OnePlus 11 Concept demos new cooling tech for smartphones

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OnePlus doesn't have a new phone to show off at Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, but it did have a new concept. The OnePlus 11 Concept phone shows off what active cooling technology looks like on a smartphone. It sports an Active CryoFlux design that you can see off the back of the phone, reminiscent of cooling pipes you'll see on PC rigs. 

What this does for the phone is it reduces the temperature up to 2.1℃, improving the frame rate by three or four frames per second during gameplay. When charging, it also brings down the temp by 1.6℃, which shaves off 30 to 45 seconds from the charging time.

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OnePlus 11 Concept gets PC-like LEDs on the back

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OnePlus hasn't taken too many big leaps when it comes to the OnePlus 11's design. But it looks like it had other concepts in mind, specifically on a device aptly called the OnePlus 11 Concept. The company teases the smartphone ahead of Mobile World Congress on February 27. It features a rear design with LED lights akin to what you see on PCs. This "flowing back" look features a meandering stream-like LED pattern around the camera and through the unibody glass design.

With the OnePlus 11 packing in some gaming-worthy specs, this design seems to make sense. As Engadget pointed out, it seems reminiscent of the Nothing phone (1)'s transparent light-up back, which, as you may know, is from a company formed by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei. We don't know if this phone will be released or if it lives up to that concept name. Either way, we'll learn more on the 27th at 3 PM ET.

OnePlus collaborated with Keychron to launch a new mechanical keyboard

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OnePlus continues to grow its portfolio beyond phones and other mobile devices. Aside from launching the OnePlus 11 and OnePlus Buds Pro 2, and teasing the OnePlus Pad, the company also introduced its upcoming OnePlus Featuring Keyboard 81 Pro. It might seem like a clunky name, but the OnePlus Featuring name is what the brand calls those coming out of its co-creation platform. It worked with well-known mechanical keyboard maker Keychron to bring the 81 Pro to life.

The wireless Keyboard 81 Pro has a similar layout to Keychron's Q1 Pro and features a CNC aluminum body with a specialized double gasket. You can pick between red linear or blue clicky switches, but they're hot-swappable so you can customize your typing experience further with other switches.

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This is what we know so far about the OnePlus Pad

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The first OnePlus Pad is arriving soon, so the company deemed it alright to start talking about its tablet now. It packs in some decent specs that it might be considered a worthy buy, but we'd have to find out what the price point is first to make that statement true. It gets an 11.6-inch display with an unusual 7:5 aspect ratio paired with a speedy 144Hz refresh rate. It might be easier to grip with its "2.5D" edge and a central camera hump that you'll less likely cover with your fingers. For entertainment lovers, this tablet gets Dolby Atmos audio.

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