Category: Cell Phone

iPhone 12 leak just revealed a bad last-minute surprise

Apple is readying a small 5.4-inch iPhone 12 that could be dubbed the iPhone 12 mini. And it may be the least powerful handset in the new iPhone lineup.

According to a new leak via MauriQHD on Twitter (via Notebookcheck), Apple is prepping a midrange chip called the B14 that could be destined for the iPhone 12 mini. It could be a “battery-saving-but-less-powerful A14” Bionic.

To be clear, MauriQHD does not have an established track record as a leaker. In addition, the tweet says that this chip could also be designed for an iPhone SE Plus or an iPhone SE 3 down the road.

Earlier this year, Apple fitted the iPhone SE 2020 with its latest A13 Bionic chip, so it would be a big surprise if the company decided to pack the iPhone 12 mini with anything other than the A14 Bionic.

But a B14 chip that’s less powerful could help keep costs down on the iPhone 12 mini should Apple decide to go in that direction.

The most recent rumors point to the iPhone 12 mini costing $50 or so more than the iPhone 11 due to the addition of 5G. However, earlier reports said that the iPhone 12 mini could cost as low as $549 without 5G.

If the iPhone 12 mini name sticks, a less powerful chip could make sense for the 5.4-inch iPhone 12. And the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 with A14 power would be the true successor to the iPhone 11. 

There’s just something about the timing of this rumor that seems off. If Apple was truly working on a B14 chip, you would think we would have heard something about it more than a month before the iPhone 12 launch. But anything is possible.

The iPhone 12 mini is expected to feature an OLED display in a design that’s even more compact than the iPhone SE 2020. And we still anticipate that the handset will feature dual rear cameras. 

The iPhone 12 Pro lineup would get the A14 Bionic plus a third camera for telephoto shots as well as a a LiDAR sensor for enhanced photography and AR performance. Apple’s iPhone 12 event should happen in October, so we shouldn’t have that long to find out if the B14 is legit or not.

Sony’s Xperia Play 2 That Should’ve Been

Many years ago, Sony released the Xperia Play smartphone. Basically, it was a smartphone slash PSP, and while it may have looked cool, it wasn’t exactly beloved by all who had one. It was 2011 after all, so there was still a ways to go before gaming phones really hit their stride. On reddit this weekend, photos of what appears to be Xperia Play 2 hardware was posted, reminding us that a phone such as this could excite quite a few gamers these days.

The prototype hardware, which was apparently posted to a marketplace app in China, looks pretty darn exciting. Similar to the original, you could slide the display up in the landscape position, just like the OG DROID. Once slid, it would reveal a standard d-pad, PlayStation buttons on the right side, as well as what looks like capacitive joysticks. On the backside there’s dedicated trigger/bumper buttons, while the front has dedicated buttons for navigation, easily dating the hardware to pre on-screen Android navigation buttons.

This phone will never launch, obviously, but it’s still a really cool concept. In 2016, I did say that Sony Ericsson should think about redoing the Xperia Play, but that doesn’t look likely right now. Maybe down the road at some point? Anything’s possible.

Would you rock something like this?

The Sony Xperia 5 II Is a Sleek and Sneakily Sophisticated Little Phone

Following a couple years of lackluster releases, Sony’s Xperia phones have sort of flown under the radar—especially in the U.S. where Sony phones are typically only available unlocked and not sold through carriers. But Sony just announced the Xperia 5 II, which looks like a sleek little phone with some surprisingly beefy specs and features.

Sporting a 6.1-inch 21:9 OLED display, the Xperia 5 II looks to be a smaller version of the Xperia 1 II, except that the Xperia 5 II has a few new features not found on its bigger sibling. The most notable new feature is a 120Hz refresh rate, which is a first for any Sony phone.

Sony has also increased the touch sampling rate of the Xperia 5 II’s display to 240Hz. Paired with the phone’s Game Enhancer mode and Sony’s new HS Power Control feature, which lets you power the phone without charging battery when plugged (which is supposed reduce heat from charging from slowing down the phone), Sony says the Xperia 5 II should be a powerful mobile gaming device.

Around back, the Xperia 5 II offers three 12-MP rear cameras with 16mm, 24mm, and 70mm full-frame equivalent lenses that Sony says were designed to cover all the main focal lengths that photographers typically demand. And just like Sony’s class-leading mirrorless camera, the Xperia 5 II also comes with real-time subject tracking, eye AF, and the ability to shoot continuously at up to 20 fps with full auto exposure and autofocus. And as another first, Sony claims the Xperia 5 II is the first phone to offer support for 120 fps slow-motion video capture at 4K with HDR.

