OnePlus Ace 5 series to launch in December; Chipset details confirmed

OnePlus Ace 5 series will be unveiled in China soon. The lineup will include a base OnePlus Ace 5 and an Ace 5 Pro variant. A senior company official has now confirmed the launch timeline of the smartphones along with their chipset details. Many of the key features of the handset have already been revealed, including display, camera, battery and charging specifications. The upcoming phones will replace the OnePlus Ace 3 and OnePlus Ace 3 Pro.

OnePlus Ace 5 Series Launch

According to Weibo, OnePlus Ace 5 and Ace 5 Pro will launch in China in December Post By Lewis Li, head of OnePlus China. The exact launch date has not been announced yet. The Pro version is confirmed to have Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset.

Another post by a company executive is revealed The base OnePlus Ace 5 will come with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. Teasing better performance compared to competing handsets, Li claimed that “OnePlus has adjusted the 8Gen3 to the level of the Snapdragon 8 Extreme Edition” (translated from Chinese).

Notably, the OnePlus Ace 5 lineup is expected to launch globally in January 2025. The vanilla OnePlus Ace 5 may launch in markets outside China, including India, with the OnePlus 13R moniker.

OnePlus Ace 5 series features (expected)

The OnePlus Ace 5 series handsets are expected to come with BOE’s X2 8T LTPO display with 1.5K resolution. The base variant may have a 6.78-inch screen. The phones are said to be equipped with an alert slider and offer 100W wired fast charging support.

The vanilla OnePlus Ace 5 can get a 6,300mAh battery, while the Pro variant can get a 6,500mAh battery. As for optics, the handset is likely to sport 50-megapixel triple rear cameras. The vanilla variant may feature a 16-megapixel selfie shooter.

OnePlus’ Ace 5 series phones are reported to have a metal middle frame and ceramic back panel. They are expected to get the same camera module design as the OnePlus Ace 3 models. The upcoming handset is said to offer up to 24GB of RAM.