OnePlus has been giving a lot of hints on its upcoming smartphone, the successor to the OnePlus 5. There have also been a lot of leaks and rumours regarding the upcoming OnePlus 5T. Now that the rumours are coming to an end and OnePlus is all geared up to kick off the suspense and reveal the smartphone to the world, the launch date has been put forward by the company. The company gave a hint before that the smartphone will be launching in New York, and now the company says the event will be held on November 16.
Interestingly, this time the launch event is not only restricted to the media as OnePlus fans can also join in by paying a decent amount of $40 ticket. OnePlus claims that the money given by fas as entry fees will be given away to charity. However, as usual, the launch event will also be live-streamed so people can watch the event from anywhere around the globe.
OnePlus has also revealed the availability of the new smartphone. The OnePlus 5T will go on sale in North America and Europe starting November 21. The device will also go on sale in India on the same date, Nov 21, but as a flash sale. However, the official sales in India will start from November 28. Surprisingly, the company's home country China, will not be receiving the device anytime before December 1.
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Apart from the launch and availability details, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau also revealed the estimated price of the upcoming smartphone. The pricing details were revealed by Lau in a Chiese micro-blogging website, Weibo. Though the exact prices were not revealed, Lau says that the pricing would be slightly higher than that of the OnePlus 5. He claims that the OnePlus 5T will cost under CNY 4,000 (roughly Rs. 39,000) for the 6GB RAM variant.