Meanwhile, on the inside, the Xperia 5 II still offers full flagship-level specs, including a Snapdragon 865 chip, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of base storage, microSD card slot, and a Hi-Res audio certified headphone jack. And while Sony skipped the fancy in-screen fingerprint reader that is becoming more common on high-end phones, you still get a side-mounted fingerprint reader for easy access. Finally, one of its most impressive specs is that even with its smaller dimensions, the Xperia 5 II also has a 4,000 mAh battery, which is the same size battery Sony put in the Xperia 1 II, though sadly it seems you don’t get support for wireless charging.

And while I won’t say the phone is especially flashy, I also want to call out the Xperia 5 II’s design. In some ways, with its dual speakers and relatively decent-sized bezels across the top and bottom of its display, the Xperia 5 II is kind of a throwback to phone styling from a couple years back. It’s honestly kind of refreshing. I might even call it quaint. Heck, Sony even included the dedicated side-mounted shutter button for its camera, which is one feature I’ve always liked on Sony phones, but doesn’t get a lot of love from other device makers.

So while I haven’t had a chance to check it out in person, the Xperia 5 II is giving me the same vibes I got from last year’s Xperia 1, which to me was the most underappreciated phone of 2019 (and I’m sticking to it). However, with a starting price of $950, the Xperia 5 II definitely ain’t cheap.

Pre-orders for the Xperia 5 II begin on Sept. 29, though for some reason, actual shipments aren’t expected to begin until Dec. 4.

The New LG Wing Shows What Happens When You Let Creativity Take Flight

LG unveiled its latest phone, the LG Wing. The phone is the first device released from LG’s Explorer Project, the company’s “new mobile category aimed at discovering new ways to interact with mobile devices” and its way to focus on challenging and evolving consumer technology.

The phone stands out from others released this year due to its unique and exciting form factor, which features a 6.8-inch 20.5:9 FHD + P-OLED FullVision screen that swivels out to reveal a 3.9-inch 1.15:1 G-OLED screen beneath it. The main screen has no notches or bevels, and apps will be optimized for the phone, allowing you to rotate the phone in different directions in order to best use them.

The use cases for the phone are seemingly limitless, like the ability to have a map on the main screen for navigation while driving and the smaller screen freed up for taking a call, watching a video on the main screen while accessing playback controls on the smaller screen, or playing a racing game on the main screen, with your HUD on the smaller one.

he LG Wing has three rear cameras—an ultra high resolution 64 MP, an ultra wide 13 MP, and an ultra wide big pixel 12 MP camera—as well as a front-facing 32 MP pop-up camera. It has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G 5G Mobile Platform processor integrated with a Snapdragon X52 5G Modem-RF system. It’s running Android 10, has an in-display fingerprint sensor, and supports fast charging and wireless charging. The LG Wing’s IP54 rating and 4,000 mAh battery should be able to keep up with your adventures, as well.

This phone isn’t LG’s first foray into unusual form factors. With previous entries like the LG Velvet, the dual-screen LG G8X and LG V60, and even the LG VX9400 from 2008, it’s no wonder why the Wing is able to take flight with such ease.

The Motorola Razr 2: Still $1,400. Still gotta have it

Why does the Motorola Razr 2 exist? Last year’s flip phone reboot — the Motorola Razr — was a bust. The new version is better, but it remains a flip phone in an age when no one makes calls, with a subpar battery, a slowish processor and a mediocre camera. And for that privilege, you get to pay $1,400.

Is the Razr 2 worth that much money? Absolutely not. Do I still want one? Oh, 100%.

When Motorola brought back the Razr last year, it hoped to recapture some of the success of its legendary flip phone from 2004 that became America’s bestselling phone of all time (before the iPhone stole that title several years later). The old Razr was impossibly thin — still, even by today’s standards — and had that stunning blue-backlit metal keypad. The original Motorla Razr was lust with an antenna.

Last year’s version wasn’t far off from that. Well, looks-wise, anyway. It was crazy thin, and it really looked like a modern version of the classic Razr.

This year, Motorola doubled down on the look and concept of the foldable Razr smartphone, but it tweaked just about everything that stunk about its predecessor. It’s got a bigger battery, a bigger camera lens, a better processor, 5G connectivity, and some other welcome refinements. It comes in three colors, and the new Razr will be available unlocked (last year’s was sold exclusively by Verizon). You can read CNN Underscored’s review here.

