OnePlus confirms that the 10T will arrive August 3rd with a top-shelf chipset
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The 10T will have a Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset and a sparkly back panel. | Image: OnePlus Pete Lau is throwing a party. As he has just announced in a community forum post, the OnePlus CEO says its upcoming 10T will launch on August 3rd with an in-person event in New York City. The 10T continues OnePlus' tradition of performance-focused specs with a Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset, which is, in theory, a cut above the regular ol' Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in the OnePlus 10 Pro. OnePlus will also take the opportunity to launch OxygenOS 13, which Lau says will come to the 10 Pro first and the 10T later this year.
Qualcomm says the Plus" version of the 8 Gen 1 offers faster performance and better battery efficiency than the non-plus chipset. It's a pull-out-all-the-stops kind of processor, and it's largely intended for mobile devices...