OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro India Prices Announced

The OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro were recently unveiled globally via a soft-launch event. The Chinese company, however, didn’t reveal the prices for India, one of the prominent markets. Now, OnePlus has announced the prices and these are much lower than prices for the US markets. 

OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro India Prices

The company has tweeted the starting price for the new OnePlus 8 and then took to its Red Cable Club to announce prices for all variants of both devices. The price for the entry model of the OnePlus 8 is Rs. 41,999 roughly around $550  (significantly lesser than $699 US price). Though the catch is, the OnePlus 8 base model with 6GB RAM is exclusive to the Indian market. 

Focussing on other variants, OnePlus 8 with 8GB + 128GB is priced at Rs. 44,999 and 12GB + 256GB at Rs. 49,999. However, both variants are still at lower prices. The OnePlus 8 base variant will be made available on Amazon India only while other variants will hit both online and offline shelves.

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India will get the OnePlus 8 Pro, the upgraded version, at the price of Rs. 54,999 (roughly $720) for 8GB + 128GB and the 12GB + 256GB variant will cost at Rs. 59,999 (roughly $785). Practically, Indian consumers will enjoy the top model of the OnePlus 8 Pro at a lower cost than the parallel non-Pro version in the US. 

OnePlus 8  and OnePlus 8 Pro  Features

The high-end OnePlus 8 Pro sports powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC coupled with 8GB and 12GB RAM for processing. The phone has got a bigger display size than OnePlus 8 with a higher refresh rate of 120Hz. Under the hood is wireless charging, an addition to the OnePlus devices. For photography, OnePlus 8 Pro has quad cameras with a 48MP primary camera, a 48MP ultra-wide sensor with 3X optical zoom, 8MP telephoto sensor, and a 5MP depth sensor. For selfies and video calls, a 16MP shooter lies in the punch-hole display cornered on the left upper side.

The OnePlus 8 features a 6.55-inch display with a 90Hz refresh rate, 2.84GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor, paired with 6GB, 8GB, and 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM. The device supports fast charging for the inbuilt 4300mAh battery. OnePlus 8 comes with triple rear cameras (48MP + 16MP + 2MP) and a front 16MP camera housed in the punch-hole display. The phone will run on Android 10 based on Oxygen OS.

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OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z

OnePlus has also launched its new Bullets Wireless Z at an affordable price of Rs. 1,999 only. The headset features a button to switch between paired devices. The company claims that the Bluetooth headphones will offer 10 hours of music with a single 10 minutes charge while a full charge will last for 20 hours of play-time. OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z will go for sale in four color variants- Black, Blue, Mint, and Oak.

Availability of OnePlus 8 Series

OnePlus has not yet cleared the sale date for the newly launched devices. But seeing the circumstances of national lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, the OnePlus 8 series devices are likely to go on sale starting from mid of May.

OnePlus 8 Pro vs. OnePlus 8 Specifications