Oneplus Ace 5 Series Launches, Setting New Performance Standards in the Industry

On December 26, 2024, OnePlus officially released the gaming experience flagship OnePlus Ace 5 series – OnePlus Ace 5 and OnePlus Ace 5 Pro. The OnePlus Ace 5 series focuses deeply on performance and gaming experience, equipped with the Snapdragon 8 series flagship platform and the industry’s first self-developed chip-level game technology ‘Changyou Game Core’, bringing a smooth gaming experience with sustained full frame rate. The OnePlus Ace 5 series adopts a new straight screen design as well as the unique ceramic body in its class, debuting with a second-generation Eastern screen of 1.5K resolution, featuring the industry’s highest energy density Glacier battery, along with flagship imaging and highly acclaimed ‘Machine Circle Dove’ ColorOS15 among many other leading hardware and functional configurations in the industry to deliver a flagship experience far beyond its peers. Legendary esports player UZI from Changyou Gaming served as Chief Esports Officer at the launch event to witness together the official debut of the esports legend OnePlus Ace 5 series.

The starting price for OnePlus Ace 5 Pro is RMB3399, while that for OnePlus Ace is RMB2299.

OnePlus China’s President, Li Jie, said: “The OnePlus Ace series has always been a benchmark for performance in the same category. This time, with the launch of OnePlus Ace 5 Pro and OnePlus Ace 5 together, we will use the top hardware configuration and leading gaming technology to create an industry gaming ceiling and bring users the most exhilarating gaming experience!”

The all-new straight screen design paired with the unique ceramic material, offering peak hand feel and aesthetics everywhere.

The OnePlus Ace 5 series adopts a new design language that is simple and elegant, while also full of performance. The OnePlus Ace 5 series brings six new color options, all crafted using industry-leading flagship craftsmanship, paired with the exclusive ‘Ace Performance’ logo symbolizing OnePlus’s ultimate pursuit of gaming experience. Among them, the OnePlus Ace 5 in ‘Gravity Titanium’ and the OnePlus Ace 5 Pro in ‘Starry Purple’ adopt the industry-first ‘Star Track Glass Craftsmanship’, drawing thousands of star track textures on glass to bring a delicate overall hand feel. The OnePlus Ace 5 in ‘Sky Blue Porcelain’ and the OnePlus Ace 5 Pro in ‘White Moon Porcelain’ use the unique ceramic material with a Mohs hardness reaching 8.5, providing a warm touch and strong durability.

The OnePlus Ace 5 series adopts a flat-screen design, which can effectively reduce accidental touches on the edges during gaming operations. The overall body is thinner and lighter compared to the previous generation, while also using a 1:1 golden body weight ratio for excellent horizontal game grip feel. In terms of the frame, the OnePlus Ace 5 series uses a “micro-edge metal mid-frame” design, bringing a more delicate border touch feel with flagship-level metal sandblasting craftsmanship.

The top hardware configuration is fully maximized, creating the industry’s strongest performance experience.

The OnePlus Ace 5 series brings industry-leading performance configurations, all equipped with Snapdragon 8 series flagship processors. Among them, the OnePlus Ace 5 Pro is equipped with the year’s most powerful flagship processor Snapdragon 8 Ultimate Edition mobile platform, paired with the highest current industry specifications of LPDDR5T + UFS4.0 top memory specifications, achieving unprecedented strong performance capabilities, AnTuTu Benchmark platform comprehensive score as high as 3218978.

The OnePlus Ace 5 Pro is equipped with a brand-new cooling system called “Tiangong Cooling Elite,” specially designed for high-performance chips, providing excellent cooling performance with fast heat dissipation and low temperature sensing, ensuring smooth gaming experience for long periods of time. In terms of the most crucial VC structure for cooling, the OnePlus Ace 5 Pro features the debut of “Dual Ice Core VC,” which introduces a 3D stereo double-layer ultra-thin capillary structure that doubles the heat dissipation speed compared to the previous generation. Additionally, the OnePlus Ace 5 Pro also adopts an industry-first chip air duct design, customizing over 100 metal heat dissipation air ducts at the bottom of the chip to significantly reduce CPU core temperature, allowing for uninterrupted and non-overheating gameplay sessions. Furthermore, OnePlus has collaborated with professional PEL players on thermal tuning to achieve fast heat dissipation speeds and ensure comfortable grip without overheating, enabling ordinary users to have an ultimate esports-level gaming experience.

Many self-developed gaming technologies, creating a ceiling for gaming experience.

