OnePlus 9T is officially cancelled — so what happens now?

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Update: The OnePlus 10 Pro is gear up to be the next flagship OnePlus phone . And one leaker has claimed that the OnePlus 10 Pro could be revealed early Jan at CES 2022 .

After many rumors and enough of speculation, OnePlus has confirmed that the OnePlus 9T is officially cancelled. In other words, the next OnePlus flagship likely won't exist arriving until next year with the launch of the OnePlus ten.

This news was confirmed by OnePlus CEO Pete Lau during a media briefing attended by our sister site TechRadar. And then if you were holding off on picking upward a OnePlus 9 or OnePlus 9 Pro, in case something better came up, at present'due south probably the time to pull the trigger.

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I tin can't aid just experience like this determination has been coming ever since OnePlus decided to release the OnePlus 7 Pro back in 2019. Previously OnePlus's bi-annual release schedule meant you'd become some sort of meaningful upgrade with each subsequent phone.

But by offering a high-end 'Pro' model earlier, with better features and hardware, it means in that location wasn't much left for the T model when it arrived a few months later. That was fabricated immediately obvious past the fact the OnePlus 7T Pro was pretty much identical to the OnePlus 7 Pro.

So when the OnePlus 8T Pro failed to materialize final year, information technology meant the OnePlus 8 Pro had a lot more to offer than the baseline OnePlus 8T. Fifty-fifty though the 8T saw the introduction of super-fast 65W charging speeds.

It merely felt as though the T series flagships didn't really take anything worthwhile to offering, and it's more than likely that a OnePlus 9T wouldn't have been all that impressive either. In other words, OnePlus's fall releases were always doomed if the company carried on the way it was going. It'due south just happened now, instead of a twelvemonth or 2 down the line.

Of course the earth is in the midst of a major chip shortage, which has affected everything from PS5 restocks to cars. While information technology seems the writing may take been on the wall for the OnePlus T series, it may merely exist that the lack of components prevented the company from developing another flagship device this year.

After all, that exact thing happened to the Samsung Galaxy Notation 21. Though again, that was a product line that has been on the rocks for several months now.

But, whatever the reason behind the OnePlus 9T'due south cancelation, I'm but hoping that OnePlus will realize it's better to focus its attention on producing a quality annual flagship, rather than flooding the market place with new devices every few months.

OnePlus however has more to come

Lau confirmed that OnePlus still had products to announce later this year, so at that place's still more than to come from OnePlus. All the same, with the company's recent motion into the upkeep and mid-range markets, it'southward likely Lau is referring to a new entry in the OnePlus Nord range.

Lau also confirmed more than details nigh OnePlus's integration with sister visitor Oppo. Rather than existing as two carve up and singled-out brands, OnePlus and Oppo will cantankerous over a lot more — especially where software is concerned. In fact, the two are combining their own flavors of Android, OxygenOS and ColorOS, into ane unified operating organization for both companies.

We're not sure when Oppo will begin using this new software, simply Lau confirmed that the 2022 OnePlus flagship will exist the company'due south first phone to utilize it, saying that "We volition combine the strengths from both into one even more than powerful OS: the fast and shine, burdenless feel of OxygenOS, and the stability and rich features of ColorOS."

The software will likewise eventually coil out to older OnePlus models, upwardly to and including the OnePlus viii. Over again, it'south not clear what the deal will be with existing Oppo handsets.

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