OnePlus 15 Hands-on: A MEGA Battery And 120W Charging

This is the OnePlus 15, and it’s shaping up to be one of the best Android phones we’ve ever tested.

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00:00This is the OnePlus 15 and it's shaping up to be one of the best Android phones we've ever tested.

00:08We can't tell you everything about OnePlus's latest flagship just yet,

00:11but we can dig into a few of its key specs ahead of the phone's global launch on November 13th.

00:16Let's start with its design, which is a big shift away from the OnePlus 13 and indeed the

00:20OnePlus 12 and 11 before it. This year OnePlus has switched out the circular camera module for a

00:24square module in the top left corner of the phone and you'll get flat sides rather than the curved

00:28edges of the OnePlus 13. This all makes for a boxier, arguably more conventional looking phone

00:32and with its 6.78 inch display, the OnePlus 15 is essentially a larger version of the OnePlus 13s,

00:37which never made it to markets like the US and UK. And like the 13s, the OnePlus 15 also gets the

00:42customisable plus key, which came to the Nord 5 series in certain markets earlier this year.

00:46By default, this physical toggle triggers AI Plusmind, which can intelligently save on-screen

00:51content to a dedicated mind space. This is basically a place for storing screenshots,

00:54event details, articles or any other information you come across and want to return to at a later date.

00:59Mindspace debuted on the 13s and the OnePlus 13 earlier this year, but on the latter phone,

01:03which didn't feature the plus key, you had to swipe up with three fingers to access it.

01:07Of course, being a customisable key, the plus key can also double as a screenshot toggle,

01:11a translation assistant or simply as a good old-fashioned alert slider.

01:14Onto the display and the OnePlus 15 gets a 6.78 inch 165Hz screen, which is quite frankly ridiculous.

01:21Yes, it's true that most mobile games don't support a 165Hz refresh rate, but at launch,

01:25there are some titles that will on the OnePlus 15, including Call of Duty Mobile and League of

01:30Legends Mobile. It's worth saying that to achieve this increased refresh rate, OnePlus has dropped

01:34the screen resolution from QHD Plus to 1.5K, but you'll honestly be hard-pressed to notice the

01:39difference in day-to-day use. In our testing, this is a detailed, bright and incredibly smooth

01:43screen that should appeal to gamers and TikTok scrollers alike. Now, I can't talk about the phone's

01:47cameras just yet or show you the camera interface, but I can tell you that the OnePlus 15 is powered

01:51by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset and it houses a massive 7300mAh battery. For context,

01:58that's 1300mAh larger than the battery inside the OnePlus 13, which is a phone that already lasts for

02:03almost two days. So, in other words, the OnePlus 15 could be the longest-lasting Android phone we've

02:07ever tested, and it'll also be the first phone to come equipped with that shiny new Qualcomm chipset in

02:12markets like the US. The last thing I can tell you about the OnePlus 15 is that it can charge at up to

02:16120W via a wired connection and 50W wirelessly. Again, that first number is an upgrade on the

02:21OnePlus 13, and at the time of recording, only the Motorola H50 Pro offers faster wired speeds,

02:26and you can't even buy that phone in the US. All told then, the OnePlus 15 is one of the most

02:30exciting Android phones to launch this year, and we can't wait to A, share our full review of the

02:34device and B, put all of these crazy specs to the test against the best phones on the market.

02:38Do you like the look of the OnePlus 15? Let us know in the comments below.

02:46We'll see you in the comments below.