OnePlus CEO and founder Pete Lau at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai this week, confirmed that company is working with US carriers and that it aims to launch a 5G smartphone next year. This new 5G smartphone could be OnePlus 7/7T. Furthermore, the company’s relationship with Qualcomm is allowing OnePlus to become one of the first 5G mobile phone makers. Continue reading “OnePlus to launch first 5G phone in 2019, commits to carrier relationships”
OnePlus has been consistent with the Android updates for the past few years. Even though it takes some time to deliver Android updates and security updates, it is better compared most other flagship smartphone manufacturers. Today the company has announced its software maintenance schedule for its smartphones starting from the OnePlus 3.
OnePlus has launched the OnePlus Switch app that lets users quickly migrate their stuff from an old phone to a OnePlus device and it is now a part of the OnePlus phones. The company has rolled out a new update bringing the version number to v1.2. Continue reading “OnePlus Switch V1.2 brings the ability to move app data and downloads between phones, fixes data repeat issues”
OnePlus rolled out OxygenOS 5.1.6 with several new features including portrait mode support for the front camera, battery percentage in the status bar, Idea VoLTE support in India Dual-4G network option and more last week. It rolled out OxygenOS 5.1.7 update a few days back that brought few more features, but the company said that the OxygenOS 5.1.6 update for India had stability issues. Today the company has rolled out OxygenOS 5.1.8 update for the phone as promised that fixes the system stability issues. Check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “OnePlus 6 OxygenOS 5.1.8 update starts rolling out in India”
OnePlus rolled out OxygenOS 5.1.6 with several new features including portrait mode support for the front camera, battery percentage in the status bar, Idea VoLTE support in India Dual-4G network option and more a few days back. Now the company has released OxygenOS 5.1.7 update with some fixes, including fixes for the bootloader protection bypass vulnerability, as it had promised. Check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “OnePlus 6 OxygenOS 5.1.7 update with bootloader bypass vulnerability fix released; 5.1.6 roll out paused in India due to stability issues, 5.1.8 with fixes coming”
OnePlus today announced that OnePlus 6, the company’s flagship smartphone has crossed 1 million sales globally within 22 days of launch. The OnePlus 6 has also become OnePlus’ fastest selling smartphone, since the first OnePlus One smartphone was launched back in 2013. OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T each sold a million units within three months of their launch. Continue reading “OnePlus 6 sales cross 1 million in 22 days globally, becomes the fastest selling OnePlus device”
Wireless headphones have really come into their own over the last year or two with an increasing number of brands getting into the game. From the standard earbuds connected by a single cable to truly wireless and neckband style earphones, there’s one for everyone. The OneMore Bullets Wireless are neckband style earphones, the company’s first wireless pair at that. We’ve been testing these out over the last few days and here’s what we think. Continue reading “OnePlus Bullets Wireless Review”
London saw a lot of action when both Honor and OnePlus decided to launch their latest flagships back to back. Priced under the incredibly hot, sub Rs. 35,000 ‘value flagship’ segment, the Honor 10 and OnePlus 6 both bring killer specifications at a very similar price point. So obviously, one can’t help but compare the two to see which one is better. And that’s just what we’re going to do. Continue reading “Honor 10 vs OnePlus 6 Comparison”
OnePlus just announced ‘OnePlus Asphalt Cup’, India’s first-ever exclusive online racing championship on mobile. Gameloft’s racing title: Asphalt 8: Airborne starting from 13th June till 8th July 2018.
OnePlus 6 was launched last month and the community development of the device has already started. In fact, an official TWRP recovery has been released as well much like many other OnePlus phones. However, a security researcher Jason Donenfeld, president of Edge Security LLC has discovered a vulnerability on the device that allows the device to boot any arbitrary modified image that bypasses bootloader protection measures. Continue reading “OnePlus acknowledges OnePlus 6 bootloader protection bypass vulnerability, will roll out fix soon”
OnePlus has rolled out OxygenOS 5.1.6 for the latest OnePlus 6 smartphone that brings several new features, including the portrait mode support for the front camera, as it had promised at the launch event. It also brings battery percentage in the status bar, Idea VoLTE support in India (However some are reporting that it still doesn’t work), Dual-4G network option and more, including power consumption optimization and system stability improvements. Check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “OnePlus 6 OxygenOS 5.1.6 update brings front camera portrait, battery percentage in status bar and more”
OnePlus today has announced the that it is opening up the floor to select community members on 7th July 2018 through its ‘Open Ears’ forum for the first time in India themed ‘Product.’ The company hopes that these community events will serve as a platform for users to provide in-depth feedback about the software and hardware. Continue reading “OnePlus announces ‘Open Ears’ community event in India on July 7”
OnePlus launched the OnePlus 6 smartphone in India last this month in Mirror Black, Midnight Black and Limited-edition Silk White versions. Today the company has announced that the Limited-edition Silk White will be available in the country from June 5th and also announced launch offers. Continue reading “OnePlus 6 Silk White Limited Edition goes on sale in India on June 5 – Here are the launch offers”
Update: OnePlus said that it is investigating the issue and it would need time for a final resolution for the issue. In the meanwhile, it is asking users to use password/PIN/fingerprint for security purposes. Here is the official response. Continue reading “OnePlus 6 face unlock can reportedly be tricked with a printed photo [Update: OnePlus is investigating the issue]”
OnePlus has released new beta updates (Beta 11 for the OnePlus 5 and Open Beta 9 for OnePlus 5T) for the OnePlus 5 and 5T smartphones that brings several new features including option to disable peek notifications for DND and reading mode, advanced battery optimization in standby, new features for OnePlus Switch app and ability for File manager to manage Parallel Apps files. Continue reading “OnePlus 5 and 5T OxygenOS beta update brings new features, improves battery on standby”
