In less than two weeks, we will see the introduction of a new line of OnePlus phones, but on April 14, there will also be one major premiere. For the first time in history, OnePlus decided to send three models to the market at once and the standard / Pro combination will be supplemented by the "Lite" model. It will probably be called OnePlus Z, and today an alleged image of this piece appeared in the Internet in a decent black and gold combination. Of course, this is nothing official, so take everything lightly with a grain of salt.
But the image looks quite real, because it basically fits all the speculation and looks very similar to recent renders from @OnLeaks. So it should be a phone with a triple rear camera, an AMOLED display with an integrated fingerprint reader and probably a 90 Hz refresh rate, or a modern shot in the middle of the top for a selfie camera. The processor should probably be one of the Mediatek Dimensity 1000 series, and we will be very curious if it really turns out that way. OnePlus have always been loyal to Qualcomm, but sometimes it's not bad to experiment easily.
In addition, it may be the only reasonably priced OnePlus model, as there are growing concerns that the original "flagship killer" concept is definitely dead. If the prices of standard models equal the level of the current top competition and start to hover around the dangerous limit of a thousand dollars, then the alternative "Lite" model would not have to be discarded. And OnePlus Z doesn't seem to overdo it with compromises, so maybe it could really be this year's sales hit. But of course we won't really see black on white until April 14th.
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