OnePlus 9 Pro prototype leak flaunts Hasselblad camera partnership
- Images of the OnePlus 9 Pro prototype have been leaked.
- They show that OnePlus has teamed up with Hasselblad for the phone’s camera system.
Cameras have always been the Achilles’ heel of OnePlus devices. However, the OnePlus 8 Pro was an outlier and offered excellent imaging capabilities. It looks like the smartphone maker is taking photography even more seriously this year. Alleged images of a OnePlus 9 Pro prototype leaked over the weekend with the Hasselblad logo on the camera hill.
For those who don’t know, Hasselblad is a Swedish camera company known for its medium format cameras and lenses. It doesn’t sell its technology cheap, so it means an expensive proposition for the OnePlus 9 Pro when equipped with branded camera smarts.
The pictures of the phone were obtained from YouTuber Dave2D. The channel was approached on Discord by an unknown source who abandoned the OnePlus 9 Pro prototype in a glossy silver color. Other popular tipsters may like Max Jambor and Ishan Agarwal later confirmed the leak on Twitter.
The biggest highlight here is of course this Hasselblad partnership. It doesn’t guarantee a great camera system for the OnePlus 9 Pro, but at the same time, Hasselblad has a proven track record in its field and we wouldn’t be surprised if this turns out to be the best camera phone OnePlus has ever made.
We’ve already seen Hasselblad partnering with Motorola for the optional True Zoom Moto Z-Mod. The company also partnered with the now-defunct luxury phone maker Vertu for a phone worth $ 11,000 in 2014.
The prototype of the OnePlus 9 Pro shows that it has a quad camera array. According to YouTuber, the setup consists of an ultra-wide sensor and a telephoto camera with 3x zoom. One of the leaked images also shows a tilt-shift mode, which suggests that there may be a moving lens there. This mode was also recently discovered when the OnePlus camera app was torn down.
Elsewhere, the OnePlus 9 Pro appears to have a curved display instead of the flat panel we saw in leaked renders of the OnePlus 9. The well-known alarm regulator is on the side and a USB-C port at the bottom. Oddly enough, a screenshot of the settings shows 11 GB of RAM paired with 256 GB of storage. Traditionally, we would expect the RAM to be 12GB, and that’s most likely what you get on the final unit.
also read: OnePlus 9 series: Everything we know so far
