Oneplus 2: Will this Phone position Oneplus in Indian market?
- Hamender Singh Johal
- Aug 6, 2015
- 2 min read
Once again OnePlus, a Chinese mobile manufacturing startup is going to woo the market with its new launch. It’s hard to believe that it’s only been a year since OnePlus first emerged on the mobile market with a bold play for the attention of Android fans. OnePlus–One won many hearts by its competitive hardware and programs under the reasonable price tag. After months of suspense, OnePlus finally announced August 11 to be the launch date for most awaited OnePlus 2. Talking in technical aspects:
The OnePlus 2 will have a 5.5-inch in-cell display with a full-HD (1080x1920 pixel) resolution and 1500:1 contrast ratio, and runs on oneplus’s brand new operating system OxygenOS.
It will be powered by a 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 810 v2.1 SoC clocked at 1.8GHz and coupled with an Adreno 430 GPU alongside 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 64GB internal storage.
It will sport dual 4G Nano-SIM cards (dual-SIM dual standby), as well as USB Type-C connectivity (with the cable reversible at both ends).
The OnePlus 2 bears a 13-megapixel rear camera with a 1.3-micron sensor, laser autofocus, dual-LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, 4K video recording, RAW image support, and OIS, apart from a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
It runs on a 3300mAh battery.
OnePlus 2 also has a fingerprint sensor that can store up to 5 prints and unlock in under 0.5 seconds. The Chinese smartphone maker in its latest blog post has claimed the OnePlus 2's fingerprint sensor is faster than Apple's iPhone Touch ID sensor. "With the OnePlus 2, the fingerprint sensor is done right. It's refined and lightning quick, unlocking your device faster than Touch ID. The average person checks their phone over 200 times per day. If you spend just three seconds inputting a PIN number or pattern, that's over an hour of your time gone each week," said the post. It weighs 175 grams. A 16GB OnePlus 2 with 3GB of LPDDR4 RAM will be made available later this year.
The OnePlus 2 will go on sale in India, China, the US, Canada, and select EU regions on August 11. Southeast Asia will get the smartphone in Q4 2015. The 64GB OnePlus 2 will be priced in India at Rs. 24,999 and be available via Amazon India. The covers come in four materials - Bamboo, Black Apricot, Rosewood, and Kevlar. The phone itself ships with a Sandstone Black cover, like the predecessor.