Because we liked the OnePlus 10 Pro so much, we're already excited to see what the OnePlus 11 will bring in 2023 - even though we're not expecting it to launch for a long, long time.

This will likely be the first OnePlus phone of the year, though we're expecting many entries to the company's Nord line in the meantime. It'll likely be one of the best Android phones of the year, going by the last few entries in the family, though we'll need to wait and see.

We haven't heard many rumors about the OnePlus 11 so far. Normally we'd create a rumor hub listing every leak and report, but until we've heard anything major, we've written a wish-list that you can read below.

Cut to the chase

OnePlus 11 price and availability

Going by precedent, we'll likely see the OnePlus 11 family debut in the first few months of the year - maybe staggered by region, like the OnePlus 10 Pro was, but hopefully at one big launch event, like for the company's previous phones.

It's harder to judge price though, and that's because there wasn't a 'standard' OnePlus 10, with a premium-but-not-super-premium price.

So we can make a good guess at the OnePlus 11 Pro's price - it'll likely cost around $899 / £799 (roughly AU$1,400), which is how much its predecessor set you back. If a non-Pro device launches, it'll be a little cheaper.

OnePlus 11: what we want to see

After testing the OnePlus 10 Pro and other handsets from the company, and the wider Android world, here are some changes we want the OnePlus 11 to bring.

1. A non-Pro version

Is the OnePlus 10 Pro really 'Pro' if there isn't a standard version? No, not really, we'd say - but for some reason, OnePlus' only flagship phone of 2022 had that suffix.

Since there's only one phone in the family, OnePlus can only put out a handset at a certain price tag. This means people wanting a more affordable alternative, or super-premium version, don't have anything to buy.

We'd like to see the OnePlus 11 come with at least two members of the family, and maybe a third too - be it a Lite, Ultra or Pro Plus version.

2. A less convoluted launch

When phone makers launch their devices with lots of pomp and fanfare, it can really drive up excitement for the mobile... but the exact opposite happened for the OnePlus 10 Pro.

The device originally launched in January, but that was just for the Chinese market - it was launched for the global market in February at MWC 2022 , and then saw yet another unveiling event in April, which actually was followed by a release for certain markets.

That's very confusing for the average buyer and meant that, by the time it was actually available to buy, the OnePlus 10 Pro was old news. We'd like this whole procedure to be more condensed in 2023 so we're not waiting months to buy the OnePlus 11.

3. Charging equality

The OnePlus 10 Pro had lovely 80W fast charging, ensuring the device could go from 0% to 100% in the same time it takes you to watch an episode of your favorite sit-com....

... that is, unless you live in the US. The OnePlus 10 Pro there only powers at 65W, which is still fast, but definitely not 80W fast.

We'd like the charging speeds to be equal for the OnePlus 11, so people in the US aren't getting an inferior phone.

4. A better zoom camera

The OnePlus 10 Pro isn't the best phone for zoom photography - though its 3.3x telephoto lens lets you zoom further than some similar-priced rivals, we do like seeing 'Pro' devices that get you 5x or even 10x further away (though maybe that latter is more of an 'Ultra' feature).

What's not as great is the 8MP sensor that accompanies this lens - not only is that a little low-res for a smartphone camera, but it reduces the possibility of digital zoom beyond the optical limit.

We'd like to see more of a focus on zoom photography in the OnePlus 11, to give photographers the opportunity to shine.

5. A smaller alternative

The OnePlus 10 Pro is a big phone, and that's not necessarily a bad thing, as you get lots of screen space - but it does make the device hard to hold for people with smaller hands.

If the OnePlus 11 does come with multiple versions as we've already wished for, we'd like one to be smaller, to cater for people who don't want a giant monster.

We saw Xiaomi make this move with the Xiaomi 12 , offering a smaller handset than it had previously made, and Samsung has done it for a while too. Hopefully, then, OnePlus will follow suit.

Canon wants to dominate the mirrorless camera market with the EOS R range

Canon has revealed its business strategy plans for 2022 onwards and, for fans of the camera maker, there's good news. Canon is keen to "establish global no.1 share even in mirrorless cameras" and will "further enhance lineup of EOS R system cameras and lenses".

This really shouldn't come as a big surprise – and probably wouldn't be too hard to achieve – considering the momentum Canon has built up since the launch of the EOS R5 and EOS R6 bodies, which it soon followed up with the EOS R3 and the video-centric EOS R5 C . And there's already quite a few new RF lenses too, including the monster RF 1200mm f/8L IS USM .

There's been plenty of talk about a potential EOS R flagship coming this year in the form of what's been dubbed the EOS R1 , plus a possible EOS R7 that's rumored to be an APS-C format camera with an RF mount. There's even been chatter about the EOS RP being replaced by a refreshed (and hopefully just as affordable) model.

