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Close-up of OnePlus 12�s rear cameras

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The OnePlus 13 could launch with Snapdragon 8 Elite hardware, a teaser video suggests.

Snapdragon Summit is Qualcomm’s annual event where it celebrates everything Snapdragon and announces its top hardware to power the next generation of smartphones, laptops and other devices. It’s an event where phones also get teased or announced.

The video gives us two things: firstly, itconfirms leaksthat there will be a new Snapdragon smartphone chip that uses the Oryon CPU that first appeared in theSnapdragon X Elitelaptop hardware. Secondly, the outline of the phone in the video looks a lot like a OnePlus phone with that big camera on the back.

There’s some debate over whether there will be a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, or whether there will only be the Snapdragon 8 Elite, or if Qualcomm will launch two tiers of hardware and use both names.

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Snapdragon Oryon CPU

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What else do we know about the OnePlus 13?

That’s not the only detail that has surfaced. Thanks to Digital Chat Station (via 91mobiles) there’s confirmation that the OnePlus 13 will use apreviously-reportedBOE X2 panel, with a 2K resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate, along with an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor – and boosted brightness.

The OnePlus 12 had a display that hit 1,600 nits in High Brightness Mode (HBM), but with a peak of 4,500 nits – and it could be that the HBM brightness gets increased.

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We also think this phone is nearing launch, because it’s justpassed through certificationat the Taiwan Accreditation Foundation, where the battery capacity is revealed. This fits with the talk of a 6,000mAh battery that wepreviously reported on.

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