlus
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  15, you're missing out. If you love mobile devices
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  and you like Android devices, I can almost guarantee
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  you would like the OnePlus 15. Honestly, it's
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  one of my favorite devices. Such a joy to use.
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  Battery life is two -day battery life. It's the
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  very best feature in regards to that device.
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  Now, if you want to get your hands on one, Well,
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  apparently they are going to sell this OnePlus
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  16R in India, which is a surprise to everybody,
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  sort of. We knew OnePlus was still going to operate
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  in two regions, mainly China, but they were also
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  going to sell units in India. We were under the
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  assumption the only devices that they were going
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  to sell in India were going to be the budget
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  and or mid -range devices. the r series technically
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  i guess it is considered mid -range however if
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  you go back and look at all the previously released
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  r series devices it's always the previous year
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  before that flagship specs they just so so basically
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  oneplus is is keeping to their history as far
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  as launching this r series with the previous
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  year's flagship specs so i guess it's not a top
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  tier flagship however it had it has one year
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  old flagship specs i don't really know where
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  this fits in mid -range flagship i would consider
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  it flagship but with the oneplus 15r i would
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  consider that mid -range just because they left
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  out a telephoto sensor but i think this year
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  for 2026 they're getting back to that flagship
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  level specs and this is good news For some people,
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  at least for some people in the US that still
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  want to purchase a brand new OnePlus device.
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  Brings up the question, should you buy a OnePlus
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  16R or should you buy a OnePlus 15? If they have
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  nearly identical specs, which route should you
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  go? Because we do now have pricing on this as
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  well. So this can be purchased in India. for
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  right around 70 000 rupees now 70 000 rupees
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  is the equivalent to 732 dollars and that's for
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  the base model and the base model one plus 15
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  was i believe 7 .99 now that was if you got a
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  one plus 15 right at launch where they discounted
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  100 bucks And if you do want to purchase a new
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  OnePlus 16R, the best place to get it, probably
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  going to be on eBay, probably going to be on
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  Giztop, one of these third -party retailers.
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  I don't know if Average Dad website is going
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  to sell that. We can obviously check once the
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  OnePlus 16R is released. But remember, these
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  online retailers are going to add an extra $100,
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  $200 on top of that. So for the base model, you're
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  essentially looking at $830. If you look at OnePlus
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  15 devices, that's right around the same price
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  as what you can get a OnePlus 15 for. And you
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  can get a OnePlus 15 US model. right around that
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  same price. If you go for the OnePlus 16R, we
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  do not know the bands it's going to carry as
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  far as the modem and or the frequencies that
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  it will pick up. I'm sure you'll be safe if you
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  have T -Mobile, but until we get an actual spec
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  sheet on this OnePlus 16R, I would personally
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  recommend if you want to get one of these two
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  devices or you're thinking about it, I would
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  personally say just get a OnePlus 15. I know
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  you can get a brand new OnePlus 16R with nearly
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  identical specs for maybe a tiny bit more expensive,
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  maybe $50, $75 at the most, $100 more expensive
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  than a OnePlus 15. You will have a brand new
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  phone in the OnePlus 16R. However, I think you're
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  probably going to get a better buy. for your
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  purchase for your dollar if you just get the
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  us variant oneplus 15. the oneplus 16r is going
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  to launch with color os 17. the oneplus 15 here
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  in just a few days is getting color os 17. so
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  i believe the oneplus 15 has a lot more longevity
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  as far as life left in that device as far as
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  how many more years you can use it and use it
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  comfortably it be suitable for your daily needs
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  it has a very strong very powerful cpu long battery
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  life and now that oppo is pumping the color os
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  17 into the oneplus 15 series you're going to
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  support it for many more years so sure you can
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  go out and get a oneplus 16r but I personally
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  still would pick the OnePlus 15 over the brand
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  new OnePlus 16R. Now the OnePlus 16R is going
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  to be sold in India right around in, I believe
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  the earliest they put it at was late November,
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  early December. So here in a few months, technically
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  you can get a OnePlus 16R and it should be unlocked
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  for all carriers worldwide. A little good sign,
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  a little shimmer of light there for OnePlus users.
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  But I would personally still recommend the OnePlus
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  15 over the OnePlus 16R. But I know some people
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  just got to have the newest OnePlus device. And
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  even though they took away the flagship 16 series
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  and are going to be selling it in China only.
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  Well, now they kind of gave you an option if
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  you still want to purchase a new OnePlus device.
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  And make sure you subscribe to the channel because
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  I will be covering the OnePlus 16R pretty closely.
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  I was going to essentially drop the OnePlus 16
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  just because it's not going to be sold here and
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  I have no interest in it. But I'll probably cover
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  the OnePlus 16R just because technically it is
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  a viable option for us U .S. consumers. But subscribe
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  to the channel. I'll keep everybody updated.
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