Last month, a leak had come out regarding the upcoming OnePlus 9 lineup, saying that this series will have three smartphone models: OnePlus 9, OnePlus 9 Pro, and OnePlus 9E. Now, we’ve got another leak, suggesting that the third model will have another name: OnePlus 9 Lite. In short, the OnePlus 9E changes its name to the OnePlus 9 Lite.
Apart from the name, another report has popped out, saying that the OnePlus 9 Lite will be powered by a different Snapdragon 800 series chipset, most probably, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. As per the higher models (OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro), those are reported to be powered by the latest Snapdragon 888 chipset. This means, the OnePlus 9 Lite will be slightly toned down if we compare it to its siblings.
As it is said to be powered by a slightly less powered SD 865 chipset, we can expect a comparatively lower price tag from OnePlus regarding its OnePlus 9 Lite. But as of now, OnePlus has not confirmed anything on its own that whether there will be some change in the name from OnePlus 9E to OnePlus 9 Lite or something, but we take this leak as a pinch of salt. The company will surely share something more about this matter in the upcoming days.
Earlier, a report has come out regarding the partnership of OnePlus and Leica for further improvements in the camera section of the future OnePlus smartphones, like the OnePlus 9 lineup. OnePlus is already very much famous for the cameras of its smartphones. So, we can definitely expect some extraordinary thing the OnePlus 9 series is going to achieve for this partnership with Leica. There will be no surprise if the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro camera performance beats Huawei Mate 40 Pro and Mi 10 Ultra in the DxOMark’s smartphone camera ranking.
