OnePlus Open
Discover the OnePlus Open smartphone featuring top-notch performance, cutting-edge technology, and a sleek design. Ideal for tech-savvy users.
Best price in South Africa: 8000 ZAR
Released: 2023, October 26
Specifications
OnePlus Open in South Africa
Pros and Cons
OnePlus Open in South Africa
Pros of the OnePlus Open
Slim and Light Design: It is one of the thinnest and lightest book-style foldables on the market, feeling much more like a standard premium phone when folded, thanks to its near-invisible and barely tactile display crease.
Exceptional Camera System: It offers the best camera system on a foldable phone, featuring a flagship-grade 50MP main sensor with OIS (Sony LYT-T808) and a powerful 64MP telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom and OIS, tuned with Hasselblad.
Excellent Dual Displays: Both the inner (7.82-inch) and outer (6.31-inch) AMOLED screens are large, bright (up to 2800 nits peak), feature a smooth 120Hz refresh rate, and the cover screen has a very usable, traditional aspect ratio.
Top-Tier Performance: It is powered by the flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset paired with a generous 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage, providing extremely fast and reliable performance.
Great Multitasking Software: The "Open Canvas" multitasking software is highly praised for being intuitive and powerful, allowing users to run up to three apps simultaneously in full-screen or split-screen modes with floating windows.
Cons of the OnePlus Open
No Wireless Charging: The device lacks support for wireless charging, a common feature found on other flagship and foldable devices in this high price range.
Basic Water Resistance: It only carries an IPX4 rating for splash resistance, which is adequate but significantly less robust than the IPX8 rating for water immersion offered by its main competitor, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold series.
Sizable Camera Module: The rear camera array is housed in a large, circular camera bump that protrudes significantly from the back of the phone, making the device wobble when laid flat on a surface.
Lack of Stylus Support: Unlike some rivals, the OnePlus Open does not officially support an active stylus (pen input) for note-taking or drawing on the main folding display.
Slower USB Standard: The phone utilizes a USB Type-C 2.0 port for data transfer (though 3.1 is sometimes cited), which is a slower standard than the USB 3.2 often found on other high-end devices.
Features
OnePlus Open in South Africa
Network
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G |
| 2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G bands | HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G bands | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48, 66, 71 |
| 5G bands | 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 28, 30, 38, 40, 41, 66, 71, 75, 77, 78 SA/NSA |
| Speed | HSPA, LTE, 5G |
Body
| Dimensions | Unfolded: 153.4 x 143.1 x 5.8 mmFolded: 153.4 x 73.3 x 11.7 mm |
| Weight | 239 g or 245 g (8.43 oz) |
| Build | Glass front (Ceramic Guard) (folded), plastic front (unfolded), glass back or eco leather back, aluminum frame |
| SIM | Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM + eSIM (max 2 at a time) |
Display
| Type | Foldable LTPO3 Flexi-fluid AMOLED, 1B colors, Dolby Vision, 120Hz, 2800 nits (peak) |
| Size | 7.82 inches, 196.7 cm2 (~89.6% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 2268 x 2440 pixels (~426 ppi density) |
Platform
| OS | Android 13, upgradable to Android 15, OxygenOS 15 |
| Chipset | Qualcomm SM8550-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core (1x3.2 GHz Cortex-X3 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A715 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3x2.0 GHz Cortex-A510) |
| GPU | Adreno 740 |
Memory
| Card slot | No |
| Internal | 512GB 16GB RAM, 1TB 16GB RAM |
Main Camera
| Triple | 48 MP, f/1.7, 24mm (wide), 1/1.43", 1.12µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS 64 MP, f/2.6, 70mm (telephoto), 1/2.0", 0.7µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom 48 MP, f/2.2, 14mm, 114˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF |
| Features | Hasselblad Color Calibration, LED flash, HDR, panorama |
| Video | 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240/480fps gyro-EIS, HDR10+, Dolby Vision |
Selfie camera
| Single | 20MP, f/2.2, 20mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 0.7µm Cover camera: 32MP, f/2.4, 22mm (ultrawide), 1/3.14", 0.7µm |
| Features | HDR |
| Video | 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS |
Sound
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers (Dolby Atmos enhanced) |
| 3.5mm jack | No |
Comms
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e/7, tri-band |
| Bluetooth | 5.3, A2DP, LE, aptX HD |
| Positioning | GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS |
| NFC | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes |
| Radio | No |
| USB | USB Type-C 3.1, OTG |
Features
| Sensors | Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
Battery
| Type | Li-Po 4805 mAh |
| Charging | 67W wired, PD, 100% in 42 min Reverse wired |
Misc
| Colors | Emerald Dusk, Voyager Black, Apex Edition |
| Models | CPH2551 |
| SAR | 0.98 W/kg (head) 0.76 W/kg (body) |
Our Tests
| Performance | AnTuTu: 968130 (v9), 1349633 (v10) GeekBench: 3969 (v5.5), 4169 (v6.0) GFXBench: 51fps (ES 3.1 onscreen) |
| Display | 1238 nits max brightness (measured) |
| Camera | Photo / Video |
| Loudspeaker | -28.2 LUFS (Average) |
| Battery | Active use score 11:59h |
| Battery (old) | Endurance rating 96h |