OnePlus Ace and Ace Race Edition: True Budget Phones From OnePlus

OnePlus is not known for its budget phone until recent years. Then again, the Nord and Nord N Series weren’t exactly budget. On a parallel development, OnePlus is not big in China even though it is a China-based company. But it looks like the Oppo-owned, BKK Electronics company is determined to change that too.

OnePlus Ace and Ace Race Edition Smartphones

In addition to the regular flagships, OnePlus has recently introduced its budget devices in China (the Nord series wasn’t available in China), the OnePlus Ace series. Wait a minute. Is OnePlus being handed with one of Oppo’s babies? It looks like Oppo has moved its Ace line to OnePlus.

Anyways, the Ace was revealed last month, and yesterday, China time, an even cheaper version known as “Race Edition” was revealed. Well, about that… While both the OnePlus Ace and OnePlus Ace Racing Edition appeared to be from the same series, the design of the phones was entirely different.

The Ace has a la Apple 13 square off design while the Race Edition has more curves and rocks a seamless camera bump adopted by Oppo Find X3, and later Oppo Find X5 and Find N.

Price-wise, OnePlus Ace starts at 2,499 yuan which works out to be around 370 bucks. The Racing Edition is even more affordable, starting at 1,999 yuan, or about US$296. Now, those are truly affordable OnePlus that we may not have imagined being possible just a few years ago. Keep going to find a table of the key specs for the two devices.

