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OnePlus' president, Louis Lee, has posted an image of a BOE display on Weibo.
The display is called the "second generation Original Screen" and it is expected to be used on the upcoming OnePlus 13.
OnePlus is one of several companies preparing to launch a phone in the coming months, with the OnePlus 13 on the cards to arrive in China in October. It's early for OnePlus' flagship phone, though the company has slowly been creeping the launch date forward over the last few years, moving it from January with the OnePlus 11 to December with the OnePlus 12.
The company has already confirmed the OnePlus 13 will run on Qualcomm's next Snapdragon chipset – which is expected be announced during the Snapdragon Summit towards the end of October. Now though, we might have got a first glimpse of the phone itself, or at least the screen it will offer.
OnePlus' president, Louis Lee, posted on Chinese micro-blogging website Weibo (picked up by Android Authority), that the outdoor testing of the "second-generation Oriental Screen" from BOE was completed.
Lee commented on the photo: "In terms of screen quality, the OnePlus 12's Oriental Screen last year was the pinnacle. Soon, the second generation Oriental Screen will bring even more outstanding performance, and the effect will be far ahead."
The image could be showing off the phone itself according to Digital Chat Station, though it is very slim and we aren't entirely convinced that's the case. Other rumours surrounding the OnePlus 13 have suggested it will get a boost in battery with potential for 6,000mAh capacity under the hood. There's also talk of 24GB of RAM, and it's expected to have 100W fast charging.
No official information has been revealed by OnePlus itself other than the October release date and the "latest generation" of Snapdragon chip, which is expected to be the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.
Lee did previously say that there would be "exclusive experiences" using the chipset however, so it will be interesting to see what those might be after Qualcomm reveals the platform. Perhaps OnePlus will be part of the Snapdragon Summit, as other Chinese brands have been in the past? If that's the case, there isn't too much longer to wait.
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Britta is a freelance technology journalist who has been writing about tech for over a decade. She's covered all consumer tech from phones, tablets and wearables to smart home and beauty tech, with everything in between. She has a fashion journalism degree from London College of Fashion and previously did a long stint as deputy editor of Pocket-lint, but you’ll now find her byline on several titles including GQ, the Express, the Mirror, TechRadar, Stuff and iMore. You'll never find her without her Apple Watch on, aiming to complete her rings so she can justify the extra bar of chocolate and she loves a good iPhone trick.
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