OnePlus has finally taken the wraps off the much-awaited OnePlus 5T at an event held in New York. To make the launch event a bit more exciting, OnePlus allowed fans to see the event live from select PVR theatres. The OnePlus 5T does not bring a big change over the OnePlus 5. The major difference between the two flagships is the design as the new OnePlus 5T comes with a larger 6-inch display with 18:9 aspect ratio and 80.5% screen to body ratio.
Specifications
As far as the specifications are concerned, the OnePlus 5T sports a 6-inch Full Optic AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080x2160 pixels and an aspect ratio of 18:9. The smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC coupled with Adreno 540 GPU. The device is launched in two variants, one with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage and the other with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of native storage. All of this is backed by a non-removable 3,300mAh battery. The OnePlus 5T runs on OxygenOS based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box.
The company decided to move the fingerprint scanner at the back of the device that unlocks it in 0.2 seconds as said by the company. OnePlus also introduced Face Unlock which unlocks the 5T in 0.1 seconds.
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As for the optics, the OnePlus 5T features a dual-camera setup at the back consisting of a 16-megapixel sensor with an aperture of f/1.7 combined with a 20-megapixel sensor with f/2.6 aperture. The rear camera comes with a dual-tone dual-LED flash for better low light images. Up front, the phone comes with a 16-megapixel sensor with f/2.0 aperture.
Apart from the OnePlus 5T, the company has also announced Android Oreo Open beta update for the OnePlus 5 that will come by the end of November. The new 5T will be receiving the Open Beta update by the month of December.
Price and Availability
The OnePlus 5T is priced at Rs. 32,999 for the 64GB variant while the 128GB variant is priced at Rs. 37,999. The sales of the smartphone will begin from November 21 in India, North America and Europe.