The 2019 version (remember 2019?!) of the Motorola Razr was a stunning achievement: a modern smartphone that folds into something that very closely resembles the original Razr phone. It looked so cool, and the folding mechanism was a piece of engineering genius that made the Razr one of the most pocketable smartphones of the past few years.

But the new Motorola Razrs (last year’s and this year’s) aren’t about engineering marvels or pocketability. They’re about making a smartphone look like the 2004 Razr. They’re built to give customers something that will make their friends jealous. They’re about taking us back to those fond memories of our first cellphone. They achieve that.

That’s why, for some people, it didn’t matter that last year’s Razr used outdated technology, running Android 9 a month after Android 10 hit the market. It had a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 processor with 6 GB of RAM, which was decidedly mid-range. It featured a 2,510 milliampere hour battery, which is seriously puny. Its screen was plastic and not nearly as sharp as its competitors. And the camera (never Motorola’s strongsuit) stunk.

The 2020 Razr has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 processor with 8 GB of RAM, which is faster than last year’s phone but still not top-of-the-line by any stretch. It comes with 256 GB of on-board storage, double last year’s phone. It features a 2,800 milliampere hour battery — better, but still not, you know, great. And the 48-megapixel camera is bigger, but you’re never going to get supreme quality photos from a phone this thin — it’s just physics.

And it runs Android 10, although to be fair to Motorola this time, Android 11 literally just came out on Tuesday.

Motorola has been trying to replicate its Razr success for the past decade. It brought the brand back in 2011 with the Droid Razr, a super-thin smartphone that Motorola hoped would vault it back into relevance after Apple and Samsung had leapfrogged it. The Droid Razr failed to capture any significant attention.

But folding phones are all the rage now, and Motorola thought the time had come to try again — with a twist. Unlike its growing competition, including the Samsung Galaxy Fold and the Microsoft (MSFT) Surface Duo, the Razr uses its hinge to make a 6.2-inch smartphone-sized phone smaller. The others flip open to make a smartphone sorta tablet sized.

Only Samsung’s Z Flip phones mirror the Razr’s pocketability aims, but the Z Flip oddly has a teeny-tiny screen on the outside when it’s closed — good enough for the time, the weather and maybe half a text message. The Razr’s second screen is significantly larger, pretty much giving you full access to your phone — neat!

Still, like all flip phones, the new Razr 2 is an under-powered, overpriced accident waiting to happen. Its hinge is creaky, its screen separates from the phone a bit when you close it, and the screen gets creases when you open and close it. You can get way better value in phones that literally cost a third of the price.

But I’d still pay the price of two iPhone 11s for one.

Apple iPhone 12: Price, launch date, 5G, and all the rumors and leaks you need to know

Apple normally is gearing up to announce a new iPhone around this time of year, but 2020 is anything but normal. This year, it looks like we might see up to four new iPhone models released with shipping dates as late as November. The phones themselves will be faster, have improved cameras, and include 5G. 

Below we’ve rounded up all of the leaks and rumors we could find, but keep in mind until Apple actually announces the new iPhone, any and all of the information covered below can change. 

What will the new iPhone be called?

One has to assume iPhone 12, right?

Other than skipping the iPhone 9 and going with iPhone X, Apple hasn’t made it a habit of mixing up the naming schema for the iPhone lineup. Last year, we saw the iPhone 11, and this year, we expect we’ll see the iPhone 12. 

What really matters is what comes after the number, which this year, it looks like it’s going to get somewhat confusing but also more streamlined based on the number of models. 

How many models will there be this year?

There could be up to four new models this year

Two “regular” models, and two Pro models

Current rumors point to a lineup consisting of the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Max, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max.

Display sizes could range from 5.4 inches and 6.1 inches on the iPhone 12 and 12 Max, while the Pro line could have 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch screens, respectively. 

What will the iPhone 12 cost?

Pricing could start as low as $649

And top out at $1,099 on the high end

With the possible addition of 5G connectivity and Apple moving the entire line to OLED displays, figuring out how much the price is going to increase, if at all, for the iPhone 12 line is anyone’s guess. 

Jon Prosser, who has accurately leaked information about Apple and Google in the past, posted on Twitter in April what his sources were telling him the prices will be for the entire lineup: The iPhone 12 will cost $649, while the iPhone 12 Pro Max will be priced at $1,099, according to the tweet. 

When can I buy the iPhone 12?

