OnePlus 5T launch live: Price, Release Date, Specs, Features - EVERYTHING we think we know
ONE PLUS is currently taking the wraps off its latest flagship smartphone – OnePlus 5T – at a launch event in New York City today. Ahead of the keynote, here’s everything we think we already know about the new phone.
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*The OnePlus 5T LIVE event is now underway and you can watch all the key news here*
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• OnePlus has officially announced its OnePlus 5T
• The phone features a 6-inch edge-to-edge display - the overall size of the device stays the same as the OnePlus 5.
• Fingerprint scanner has been moved to the rear of the phone to make room for the screen.
• OnePlus says the rear fingerprint scanner is not a compromise as the 5T also includes facial recognition.
• Facial recognition unlocks the phone in 0.4 seconds but data-sensitive apps, such as banking, won't work without the fingerprint scanner being touched.
• 3.5mm headphone port remains with OnePlus stating its users want this popular way of connecting headphones.
• Dual-camera 16 + 20 megapixel camera is included with OnePlus saying low light performance is now improved.
• Camera now includes better software to improve the Portrait Mode using the dual camera.
• Improved image stabilisation has also been included which makes 4K video appear shake-free.
• Snapdragon 835 processor and 8GB of RAM makes this phone faster with quicker app loading times.
• Dash Charge returns meaming it takes much less time to refill the battery.
• PRICE - £440 64GB • £499 128GB
• RELEASE DATE - November 21st
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OnePlus 5T sales will begin on November 21st
Original story: OnePlus is set to announce its new OnePlus 5T handset in New York City today, November 16th 2017.
The exclusive media event is scheduled to begin at 16:00 GMT.
OnePlus fans across the globe will be able to tune into the keynote, dubbed "A New View", via the company’s official launch page: https://oneplus.net/event
“We can't wait to tell you all about the new features and improvements that we have been working on,” OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei wrote in an official blog post this month.
OnePlus has confirmed that sales for the OnePlus 5T will kickstart in North America and Europe – including the UK – on November 21st.
In the weeks before the worldwide launch today, a steady stream of rumours and blurred photos have been shared online, revealing some crucial details about the next OnePlus handset.
And earlier this week, photographs of the OnePlus 5T and its accompanying press materials were mistakenly published online.
ZDNet.de shared an article with photographs of the unannounced handset.
It also published images from the official press materials distributed to media, which revealed the specs and software features in the upcoming OnePlus flagship.
ZDNet.de says it was unaware of the embargoed status of the OnePlus 5T when it published the article and has since pulled it.
Before it went offline, the article – not to mention its accompanying photographs – confirmed a number of details that had previously been rumoured about the new OnePlus, including its edge-to-edge 6.01-inch AMOLED display.
It appears the rumours about OnePlus relocating the fingerprint scanner to the back of the phone to help accommodate the larger 18:9 aspect ratio screen were also correct.
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The new AMOLED display has a 1080 x 2160 resolution, which works out at a respectable 401 pixels-per-inch.
Elsewhere, the OnePlus 5T is extremely similar to its predecessor, something we’ve come to expect from these iterative “T” models from OnePlus.
The new handset ships with either 6GB or 8GB of RAM, 64GB or 128GB of inbuilt storage, a 3,300mAh battery, Snapdragon 835 chipset, and Android 7.1.1 preinstalled.
OnePlus 5T also gets a dual 16MP camera set-up on the rear, and a single shooter on the front – like its predecessor.
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The new smartphone will keep its 3.5mm headphone port, unlike the latest from Apple, Google and HTC.
Charging and syncing will be handled by USB-C, like the OnePlus 5.
The leaked documentation confirms OnePlus 5T will be available to buy November 21st in the UK, Europe and North America.
Cost of smartphone components is rising, but phones are also getting better. OnePlus users will appreciate what's coming.
— Pete Lau (@petelau2007) November 8, 2017
According to a leak reported by TechRadar, the OnePlus 5T will cost exactly the same as the OnePlus when it launches.
The latter went on sale for £449 for the entry-level model with 64GB of internal storage and 6GB of RAM, and £499 for 128GB of storage and 8GB of RAM.
Express.co.uk will have all the latest news from the OnePlus 5T launch later today.
