Pete Lau confirms there shall be no OnePlus 8T Professional GL-NEWS

Since mid-2019, OnePlus has adopted a “Professional” mannequin of its well-liked flagship lineup. Nonetheless, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has now dashed followers’ hopes by confirming that this time round, there shall be no OnePlus 8T Professional.

Leaks and rumors had instructed that we wouldn’t see a Professional model of the OnePlus 8T this 12 months, nevertheless it was tough to establish if that will certainly be the case. In a publish on Chinese networking site Weibo, Liu Zuohu — or Pete Lau as he’s identified to us right here within the West — confirmed that there “is not any 8T Professional this 12 months.”

He went on to counsel that these wanting a “Professional-level product can proceed to decide on OnePlus 8 Professional, the annual machine king.” In fact, there’s a little Google Translate trickery happening there nevertheless it does trace that an annual OnePlus Professional-model launch may very well be within the pipeline fairly than each 6 months (by way of Android Authority).

Given how minor the upgrades have been from the Professional to the T Professional variant, the OnePlus 8T Professional would have been a tricky promote even for probably the most ardent OnePlus fan. Whereas the soar from a mainline to a T variant has been extra of a pronounced affair. Given what we all know of the OnePlus 8T thus far, it appears to be like to be a considerable refresh over the OnePlus 8 launched earlier this 12 months.

It’s set to return with a 120Hz show, 4,500mAh battery, 65W wired charging, alongside some added extras we’re certain. Nonetheless, the OnePlus 8 Professional is definitely the perfect machine ever made by the agency. It consists of all the anticipated flagship-level {hardware} alongside some notable inclusions reminiscent of wi-fi charging, a quad-camera setup, plus extra on high.

Had there been a OnePlus 8T Professional, it actually would have needed to up the sport significantly to offer a bump over the usual OnePlus 8 Professional. No less than this time across the late-2020 OnePlus lineup isn’t encroaching upon itself merely for the sake of releasing new fashions.