Source: Apoorva Bhardwaj / Android Central
With the OnePlus 9 Pro, OnePlus has shown that it can deliver an all-round package that measures up to the best Android phones in the market today. The OnePlus 9 takes that same formula but at a more accessible price point.
Then we have the OnePlus 9R. The phone is positioned as the value option in the OnePlus 9 lineup, slotting in at ₹10,000 ($135) less than the OnePlus 9. But in reality, the OnePlus 9R is just a rebranded OnePlus 8T with a new design for the rear camera housing.
Of course, this isn t the first time OnePlus did this. The OnePlus 7 was effectively the same phone as the OnePlus 6T, but with new camera modules and an upgraded chipset. It s no surprise, then, that the OnePlus 9R is limited to India and China. OnePlus isn t launching the phone in other markets because it also understands that the 9R doesn t offer anything substantially different to the 8T.