OnePlus Ace 5 - Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 6400mAh battery for $X15
OnePlus Ace 5 Review
OnePlus Ace 5 is the new smartphone in the OnePlus Ace series which was released in China on December 26, 2024. Earlier OnePlus released OnePlus Ace 3 on January 4, 2024 which is the predecessor of OnePlus Ace 5 and it is the predecessor because OnePlus has not released OnePlus Ace 4 they have directly released OnePlus Ace 5.
So OnePlus has made a lot of upgrades in the OnePlus Ace 5 from its predecessor which was released 9 months ago and the first upgrade that OnePlus has made is in the processor, the OnePlus Ace 5 is powered by Snapdragon's 2023 flagship processor Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and the second major upgrade that OnePlus has given is in the battery which is a new bigger 6445mAh battery and there are also upgrades in the display, camera and other things which we will talk about but first let's take a look at the key specifications of the OnePlus Ace 5.
Oneplus Ace 5 Specifications
Oneplus ace 5 release date: December 26, 2024 (China)
• 161.7 x 75.8 x 8.1 mm (6.37 x 2.98 x 0.32 in)
Glass Back (Crystal Shield Glass) or Ceramic
back, IP65 rating, 206g or 223g (7.27oz)
• 6.78-inch 8T LTPO AMOLED display, 120Hz, 1.5K resolution, 4500nits (peak)
• Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (4nm), LPDDR5X RAM, UFS 4.0 storage type
• 6445mAh Si-C battery, 80W wired charging
• 50MP OiS, 8MP, 2MP & 16MP
1) OnePlus Ace 5 Design and Colors
The design of OnePlus Ace 5 is similar to OnePlus Ace 3, just some changes have been made in the design like the camera module is completely round which looks premium and the smartphone has an 8.1mm thick aluminium frame which is 0.8mm thinner than Ace 3 and OnePlus Ace 5 measures 161.7 mm (6.37 inches) in length, 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) in width, and 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) in thickness. Looking at the back, there is a new circular camera module with triple camera and LED flash and there are two material options at the back first is Crystal Shield Glass back which comes in grey and green color option and its weight is 206 grams and the other is special edition variant which comes with ceramic back and white color and its weight is 223 grams.
The OnePlus Ace 5 has a center punch hole camera on the front and a 6.78-inch display with Crystal Shield glass protection and OnePlus has also provided an under-display optical fingerprint scanner in it. Oneplus ace5 has power and volume buttons on the right side and three step alert slider on the left side and microphone, IR sensor and speaker on the top side and speaker, microphone, USB Type C 2.0 port and SIM card slot with dual nano SIM support on the bottom side and oneplus ace 5 comes with IP65 water/dust resistant.
2) OnePlus Ace 5 Display
OnePlus Ace 5 has a 6.78-inch 8T LTPO AMOLED display with 1.5K resolution. This display has a 120Hz refresh rate with LTPO technology which is 1-120Hz adaptive refresh rate and has a 360Hz touch sampling rate, 2160Hz PWM dimming. This display supports HDR10+, Dolby Vision and 10 bit color depth which shows up to 1.07 billion colors and has 450ppi density. Talking about brightness, OnePlus Ace 5 has 800nits typical brightness, 1600nits HBM brightness and up to 4500nits peak brightness and this display has a screen to body ratio of 91.2%.
3) OnePlus Ace 5 Processor and Memory
Oneplus ace 5 is powered by the 2023 Snapdragon flagship processor which is Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. This processor is based on TSMC's 4nm architecture and has a 3300MHz higher frequency. Looking at the cores, it is an octa core processor with 1 core (Cortex-X4) at 3.3 GHz, 3 cores (Cortex-A720) at 3.2 GHz, 2 cores (Cortex-A720) at 3.0 GHz, 2 cores (Cortex-A520) at 2.3 GHz and has Adreno 750 GPU.
Oneplus Ace 5 single core score: 2134
Oneplus Ace 5 multi core score: 6626
Oneplus Ace 5 antutu score: 2180072
Apart from this, OnePlus has used LPDDR5X RAM type and UFS 4.0 storage type in OnePlus Ace 5.
4) OnePlus Ace 5 Software AI and Connectivity
OnePlus Ace 5 comes with Android 15 Color OS 15 in China and this OS has a new eye catching attractive design, high performance and it also has some AI features. The first AI feature is AI Xiaobu Assistant which is helpful in asking questions on the screen and the second is AI Office Learning Assistant which helps in office work like AI Document Assistant which manages the document, AI Voice Summarization which translates the language etc.
Now talking about connectivity, the OnePlus Ace 5 has the latest Bluetooth 5.4, WiFi 7 connectivity and it also supports full area multi function NFC, infrared sensor, dual frequency GPS and telephone communication in absence of network.
5) OnePlus Ace 5 Battery and Charging
OnePlus Ace 5 has a massive 6445mAh battery which comes with the latest Si-C battery type and if we compare it with its previous model then it has an increase of 900mAh in capacity and a reduction of 12% in thickness. OnePlus Ace 5 supports 80W wired charging which will charge the smartphone 50% in 15 minutes and fully charge it in 0:44 hours. The battery backup of OnePlus Ace 5 is given below
• 14 hours continuous watching of TikTok short videos
• 12.6 hours navigation
• 23 hours continuous watching
6) OnePlus Ace 5 Camera
Now we are talking about the cameras, the OnePlus Ace 5 has a triple camera on the back consisting of a 50MP OiS primary camera with Sony IMX906 (1/1.56") sensor, the secondary camera is an 8MP ultrawide with 112° field of view and it comes with OmniVision OV08D10 (1/4.0") sensor, there is a 2MP macro and on the front there is a 16MP selfie camera with Sony IMX480 sensor.
New AI features have been added with photos, the first is AI Ultra HD pixels (with the help of AI to enhance the quality), AI de-glare, AI anti-smear (motion capture deblur) and support for up to 20x digital zoom. Talking about video recording, with the back camera you can record videos up to 4K at 60fps and with the front camera you can record videos up to 1080p at 30fps.
7) OnePlus Ace 5 Price
The base variant of the OnePlus Ace 5 which comes with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage starts at ¥2299 in China and the price of other variants of the OnePlus Ace 5 is given below.
*This smartphone has been released only in China so far, so the price given here is for China only.
OnePlus Ace 5 512GB /12GB: ¥2799/$384/€370
OnePlus Ace 5 256GB /16GB: ¥2499/$343/€330
OnePlus Ace 5 512GB /16GB: ¥2999/$411/€396
OnePlus Ace 5 1TB /16GB: ¥3499/$480/€461