The OnePlus 8 is the first big Android product to come after Samsung's Galaxy S20 series and will likely have many similar features. One of them is 5G support.

Android Authority discovered the LinkedIn profile of a OnePlus engineer. There, his skills with the Snapdragon X55 5G modem and the Snapdragon 865 chipset (codenamed SM8250) are listed. It can be seen in the following screenshots.

Other codename combinations indicate that this person is working on the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G and OnePlus 7 Pro 5G McLaren. in a recent interview with CNET, OnePlus CEO and founder Pete Lau said that the company is "throwing everything we have at 5G In a recent interview with CNET, OnePlus CEO and founder Pete Lau said that the company is "fully committed to 5G," so it is not much of a surprise that OnePlus will make its next flagship 5G-enabled.

Another piece of noteworthy news gleaned from this LinkedIn profile fragment is that the engineer was specifically working on a Verizon version of the phone; Verizon already sells the OnePlus 7 Pro, and before that the OnePlus 6T has sold the OnePlus 6T.

The only downside to focusing on 5G is that OnePlus is slowly losing its identity as a handset maker that sells the best technology to users at surprisingly low prices The OnePlus 7 Pro already heralds a shift to higher prices. And depending on other technologies that the OnePlus 8 adds, rumored to include a 120Hz display and wireless charging, the OnePlus 8's price could be even greater.