• The OnePlus 15 launches in China on October 27
• We’ll see a global launch sometime after that
• A new ‘Misty Purple’ color for the phone has appeared

We’re gradually getting more and more official information about the OnePlus 15, and we now know when the flagship phone is going to be launched – and OnePlus has also shared another color the device will come in.

As per the official OnePlus account on Weibo (via 9to5Google), the OnePlus 15 is going to be unveiled in full on October 27 (alongside the OnePlus Ace 6), at 7pm China time. That works out as 3am PT / 8am ET / 11am GMT / 10pm AEDT around the world.

There is a caveat here, which is that this is the official unveiling specifically for China. While it should give us all the key specs about the phone, we won’t get a full global launch – including international pricing – until sometime later.

OnePlus has confirmed the phone is coming to the rest of the world, though we don’t know exactly when. The 2024 predecessor to this phone, the OnePlus 13, was unveiled in China in October and then got a global launch in January 2025.

Here’s what’s coming

In another official post on Weibo, OnePlus has also shown off the OnePlus 15 in three different colors: as per Google Translate, they are the Original Sand Dune and Absolute Black we already expected, plus a fresh Misty Purple color.

It adds to everything we already know or think we know about this upcoming flagship – some of it from official announcements from OnePlus as it tries to build up hype around the phone, and some of it from leaks and rumors.

It’s definitely going to have a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset and a 165Hz screen, and that display will apparently measure 6.78 inches from corner to corner, making it slightly smaller than the handset it’s replacing.

That handset is of course the OnePlus 13, which we have been very impressed by. There won’t be a OnePlus 14, by the way: OnePlus is skipping that number, presumably because it’s considered unlucky in China.

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