The OnePlus 15R has landed with an even bigger battery than the OnePlus 15
7,400mAh of power and a high refresh rate
· TechRadarNews By James Rogerson published 17 December 2025
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- OnePlus has announced the OnePlus 15R, a phone with a 7,400mAh battery, a 165Hz screen, and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset
- It starts at $699.99 / £649 and is available to pre-order now
- The company has also launched the OnePlus Pad Go 2 and the OnePlus Watch Lite
The OnePlus 15 only launched back in October, but the company is already back with another phone that in some ways is even better than this five-star flagship, as the OnePlus 15R has been unveiled with some cutting-edge specs of its own.
Perhaps the highlight is its 7,400mAh battery, which is marginally bigger than the 7,300mAh cell found in the OnePlus 15. This battery has 80W charging, too, and is designed to maintain at least 80% of its original capacity after four years of use.
Other highlights of the OnePlus 15R include its 6.83-inch AMOLED display, which has a 165Hz refresh rate. That’s a match for the OnePlus 15 and a higher rate than most phones offer. The screen has 450 pixels per inch, up to 1,800 nits of brightness, and it can drop to 1 nit when not much brightness is needed.
This phone also has the same 50MP primary camera as the OnePlus 15, along with an 8MP ultra-wide, a 32MP front-facing camera, and the ability to record 4K video at up to 120fps.
As for differences versus its sibling, the OnePlus 15R has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset, which is slightly lower-end than the Elite version used by the OnePlus 15, but it should still be highly capable. The phone also comes equipped with 12GB of RAM.
The 15R has serious water resistance too, with IP66, IP68, IP69, and IP69K ratings, where most high-end handsets are limited to IP68.
In all, then, OnePlus' new handset doesn’t sound like quite a match for the OnePlus 15, but it doesn’t need to be, as it also costs less. The OnePlus 15R starts at $699.99 / £649, for which you’ll get a model with 256GB of storage. There’s also a version with 512GB of storage for $799.99 / £729. For comparison, the OnePlus 15 starts at $899.99 / £899. We're awaiting confirmation on pricing and availability for the phone in Australia.
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