The first real photos of the OnePlus 15 have seemingly emerged, showing off an underwhelming new design

• Two photos seemingly showing the OnePlus 15 have emerged
• They show a redesigned camera block that's very different to the OnePlus 13's
• They also show the phone off in two colors – white and pink

It’s been rumored for a while now that the OnePlus 15 could have a new design, and now the details of that design are all but confirmed, as photos seemingly showing the phone have emerged.

First up, a Weibo account for the Peace Elite League (PEL) esports league (via Phone Arena) has shared an image of players looking at a OnePlus phone, with the caption asking viewers to guess what they’re looking at.

While the phone isn’t mentioned by name, this doesn’t appear to be any existing OnePlus handset, so it’s likely the OnePlus 15.

This seems like it’s probably an official tease of the phone in collaboration with PEL, but along with that, @OnePlusClub has also shared another photo of the device on X. It’s not clear where this second image came from, and whether it’s an intentional tease or a leak, but it very much appears to be the same phone.

A more conventional design

So we’re pretty confident this is the OnePlus 15 we’re looking at, but if so that’s unfortunate, because it has traded the distinctive circular camera housing of the OnePlus 13 – which our OnePlus 13 review described as “a gorgeous phone” – for a far more conventional squarish camera block.

Within that block the lenses are arranged in a slightly unusual way, with two housed together in a black oblong, one off on its own, and what’s presumably a flash surrounded by a black circle.

But while a little unusual, it’s not necessarily attractive, and it’s not even totally unique, as it reminds us a bit of the Pixel 10 Pro Fold – not to mention the OnePlus 13T, which also has a similar design.

In any case, aside from the camera design there’s not much to see here. We can only see the back of the phone and it otherwise has a fairly plain finish, shown here in both white and pink.

But we should hopefully get a more complete look at the OnePlus 15 soon, as it’s likely to launch in October – although possibly only in China, with a global launch to follow.

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