OnePlus 10 Pro vs. OnePlus 9 Pro: What's different?

OnePlus 10 Pro vs. OnePlus ix Pro: What'south different?

The OnePlus 10 Pro (left) and the OnePlus 9 Pro

(Image credit: OnePlus)

With the OnePlus ten Pro fully unveiled at long last, information technology's time to come across how this new flagship compares to last year's OnePlus ix Pro. A OnePlus ten Pro vs. OnePlus 9 Pro comparing reveals a pair of OnePlus flagship phones through and through, with some noteworthy improvements to check out on the newer device

While information technology's even so early on, the OnePlus 10 Pro looks to be a major refinement of what OnePlus did with the 9 Pro last yr. There are new photography tricks to attempt out (although 1 less rear sensor on the OnePlus 10 Pro), an improved display, an upgraded fleck and even faster charging. Really the only problem with the OnePlus 10 Pro is that you can't buy information technology outside of Red china yet, though that's going to change in the coming months.

Read on for a breakdown of what's changed since the release of the OnePlus 9 Pro and the arrival of the OnePlus 10 Pro.

OnePlus 10 Pro vs. OnePlus 9 Pro: Specs

	OnePlus 10 Pro	OnePlus nine Pro
Display	half-dozen.7-inch AMOLED, QHD+ (3,216 X 1,440)	6.7-inch AMOLED, QHD+ (3,168 x i,440)
Refresh rate	1Hz - 120Hz adaptive, LTPO 2.0	1Hz - 120Hz adaptive, LTPO
Rear cameras	48MP wide, 50MP ultrawide, 8MP telephoto with 3.3x optical zoom	48MP wide, 50MP ultrawide, 8MP telephoto with 3.3x optical zoom, 2MP monochrome
Front camera	32MP	16MP
Chipset	Snapdragon 8 Gen 1	Snapdragon 888
RAM	8GB, 12GB	8GB, 12GB
Storage	128GB, 256GB	128GB, 256GB
Bombardment size	5,000 mAh	4,500 mAh
Charging	80W wired, 50W wireless	65W wired, 50W wireless
Size	6.iv x 2.9 x 0.34 inches (163.0 x 73.ix ten 8.55 millimetres)	6.4 x ii.9 10 0.34 inches (163.ii x 73.6 10 eight.seven millimetres)
Weight	vii ounces (200 grams)	half-dozen.9 ounces (197 grams)
Colors	Volcanic Black, Emerald Woods	Morning Mist, Pine Greenish

OnePlus 10 Pro vs. OnePlus 9 Pro: Price and availability

Y'all can buy a OnePlus nine Pro from diverse carriers and retailers both in the U.Due south. and the U.Thou. The basic model has an MSRP $969/£829, and comes with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. The more expensive version costs $1,069/£929 and gets 12GB RAM and 256GB storage instead. Nonetheless both are at present available at a disbelieve if you shop around.

We don't have prices for the OnePlus ten Pro even so, except in Chinese yuan: four,699 yuan for the basic model and 5,299 yuan for the top model. The adept news is that both of these prices are cheaper than the launch prices of the OnePlus 9 Pro, which suggests we may see a small discount compared to concluding year.

OnePlus 10 Pro vs. OnePlus ix Pro: Design

In that location's no noticeable difference betwixt the front of the OnePlus ix Pro and the OnePlus ten Pro. Both use curved displays with camera punch-holes in the top left corner. You take to flip over the phones to see the biggest modify.

OnePlus 9 Pro — (Epitome credit: Hereafter)

The OnePlus ix Pro had a fairly simple rectangular camera block in its top left corner, with the Hasselblad logo dividing the larger ii lenses from the smaller two. The OnePlus ten Pro extends this block over to the left where it curves over to meet the telephone's side rails. OnePlus likewise has rearranged the iii cameras into a square shape on the back of its new phone, with the fourth spot existence occupied past the wink.

OnePlus 10 Pro — (Image credit: OnePlus)

Checking out the measurements of the phones shows very marginal differences in size and weight. There are but fractions of a millimeter between the meridian, width and depth of the 2 OnePlus devices, and but 0.1 of an ounce betwixt their weight. If you lot're okay with picking a vi.7-inch phone to begin with, there'southward not a large enough deviation to influence your decision

OnePlus ten Pro vs. OnePlus ix Pro: Brandish

Both the OnePlus 10 Pro and OnePlus 9 Pro have half dozen.seven-inch AMOLED displays with QHD resolution. However the new phone has a slightly taller console at three,216 X 1,440 pixels, compared to the OnePlus 9 Pro's 3,168 x one,440.

The bigger deviation comes in with the refresh rates. While both phones have adaptive refresh rates from 1Hz to 120Hz, the underlying tech differs. The OnePlus nine Pro uses an original version of the LTPO display layer, whereas the OnePlus x Pro uses LTPO ii.0. While this doesn't unlock any new features, this should make the 10 Pro'due south brandish the smoother and more efficient of the 2.

OnePlus 10 Pro vs. OnePlus nine Pro: Cameras

Technically, OnePlus has taken a step backward with the cameras on the OnePlus x Pro by arming information technology with one less camera than the OnePlus ix Pro.

Starting with the rear arrays, both the 10 Pro and nine Pro apply 48MP main cameras, 50MP ultrawide cameras, and 8MP telephoto cameras with 3.3x optical zoom. The OnePlus 9 Pro adds to this by also featuring a 2MP monochrome sensor, designed to give additional texture to blackness and white photos. Even so we never found this sensor to exist specially useful, so we won't miss that lens on the OnePlus 10 Pro.

On the front, there's also been a subtle alter. The OnePlus x Pro'south front end photographic camera at present uses a higher resolution 32MP sensor, rather than the OnePlus 9 Pro's 16MP sensor. This should let for extra detail in your selfies.

