OnePlus One is an upcoming smartphone from a Chinese manufacturer OnePlus. Most of the OnePlus folks are from Oppo and since they are from one of the globally recognized Chinese smartphone manufacturers, a lot of people from the tech community are expecting the OnePlus One smartphone to make a splash.
OnePlus has been teasing their smartphone for a long time now, but they haven’t revealed the phone in one piece. They have been giving out bits and pieces of information about the smartphone. Initially, they claimed that the device will be powered by Snapdragon 800 and will come with 2GB RAM. But now, they have announced that the OnePlus One smartphone will come with a more powerful Snapdragon 801 SoC (the same one which is found in Galaxy S5) clocked at 2.5GHz and 3GB RAM.
According to their official forum post, the specifications of the OnePlus One smartphone are as follows
- 5.5″ JDI 1080p display
- Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AC – Quad-core at 2.5GHz)
- 3100+mAh battery (non-removable)
- Sony Exmor IMX214 6-Lens 13MP camera
- 5MP Front-Facing camera
- 3GB of RAM
- 16GB & 64GB Variants
- Stereo Speakers
- StyleSwap Covers – Multiple materials/textures
- Single-SIM card
- Global LTE
- GSM Only
- Something better than pre-orders
- No front branding
- 2 year CyanogenMod support
What is extremely hard to believe about this phone is that the company’s CEO has claimed that the phone will retail for sub 400$ price point.
OnePlus have plans to take the veils off their flagship smartphone – OnePlus One on April 23. Lets see what we get.