While Canon's business strategy doesn't lay any firm roadmap for developing new bodies, the company seems very keen on expanding its RF lens range "at the same pace". To put that into firm numbers: Canon added eight new RF lenses to its stable in 2021, so we can expect another eight this year (if the camera maker manages to keep to the "same pace"), totalling 32 in four years' time.

Analysis: focusing on the future of Canon cameras

The EOS R system isn't Canon's sole priority, though. There's the Cinema line of bodies and lenses that's also being expanded at a steady pace, plus all the concept cameras that Canon keeps experimenting with (remember the PowerShot Zoom and PowerShot Pick ?).

For example, there's the new virtual reality video system called Kokomo that Canon teased at CES 2022 . According to the manufacturer, Kokomo is an "exciting new way of connecting" by allowing users to make video calls in a 3D environment. This is consumer-facing too and could find Canon some new fans.

As interesting as the concepts are, Canon's enthusiast/prosumer cameras and lenses are stealing the show, at least according to the latest numbers coming out of Japan.

Even during the Covid-19 pandemic, Canon saw sustained growth resulting from its shift to concentrating on making its best mirrorless cameras so far. Despite that, the January 2022 BCN Awards (which recognizes the sales achievements of camera manufacturers each year) showed that Canon could have actually sold more DSLRs in 2021 than the previous year, which might seem rather counterintuitive but proves that DSLRs are still hanging on (which might be good news for Pentax ).

As per Canon's 2021 financial report , its interchangeable lens camera sales dropped only by 1% last year as compared to 2020, holding over half (52%) of the global ILC market, which is a pretty remarkable achievement when the world of tech was plagued by part shortages and other knock-on effects of the pandemic.

So clearly Canon is doing something right. Despite its overheating issues, the EOS R5 stole headlines, while the EOS R6 gave the average consumer a chance to purchase a remarkable full-frame mirrorless camera to match the R5's performance. And while a high-res body to compete with the Sony A7R IV is interesting, I'm really holding out for something that sits between the EOS R5 and R6 – something with maybe 32MP sensor resolution but the same autofocus performance.

According to the same BCN Awards report mentioned above, Canon is still behind Sony in the mirrorless market, but not that far behind (28.2% versus 32% respectively). Sony, however, has an extensive range of native lenses for its full-framers. With Canon's plans to expand its RF line "at the same pace", the brand will be able to compete even harder with its main mirrorless rival.

So Canon's goal to dominate the world of mirrorless cameras might be achievable if it keeps the momentum going and can keep up with demand.

New Call of Duty 2022: everything we know about Modern Warfare 2

A new Call of Duty is coming in 2022, with developer Infinity Ward confirming this year's offering will be a sequel to 2019's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

The release of another new COD game this year won't come as a surprise to fans. After all, the first-person shooter series has a fairly reliable release schedule and 2022 won't change that  –  2023, on the other hand, could be another story .

While Infinity Ward is so far being fairly tight-lipped about what we can expect from Call of Duty 2022, publisher Activision Blizzard has claimed that the upcoming Modern Warfare sequel will be "the most advanced experience in franchise history" and stated that the upcoming Warzone 2 is being built "from the ground up" alongside it. Details on exactly how this will be achieved haven't been shared, but it may not be long until we find out more as the game's logo was revealed at the tail end of April.

Want to know more about Call of Duty 2022? Read on for everything we know about the new entry in the series and all the latest rumors.

New Call of Duty 2022: cut to the chase

Currently, no release date or platforms have been confirmed for Call of Duty 2022, but Activision has confirmed the new Call of Duty is (no surprise) on track to release sometime this year.

Typically, Call of Duty games release in November but prominent Call of Duty leaker Tom Henderson claims he has heard "rumblings" that the Modern Warfare sequel will instead release one month earlier, in October, with a reveal taking place "in the summer" and a "big" Warzone update coming soon after.

Adding some credence to this, in a report on a potential delay to 2023's Call of Duty release from Treyarch, Bloomberg said that this year's Call of Duty is "set to come out this fall". Adding even more weight to Henderson's claims, Activision Blizzard itself has since confirmed that Warzone 2 will be revealed this year while leaker Ralph on Twitter has claimed Call of Duty 2022 will be revealed in May.

Henderson claims that Call of Duty 2022 is releasing earlier due to Call of Duty: Vanguard 's "poor sales performance". While this, of course, remains a rumor, Henderson is a notable Call of Duty leaker, having previously accurately leaked information on the series. It's possible, however, that even if this is the plan now, the game could see a delay further down the line.

While we can only speculate on the new Call of Duty's release date, we can make more of an educated guess on what platforms the next entry in the series will release on. It's almost certain that we'll see Call of Duty 2022 land on PS5 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S and PC.

