OnePlus 16, iQOO 16, and Redmi K100 Pro Max pricing rumor isn’t good news at all | Infinium-tech
The prolific leaker who goes by the handle Digital Chat Station (DCS) on Weibo made a bold prediction today, and it is regarding the price of the upcoming OnePlus 16, iQOO 16, and Redmi K10 Pro Max. All these devices are expected to arrive in the second half of this year and will be powered by Qualcomm’s next top chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6.
And all of them will be more expensive than their predecessors from 2025, DCS now claims. In fact, he says all three new devices will be priced at CNY 5,000 with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. That amount is currently around $725, which certainly doesn’t seem like much when compared to pricing outside of China, but remember that Chinese phones are always cheaper in China.
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So the best comparison is with the past. Both the OnePlus 15 and Redmi K90 Pro Max are priced starting at CNY 4,000, while the iQOO 15 is priced starting at CNY 4,100. If DCS is correct this would effectively be about a 20% price increase. This is certainly huge, and we wouldn’t be surprised if the global models of the OnePlus 16 and iQOO 16 see a similar price increase.
If you’re wondering why this would be the case, DCS hasn’t said anything specific, but it’s pretty easy to guess – the next-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite chip will be even more expensive than its already incredibly heavily priced predecessor, and the RAM pricing crisis certainly won’t help.
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