The OnePlus 8 Pro has seen several leaks in the lead up to its likely launch in mid-April, but this one takes the cake: a photo popped up allegedly revealing the phone in the hands of actor Robert Downey, Jr.Downey, Jr, of course, portrayed Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Avengers films - but hes also done promotional work for OnePlus before.
Shortly after the release of Avengers: Endgame, the actor appeared on Weibo last May showing off a OnePlus 7 Pro, per The Verge.Assuming this latest leaked photo is real, it shows what were guessing to be a OnePlus 8 Pro given the potential depth sensors located left of the rear camera strip, which supports previous leaks and rumors.
Here's the photo:The photo comes courtesy of the instagram account robertdowney.ig, a self-described RDJ fanpage.
The closer you look at the image, the less cohesive it looks - suggesting it might be photoshopped.First comes the phone: yes, it looks a lot like the OnePlus 8 Pro leaks weve seen before, insofar as it has the left-of-center potential depth sensors - but it certainly looks awkward in his hands there, with some odd placement (who holds their phone just right to expose the back like that?) and lighting that doesnt match the rest of the photo.
In fact, the lighting is kind of all over the place, hitting Downey, Jr.
differently than the other figure.That other figure, by the way, appears to be Sam Jones, noted photographer and director who had Downey, Jr.
on his long-form interview show Off Camera in an episode that airedon July 15, 2019.Even if the image is fake, OnePlus might still be behind it: the phonemaker is not above pulling stunts, like when it pitted snowball-firing robots against each other to show off 5G connectivity.Via GSM Arena