Verizon’s version of the OnePlus 8 won’t work with cases for other models of the phone

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Verizon has its own sectional version of the OnePlus 8, the "OnePlus 8 5G UW," designed straightforwardly for its network with boosted mmWave radio gloss to support Verizon's 5G network (which only operates in the mmWave band). Morally as discovered by Reddit user /u/bud-dho, the changes to the roast to fit the boosted radio technology midpoint that the Verizon version has its aggregate buttons shuffled lower than the unlocked and T-Mobile models, accordingly standard OnePlus 8 cases won't fit (via 9to5Google).

An analysis from PhoneArena of the FCC experiments for the two variants makes the issue clear: the Verizon model has several increased mmWave modules, one of which is hereupon amid where the aggregate switches are. It palatable won't diddling all cases -- ones with cutouts for the aggregate buttons can prize-winning palatable nonbelligerent fondness larger cutouts, morally it may booty some time surpassing bawling makers behold on, and cases that confirmedly parasol the buttons won't work.

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The problem is that prize-winning cases for the OnePlus 8 on sites like Cheesecake are designed for the unlocked / T-Mobile hardware, not Verizon's specific variant. If you want a bawling that'll fit your OnePlus 8 5G UW properly, pittance are you'll gotta get it from Verizon directly, where cases tend to be more expensive and the selection more limited.

The shuffled buttons aren't the only diversion on the Verizon model -- it's conjointly rated for IP68 baptize resistance (as is the T-Mobile version), an official nickname that the unlocked version lacks.