Whether it will also land on PS4 and Xbox One is less certain. Infinity Ward did tweet that "a new generation" of Call of Duty is coming. Whether that indicates an intention to leave behind older hardware generations isn't clear, although at the moment it looks sort of unlikely given large swathes of the install base are likely to be on last-gen hardware when the release rolls around, particularly as console stock shortages are still ongoing .

The new Call of Duty's release on PlayStation will come as a relief to many, following Microsoft's acquisition of Activision - but it looks like the series will stay multi-platform for the foreseeable future (more on this below).

Following the announcement of Microsoft's planned $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard , there was uncertainty over what the takeover will mean for Call of Duty 2022 and for the series as a whole, with the main question being: will future Call of Duty games come to PlayStation? Good news for PlayStation players: it's looking like they will for the foreseeable future.

In a blog post announcing the deal, Xbox head Phil Spencer said: "Activision Blizzard games are enjoyed on a variety of platforms and we plan to continue to support those communities moving forward". This ambiguous statement didn't exactly confirm whether or not current Activision Blizzard franchises, like Call of Duty, will become Xbox exclusives at a later date.

Spencer then tweeted that he had "good calls" with leaders at Sony and had confirmed Microsoft's "intent to honor all existing agreements upon acquisition of Activision Blizzard" as well as the company's "desire to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation". "Sony is an important part of our industry, and we value our relationship," Spencer wrote.

However, this didn't exactly instill confidence among Call of Duty PlayStation players, as many worried about what these "existing agreements" are. After all, Spencer didn't explicitly say future Call of Duty games will be on PlayStation.

In a report by Bloomberg , four anonymous insiders, who claim to have knowledge of the deal, told the outlet that the next three Call of Duty games are slated to release for PlayStation as well as Xbox consoles. The sources told Bloomberg that Activision had already committed to these releases before the acquisition and so Microsoft intends to honor it.

These three games are apparently the now-confirmed Modern Warfare 2 reboot (aka Call of Duty 2022), another Call of Duty game from Black Ops Cold War developer Treyarch ( potentially delayed to 2024 ) and Call of Duty: Warzone 2 (the next iteration of the popular battle royale spinoff).

Clearing things up even more, though, is a blog post published by Microsoft in February 2022 which offers more clarification and addresses Call of Duty specifically, saying that it will stay on PlayStation even beyond these existing agreements.

The post states that, “to be clear, Microsoft will continue to make Call of Duty and other popular Activision Blizzard titles available on PlayStation through the term of any existing agreement with Activision." Further to that, Microsoft "have committed to Sony that we will also make them available on PlayStation beyond the existing agreement and into the future so that Sony fans can continue to enjoy the games they love.”

That seems like good news for the future of Call of Duty on PlayStation. In fact, Microsoft goes even further in the post to say: “We are also interested in taking similar steps to support Nintendo’s successful platform. We believe this is the right thing for the industry, for gamers and for our business.”

Infinity Ward hasn't confirmed Call of Duty 2022's setting nor has it shared details on  gameplay, but there are plenty of rumors and reports of what we could expect.

According to a report by VGC in 2021, the new Call of Duty's campaign will see focus on "US special forces fighting a covert war against Columbian drug cartels". VGC reports that the previously reported codename of 'Project Cortez' relates to the campaign premise, and is so-called as it is the plotline to the 1994 film Clear and Present Danger, which has a villain called Colonel Félix Cortez.

This lines up with Call of Duty leaker Hope 's claims that the Warzone 2 map will "heavily take inspiration from Medellin, Colombia", especially given that both Warzone 2 and Call of Duty 2022 are being built from the "ground-up" alongside each other.

Building upon this further, leaker Ralph has claimed that Call of Duty 2022's campaign will be pretty brutal. Ralph claims that the new Call of Duty's campaign will be "gritty and unrelenting", with realistic gore and death animations that see characters gurgling and convulsing (among other things) before eventually dying.

In addition, Ralph claims the next entry in the series will include a new 'Moral Compass' system similar to Red Dead Redemption 2's honor system, with certain decisions impacting the campaign.

There are also rumors about the new modes the Modern Warfare sequel will introduce. Notable leaker Tom Henderson claims a mode is in the works for the new Call of Duty that is similar to 2017's Escape from Tarkov than Battlefield 2042 's Hazard Zone. Henderson claims this new 'DMZ mode' is grittier and "built from the ground up".

Ralph, corroborated Henderson's claims, claiming that the objective of the mode is to "accumulate loot within several separate maps, before successfully extracting".

Ralph claims that DMZ will be Modern Warfare 2’s third mode and it will "supposedly follow an elaborate storyline in continuation from the Campaign" which will chronicle "particular characters, fronts and quests".

