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To much anticipation, OnePlus unveiled the OnePlus 6, its newest flagship model, at the Copper Box Arena in London today. Key changes include upgraded cameras, a Snapdragon 845 processor, a simplified design that includes a curved Gorilla Glass 5 back—a first for OnePlus, and water resistance—also another first for the brand.
Aside from coming with Android 8.1 out of the box, the OnePlus 6 is one of the few phones that is qualified for the Android P developer program. As for the OxygenOS overlay, OnePlus Co-Founder Carl Pei claims that they have a team dedicated to improving OxygenOS, resulting in over 200 optimizations.
Going to the cameras, the OnePlus 6’s dual rear cameras have bigger 1.22um pixels (for the primary camera), come with improved OIS, low-light, and portrait mode features. Also worth noting is its slow-motion feature, where it can record up to one minute of footage and lets the user choose which portion of the clip needs to be slowed down.
OnePlus 6 specs
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 octa-core processor
- Adreno 630 GPU
- 6GB/8GB LPDDR4X RAM
- 64GB/128GB/256GB of UFS 2.1 storage
- 6.28-inch Full Optic Full HD+ display, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, sRGB and DCI-P3 color gamut
- 20-megapixel f/1.7 Sony IMX519 zoom and 16-megapixel f/1.7 Sony IMX 376K primary rear cameras with 1.22um pixels (primary), 1um pixels (zoom) PDAF, OIS, EIS, 2X optical zoom, LED flash, 4K recording, 480FPS slo-mo
- 16-megapixel front camera with AI
- Dual SIM
- 3G, LTE Cat. 16/13 4CA
- Wi-Fi,4×4 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
- USB Type-C, Fingerprint sensor, Face unlock, IP54 certification
- 3300mAh battery, Dash Charge
- Android 8.1 Oreo with OxygenOS 5.1
The OnePlus 6 will come in Midnight Black, Mirror Black, and Silk White. The former two will be available starting on May 22, while the Silk White will be available on June 5. The 6GB/64GB variant will retail for $529(~Php 27.7k), while the 8GB/128GB variant will retail for $579(~Php 30.3k). The top-tier 8GB/256GB variant will have a $629(~Php 32.9k) price tag.