OnePlus 15 Global Launch: 165Hz Display, 7,300mAh Battery

OnePlus is taking its latest flagship worldwide today. The OnePlus 15, which debuted in China in late October, gets its global launch on Thursday, November 13, 2026, with the livestream starting at 7 PM IST (2:30 PM CET / 8:30 AM EST). It arrives with the fastest display OnePlus has ever shipped, the biggest battery in the company’s history, and Qualcomm’s newest flagship chip.

Display: 6.78-inch LTPO AMOLED, 1.5K resolution, 165Hz refresh rate

Chipset: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Battery: 7,300mAh silicon-carbon, 120W wired and 50W wireless charging

Cameras: Triple 50MP rear cameras with 3.5x periscope zoom, 32MP front camera

Software: OxygenOS 16 based on Android 16

Colours: Sand Storm, Infinite Black and Ultra Violet

A 165Hz display built for speed

The 6.78-inch LTPO AMOLED panel runs at up to 165Hz, the highest refresh rate on any OnePlus phone so far. Its 1.5K resolution (2772 x 1272) is paired with Dolby Vision and HDR10+ support, up to 1,800 nits of peak brightness, and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on top. OnePlus also claims a 3,200Hz touch sampling rate, aimed squarely at mobile gamers who want every tap to register instantly.

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 under the hood

Powering the phone is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, built on a 3nm process, with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and up to 1TB of UFS 4.1 storage. OnePlus describes a triple-chip setup around the main processor, backed by a large vapour chamber to keep performance steady during long gaming sessions. It is one of the first phones outside China to ship with Qualcomm’s newest flagship silicon.

The 7,300mAh battery stays for global buyers

OnePlus has confirmed the global OnePlus 15 keeps the same 7,300mAh silicon-carbon battery as the Chinese model, rather than a smaller cell for international markets. That is a big jump from the 6,000mAh battery in the OnePlus 13. Charging is 120W wired, taking the phone from empty to 50% in about 15 minutes and to full in around 40 minutes, plus 50W wireless charging and 10W reverse wireless charging. The phone is also rated IP68/IP69K for dust and water resistance.

Triple 50MP cameras, no more Hasselblad

The rear camera setup uses three 50MP sensors: a main camera built around Sony’s IMX906 sensor with optical image stabilisation, a 116-degree ultrawide camera, and a 3.5x periscope telephoto camera. The front camera is 32MP, and the phone records 8K video at 30fps. OnePlus has ended its Hasselblad co-branding for this generation and is now tuning its cameras in-house.

Price and availability

The India price is tipped at Rs 72,999 for the 12GB RAM and 256GB storage model, after a Reliance Digital listing briefly appeared online and was then taken down. That figure is still unconfirmed, and the official price will be announced at today’s launch event. In the US, the phone is reported to cost $899.99 for the 12GB/256GB model and $999.99 for the 16GB/512GB model, although US sales are reported to be delayed while FCC certification clears. Sales in India and Europe are expected to follow the launch event.

The OnePlus 15 looks like the company’s most complete flagship yet: a class-leading display, a battery that finally matches the charging speed, and a camera system rebuilt from scratch. The launch event will settle the one question that matters most — the price. Meanwhile, OnePlus is already the subject of next-year rumours: read our coverage of the OnePlus 17 wide-screen gaming leak.