	OnePlus Ace	OnePlus Ace Race Edition
Display	The Basics: 6.7-inch QHD+ (2,412 x 1,080 pixels, 394 ppi) 60/90/120 Hz Flexible OLED display 20:9 aspect ratio Brightness: 500 nits (typical), 800 nits under sunlight Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5 Features: Eye protection mode Automatic and manual brightness adjustment Screen color temperature adjustment HDR video highlight mode Dark mode Screen refresh rate switching	The Basics: 6.59-inch FHD+ (2,412 x 1,080 pixels, 401 ppi) 120 Hz LCD (LTPS) display 240 Hz Touch Sampling Rate Brightness: 480 nits (typical), 600 nits under sunlight
Chipset	MediaTek Dimensity 8100-MAX Up to 2.85GHz clock speed	Custom MediaTek Dimensity 8100-MAX CPU process: TSMC 5 nm Number of CPU cores: Octacore processor (4 x large cores + 4 x small cores), up to 2.85 GHz clock speed GPU: ARM Odin MC6 850MHz AI: APU 5.0 (AI processor)
Memory	RAM: 8 GB/12 GB LPDDR5 @ 6400MHz 4×16bit ROM: 128 GB/256 GB/512 GB UFS 3.1 2-LANE Available configurations: 8 GB + 128 GB 8 GB + 256 GB 12 GB + 256 GB 12 GB + 512 GB	RAM: 8 GB/12 GB LPDDR5 ROM: 128 GB/256 GB UFS 3.1 Available configurations: 8 GB + 128 GB 8 GB + 256 GB 12 GB + 256 GB
Camera	REAR CAMERA: Main Camera Sensor: Sony IMX766 Sensor Size: 1/1.56" Megapixels: 50 Pixel Size: 1.0 µm OIS: Yes Lens Quantity: 6P Focal Length: 23.6 mm equivalent Effective Focal Length: 5.59 mm Lens FoV: 84.4° Aperture: ƒ1.88 Ultra-Wide Camera Sensor: Sony IMX355 Sensor Size: 1/4" Megapixels: 8 Pixel Size: 1.12 µm Lens Quantity: 5P Focal Length: 15.5 mm equivalent Effective Focal Length: 1.64 mm Lens FoV: 119.7° Aperture: ƒ2.2 Macro Camera Sensor: GC02M1 Megapixels: 2 Pixel Size: 1.75 µm Lens Quantity: 3P Focal Length: 21.88 mm equivalent Effective Focal Length: 1.77 mm Lens FoV: 88.8° Aperture: ƒ2.4 It does not support optical zoom, supports 20x digital zoom, Flick Sensor, PDAF, single LED flash Video: 4K/30fps 1080p@30/60fps 720p@60/30fps Video slow-mo: 1080p@240fps, 720p@480fps Video zoom shooting: 4K/30fps, 1080p@60/30fps, 720p@60/30fps Rear Camera Features: Night Scene Mode, Portrait Mode, Professional Mode, Movie Mode, Panorama Mode, Time Lapse Mode, Dual Scene Recording Mode, Tilt-Shift Mode, Sweep, Super Text, Beauty, Lock Focus, AI Scene Recognition, Filters, Night scene video, Video HDR, Video beauty Front Camera Sensor: Samsung S5K3P9 Megapixels: 16 Aperture: ƒ2.4 Video: 1080p/720p@30fps, default 1080p@30fps (beauty enabled by default) Front Camera Features: Face Unlock, HDR, Flash, Beauty, NO video zoom, No video slo-mo	REAR CAMERA: Main Camera Sensor: U/K Megapixels: 64 Lens Quantity: 6P Focal Length: 24 mm equivalent Lens FoV: 81° Aperture: ƒ1.7 OIS: NA EIS: Yes AF: Yes Wide-angle Camera Megapixels: 8 Lens Quantity: 5P Lens FoV: 112° Aperture: ƒ2.2 Macro Camera Megapixels: 2 Lens Quantity: 5P Lens FoV: 79° Aperture: ƒ2.05 Video: 4K/30fps 1080p@60/30fps 720p@60/30fps Video stabilization (EIS) 1080p@60fps Video slow-mo: 1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps Video zoom shooting: 4K/30fps, 1080p@60/30fps, 720p@60/30fps Multi-view video support 1080p@30fps Rear Camera Features: Photo, Video, Night Scene, Professional, Panorama, Portrait, Time-lapse Photography, Slow-mo, Super Text, Multi-view Video, Movie, Sweep, Macro Front Camera Sensor: U/K Megapixels: 16 Lens Quantity: 5P Lens FoV: 79° Pixel Size: U/K µm Aperture: ƒ2.05 Video: 1080p/720p@30fps, default 1080p@30fps (beauty enabled by default) Front support video stabilization 1080p/720p@30fps Front Camera Features: Photo, Video, Panorama, Portrait, Night Scene, Time-lapse Photography
Battery	Dual battery 4,500 mAh (non-removable) 150W SuperVOOC Supplied with a 160W SuperVOOC charging brick	5,000 mAh (typ) (non-removable) Support 67W Super Flash Charge Support SuperVOOC 2.0, SuperVOOC, VOOC 3.0, PD3.0 (9V/2A), QC2.0 (9V/2A) fast charging protocol Supplied with 67W charging brick
Network	Dual SIM support (nano SIM) LTE/LTE-A 4×4 MIMO; Band 1/3/38/41 4×4 MIMO; Other Band: 2×2 MIMO Band SIM 1 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz 2G: CDMA2000 1X (800MHz) 3G: CDMA2000 EVDO (800MHz) 3G: UMTS (WCDMA) bands 1/2/4/5/6/8/19 4G: TD-LTE bands 34/38/39/40/41 4G: LTE FDD bands 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/18/19/26/28A 5G: n1/3/5/8/28A/40/41/77/78 SIM 2 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz 2G: CDMA2000 1X (800MHz) 3G: CDMA2000 EVDO (800MHz) 3G: UMTS (WCDMA) bands 1/2/4/5/6/8/19 4G: TD-LTE bands 34/38/39/40/41 4G: LTE FDD bands 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/18/19/26/28A 5G: n1/3/5/8/28A/40/41/77/78	Dual SIM support (nano SIM) 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz 2G: CDMA BC0 (800MHz) 3G: CDMA 2000 BC0 (800MHz) 3G: UMTS (WCDMA) bands 1/4/5/8/19 4G: TD-LTE bands 34/38/39/40/41 (194MHz) 4G: LTE FDD bands 1/3/4/5/7/8/18/19/28A 5G: n1/3/5/8/28A/41/77/78
Connectivity	Support Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN 2.4G/WLAN 5.1G/WLAN 5.8G Support Wi-Fi Display; Wi-Fi network sharing Supports 2×2 MIMO; 8 Spatial-stream sounding MU-MIMO NFC, NFC-SIM Bluetooth 5.3, BLE USB 2.0 (USB Type-C interface) Support standard Type-C earphone	Support Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN 2.4G/WLAN 5.1G/WLAN 5.8G Support Wi-Fi Display; Wi-Fi network sharing Supports 2×2 MIMO; 8 Spatial-stream sounding MU-MIMO NFC Bluetooth 5.3, BLE USB version unknown (USB Type-C interface)
Location	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo Positioning System	GPS, support A-GPS, Beidou, Glonass, GALILEO, QZSS
Sensors	Sensors NFC Fingerprint Sensor G-sensor Electronic compass Gyroscope Color temperature sensor Proximity sensor Sensor Hub MTK Sensor Core SAR Sensor No SAR Sensor, support SAR function Motor Customized X-axis vibration motor	Sensors NFC Fingerprint Sensor (side mounted) Ambient Light Sensor Proximity Sensor Geomagnetic Sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope Support Pedometer Function
Audio	Features: Dual Stereo Speakers Dual Microphones Supported Audio Formats: U/K	Features: U/K Supported Audio Formats: U/K
Video	Supported Video Formats: U/K	Supported Video Formats: U/K
Dimensions	163.3 × 75.5 × 8.2 mm, 186g	164.3 x 75.8 x 8.7 mm, 205g
Colors	Black, Blue	Black, Blue
OS	ColorOS 12.1 based on Android 12	ColorOS 12.1 based on Android 12
Others	No headphone jack, Custom super-crystalline graphite heat dissipation material, VC heat dissipation, up to 35,198.2 mm square of heat dissipation area, Fingerprint Unlock.	3.5mm headphone jack, Face Unlock, Side-mounted Fingerprint Sensor, Razer-collab Virtual Keyboards.