Another leak from Ralph claims that Call of Duty 2022 will have a mode similar to Rainbow Six Siege, where attackers will have to complete an objective within a time limit while defenders must stop them. Ralph claims that defenders can utilize "hidden locations, boobytraps and cameras" to slow down attackers, with destruction playing a major role in this mode.

Ralph has also claimed that Call of Duty 2022 is set to get plenty of remastered maps as a result of the game's DLC expanding in response to the series skipping a 2023 release. "With Modern Warfare II's DLC expanding into 2023, Infinity Ward plans to incorporate more remastered maps than previously intended: spanning across Call of Duty 4, MW2, and, MW3," Ralph said on Twitter.

This isn't the first time we've heard reports of remastered maps. Four of Call of Duty 2022's multiplayer maps were seemingly leaked by the ModernWarzone Twitter account - which has accurately leaked Call of Duty news in the past. The Twitter account tweeted out four rumored multiplayer maps from Modern Warfare 2 that are expected to return in the reboot. The maps are Favela, Terminal, Quarry and High Rise.

The account doesn't state where these rumors are from, however, so it's entirely possible they are just speculation right now.

Logo revealed

Activision Blizzard has revealed the logo for 2022’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. On Twitter, the official Call of Duty account tweeted out to say that “the new era of Call of Duty is coming”, with a brief clip unveiling the logo beneath. No further details than that accompanied the reveal but it does, at least, suggest more information is imminent.

Development is on track Activision Blizzard has confirmed that development is "proceeding well" and has claimed Call of Duty 2022 will be "the most advanced experience in franchise history".

"Development on this year’s premium and Warzone experiences, led by Infinity Ward, is proceeding very well," the company's first-quarter 2022 financial results state. "This year’s Call of Duty is a sequel to 2019’s Modern Warfare, the most successful Call of Duty title to date, and will be the most advanced experience in franchise history. The new free-to-play Warzone experience, which is built from the ground-up alongside the premium game, features groundbreaking innovations to be revealed later this year."

Could it include NFTs? Activision is reportedly considering introducing NFTs to this year’s Call of Duty, according to online Twitter leaker Ralph , who said the publisher is considering integrating the blockchain tokens into Infinity Ward’s game, alongside big changes to its user interface and more personalization options for calling cards, emblems, avatars, and statistics.

“NFT’s have been under review, and in consideration, for a few months,” Ralph said. “[Microtransactions] and content structures are influenced by trends and predictions, NFTs just seem to be that at the moment.”

This isn’t, however, something that's been locked down or confirmed and Ralph adds that  “with EA’s backlash against NFTs, it can totally fall through.” Activision hasn’t made any official announcement regarding NFTs coming to Call of Duty 2022, nor has said whether it has any plans to pursue the technology in the future and Ralph notably says it’s not certain.

Activision Blizzard’s stance on NFTs is further complicated by Microsoft’s proposed acquisition . Xbox boss Phil Spencer, has previously voiced his concerns over NFTs, suggesting it's not something Microsoft's gaming wing is interested in pursuing currently, but didn’t rule them out entirely.

The last Call of Duty until 2024? Activision is reportedly planning to give the Call of Duty franchise a break in 2023, meaning Call of Duty 2022 might well be the last in the series until 2024.

The decision to break from the annual release cycle is because last year’s Call of Duty: Vanguard failed to meet Activision’s expectations, Bloomberg reports. While Vanguard was the best-selling game of 2021 , its sales were still markedly lower than the previous year’s Black Ops Cold War.

If these reports are accurate, it will make 2023 the first year without a new Call of Duty in almost two decades. Apparently, Activision will fill the gap with continued support for Call of Duty 2022 and its free-to-play spinoff Warzone.

Activision hasn’t confirmed Bloomberg’s reporting. Instead, saying in a statement it has “an exciting slate of premium and free-to-play Call of Duty experiences for this year, next year and beyond.”

No Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 reboot? According to known Call of Duty leaker Ralph, on Twitter, developer Infinity Ward is allegedly "not interested in bringing back any old titles post-MWII" and instead is "looking beyond". In other words, we shouldn't expect a Modern Warfare 3 reboot after this.

Codenamed 'Project Cortez'? According to notable Call of Duty leaker, Tom Henderson Call of Duty 2022 is codenamed 'Project Cortez' and will be a sequel to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019). This has now been confirmed by Activision.

Bloomberg's report corroborates Henderson's claim from 2021 that the new Call of Duty will be a Modern Warfare 2 reboot, not to be confused with the Modern Warfare 2 campaign remastered that was released in 2020.

In addition, the codename 'Project Cortez' appeared in 2021's GeForce Now games leak.