Most smartphones these days tend to come with batteries ranging from 4,000mAh to 5,000mAh, with some going over, and some going under. The OnePlus 11 came with a 5,000mAh battery, but it seems that for the upcoming OnePlus 12R, the company will be giving it its biggest battery to date.

OnePlus has confirmed several features of the phone ahead of its launch. This includes the battery which will be of the 5,500mAh variety. This is in line with what we had heard previously, and it is also the biggest battery we've ever seen in a OnePlus phone so far. It remains to be seen how much longer the phone will last with an extra 500mAh battery, but it's still a good thing.

It's also interesting to note that it will be bigger than the OnePlus 12 flagship which will come with a 5,400mAh battery.

Other features that OnePlus have confirmed includes its display. The OnePlus 12R will feature the use of a LTPO 4.0 ProXDR display with a 120Hz refresh rate. The company did not confirm the display size but last we heard, it could pack a 6.78-inch display with Gorilla Glass Victus 2.

The OnePlus 12R will debut alongside the OnePlus 12 on the 23rd of January. The company is expected to make it available globally, so check back with us then for its pricing and availability.

The OnePlus 12 is the company's latest flagship smartphone and commands a pretty hefty price tag, and as such, you would expect it to have a decent build quality. Unfortunately, that isn't the case as some OnePlus 12 owners in China are discovering.

According to several posts on Weibo, it looks like the QC on the OnePlus 12 is a bit lacking. Users are reporting gaps between the phone's camera housing and the rest of the phone's body, which is honestly a little unsightly once you've seen it. To be fair, it's not particularly obvious but the fact that it exists does raise some eyebrows.

Also, some users are reporting that there is an excessive amount of glue used around the camera housing area. It is unclear how widespread this issue is, but it seems to have been enough for Redmi general manager Lu Weibing to comment about it, where the executive took a dig at OnePlus for having "looser" quality standards compared to Redmi.

To be fair, it is impossible for companies to produce 100% perfect phones all the time. Sometimes things do get overlooked as QC is usually done by humans. Hopefully OnePlus is aware of this and will do something to rectify the units already sold and also those that are still in the process of being made. The OnePlus 12 is expected to launch globally in January 2024 so fingers crossed that the company manages to sort this out before then!

Man, what is there not to love about the upcoming OnePlus 12? With a 6.82-inch OLED screen with 2K resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, and peak brightness of 4,500 nits, the device is expected to be powered by one of the top application processors next year, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Toss in up to 24GB of LPDDR5X RAM, up to 1TB of UFS 4.0 storage, a huge 5400mAh battery, and a 50MP primary camera, and there will be enough features to furrow some brows over at Samsung.

One feature allows the touchscreen to register touch input even when it is wet from the rain. The IR blaster will allow a user to employ the OnePlus 12 as a remote control for the television. Yes, the OnePlus 12 seems to have it all except in one area where it won't match the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, water resistance. Ever since the beginning with the OnePlus One when the company tried to save money by not paying for IP certification, water protection wasn't so important as getting the phone down to a lower price point.

For the OnePlus 7 in 2019, the company created an ad (which we've embedded in this story) that showed the new phone getting submerged in a bucket full of water. That was cheaper than getting the phone certified with an IP rating and hinted that the device would still work after swimming in a bucketful of water. Eventually, OnePlus started paying for IP ratings; for example, OnePlus has started promoting the OnePlus 12's IP65 rating which is a slight improvement over the IP64 rating of the previous model.

IP65 means that the OnePlus 12 has the highest level of protection from dust (that is what the "6" rating means) and can withstand low-pressure water jets from all directions. We expect the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra to carry an IP68 rating which would make it impervious to dust and able to be submerged in up to 1.5 meters of fresh water (nearly 5 feet) for up to 30 minutes.

While the OnePlus 12 won't match the same level of water protection that the Samsung Galaxy 24 Ultra will have, the important thing for phone buyers to understand is that water damage still won't be covered by the warranty on any phone. As a result, no one should be using their phones in the swimming pool or in the shower (the hot steam is not good for the device). So if you like the OnePlus 12 more than the Galaxy S24 Ultra, that's the phone that you should buy next year; don't base your phone buying decisions on a handset's IP rating.

OnePlus is also promoting the USB 3.2 Gen 1 charging port for the phone. Like other flagships with it, with the right cable, this will allow fast data transfers up to 10Gbps. Once again, we must repeat that the OnePlus 12 will be as packed as any Android flagship including Samsung's top-of-the-line flagship.

OnePlus will be officially announcing the OnePlus 12 at an event on the 5th of December, 2023. This is according to a post on the company's Weibo page in which they also revealed the design of the upcoming phone.

At first glance, the OnePlus 12 doesn't look too different from its predecessor, the OnePlus 11. There are some minor revisions and changes, which includes moving the Alert Slider to the left of the phone along an integrated antenna, which according to OnePlus will help improve the gaming experience (presumably through a better connection).

The renders of the phone also suggest that the OnePlus 12 could feature a textured back, but other than that, it looks pretty much like the OnePlus 11 with the Hasselblad branding on its camera module. For those who own the OnePlus 11 or even OnePlus 10, we're not sure if it might be worth upgrading to the OnePlus 12.

So far based on the specs the main upgrade here will be on the chipset, where it will utilize the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. It will also come with a newer and brighter display courtesy of OnePlus' partnership with BOE, but otherwise there's really nothing particularly outstanding on paper.

The OnePlus 12 will be the company's next flagship phone, and it also seems that it will launch next month. This was confirmed by OnePlus on Weibo in which they revealed that the phone will be announced on the 4th of December, 2023.

This is interesting because OnePlus usually makes flagship announcements at the start of the new year, but we have been hearing rumors that OnePlus plans to launch their next flagship phone before the end of 2023 with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, and it looks like those rumors are true.

The phone was recently spotted on a certification website so we can't say we're too surprised by this announcement. Whether or not this announcement will cover global availability or just China availability remains to be seen. In the meantime, we have been hearing rumors that the OnePlus 12 could come with cameras that takes advantage of Sony's latest CMOS sensors.

OnePlus also recently confirmed a partnership with display maker BOE, where the handset could feature one of the brightest displays we've ever seen on a smartphone. Either way, we'll find out in the next couple of weeks so mark the date down on your calendar and check back with us on the 4th of December for the details.