It’s looking like an October announcement

With some models available later the same month, and others available in November.

Normally, Apple announces new iPhone models in September, with a launch roughly 10 days after the event. However, this year, Apple has already said the new iPhones will be a few weeks late. 

The company is holding a “Time Flies” event on Sept. 15, but current speculation is the event will focus on the Apple Watch and a new iPad Air. 

We’ll have to wait a little longer for new iPhones, but they look like they’ll be worth it. 

Prosser has said he expects the new iPhone’s will be announced the week of Oct. 12, and he even laid out expected release dates. 

Note the tweet he claimed the Apple Watch and iPad were going to be announced this week. Instead, this week, Apple announced an event — where it’s expected to unveil those items. 

What will the iPhone 12 look like?

A squared edge design, similar to iPhone 5 or the iPad Pro

According to a Bloomberg report, the new iPhone models will move away from the rounded edges used on the iPhone 11 and go back to the iPhone 5 and iPad Pro-like flat-edged design. 

The back of the phones will look similar, with the Pro models having three cameras along with a LIDAR sensor for 3D scanning. The standard iPhone 12 models will have two cameras. 

There’s also been speculation the Face ID sensor array, also referred to as the True Depth Camera, is smaller this year, shrinking down the overall size of the notch that cuts into the top of the iPhone’s display. 

The standard iPhone 12 models will continue to use an aluminum housing, and the Pro models will stick with a stainless-steel housing. 

Another rumor from Max Weinbach and XDADevelopers claim the green iPhone 11 color released last year is already being retired and will be replaced with a blue color. The renders in the video that discusses the switch sure look nice, don’t they? 

Will the iPhone 12 have 5G?

All signs point to yes

It appears Apple is ready to release its first 5G-compatible devices. Another Bloomberg report in August reiterates that Apple will release four new iPhone models, all with 5G connectivity. 

Any word on specs and features?

All OLED displays

Advanced AR features on Pro line

Apple A14 Bionic processor

As previously discussed, Apple is expected to make the switch from LCD panels in the base iPhone 12 model(s), using OLED panels across the entire line this year. The OLED displays are brighter, have better color contrast and deeper blacks, and all things considered, are a big upgrade. 

Apple will presumably announce its latest A14 Bionic processor is being used in the iPhone 12 line, which naturally will boast performance improvements. 

There’s been speculation off and on that the iPhone 12 Pro line could feature 120Hz ProMotion display technology, but nothing concrete has really come out of it. 

Finally, the new LIDAR sensor that Apple uses in the current iPad Pro lineup is said to make its way to the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max. Using the camera, Apple and developers will be able to create better augmented reality applications, thanks to the 3D scanning technology the camera brings to the line. 

We’ll keep updating this post as more information and details leak and the iPhone 12 announcement gets near.

Motorola’s 5G Razr is better than the original in almost every way

In the months before its launch, Motorola’s Razr generated ungodly levels of hype — our quick hands-on, for instance, has the most views of any non-sex robot video we’ve ever made. Even a functionally perfect foldable would’ve had a hard time living up to expectations, and in case you missed it, we most certainly did not get a perfect foldable. That left Motorola will little choice but to buckle down, make some changes, and try again.

That’s where the brand’s new Razr comes in — it sports a modified design, 5G, and fixes for at least some of the issues the first model was notorious for. Mind you, it’s still not a flagship phone, and at $1400 we’re not sure it’s a great deal either. But for people who want an extremely pocket-friendly foldable that’s also usable while closed, Motorola just might be on the right track.

Motorola was always clear that the Razr is a “design-first” device, and it went to great lengths to recreate the visual vibe that its classic flip phones ran with for its first foldable. To pack some much-needed extras into this new model, though, Motorola had to make some changes: The new Razr is a little chubbier, and a features a “chin” that’s a bit less prominent than the original’s. Personally, these changes are enough to make the Razr just a little less visually striking, but they’re worth it when you consider what Motorola could pack in here as a result.

For one, Motorola squeezed a better camera into the Razr’s top half. My biggest gripe with the original Razr’s 16-megapixel rear shooter wasn’t that it was bad, per se — it just wasn’t great compared to every other camera you’d find in a similarly priced phone. In response, Motorola chose a 48-megapixel camera for this new model, which should improve photo quality substantially. (Seeing as we haven’t even touched this thing yet, we’ll have to see about that.)

