With less than two weeks until OnePlus' next big phone launch event on April 14, leaks surrounding the upcoming OnePlus 8 lineup are pouring in. And the latest leaks come from DisplayMate testing, revealing some key information about the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro displays.

As reported by PCMag, DisplayMate seems particularly pleased with the performance of the OnePlus 8 Pro's panel, with a "2K+ high-resolution display" and a 120Hz refresh rate comparable to Samsung's Galaxy S20 series screens They say.

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau admits in this article that the company "once again worked with Samsung Display" in the development of the OnePlus 8 line. The 120Hz panel used in the latest Galaxy devices delivers the brightest and smoothest animations Tom's Guide has ever tested, with one caveat: Galaxy S20 users are essentially forced to prioritize animation speed or sharpness. forced to do so, but it is unclear at this stage whether the OnePlus 8 Pro will carry over this limitation. [DisplayMate has also recorded record brightness figures for the OnePlus 8 Pro, which, when set to auto-brightness, appears to be able to reach 1,009 nits in high light, with 50% of the panel displaying images.

DisplayMate's analysis suggests that the OnePlus 8 Pro cannot claim the same peak when auto-brightness is turned off; PCMag's Sascha Segan notes that many Android phones cannot achieve true maximum brightness under manual settings

In particular, GalnePlus 8 Pro does not claim the same peak.

In particular, the Galaxy S20 Plus recorded a peak value of 847 nits for full-screen auto-brightness. This is not directly comparable to DisplayMate's methodology, which uses 50% of the screen rather than a fully lit display. (OLED panels can devote more luminance to a small portion of the screen rather than the entire screen.)

Nevertheless, these figures show how cell phone manufacturers consistently outperform each other in terms of display quality, brightness, and refresh rate with each new model. The DisplayMate study also mentions the new anti-reflective coating on the new OnePlus screens, with the 8 Pro showing "near the lowest screen reflectivity level ever measured for a smartphone.

Last year, OnePlus made a strong marketing push for the OnePlus 7 Pro's 90Hz Fluid AMOLED screen, which it said was the most advanced panel on any phone at the time of its release and the most advanced panel OnePlus had ever put on any phone before. He stated that it was more sophisticated than any screen OnePlus had ever had on any phone before. What we now know about the OnePlus 8, and especially the Pro version, is that the company intends to further increase its focus on display quality.