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TL;DR A trusted leaker has claimed that the OnePlus 16 might be released in September.
This would be the earliest launch yet for a recent flagship OnePlus smartphone.
This info presumably relates to the Chinese market rather than a global launch.
The OnePlus 16 is expected to launch later this year, and we’ve already seen plenty of rumors about this upcoming Android flagship. However, the latest leak points to an earlier unveiling than ever before.
Digital Chat Station on Weibo claimed that the OnePlus 16 (and IQOO 16) might be released in September. Check out a screenshot of the machine-translated post below.
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If confirmed, this would be the earliest launch yet for a recent OnePlus flagship phone. The OnePlus 15 and OnePlus 13 initially launched in October, while the OnePlus 12 launched in December. Going back even further, the OnePlus 11 and OnePlus 10 Pro both launched in January.
This post almost certainly refers to the Chinese launch window, so this doesn’t necessarily mean that the OnePlus 16 could get an earlier release in global markets. But this is still good news if you can’t wait to get your hands on the next OnePlus flagship.
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