Upper mid-range · 2022

OnePlus Ace Racing

Nobody owns this yet

Our Take

CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A37

Best for

Strength 67W fast charging, All-day battery (5000mAh)

Extras Cooling system, Curved display

Watch out No Google Play, No more updates

6.59″ IPS LCD · 120Hz

8100 Max 8 / 128 GB

5000 mAh 67W charging

64 MP 3 rear · 16 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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Full specifications

Display

6.59″ · IPS LCD · 1080 × 2412 · 120 Hz · HDR

Smooth scrolling

A standard LCD panel. Fine indoors, watch out for sunlight legibility.

Screen size

6.59"

Panel type

IPS LCD

Resolution

1080 × 2412 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Brightness

480 nits

HDR

Supported

Performance

Mediatek Dimensity 8100 Max (5 nm) · 8-core 2.85 GHz · Mali-G610 MC6

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Mediatek Dimensity 8100 Max (5 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

AnTuTu

880,532

v10

CPU

8-core, 2.85 GHz

GPU

Mali-G610 MC6

Process

5 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

4x Cortex A78 2.85 GHz + 4x Cortex A55 2.0 GHz

Software & updates

Android 12, ColorOS 12.1 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 12, ColorOS 12.1

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

64 MP f/1.7 main · 16 MP selfie · 4K video

4K video

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

64 MP f/1.7

Ultrawide

8 MP f/2.2

Macro

2 MP

Front camera

16 MP f/2.1

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Camera extras

RAW, Night mode

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

5000 mAh · 67 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5000 mAh

Wired charging

67 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Stereo · Hi-Res

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Hi-Res audio

Supported

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Microphones

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Configurations

8/128GB · 8/256GB · 12/256GB

Storage type

UFS 3.1

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.3

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, BeiDou (B1)

USB

USB-C 2.0

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

Yes

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G works · 5G works No B20 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G BC0, B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B5, B8, B19

4G B1, B3, B5, B7, B8, B18, B19, B28a

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28a, n41, n77, n78

Build & Design

205 g · 8.7 mm

Height

164.3 mm

Width

75.8 mm

Thickness

8.7 mm

Weight

205 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 14

Loses on most 1 win 3 losses

52% larger battery capacity

67 W vs 18 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 3,279 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

881k vs 1.4M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 4K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 205 g vs 172 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S22 5G

Loses on most 1 win 4 losses

35% larger battery capacity

67 W vs 25 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 3,700 mAh battery

Weaker display tech

IPS LCD vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.59″ vs 6.1″ screen

Lower benchmark score

881k vs 1.0M AnTuTu

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · — vs Telephoto · OIS · 4K @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 24 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 205 g vs 167 g

Full comparison

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