The OnePlus 15 is the subsequent premium handset from the Chinese phone-maker, and I simply obtained my fingers on it. To give its cameras a whirl, I took it out for a fast spin by a hip nook of Los Angeles.The OnePlus 15’s large benefit is that it is one of many first to run the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, Qualcomm’s next-generation chip for high-end telephones, which was launched in September. The system-on-a-chip has an enormous affect on how images come out, processing each picture captured by the rear cameras. The OnePlus 15 has three 50-megapixel rear cameras, together with a selfie shooter on the entrance, and I took images of my neighborhood wildlife utilizing all of them. While there is a sure degree of polish anticipated of premium cellphone cameras, this cellphone has one thing new: it is the primary main OnePlus handset launched because the firm’s partnership with Hasselblad ended. For years, OnePlus integrated the enduring Swedish digicam maker’s shade science and picture calibration in its cameras.With Hasselblad gone, the OnePlus 15 options the debut of the DetailMax Engine, a loftily-titled computational processing system that goals to “present scenes as they truly are, without over-beautification or distortion,” as the corporate’s official weblog publish defined. That means a brand new web page for taking pictures images on a OnePlus cellphone, which made me need to know what the OnePlus 15 is able to. Join me by an off-the-cuff tour of a vibrant Los Angeles neighborhood, taking the sorts of snapshots that make up the vast majority of everyone’s digicam roll. I’ll want to spend so much extra time with the gadget to offer it a complete overview.
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The Silver Lake House, a Thai restaurant in Los Angeles, is a mixture of shapes and textures. David Lumb/CNETOur first shot is of the skin of The Silver Lake House, a neighborhood Thai restaurant. While I clearly cannot resist a slight Dutch angle right here, the mix of colours look distinct and never oversaturated — a win for true-to-life processing. I like the best way the OnePlus 15 captured the sunshine and shadows filtering by the bushes, and the digicam has dealt with the lens flare nicely with out over-exposing that space. Also, discover the reflection on the chrome on the warmth lamp.
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Elephant and cactus vases to carry small vegetation adorn a windowsill of The Silver Lake House. David Lumb/CNETHere’s a close-up of knick-knack plant vases on a windowsill overlooking the restaurant’s indoor tables. The gentle is basically balanced, brilliant on the foreground exterior the eatery and dimmer inside — however colours and particulars are nonetheless seen inside. You also can select some element within the reflections on the window of the road behind me.
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A 1960s Ford Thunderbird sits at a curb in Los Angeles. David Lumb/CNETI could not resist this 1960s Ford Thunderbird sitting idly on the road, a cruising automotive from yesteryear resting in a hipper nook of LA. Note the feel of the grime streaks over the paint contrasted in opposition to the shiny chromed metallic surrounding the taillights. More importantly, regardless of the digicam’s give attention to the foreground, the OnePlus 15 nonetheless manages to seize the blue sky within the background, full with particulars within the clouds.
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The Silver Lake Reservoir canine park is not too energetic through the afternoon of Halloween 2025. David Lumb/CNETI took this picture of a close-by canine park with the ultrawide lens, which preserves humdrum particulars within the brown grime amid sprouted grass alongside the underside.
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A zoomed-in shot of the Silver Lake Reservoir canine park. David Lumb/CNETHere’s a picture of the identical canine park that I took whereas zoomed in at 7x magnification. It has a variety of element and shade. But we are able to go additional!
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Computer, improve! A zoomed-in shot on the excessive finish of the OnePlus 15’s telephoto and crop zoom capabilities. David Lumb/CNETHere’s the canine park photographed at 120x magnification, the farthest this cellphone can zoom in. The picture appeared grainy as heck on the cellphone’s display after I shot it, however that DetailMax Engine’s post-processing has finished relative wonders, making this semi-recognizable regardless of a variety of smudging on the edges brought on by noise discount — look between the chain hyperlinks. To be certain, this isn’t an important picture — it is practically painterly — however the truth that it could zoom on this far and nonetheless serve up a photograph with one thing recognizable is wonderful.
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A selfie on the South Lake Reservoir in Los Angeles. David Lumb/CNETHere’s a selfie that includes yours really. I believe this picture has good element and shadow, however what most impresses me are the mountains within the distance, which may be seen to a point by the basic Los Angeles haze (marine layer, not smog) occluding the air, not the OnePlus selfie digicam.
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An evening selfie on the streets of Los Angeles. David Lumb/CNETFor comparability, here is a selfie I took at night time. The shade is okay, with first rate particulars within the foreground, although they begin to blur behind me — discover the bricks on the underside proper, the posters on the sunshine pole on the mid-left, and particularly the constructing over my shoulder.
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An evening shot on the streets of Los Angeles, exhibiting the OnePlus 15’s capabilities of capturing element and ranging shade in low gentle. David Lumb/CNETHere’s the compulsory night time shot of a Los Angeles road. While town won’t ever be darkish sufficient to check the cellphone’s capacity to seize constellations of stars within the night time sky, this does present the distinction between heat streetlights and the brilliant neon. The particulars of the stucco pockmarked the partitions of the bowling alley are clear, even from throughout the road. Look intently on the texture of the road’s pavement. It’s a granular mixture of grays flecked with white spots. All the grime of town, preserved by the OnePlus 15’s new shiny cameras.
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Happy Halloween! David Lumb/CNETThat’s it for the primary have a look at the OnePlus’ digicam capabilities. Happy Halloween! And hold a watch out for my full OnePlus 15 overview.
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