Looking back at last year's OnePlus 9 Pro, it is an Android bucket flagship with a lot of user controversy, as the first pre-installed new machine with ColorOS and Hasselblad Images, it was seen by everyone as a complete completion of the shortcomings before the release. As a result, the problems of "heating", "poor signal", and "low quality of front-facing selfie lenses" in the actual experience are very prominent.
As the third mobile phone manufacturer to win the "camera manufacturer joint brand" after Huawei Leica and Vivo Zeiss, in the face of the few remaining cooperation seats, OnePlus obviously has some innate advantages to build an "image flagship", and there is great hope that it can go further. However, in the end, the fact deviates greatly from what we think, looking at the frequent "magnification moves" of vivo ZEISS in the same period, with a series of exclusive features such as T coating, glass plastic lens, self-developed V1 chip, micro-PTZ image stabilization, etc., it has quickly become the image benchmark in smart phones, and OnePlus Hasselblad has always achieved nothing, even in the new year, it is also using several filters to perfunctory users.
Entering 2022, the arrival of the OnePlus 10 Pro has given us a glimpse of the three and four of OnePlus' product positioning. With Hasselblad only a year of joint name, a plus 10 Pro from the "image flagship" to the main "performance flagship", camera module stacking compared to last year or even not backwards, picture quality concessions to function, directly let the title of Hasselblad machine emperor become a joke.
The image changes of the OnePlus 10 Pro: the hardware is regressive, and the software is not new
First of all, we are pleased that the front camera of the OnePlus 10 Pro has finally been upgraded from the 1600W pixel Sony IMX471 that expresses crotch pulling to the 3200W pixel Sony IMX615 of the green system. This time it is estimated that full-screen noise will improve in low-light environments and backlit selfies.
The rear main camera and telephoto lens still carry on the Sony IMX789 and OV08A10 sensors of the 9 Pro, both with OIS optical image stabilization, and there is no hardware upgrade. The ultra-wide-angle lens changed from last year's Sony IMX766 to Samsung JN1, and the sensor quality was significantly degraded, but at the same time there was more 150 ° fisheye mode, which was essentially a decrease in image quality and more new features to play.
But it is worth mentioning that the three new machines of one plus 10 Pro, Realme GT2 Pro, and IQOO9 Pro are all JN1 ultra-wide-angle lenses, of which only IQOO has autofocus capabilities, which can shoot ultra-wide-angle macro, and the stacking material is more conscientious and realistic. The Realme GT2 Pro saves material because it is cheap, and the OnePlus 10 Pro, as the most expensive of the three, is consistent with Realme, which is really surprising.
Officially this year also promoted the one plus 10 Pro using The Hasselblad Image Co-brand 2.0, in addition to providing three new Hasselblad Master style filters, the publicity includes the full-link 10bit engine, Hasselblad Professional 12bit Super RAW, XPAN wide format, in fact, old users are very familiar with it, because these are last year's things, and even the first item is the big brother OPPO Find X3 series debut. Oh yes, the Find X3 series also currently supports XPAN wide format mode, and it is clear who is the "pro-son" at a glance.
Relying on the "performance flagship" alone, can the OnePlus 10 Pro support the starting price of 4699 yuan?
The starting price of the OnePlus 10 Pro is 4699 yuan for the 8+128GB version, 4999 yuan for the 8+256GB version, and 5299 yuan for the 12+256GB version. Except for the top match, which is 100 yuan cheaper than Xiaomi, the rest of the versions are exactly the same as Xiaomi 12 Pro.
The only advantage of the OnePlus 10Pro is the X-axis linear motor. On the rest of the core configuration, the screen is Samsung 2K+E4+LTPO2.0, Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro is the latest E5 screen; fast charge one plus supports up to 80W wired + 50W wireless, while Xiaomi is 120W wired + 50W wired. As for the common denominator of the two, it is naturally snapdragon 8 three-piece set + large area VC heat dissipation
Coupled with the regression in imagery, to be honest, the attraction of the one-plus 10Pro parameter upgrade is very small, and it is obviously not the opponent of the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro under the premise of the same price. Therefore, this time the official directly illuminated the "parameters" before the release, and at the press conference, it was even more about the "experience", trying to convince users that "mobile phones with high parameters are not necessarily easy to use".
However, there is a saying that the software optimization and performance scheduling of the previous OnePlus 9 Pro are even ranked at the end of the domestic head manufacturers in the eyes of many old users, if it is not ColosOS to support the field, I am afraid that there will be more negative reviews. And this year's OnePlus 10 Pro can get better, but can it really be worth the high premium by relying on these? Last year's 9 series flagship double 11 staged during the "plunge of 2K yuan" drama, I think this year will also be expected to repeat.