Relying on the way you take a look at it, there may both not be a OnePlus 11 or not be a OnePlus 11 Professional, not less than in response to one outstanding leaker.

Max Jambor – who isn’t probably the most prolific tipsters however has an affordable observe document – has claimed on Twitter (opens in new tab) that the subsequent OnePlus flagship shall be referred to as the OnePlus 11, and that we received’t see a OnePlus 11 Professional alongside it.

Nevertheless, if you happen to had been hoping for pro-grade specs you don’t want to fret, not less than in response to Jambor, because the OnePlus 11 will apparently be the OnePlus 11 Professional in all however title.

The upcoming OnePlus Professional mannequin is named OnePlus 11.October 17, 2022

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Successfully, if this rumor holds true there received’t be a telephone referred to as the OnePlus 11 Professional, however there additionally received’t be a telephone with the specs we’d count on from an ordinary OnePlus 11.

In a follow-up tweet (opens in new tab), Jambor claimed that the OnePlus 11 will land within the first quarter of 2023 (which means someday between January and March subsequent yr), and prompt that they don’t know what’s deliberate past that, so it’s not not possible that an ordinary OnePlus 11 will land later – but when it does, it would seemingly want a brand new title.

Evaluation: a complicated naming technique, however then so is the present one

If OnePlus does ditch the Professional title in 2023 then it dangers complicated potential consumers, who may assume the OnePlus 11 is extra of a ‘commonplace’ flagship than a top-tier one (akin to the iPhone 14 and Google Pixel 7, sat beneath their respective Professional-branded siblings). However it’s additionally a change that makes some sense, on condition that this yr OnePlus as a substitute launched a OnePlus 10 Professional, with no commonplace OnePlus 10 alongside it.

That in itself is complicated, because it’s affordable to imagine that the 10 Professional can be the Professional model of the OnePlus 10 – a telephone that doesn’t exist.

This downside stems from the truth that beforehand, OnePlus was launching each commonplace and Professional fashions, and again then the names made sense, however with the swap to only one flagship mannequin within the first half of the yr, issues have develop into confused.

So this naming change – if it occurs – fixes one confusion whereas creating one other. Nonetheless, no matter this upcoming handset is named, it is going to be price taking note of, as a result of based mostly on previous kind there’s a excessive probability that it might discover a place among the many finest telephones on the market.