
OnePlus 10 is getting the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor
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Qualcomm announced its next-gen mobile processor—the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1—just a few days ago, which will be powering most of next year’s flagship phones. And some manufacturers are already coming out to let us know officially that they will be adopting the best system-on-a-chip there is for their future front runners in the coming year.
What will the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 bring to the table?

This will be Snapdragon’s most advanced 5G mobile platform yet, whose upgraded router will allow phones equipped with it to reach massive 10-Gigabit download speeds.
Flagships with this SoC will be able to house better camera specs than ever as well, as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 introduces the first commercially sold 18-bit mobile IPS, or image signal processor.
The processor has also got a next-gen built-in AI engine, allowing manufacturers and developers to keep innovating in the field of mobile artificial intelligence.
OnePlus 10 specs
Although there’s still quite a few months left until the spring launch of the OnePlus 10 series, we already have a pretty good idea of what to expect specs-wise.

Recent OnePlus 10 renders
As per tradition, we’re expecting two variants in the new series: a baseline OnePlus 10, and a OnePlus 10 Pro version. Just like in the past years, there might also be a OnePlus 10R model, but that’s usually limited to the Indian market.
Of course, as we just found out, we’re expecting at least the OnePlus 10 Pro version to be powered exclusively by the top-of-the-tier Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, which should have more efficient power consumption to allow faster and smoother performance, as well as new AI capabilities and camera specs. We still can’t say for sure about the standard OnePlus 10 variant, however.
As for cameras, the upcoming handset will likely have a triple-shooter on the back, with lens of 48MP, 50MP, and 8MP on the back, with macrophotography capability included.