While the basic stats oasis't changed much, OnePlus has introduced some new tricks for its latest flagship. The OnePlus 10 Pro can now shoot in RAW format for easier editing, and it offers 10-chip color photography, a Move Style for more expressive videos and Chief Style photo pre-sets. The ultrawide photographic camera tin now too shoot at a 150-degree bending, likewise as the normal 110-degree one, to fit even more into your shot.

The OnePlus ix Pro introduced OnePlus' partnership with photographic camera maker Hasselblad, and that's continued with the OnePlus ten Pro. The joint effort diameter fruit as it made OnePlus' historically weak photography much more competitive, although low-low-cal photos were withal noticeably lacking compared to rival phones. Hopefully this will have been addressed with the OnePlus 10 Pro.

Nosotros'll have to wait until the OnePlus ten Pro is available to us for a review before we give these phones a proper comparison in this expanse. But from the looks of it, the 10 Pro should be the better camera phone compared to the 9 Pro.

OnePlus ten Pro vs. OnePlus nine Pro: Functioning and 5G

As you lot'd await, OnePlus has updated its silicon to the best currently available from Qualcomm. The OnePlus nine Pro used a strong Snapdragon 888 scrap, but the OnePlus x Pro uses its successor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, which should offer more computing power and greater power efficiency.

Like the OnePlus ix Pro, OnePlus is offer the OnePlus 10 Pro with either 8GB RAM and 128GB storage, or 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. In China, at that place'southward also an 8GB RAM/256GB storage model, merely models like that oasis't come to the global market before and we don't wait it to this time either.

Both of the Snapdragon eight serial chips come with 5G compatibility as standard. However due to dissimilar U.Due south. carriers using different 5G bands, compatibility with the OnePlus 9 Pro was inconsistent. Nosotros can merely promise that OnePlus sorts this issue out in time for the OnePlus ten Pro'south global launch.

OnePlus 10 Pro vs. OnePlus nine Pro: Battery and charging

The OnePlus 10 Pro scores two victories over the OnePlus 9 Pro in this category. Starting time off, the OnePlus 10 Pro offers a larger 5,000 mAh battery, compared to the iv,500 mAh battery in the OnePlus 9 Pro. Could that extra bombardment land the OnePlus x Pro on our best telephone battery life list? Considering that the OnePlus ix Pro lasted a ameliorate-than-average 10 hours and 40 minutes on the same test, the signs are encouraging.

OnePlus 9 Pro review — (Image credit: Tom's Guide)

As for charging, OnePlus has improved on the OnePlus 9 Pro's already stiff 65-watt wired charging by taking it up to 80 watts. Even bookkeeping for the battery capacity increase, OnePlus withal promise the x Pro will go from empty to 100% charged in 32 minutes. The OnePlus 9 Pro made information technology from 0% to 99% in 30 minutes when we tested it.

Both the OnePlus nine Pro and the 10 Pro feature 50W wireless charging as well. This tech takes xxx minutes to charge the OnePlus ix Pro to 70%, assuming you lot're using the correct charging stand up. Since it has a larger battery, it takes 47 minutes to 100% fill the OnePlus 10 Pro.

Oneplus 9 pro wireless charging — (Image credit: OnePlus)

Dissimilar rival phones from Samsung, Google or Apple, OnePlus however ships its phones with charging bricks included. So you'll have admission to these crazy speeds without needing to pay extra.

OnePlus 10 Pro vs. OnePlus 9 Pro: Software

Hither's where one of the sneakiest differences between these two phones lies. The OnePlus ix Pro launched with OxygenOS 11, OnePlus' take on Android 11. The OnePlus 10 Pro will come with OxygenOS 12, an Android 12 skin that was worked on by both OnePlus and its stablemate Oppo.

OxygenOS 12 borrows many elements from Oppo's ain ColorOS, which OnePlus uses on its phones in Red china. You lot can update the OnePlus 9 Pro to this version, just that phone may still exist on version 11 out of the box.

When we tested OxygenOS 12 at launch on a OnePlus ix Pro, we were less than pleased with how many crude edges we found. Hopefully when the OnePlus 10 Pro arrives outside of Prc, nosotros'll be in for a much smoother experience.

OnePlus 10 Pro vs. OnePlus 9 Pro: Outlook

This OnePlus x Pro vs. OnePlus 9 Pro comparison is a fleck early, given that it'll still be months until the OnePlus 10 Pro arrives for us to actually compare it properly with the OnePlus ix Pro. On newspaper though, the OnePlus 10 Pro should easily exist the amend buy, if you don't need a phone correct away. And given that the OnePlus nine Pro is already on our all-time phones and best Android phones lists, the 10 Pro looks set to take over those spots.

The OnePlus 10 Pro's faster charging, larger battery, increased performance and more efficient brandish are all key reasons why information technology'll brand for a ameliorate phone for most people. And unless you really want the 9 Pro's monochrome sensor, photography on the ten Pro seems bound to be better, too.

The OnePlus 9 Pro has the reward of being available right at present. The cost has already dropped likewise, and will likely keep dropping once the OnePlus x Pro is available, but recall that buying older phones ways you get less time with it before it stops getting full Bone updates. If you similar to go on your phones for a while, it may be best to wait for the 10 Pro, but if you switch more ofttimes, taking the ix Pro will relieve you a fiddling money in the brusk term.

Richard is a Tom's Guide staff author based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, sound and whatever else people need advice on. Following on from his MA in Magazine Journalism at the University of Sheffield, he's also written for WIRED U.K., The Register and Creative Bloq. When non at work, he's likely thinking about how to brew the perfect cup of specialty java.