The somewhat pokey Snapdragon 710 found in the first Razr also is gone, replaced here by a more modern Snapdragon 765G and 8GB of RAM. That’s the same great-but-not-quite-premium chipset you’ll see in a new batch of affordable, 5G-friendly smartphones, like the OnePlus Nord, the TCL 10 5G, and certain versions of the LG Velvet. As I said, we’re not working with flagship power here, but the new Razr has everything it needs to run much more smoothly this time around.

And speaking of speed boosts, the new Razr was built to play nice with sub-6 5G networks, like those operated by its US carrier partners, T-Mobile and AT&T. (That’s right. Despite Verizon carrying the first Razr, there are apparently no plans for it to offer this significantly upgraded model.) Naturally, that extra horsepower and networking support are likely to impact power consumption, so Motorola also gave the new Razr a slightly bigger battery. I do mean slightly bigger, too — its full capacity tops out at 2,800mAh, up from 2,510mAh in the original. I suppose any improvement is a good thing, but it also means Razr owners are working with a battery that’s still significantly smaller than most other phones out there.

Naturally, Motorola contends that battery life shouldn’t be an issue. That’s partially because of what it learned about how people use their Razrs –customers apparently really enjoy using the phone’s 2.7-inch external touch screen, which draws much less power than the big internal display. The problem is, the original Razr’s software didn’t allow for too much flexibility; you could use that smaller screen to check your notifications, frame up a selfie, or fire off a canned response to a message, but that was about it.

The biggest change Motorola made for this second-generation Razr is that those limitations have been lifted. Swipe right on that small screen, and you’ll get quick access to a handful of apps Motorola has curated for their ease of use, like YouTube, Google News, Google Home, and more. Even better, you can add whatever app you want to that list of shortcuts, so there’s a decent chance you can get through at least part of your day without having to open the Razr at all.

By now, it might sound like Motorola has improved this new Razr on all fronts, and that’s very nearly true. There are only a few things Motorola didn’t change here, like its 6.2-inch flexible internal display. It’s the exact same panel they used last time, and while that’s not necessarily a bad thing, I was still hoping a second-gen Razr screen would run at a resolution higher than 876 x 2,142.

Maybe more curious is the fact that, in the United States anyway, Motorola just plans to call this phone the “Razr,” and doesn’t plan to differentiate it from the Verizon-only model it released earlier this year. I guess that makes sense on some level — people walking into an AT&T or T-Mobile store probably weren’t expecting to get the same device they find at Verizon, but lumping these two phones into the same brand bucket seems very strange when you consider just how different they are.

Then again, the foldable landscape as a whole is pretty strange right now — Motorola’s in good company. If the company’s refined approach to the Razr is calling out to you, you won’t have to wait very long: It’ll be available unlocked this fall at Best Buy, B&H Photo, Amazon.com, and Motorola.com, plus through AT&T and T-Mobile around the same time.

OnePlus 8T Will Bring 120Hz AMOLED Screen and Quad Rear Camera Setup at the End of This Month

There is no denying that both the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro are impressive devices but if we have learned anything from OnePlus and releases, we know that OnePlus is never the one to hold back when it comes to bringing new and improved devices in the market. The latest exclusive news we have reveals that OnePlus 8T is, in fact, real, and will be releasing very, very soon.

Tipster Claims OnePlus 8T Will Bring a 6.55-Inch 120Hz Screen, 48-Megapixel Main Camera, and Will Run Android 11 Out of the Box

If there is OnePlus 8T in existence, we already can tell you that there is a possibility of OnePlus 8T Pro, as well. As per the source, the device is codenamed kebab, and the phone is going to feature a 6.55-inch AMOLED display. Additional information talks about the phone having a 48-megapixel primary camera, joined by a 16-megapixel ultra-wide lens, as well as a 5-megapixel macro, and 2-megapixel portrait lens.

There are not going to be major design changes as far as the older devices are concerned, but we are hoping for a Snapdragon 865+, 8 gigs of RAM with 128 gigs of storage. Last but not the least, the OnePlus 8T will be running Android 11 out of the box, which will be based on OxygenOS 11.

As far as the availability is concerned, the source claims that the phone is going to be available by the end of this month and will start shipping out next month. There is no denying that the phone is not a huge shift from the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro, it still is going to be a more promising device. The T series of devices from OnePlus is always building on improvements and the OnePlus 8T seems to be no different.

Will you be picking up the OnePlus 8T when it launches this month or next month? Let us know your thoughts below.

