OnePlus announces McLaren partnership, teases special smartphone release

OnePlus and McLaren Automotive and McLaren Racing have just announced a partnership that the two brands will launch on December 11. What this new team-up could mean is we get a special edition version of the OnePlus 6T, bearing design elements inspired by the automotive company. With the timing of the announcement and event, and that the original landing page for the partnership having the phrase mclaren-6t in its URL, we’re expecting the said limited edition device to come out. What we’ve seen from the other tech and car company collaborations are that these devices are going to have maxed out specs with rather exorbitant price tags.

This is the first partnership OnePlus has done, it’s partnered with the likes of Parisian retailer Colette for the 3T x Colette 20^th Anniversary Edition, designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac for the OnePlus 5 x JCC+ Limited Edition, Lucasfilm for the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition, and Marvel Studios for the OnePlus 6 x Marvel Avengers Limited Edition. The wait isn’t going to be that long to find out what OnePlus and McLaren have up its sleeves. The current version of the OnePlus 6T has a 6.41-inch full-HD+ Optic AMOLED display with 1,080 x 2,340 pixels and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. It runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, 6GB/8GB of RAM, 128GB/256GB internal storage, and has a dual camera setup in the back with a 16-megapixel primary sensor and 20-megapixel secondary shooter.

Source: Gadgets NDTV

OnePlus to release Thunder Purple variant of the OnePlus 6T

Taking cues from its sister companies in China, OnePlus is releasing an eye-catching variant of its current flagship, the OnePlus 6T. The phone will be available in the US starting November 15, Thursday in a new “Thunder Purple” colour. Its purple to black gradient takes design inspiration from “lightning strikes at dusk.” Aside from the colour change, the phones will feature the same specs as the other 6T variants. It still runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor and has a 6.41-inch Optic AMOLED display with 2.5D Gorilla Glass 6, in-screen fingerprint sensor, dual rear cameras with 16MP 1.22 f/1.7 wide-angle + 20MP 1.0 f/2.0 telephoto, a 16MP front camera with f/.20 aperture, and 3,700mAh battery with fast-charging. The difference is this variant only has 8GB of RAM with 128GB of storage. It’s still priced at US$579 (around CA$760).

Source: BGR

OnePlus 6T brings upgrades to the camera, screen, and battery

If Apple has the “S” models, OnePlus has the “T” models. Since the OnePlus 3 launched in 2016, the Shenzen-based company has released an updated version of its flagship before the year ends. This time, the OnePlus 6T has a 6.41-inch OLED display with a small, teardrop-like notch and in-display fingerprint reader, 2,340 x 1,080 resolution, and 19.5:9 aspect ratio. Its looks and feature set are similar to those seen in OPPO and Vivo devices, which are sister companies of OnePlus. It has a bigger 3,700mAh battery, Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, Android 9 Pie running over OxygenOS, and 25GB internal storage.

The cameras on the 6T include a dual-camera setup in the back with 16-megapixel and 20-megapixel sensors as well as an f/1.7 aperture for the primary lens. It also has a new Nightscape mode that is said to improve low-light photography. It’ll be offered in three tiers: 128GB with 6GB of RAM (US$549, approx. CA$720) or 8GB of RAM (US$579, approx. CA$760) and 256GB with 8GB of RAM (US$629, approx. CA$830).

Source: The Verge

OnePlus starts rolling out Project Treble support for 5 and 5T smartphones

Promised earlier in the year, OnePlus is finally bringing support for Project Treble for both the OnePlus 5 and 5T. This software update (OxygenOS 5.1.6) is rolling out in stages and should be making its way to all devices in the coming days. Project Treble is a feature made by Google to make it easier for manufacturers to develop and release software upgrades to supported devices. The feature separates the framework of Android operating system from the system images of the chipset vendor, allowing Google to distribute OS upgrades without waiting for these chipset manufacturers to modify their system images.

Aside from bringing Project Treble support, OnePlus is also bringing in the October 2018 Android Security Patch, which fixes vulnerabilities found in the Android OS, and an instability fix for the Bluetooth connection on the phones. For the Indian carrier IDEA, the 5 and 5T also get VoLTE service support.

Source: Android Headlines