India- specific prices of OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro announced: Rs 11,000-13,000 less than US rates

Finally, the suspense over the prices of the mid-range phones that compete in the flagship space has ended. One Plus 8 will cost Rs 41,999 in India, while the OnePlus 8 will sell at Rs 54,999.

This is a big chunk off the US prices reported last week during the launch of the latest OnePlus phones. In the US, the OnePlus 8 will sell at USD 699, which works out to approximately Rs 53,000 and nearly the price of the OnePlus 8 Pro in India. At USD 899 or Rs 68,000, the OnePlus Pro in the US is Rs 13,000 more expensive than what is costs in India.

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau had promised lower India prices in a tweet last week, and the actual prices released today come as a relief to the Indian customer looking to flaunt the nearly best at a reasonable price.

The US prices had prompted tech reviewers to say that the OnePlus which started off as a flagship is no more suited for the tag, as the phones are quite expensive themselves, narrowing the gap between the premium iPhones and Samsungs and the mid-range OnePluses. But with this India-specific pricing, the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro remain competitive, especially when one does not want to spend a bomb to get top specs.

So, here’s a recap of the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro’s features.

OnePlus 8 Pro

Future-proof 5G technology as well as LTE.

Fluid AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

120 Hz display refresh rate (only Samsung’s S20 series shares this feature)

6.78 inches

3168 x 1440 pixels 513 ppi

3D Corning Gorilla Glass

Height: 165.3 mm

Width: 74.3 mm

Thickness: 8.5 mm

Weight: 199g

HDR10+

Android 10.0; OxygenOS 10.0

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

Octa-core CPU

Adreno 650 GPU

128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, no expandable memory

48 MP primary camera, 48 MP ultrawide, 8 MP telephoto and 5 MP colour filter lens

Dual-LED flash 4K video at 30/60 fps

1080P video at 30/60 fps

Super Slow Motion: 720p video at 480 fps, 1080p video at 240fps

Time-Lapse: 1080P 30fps, 4k 30fps

Video Editor

Single selfie camera 16 MP

Auto-HDR

1080p video at 30fps

Time-Lapse

Stereo speakers, but no 3.5 mm jack

4510 mAh battery

Fast charging 30W, 50% in 22 mins, Wireless fast charging (50% in 30 mins), reversible charging  (sharing phone’s charge with other devices)

Glacial Green, Ultramarine Blue, Onyx Black

One Plus 8

Future-proof 5G technology as well as LTE.

Fluid AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

90 Hz display refresh rate

6.55 inches

2400 x 1080 pixels 402 ppi

3D Corning Gorilla Glass

HDR10+

90Hz refresh rate

Android 10.0; OxygenOS 10.0

Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865

Octa-core  CPU

Adreno 650 GPU

128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, no expandable memory

UFS 3.0, 2-LANE

48 MP primary camera, 16 MP ultrawide, 2 MP macro

Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama

4K video at 30/60 fps

1080P video at 30/60 fps

Super Slow Motion: 1080p video at 240 fps, 720p video at 480 fps

Time-Lapse 1080P 30fps, 4k 30fps

Video Editor

Single selfie camera 16 MP

1080P video at 30fps + Time-Lapse

Stereo speakers, but no 3.5 mm jack

4300 mAh battery

Fast charging 30W

Interstellar Glow, Glacial Green, Onyx Black