The OnePlus Ace 5 series not only has top-of-the-line hardware, but also brings many industry-leading gaming technologies to create a ceiling for the gaming industry and provide users with the ultimate gaming experience.

The OnePlus Ace 5 series is the first to be equipped with the industry’s first chip-level gaming technology designed specifically for gaming scenarios – “Wind Sprint Gaming Core”. This technology delves into the lowest level of the chip, starting from the core level, achieving a precise balance between performance requirements and performance supply. It not only allows the OnePlus Ace 5 series to play games for a long time without lagging or overheating but also breaks through the limitations of frame rate and image quality, bringing a clearer and smoother gaming experience.

At the GPU level, the ‘Gallop Game Core’ reconstructs the game rendering pipeline, improving GPU single-frame rendering efficiency by 80%, bringing an industry-exclusive native-level 120fps smooth experience. Compared to traditional external frame interpolation chips, native-level 120fps offers multiple advantages such as zero latency, good picture quality, 3nm flagship chip process, real measurable frame rate, low power consumption and high energy efficiency. Leading the industry by more than one generation. With this technology enhancement, OnePlus Ace 5 Pro can achieve a large open-world mobile game running at 120fps +1080P resolution smoothly without any lag for continuous 24 hours.

OnePlus Ace 5 Pro is the first to be equipped with the industry’s first chip specifically designed for mobile gaming networks – the e-sports Wi-Fi chip G1. When connected to the same router, OnePlus Ace 5 Pro has a network speed that is 50% higher compared to models on the same platform without the Wi-Fi chip, completely eliminating network latency and lag in games. At the same time, the e-sports Wi-Fi chip G1 also has ultra-long signal connection capability and penetration ability. In scenarios where signals need to penetrate walls, network latency is reduced by 30.2% compared to models on the same platform without a Wi-Fi chip. Even when penetrating through three walls at over 200 meters, OnePlus Ace 5 Pro maintains stable communication throughout, earning it the title of “Wall-Penetrating King” of Wi-Fi signals. Additionally, OnePlus Ace 5 Pro adopts a design with 13 e-sports antennas distributed around it, supporting technologies such as “Battle Flow Acceleration,” “AI Weak Network Enhancement,” and “Game Cloud Computing Private Network.” Even in student dormitories or weak network conditions, OnePlus Ace 5 series can maintain tournament-level smoothness.

With its powerful gaming performance, the OnePlus Ace 5 Pro has become the official competition device for the 2025 Peace Elite League (PEL) professional league and will officially debut in the PEL Spring Season of 2025.

The second generation 1.5K Eastern screen is launched for the first time, fully inheriting the flagship screen experience.

The second-generation Eastern screen carried by OnePlus 13 is the world’s first top-quality screen to receive DisplayMate A++ certification, which has been widely recognized by users upon its release. The OnePlus Ace 5 series debuts with a brand-new second-generation 1.5K Eastern screen, fully inheriting the top-tier screen experience of the OnePlus 13’s second-generation Eastern screen. This screen adopts X2 luminous material, with a peak brightness of 4500nit and a global highest brightness of 1600nit, also utilizing the latest 8T LTPO circuit design in conjunction with exclusive self-developed display chip Display P2 for more accurate color display and lower power consumption.

The OnePlus Ace 5 series also features the same “Bright Eye Protection 2.0” technology as the OnePlus 13, supporting the industry’s unique “True Full Brightness DC” and “Bright Eye Low Frequency Flash 2.0”, achieving a perfect combination of display, eye protection, and smoothness. In addition, the OnePlus Ace 5 series has comprehensively upgraded to include natural light display at full brightness, comfortable color temperature 2.0, rhythm health 2.0, hardware-level low blue light and AI eye protection technologies to protect the eye health of high-intensity gamers in all scenarios. With its leading eye protection technology in all dimensions, the second-generation 1.5K Oriental screen carried by the OnePlus Ace 5 series has obtained the “German Rhein TÜV Intelligent Eye Protection 4.0 Certification”.

At the same time, the OnePlus Ace 5 series also features the well-received ‘glove touch’ function. Based on 46 self-developed touch algorithms, the OnePlus Ace 5 series optimizes the touch experience throughout the entire chain, dynamically adjusting user touch thresholds in real-time. In winter outdoor scenarios, users can reply to messages and open the camera without taking off their gloves, making it easy to complete screen touch operations.

