In fact, so used were we to OnePlus phones being different that we were slightly disappointed with the OnePlus 3 because we thought it looked a bit like an HTC phone!
Prices for the OnePlus 5 start at £449, which makes it substantially cheaper than Samsung Galaxy S8’s £689 and gives it all the performance of a flagship smartphone without the expensive price tag of its rivals, says TechRadar. The OnePlus 5 is perhaps the first device from the OnePlus stable that seems more flagship than flagship killer (even the prices are going North steadily). “The OnePlus 5 will retail for $479 in the US”, said OnePlus cofounder Carl Pei. That’s why we would have liked to see OnePlus pursue a more personal avenue with the design of its latest flagship. The OnePlus 5 plays it safe when it comes to connectivity options. As far as other specs are concerned, OnePlus 5 features Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 835 chipset clocked at 2.45 GHz.
OnePlus launched its flagship OnePlus 5 in NY on Tuesday, June 20, and spoke vividly about its dual camera setup. Realistically, many will probably get the 64GB + 6GB RAM model (prediction: due to the other model being sold out all the time), which is priced at $479. “Demand for the OnePlus devices has exceeded all our expectations and we’re excited to see how successful our partnership with OnePlus can be as we continue to move forward”.
So, are you waiting for the OnePlus 5T or this OnePlus 5 is good for you? For the phone’s stark similarity with the iPhone 7 Plus is hard to miss.
If you are an avid techy, you must have read somewhere that a year ago, OnePlus somehow limited the RAM usage on the OnePlus 3. Rolan Quandt, a mobile industry insider who has a proven track record, revealed that the OnePlus 5 announced this week and the OnePlus 3T introduced in 2016 have the exact same display. The primary camera of OnePlus 5 sports a 16MP sensor that’s coupled with a 20MP telephoto sensor.
OnePlus 5 is currently available to pre-order, and will be generally available about a week from now, on June 27, 2017. The smartphone passed with flying colors as expected from OnePlus. Here’s a quick comparison of specs, find out which one is better! Unfortunately, that is not the case anymore with the OnePlus 5.
The OnePlus 5 runs Oxygen OS which is based on Android Nougat. The version concerned by the promotion is the one that offers 64 GB of storage, a capacity that is unfortunately not extensible by microSD.