OnePlus recently introduced the OnePlus 8T in China and there was a surprise announcement on the occasion that we weren’t expecting. The firm has partnered up with Polish video game developer CD Projekt Red for a special Cyberpunk 2077 edition of the OnePlus 8T.
OnePlus confirmed off bits of the upcoming OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition at its China launch occasion for the phone. However, it’s hard to tell what’s so particular in regards to the phone. The picture OnePlus offered on stage exhibits a phone with yellow Cyberpunk-ish borders. We’re unsure if that is only a graphical representation based mostly on the upcoming game’s theme or if the phone will even have some cool yellow borders or edges that gentle up with the color.
What we do know is that this particular Cyberpunk 2077 model of the OnePlus 8T will go up on pre-sale beginning November 4. That’s just some weeks ahead of the November 19 launch of the game. OnePlus additionally posted a video teaser for the phone on its Weibo account.
This isn’t the first time OnePlus has launched a special version flagship phone. We’ve previously seen the corporate partner with McLaren, Star Wars, and Marvel to launch phones with stand-out designs. However, that is the first time OnePlus is tying up with a gaming studio for a version of its flagship phone.
During the phone’s announcement, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau stated (machine translated) that its design took a high-level of coordination with the CD Projekt Red team. Lau has promised to reveal more particulars after two weeks.
For what it’s the price, we anticipate seeing some dedicated gaming features on the OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk 2077 version. It would additionally make sense for OnePlus to improve the phone’s processor to the Snapdragon 865 Plus and/or ship more RAM or storage for performance-enhancing. Sadly, there’s no word from the corporate on the matter just yet.
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