Since the OnePlus One days, the company has been dedicated to providing users with a fast and smooth experience by introducing flagship performance smartphones. OnePlus says that as per their user survey, fast and smooth has been the most impressive concept for the brand.
The replacement cycle of smartphone users is longer than before, which brings them concerns about screen responsiveness, lagging, battery mortality, and more. To address these issues, it requires upgrades and innovations both in hardware and software. And here’s how the company is planning to take it to the next level with the OnePlus 11, according to Kinder Liu, OnePlus COO and Head of R&D.
More responsive display than ever
OnePlus 11 in green
The objective of providing the fastest, most accurate, and most responsive touch experience on the OnePlus 11 will be achieved by combining hardware and software. The international variant of OnePlus 11 features the same 6.7-inch 2K 120Hz Super Fluid AMOLED Display with LTPO 3.0, which takes the touch experience to a new level at the China launch.
Liu says that a higher touch sampling rate does not necessarily mean a smoother touch experience. The whole process of the interface is far too complex than merely from the hardware perspective. To achieve a smooth touch experience, a smartphone needs to optimize the hardware layer, Linux layer, and Android system layer, respectively. A high touch sampling rate and refresh rate can only solve the hardware layer latency. The optimization of the deeper process – in the Linux layer and Android system layer is the key to ensuring a precise and stable experience.
The touch response starts with the display layer. The display collects user touch behaviour and then deliver it to the Linux layer to be processed. Then data is passed to the Android layer and transcoded. Finally, data will be delivered to the APP layer and shown as a touch response.
OnePlus is incorporating various technologies in different layers to ensure a smoother touch experience. Here are some of the technologies that will be disclosed at the Cloud 11 launch event.
Display layer
Technologies like O-sync algorithm, LTPO 3.0, and ADFR 2.0 will help to ensure a low response latency.
Linux layer
The Touch Host Processing will be adopted for optimization in this layer.
Android layer
The TouchBoost 3.0, LSTouch, UIFirst 5.0 will contribute to precise scrolling response.
APP layer
General Performance Adapter Frame Stabilizer 4.0, and cooperation with gaming engines like Unity help to guarantee a stable touch experience.
RAM Gene Recombination Technology
OnePlus 11
Better hardware like larger RAM and advanced software technologies are needed to provide a smooth user experience. There are two major scenarios where RAM comes into play – multi-tasking and mobile gaming.
Keeping background applications alive is important to give them an uninterrupted user experience. And modern mobile games demand smartphones to be more capable in terms of computing power and graphics processing.
To cope with these changes, OnePlus will work closely with their partners to fully explore the potential of the chipset and RAM, introducing RAM technology (the RAM Gene Recombination Technology introduced at the China launch event) to better deal with background Apps, and other software features to provide an immersive gaming experience.
4+5 Policy: More OS upgrades than ever
OnePlus 11 and OnePlus Buds Pro 2
In November last year, OnePlus announced that selected smartphones will get a new update policy: four major OxygenOS updates and five years of security updates. The OnePlus 11 will be the first device the get this new update policy. The company says that they made this decision to cope with the dynamic change in user needs for prolonged smartphone longevity.
Certifications
OnePlus 11 launch invite
OnePlus has worked with TÜV SÜD to improve the fast and smooth experience. TÜV SÜD certification is important for safety, security, and sustainability needs. The company has worked with them to test the overall fluency of the OnePlus 11 with an aging model to simulate an after-four-years usage scenario. The OnePlus 11 is also tested by TÜV SÜD to evaluate its screen latency, tap sensitivity, accuracy, and more.
The OnePlus 11 also got a certification from SGS in terms of perceived fluency. For the unaware, SGS is the world’s leading testing, inspection, and certification company, which is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. The test itself contains user’s feedback on the OnePlus 11 fluency and its performance in terms of some objective performance indicators.
All of these factors should combine to deliver the fastest and smoothest experience on a OnePlus device ever with the OnePlus 11.
