OnePlus 8 May Have 5G mmWave Support, Hints APK Teardown
Mar. 7, 2020OnePlus is expected to unveil itsOnePlus 8 seriesin the second week of April, likely on April 14. A new APK teardown of the latest OnePlus Launcher done by XDA editor-in-chief Mishaal Rahman hints at the device’s availability on Verizon and support for NFC customization wallpapers.
The teardown was done onOnePlus Launcher v4.3.3that recently got rolled out in Google Play Store. The latest update brings an AMOLED black theme for OnePlus Shelf and the ability to hide icon labels.
Early evidence regarding the existence of Verizon OnePlus 8 was first reported byAndroidPolicelast September. Later this January, theyreportedthat the OnePlus 8 series may launch with support for mmWave 5G connectivity.
XDA has now foundstrings in OnePlus Launcher’s source code that confirm the existence of Verizon OnePlus 8. To be specific, there was a method called “isVerizon” that returns true if the software type is Verizon and a switch statement in the DeviceHelper class that says “OnePlus8VZW” along with “OnePlus8TMO” and other OnePlus phones.
The report further points out that this new NFC wallpaper customization feature could be limited to the OnePlus 8 series. According to Mishaal Rahman, this could be part of new OnePlus cases that presumably might have built-in NFC tags. Coincidentally, Pete Lau, founder, and CEO of OnePlus had tweeted about the “future of smartphone cases” just a few days back.
What would you like to see in the future of smartphone cases?pic.twitter.com/VIagpDqGuH
Leaks and rumors suggest that OnePlus will be launching three devices this time around namely OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, and OnePlus 8 Lite. OnePlus 8 Pro is expected to come with Snapdragon 865 chipset, a 120Hz punch-hole display, and30W wireless charging.
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