A OnePlus 15 review is out even before the phone officially launchesConfirming the 165Hz display significantly improves FPS gaming.

A OnePlus 15 review is out even before the phone officially launches

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TL;DR

• A YouTuber has reviewed the OnePlus 15’s gaming performance ahead of its official launch.
• The OnePlus 15 is confirmed to arrive with a 165Hz display and the recently unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
• The reviewer confirms that the increase to 165Hz refresh rate aids in gameplay, especially for FPS games.

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Qualcomm’s latest flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, is less than a week old. And in the mere span of two days, we’ve already seen the first set of phones, under the Xiaomi 17 series, launch with this chipset. Meanwhile, other brands have also confirmed their flagship devices to be powered by the same chipset. One of the upcoming phones, the OnePlus 15, has been officially teased with a redesigned camera island. Even before the phone’s launch, we’ve come across the OnePlus 15 being put through its paces for a performance and gaming review.

The review comes courtesy of YouTuber Geekerwan, who has tested the OnePlus 15’s performance in a wide range of synthetic benchmarks, as well as in resource-intensive game titles. According to the reviewer, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 outshines Apple’s A19 Pro seen on the iPhone 17 Pro, as well as the recently unveiled Dimensity 9500, in CPU performance. In GPU performance, as determined with 3DMark’s Steel Nomad Light test, the Snapdragon chipset leads the A19 Pro but lags behind the Dimensity 9500.

Confirming the 165Hz display significantly improves FPS gaming.Tushar Mehta2025-09-26T10:32:11.000Z{}