- OnePlus Open 2 may be on the way
- A tougher, lighter, thinner build is rumored
- Honor Magic V3 is currently the thinnest foldable
The OnePlus Open 2 is shaping up to be a stunning foldable, with new details leaking out about what to expect from the phone: apparently it will be the thinnest foldable to date, while offering an upgraded titanium construction.
These predictions come from two well-known tipsters, Digital Chat Station and Smart Pikachu (via Android Authority). Both leaks mention the Oppo Find N5, which is expected to be marketed as the OnePlus Open 2 outside of China – just as the Oppo Find N3 was rebranded as the original OnePlus Open.
There is a mention of the foldable being the “thinnest in the world” (according to Google Translate). That would mean the OnePlus Open 2 would have to be less than the 9.2mm thickness of the Honor Magic V3 when closed.
It’s actually been rumored since last September, giving you a sense of the anticipation surrounding the second foldable from OnePlus. We don’t get any information on how thin the phone could be, but it sounds like it will be super thin.
Lighter and harder
Across these two leaks, we get a mention of titanium being used in the build and a “new industrial design with a focus on durability” (again via Google Translate). This suggests that we are looking at a phone that will be both lighter and tougher.
There’s also a triple-lens camera with periscope zoom and Hasselblad technology, satellite communication options, a Snapdragon 8 Extreme Edition chipset, a battery approaching 6,000 mAh capacity (as previously rumored), and wireless charging – all sounds good to us.
One of those tipsters mentions a half-year gap between the next foldable phone and this one – and with new foldable phones from Google and Samsung expected around July time, the OnePlus Open 2 could be with us before the end of February.
There’s been a lot of debate about when the OnePlus Open 2 would see the light of day – remember the first OnePlus Open phone launched in October 2023, so we’ve now been waiting more than a year for its successor.
