The iPhone 18 Pro Max is not the best phone for gaming, leak says the OnePlus 16 is going to be

The iPhone 18 Pro Max has officially launched. One might think that this phone will top the benchmark charts and excel at mobile gaming. The latest leak says otherwise.

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OnePlus 16 could become the e-sports gaming champion. | Image by PhoneArena
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The iPhone 18 Pro Max has officially launched equipped with Apple's new A20 silicon. One might think that this phone will top the benchmark charts and excel at mobile gaming. The latest leak says otherwise.

OnePlus 16 to get three custom chips made for gaming



Even though OnePlus decided to exit the US and European markets, the interest toward the upcoming OnePlus 16 flagship has been at healthy levels. The latest leak hypes the phone even more, because it claims that the OnePlus 16 will feature three in-house-developed new chips, dedicated to making mobile gaming better.

The leak comes from the prolific tipster Digital Chat Station. They posted on Weibo a big chunk of exclusive information in regard to the OnePlus 16.

According to the leak, the three chips mentioned are a new P4 display chip, a G3 network chip, and a T3 touch response chip.

OnePlus to focus on e-sports with the OnePlus 16



Digital Chat Station says that OnePlus has been working on a new version of its e-sports technology. The previous model, the OnePlus 15, featured a dedicated touch response chip, paired with a G2 WiFi silicon for faster and more stable connection.



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The upcoming flagship model will further improve on that with a fourth-generation display chip and new touch response and network silicon as well.

The beating heart of the phone is expected to be Qualcomm's fastest yet-to-be-unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro chip (also called Extreme in some leaks).

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First-person shooter games with native 185 Hz support are coming.




If you like FPS (first-person shooter) games, you're in luck. The new silicon was reportedly developed together with FPS game studios to allow higher frame-rate gaming on mobile devices.

The post from Digital Chat Station mentions native 185 Hz FPS gaming, which sounds quite impressive.

The iPhone 18 Pro Max, for comparison, scored 4,725 and 12,575 in the Geekbench single-core and multi-core tests, respectively. Early leaked Geekbench results for the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro come in at 3,582 (single-core) and 12,247 (multi-core) points.

On paper, the iPhone 18 Pro Max wins, but the three custom chips inside the OnePlus 16 could make it the new gaming champion.

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