The industry’s highest energy density glacier battery, gaming with long-lasting endurance to the end

The OnePlus Ace 5 series is equipped with a new generation of glacier batteries designed for high-performance smartphones, featuring the debut of the new ‘biomorphic spherical silicon-carbon’ material. The battery contains up to 10% silicon content, achieving an industry-leading energy density of 859Wh/L. Even with a massive capacity battery of up to 6400mAh, the overall thickness can be reduced to as low as 8.02mm, achieving longer endurance in a lighter and thinner form factor.

The OnePlus Ace 5 series is equipped with the supreme 100W Super Flash Charge, which can quickly fill up the battery in just 35 minutes. At the same time, the OnePlus Ace 5 series also supports Smart Charging Engine 5.0, intelligently identifying charging scenarios to ensure efficient charging experience while maximizing charging safety. In addition, the OnePlus Ace 5 Pro also introduces industry-leading “bypass power supply” function, reducing battery charge and discharge cycles by directly supplying power to the phone system, extending battery life and significantly alleviating overheating issues in the device.

The flagship main camera is paired with flagship algorithms, capturing every wonderful moment clearly.

The OnePlus Ace 5 series is equipped with the flagship Sony IMX906 main camera across the board. Compared to the previous generation, its light sensitivity has increased by 27%, effectively improving dark noise control in night photos. In addition to the flagship imaging hardware configuration, the OnePlus Ace 5 series also fully inherits OnePlus’s flagship image algorithms ‘Super Light and Shadow Image Quality Algorithm’ and ‘Super Light and Shadow Image Algorithm’. The OnePlus Ace 5 Pro features a flagship ‘Shadowless Capture’, providing users with top-notch capture experience to record every exciting moment. Furthermore, the OnePlus Ace 5 Pro supports ‘Soft Light Portrait’ and ‘Film Style’ style engines, allowing users to easily capture masterful images full of texture.

The OnePlus Ace 5 series has also been upgraded with “Live Photos 2.0”, which not only supports full focal length shooting, beauty functions, cover editing, ProXDR display for covers and many other functions but also now supports transfer with iPhone. In terms of image AI functions, the OnePlus Ace 5 series also features upgrades such as AI noise reduction, AI anti-glare, AI super clear pixels and other AI imaging functions.

ColorOS 15 provides a smooth Android experience

The OnePlus Ace 5 series comes pre-installed with ColorOS 15, featuring two self-developed engines – the “Tide Engine” and the “Aurora Engine” – to create a silky-smooth Android experience. Additionally, it supports various exclusive features: “One-touch Transfer” easily achieves cross-ecosystem transfers with iPhones; the new “Fluid Cloud” displays important information in real-time; and the new “Super Little Cloth Assistant” helps users solve problems at their fingertips. From the foundation to applications, it comprehensively innovates user experience.

Multiple IoT products are being launched simultaneously, bringing a superlative gaming interconnection experience.

The OnePlus tablet is available in two colors: Taiga Green and Deep Space Gray. It is equipped with the flagship Tianji 8350 chip, offering a maximum storage combination of 16GB+512GB. The OnePlus tablet features an 11.6-inch 2.8K 144Hz golden ratio high refresh rate screen, which not only displays clearly but also provides a comfortable grip; it supports 67W super flash charging and has a durable battery capacity of 9520mAh, as well as intelligent power-saving for up to 70 days, ensuring long-lasting durability. The OnePlus tablet runs on ColorOS 15 system, which is not only smooth and user-friendly but also possesses system-level AI capabilities supporting functions such as one-click screen capture, AI smart documents, AI voice summaries etc., making both learning and work more efficient and convenient. In addition, the OnePlus tablet also supports communication sharing, touch interconnection, file opening at will etc., allowing for enjoyable gaming experiences while facilitating efficient studying – making it the preferred choice for contemporary college students.

The newly released OnePlus Ace 5 series is equipped with the flagship Snapdragon 8 series platform. With the support of the “Wind Sprint Game Core”, it brings the strongest gaming experience in its class. Additionally, the OnePlus Ace 5 series offers a leading flagship experience in terms of design, screen, imaging, charging and battery life. Furthermore, the OnePlus Ace 5 series also comes at a very competitive price! The starting price for OnePlus Ace 5 is 2299 yuan, while OnePlus Ace 5 Pro starts at 3399 yuan.

At this launch event, OnePlus introduced protective cases and various new year-themed accessories for the Ace 5 series. The smart lifestyle protective case for OnePlus Ace 5 series is priced at 39 yuan. The OnePlus 120W All-Purpose Charger costs249 yuan; the Oneplus100W SUPERVOOC Mobile Power Supply costs269 yuan; and finally,the Oneplus Double Type-C Gaming Gathering Cable costs79yuan.

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