OnePlus has announced that it would start their OnePlus One pre-order system on October 27th at 15:00 GMT (08:00 PST, 11:00 EST, 20:30 IST), as it promised, but it will last for one hour only. You can add your OnePlus or accessories in your shopping cart right now from the pre-order page. You can order once the pre-orders begin. Continue reading “OnePlus One pre-orders begin October 27th”
OnePlus did not announce a speaker in partnership with JBL as we expected, but it has has unveiled JBL E1+ Earphones at the event in China. The new in-ear Earphones have premium 9mm JBL drivers with PureBass technology that promises crystal clear sound, full-range frequency response. It has angled ear-tubes, multiple eartip sizes and has in-line three-button remote with microphone that lets you answer calls, skip tracks and take pictures. Continue reading “OnePlus partners with JBL to introduce JBL E1+ Earphones”
OnePlus and JBL have partnered for an event in Beijing, China on October 13th. The invite on their weibo page translates to It is time to pull the boom out! OnePlus introduced Silver Bullet Earphones last month, so this could be a speaker with some new audio technology. Continue reading “OnePlus partners with JBL for an event in China on October 13”
OnePlus has announced that it has released a major OTA update for its OnePlus One smartphone. Dubbed as CM 11S 38R, the update fixes the touch screen issues and brings few enhancements.
Continue reading “OnePlus rolls out OTA update, fixes touchscreen issue and more”
The OnePlus One has been one of the most talked about smartphones of this year. Coming from a company that calls itself a startup, it’s no mean feat. Continue reading “OnePlus Two will come in Q2 or Q3 of 2015”
OnePlus has been the center of attraction for a lot of tech followers. This has not only been the case since the company launched its first device, the OnePlus One, but quite a bit prior to that as well. The interest however, exploded once the OnePlus One was announced in April this year. Continue reading “Opening points at OnePlus’ impending expansion into Malaysia”
OnePlus’ StyleSwap covers might have been a fail, but that hasn’t stopped the young Chinese company to work on more add-ons for its first phone. In this case, the accessory isn’t just limited to the OnePlus One. Continue reading “OnePlus Silver Bullet Earphones announced”
One of the most (impending) distinguishing features of the OnePlus One was the swappable rear covers. OnePlus called these ‘StyeSwap’ covers, and showed off some of those during the launch in April. Continue reading “OnePlus One StyleSwap covers scrapped”
In a recent AMA (ask me anything) session on Reddit, OnePlus said that it would introduce pre-order system in October. Even though OnePlus has ramped up the production, getting an invite to order the phone is one of the main concerns. Now the company’s Director Carl Pei has confirmed on the official OnePlus blog that it would introduce pre-orders system late October. Continue reading “OnePlus to introduce pre-order system late October”
FoneArena and OnePlus teamed up to do something, which fans love the most – a meetup! The fun event was scheduled on September 4 in Bangalore and more than 30 OnePlus and FoneArena enthusiasts turned up even though it was a weekday.
We had Carl Pei, Ruston McLean and Andy Zhang from the OnePlus Global team along with FoneArena crew.
The fan meet up got rolling at 5PM with Varun Krishnan and Carl Pei’s introductory note. Ruston, who leads the business development at OnePlus also thanked all the fans for taking some time out on a busy weekday.
As promised, the OnePlus and the FoneArena team were ready with some goodies to giveaway. There was two OnePlus One units up for grab as well and the team decided to run a raffle to pick the lucky fans.
There was a lot of buzz with lot of tech talk and the environment was electrifying. All the fans had a chance to interact with the OnePlus and the FoneArena team. Taking selfies with Carl and Varun Krishnan was a common sight. We had some delicious food on offer as well.
After a lot of interaction and fun activities, the moment of luck finally arrived – 2 OnePlus One 64GB Standstone Black units were at one’s disposal.
There were two lucky winners – Vinu Thomas and Mohameed Vaseem left the venue with smiling faces. We wrapped up by thanking all our fans for being there and we made sure that everybody had something to win.
We thank all our readers for supporting us and we thank OnePlus team for giving us an opportunity to organize the meet up!
You can have a look at some of the photos from the meet up below (PS: The guys in the Never Settle T-shirts are from FoneArena team and the guys with the FoneArena T-shits are from OnePlus team) –
Varun and Carl addressing the gathering!
Ruston from OnePlus thanking the fans for turning up!
Andy from OnePlus team interacting with fans!
Carl from OnePlus interacting with fans!
There was some delicious food on offer as well!
Sunil from FoneArena team interacting with FA fans!
The big moment – Raffle!
The lucky winners!
The FoneArena and the OnePlus team!
OnePlus One, one of the most anticipated Chinese smartphone might hit Indian markets before December this year. The 5.5 inch Full HD display phone that was announced in April this year wants to sell its 64GB variant under Rs. 25,000 in India.
Continue reading “OnePlus One ready for India launch before December 2014”
We had a chance to sit down with Carl Pei – Director, OnePlus Global and talk to him about the company’s vision ahead of their launch in India. Continue reading “Exclusive: an interview with Carl Pei – Director, OnePlus Global”
The OnePlus One is perhaps one among the most wanted devices at the moment, at least among those who know about the phone. However, a major hindrance for those looking to purchase the device is the invite system.
It requires a to-be buyer to get hold of an ‘invite’ (basically a unique code) that can be obtained (i) either from others who have purchased the OnePlus One or (ii) from OnePlus itself, via the numerous contests it holds. Although OnePlus has ramped up its production capacity in the recent months, the demand for the OnePlus One still outweighs supply. Continue reading “OnePlus to do away with invite system this October”
Oppo unveiled its flagship Find 7 and Find 7a smartphones back in March. Then came the OnePlus One in April after huge expectations. The design of the OnePlus One is similar to the Oppo Find 7. Check out the photo gallery of these smartphones to find out how similar these look. Continue reading “OnePlus One vs Oppo Find 7 Photo Gallery”
We started the OnePlus One Giveaway over a week back, and as promised, today we reveal the lucky winner. Before that, we would like to thank all the participants who took their time to participate in this contest, the response has been amazing with close to three thousand entries. Are you the lucky winner of the 64 GB Sandstone black version of the OnePlus One ? Find out below. Continue reading “OnePlus One Giveaway Winner Announcement”
