OnePlus 15 arrives in China, global launch ‘coming soon’

After a steady stream of spec teases, OnePlus has launched its new OnePlus 15 flagship in China today. Release plans elsewhere are still unconfirmed, but the company promises that the phone’s global launching will be “soon.”

We’ve known what the 15 would look like since September, when OnePlus also confirmed it would be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and have a fast 165Hz refresh rate display — a jump from the 120Hz on last year’s OnePlus 13, though there are still few games that support those speeds.

The large 7,300mAh battery is the other big draw, the latest in a trend for 7,000mAh+ cells in Chinese flagships this year. Those big batteries are often exclusive to China though, and it’s not guaranteed that European and US models will get the same battery life. A triple 50-megapixel rear camera with an upgraded periscope lens, IP69K durability rating, and 120W wired charging round out the spec sheet in China, where it costs ¥3,999 (around $560).

It launches alongside the cheaper Ace 6 phone, which might appear globally as the 15R, with an even larger 7,800mAh battery but much simpler dual rear camera.