Similar to Apple, OnePlus is a smartphone manufacturer that does not rely on an extensive portfolio of devices, but rather on creating one or two feature-packed smartphones per year that have an affordable price, or what OnePlus has used to say - "a flagship killer". 2016 is the third year in a row, which sees a new OnePlus smartphone. The devices are unequivocally named One (2014), 2 (2015), X (2015) and 3 (2016)...

7 July 2016

Whenever OnePlus is about to release a device, the whole smartphone community is stirred up as this manufacturer, originating from China, has always offered the best price/quality ratio in its devices and has always tried to offer additional value to the fans of the brand. After OnePlus 3, which is still a big hit, the company was quick to announce the OnePlus 3T. The first questions that come to mind are: 1) What's...

10 January 2017

Ever since the first OnePlus smartphone has been announced every succeeding model becomes one of the most expected smartphones of the year as OnePlus has proved it is able to pull out a worthy flagship competitor for half the price. After the launch of OnePlus 5 the feedback on the device has been quite controversial mainly regarding the design and the photo quality from the two rear cameras, which happen to be the...

21 July 2017

While 2015 marked the first year for OnePlus that launched two smartphones from the brand, it was 2016 with OnePlus 3 and 3T that marked a trend that's here to stay. Quadrophobia made the manufacturer to launch the OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T in 2017. While the differences between OP3 and OP3T lie in the chipset, front camera setup and battery capacity, the main differences between OP5 and OP5T are hidden in the...

10 January 2018

OnePlus has proven over time that it listens to its buyers and not only this - every following product from the company is created largely based on feedback from the loyal fans of the brand. Every 1+ smartphone has straightforward features, both hardware and software ones, that create its distinctive appearance. In addition, every successive model also provides an added value compared to its predecessor while...

22 May 2018

Usually, the T-editions of OnePlus smartphones offer incremental upgrades over the models they're based upon but the OnePlus 6T is different. Not only because it is the first 1+ smartphone to have an in-display fingerprint sensor, but also because it is the first model of this Chinese manufacturer to enter the US market. A market that stayed closed for tech giants like Huawei and Xiaomi, a market that happened to...

10 November 2018

One of the regular Twitter leakers in the smartphone business has published renders of the upcoming OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro accompanied by some details about the devices, including the date of the announcement. According to the post, the two models will be unveiled on May 14th. OnePlus 7 will have a 6.4-inch flat display with a waterdrop notch front camera and dual rear cameras the main one featuring a 48MP...

17 April 2019

A case maker has leaked plenty of renders of OnePlus 7 unveiling its design. Obviously, the handset will use an AMOLED display with an in-display fingerprint sensor plus a pop-up front camera in a fashion similar to the solutions from OnePlus' sister companies Oppo and Vivo. The SIM tray seems to have moved to the bottom of the handset. Ever since the announcement of the Snapdragon 855 chipset, it was known that...

3 April 2019

In a surprising move, OnePlus has published on its Weibo page a teaser poster that depicts a OnePlus box covered with a red cloth and a date that says "April 1st". The first thing that comes to mind is that this is an April Fools Day joke. However, there are two other possibilities that should not be omitted as well. First, if this announcement is, indeed, serious, it might mean that OnePlus 6T gets some kind of a...

31 March 2019

At the MWC 2019 in Barcelona, OnePlus has come up with a clever demonstration of the 5G capabilities of its upcoming 5G smartphone. Displayed at Qualcomm's booth in a glass box and hidden away from prying eyes, the smartphone is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform with the 5G X50 modem. Visitors can play Ace Combat 7 on the phone, however, the game is not installed on the device but is streamed via...

26 February 2019

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition has been announced packing 10GB of RAM in addition to the Snapdragon 845 chipset and 256GB of storage. It also employs McLaren's expert craftsmanship in industrial design. For starters, McLaren was the first to use carbon fibre in Formula 1, hence the back of the device features a carbon fibre pattern that fades to black. The bottom of the back features McLaren's logo and a Papaya Orange...

11 December 2018

On November 28th, 1+ CEO Liu Zuohu officially announced on Weibo that OnePlus and McLaren have reached a strategic cooperation and the two parties will work together to push the speed to the extreme. Subsequently, OnePlus announced on the British official website, it will hold an event at 9:30 AM on December 11 at the McLaren headquarters. Today, OnePlus officially announced that the OnePlus 6T McLaren Custom...

5 December 2018