The first official photos of the OnePlus 12 are released

The OnePlus 12 is expected to be unveiled in China on December 4, a week from Monday. By Android Authority, the company has just released the first official images of the phone with some interesting changes. The popular alert slider, which allows the user to change the phone from Ring to Vibrate to Silent, has been moved from the right side of the phone to the left side. Why did OnePlus decide to make this change? The answer is that by moving the alert slider, it allows the manufacturer to offer improved gaming performance with the addition of a new integrated antenna.

In a press release, OnePlus said: “Based on internal testing, it has been determined that the optimal position for the gaming antennas is between the user’s index fingers when the phone is held in landscape orientation. However, the space is currently occupied by the Alert Slider on the OnePlus 11. By moving the Alert Slider to the opposite side of the phone, better gaming antennas can be deployed on the OnePlus 12. press report states: “According to laboratory test data conducted by OnePlus, the gaming antenna signal can be improved by 3 dB, with gaming latency reduced by 15%.”

OnePlus also highlights that the OnePlus 12 will have a glass body and a post from the company on Weibo that has been translated indicates that the device’s color options will be pale green, rock black, and white.

We expect the OnePlus 12 to sport a 6.82-inch OLED display from Chinese BOE with 2k resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. The display will offer 3,000 nits of peak brightness. Under the hood will be the powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 application processor (AP). The device will sport up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and up to 1TB of UFS 4.0 storage.

The OnePlus 12 could be released in the US in the first quarter of 2024. If the device performs as well as its specs suggest, the OnePlus 12 should be in the running to become the best Android phone of 2024.