Surface Duo internals show Microsoft’s fanatical commitment to thinness

Microsoft is certainly marching to the beat of its own drum with the Surface Duo. In a world of cookie-cutter slab smartphones and cutting edge foldable display devices, Microsoft is slapping two transitional smartphone screens next to each other and pushing dual-app usage as the way to use its first-ever self-branded Android device.

Something lost in the initial news shuffle is that the Surface Duo is actually one of the thinnest smartphones ever made. The mid-2000’s misguided obsession with thinness resulted in a few gimmicky devices labeled the “world’s thinnest smartphone.” The high point (low point?) of the thinness war was the Vivo X5Max, which had an astounding 4.75mm thickness (and would you believe it still had a headphone jack?). Last week, Microsoft published the Surface Duo specs, and the company just casually listed “4.8mm” as the thickness of the device when open. When you plug the Surface Duo in to charge it, the USB-C plug will be thicker than the body of the device.

CNET recently got a look at the internals of the Surface Duo via a non-functional, transparent prototype, and the photos and video shows just how far Microsoft went in its fanatical dedication to thinness. The Surface Duo has what looks to be a single-sided motherboard. All the chips are on one side of the board, and the presumably smooth back looks to be pressed up hard against the back of the device.

The one-sided board construction means the, uh, surface area of the Surface motherboard is absolutely massive. The right half of the device is nearly all motherboard, and chopping the photo up in an image editor shows there’s actually more total area dedicated to components than to the battery. It really is amazing how big the motherboard is, especially when you consider the only extra components in the Duo are the extra screen and wires connecting the two halves. You could argue the Duo actually has a fewer components than most smartphones, since there’s only one camera in the entire device.

Double-sided circuit boards are common in most devices, and many smartphone manufacturers have started stacking circuit boards on top of each other, giving them three or four planes to place chips on. Minimizing the motherboard surface area as much as possible leaves more space for battery, and if you look at a teardown of a modern smartphone, you’ll see only the tiniest scraps of area reserved for the motherboard, which is now a dense little chip sandwich.

Thinness is going to be a key component of foldable smartphones, since folding a device in half means doubling the normal thickness. The Galaxy Fold 1 perfectly explains this problem. Unfolded, it’s a pretty normal 7.6mm thick smartphone, but fold it in half and add a bit more for the hinge mechanism and you get a 17.1mm brick that you’re definitely going to notice in your pocket.

Microsoft says the Surface Duo is not a secondary device, and it wants people to “rethink how they want to use the device in their pocket.” Thinness is a key part of pocketability, but it seems like Microsoft got a bit of tunnel vision in the process. When folded, the Surface Duo might be extremely thin, but it is also extremely wide. At 93mm, the phone is 10mm wider than one of the widest Android phones ever, the Nexus 6. The Nexus 6 was deemed too wide by most people, given how quickly Motorola retreated from devices of this size. It limited your mobility due to having to fit in your pocket—if it even could fit in there. I am not sure building a device with the profile of a salad plate is the best approach to pocketability.

No one has spent any significant time with the Surface Duo yet, but the phone ships September 10.

You can get the upgraded OnePlus 7 Pro for $450 right now

If you’ve been looking for a OnePlus 7 Pro, there’s a chance you’ve had a tough time finding one. It’s completely sold out on OnePlus’ site, but right now, Daily Steals is offering this phone for $450, which matches the lowest price that we’ve seen yet. To get this price, enter the code VERGEONEP in at the checkout page after you add one to your cart. This configuration of the 7 Pro, which features 8GB of RAM and 256GB of fast UFS 3.0 storage, was originally priced at $699, so you’re saving 35 percent today. Without the code, it costs $499.

The OnePlus 7 Pro released in the middle of 2019, and it was among the first mainstream phones to feature a zippy 90Hz refresh rate OLED screen. It made The Verge’s Dieter Bohn, who reviewed the phone, say that it served as “proof that other big phones cost too much” — and that was before its price fell off a cliff in today’s deal.

In terms of power, this phone has the Snapdragon 855 processor and the aforementioned 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, so it’s still capable. It has a 4,000mAh battery, which can last a full day under heavy usage. And it has an interesting party trick we don’t see much anymore since most manufacturers have switched to hole-punch selfie cams: it has a motorized pop-up selfie camera, which clears away more room for the display to go edge to edge.

If there’s one downside to this deal, it’s that this is the model made for GSM networks only, including AT&T and T-Mobile (and Google Fi), but excluding Verizon. Otherwise, you’re getting a brand-new phone with a one-year manufacturer warranty, and Daily Steals says this phone will ship free and fast via two-day air shipping.