Dec 2023 launched, SG in Feb 2024.. Seems like the timing will be juz nice. Can easily compare the 2 phones.hmm a couple of months? but they launch the phone really early this year. the OP12 launched in china in december last year iirc. it was released in SG in february this year? and it was at a huge price hike iirc. the CN set was way cheaper and eventually during some sales was cheaper than buying a OnePlus 12R local set iirc, so a lot of ppl got that instead. Though not sure if it will be possible to flash global ROM on CN set this time round or not since OnePlus seems to be trying to curb that in recent years. Lots of pattern like having region lock, changing the hardware slightly for global versions so that can't convert as easily (Ace3 to 12R for example).
Samsung might be interesting just because of rumours that they might use Dimensity chips. If they use D9400 for S25/S25+ instead of Exynos, it could be an interesting option too. on paper so far SD8E does seem to have a slight edge, but D9400 is no slouch either and still a massive upgrade over SD8G3 and D9300.
Haiz.. SG price is always more expensive de.. What to do? If self control (discipline) good, then won't be bothered with all these liao.. Too bad, when comes to new phone models, I'm bad