OnePlus
5 has been launched in India, just two days after its global
unveiling. The new smartphone has been launched at starting price of Rs.
32,999, and will be available on Amazon India for now, and will head to the
OnePlus retail channels next week. However, fans who want to get their hands on
the smartphone offline can get it at the pop-up events being held in New Delhi,
Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Chennai over the next two days. There are several
OnePlus 5 India launch offers the company has announced for those who purchase
the smartphone from Amazon.
OnePlus
5 price in India, and availability
The
OnePlus 5 price in India is Rs. 32,999 for the 6GB RAM/ 64GB storage variant,
while those who want to purchase the model with 8GB RAM/ 128GB storage will
have to shell out Rs. 37,999. The former will only be available in the Slate
Grey colour variant, while the latter will only be available in Midnight Black.
These OnePlus 5 prices are slightly more expensive than in the US, but cheaper
than in Europe.
OnePlus
5 sale in India starts from Thursday itself, via Amazon India. The first Early
Access Sale opens at 4:30pm IST for users that registered for notification. The
OnePlus 5 will then be made available for open sale from Amazon India, OnePlus
Store, and OnePlus Experience Stores (in Delhi and Bengaluru) from 12am IST,
Tuesday, June 27.
OnePlus
5 India launch offers
Both
6GB RAM/ 64GB storage and 8GB RAM/ 128GB storage OnePlus 5 variants will be
made available during the sale. Vodafone prepaid users will get 10GB of data
per month at the price of 1GB for 5 months on buying the smartphone between
June 22 and September 30. Similarly, postpaid subscribers of the operator will
get 9GB of additional data free for 5 billing cycles if they are on plans with
1GB or more data; on top of this, Vodafone Red users wit 4G SIM will get 10GB
of extra free data per month for 3 months through by logging into the
MyVodafone app.
SBI
credit and debit card holders will get flat Rs. 1.500 cashback on the OnePlus 5
price, on top of the up to Rs. 1,000 exchange offer the company is running
(valid till June 28 across all authorised retail channels). Kindle users who
purchase the handset between June 22 and July 31 will get promotional e-book
credit worth Rs. 500 when logging into the app from the smartphone. Sign in on
the Amazon Prime Video app on the phone to get Rs. 250 cashback in Amazon Pay
balance. All OnePlus 5 users will be eligible for 12-month Accidental Damage
Insurance by Servify on downloading the Kotak 811 savings account and
activating it with an initial deposit of Rs. 1,000.
OnePlus
5 features
Before
we get to the OnePlus 5 specifications, let us first take a look at the OnePlus
5 features that deserve to be highlighted. The first, is the dual rear camera
setup. OnePlus claims the setup is the "highest resolution dual-camera
system on a smartphone", comprising a 16-megapixel main camera and a
20-megapixel telephoto camera. The two cameras together provide effects like
Bokeh and lossless zoom up to 2x. The company has also increased the size of
the aperture of the main camera compared to the OnePlus 3T, enabling better
low-light performance and image stabilisation. OnePlus has chosen include only
EIS on the smartphone, forgoing OIS. Also added is a Pro Mode for manual
adjustments. More details about the OnePlus camera can be found in the
specifications section of this article.
Other
features about the OnePlus 5 that are worth highlighting include support for 34
GSM network bands (making it a "true world phone", according to
OnePlus), OxygenOS additions (App Priority, Expanded Screenshots, Reading Mode,
Translucent App Drawer, Auto Night Mode, Off-Screen Gestures, Customisable
Vibrations, Gaming DND Mode, and Secure Box), as well as the hardware
capacitive keys and the Alert Slider.
The
OnePlus 5 features a fingerprint sensor on the Home Button, said the unlock the
smartphone in as little as 0.2 seconds. It supports Paytm Quick Pay, which is a
fingerprint reader shortcut to open the Paytm app's payment page. Users will
need to long press the Home Button with their registered finger to open the Paytm
payment page.
OnePlus
specifications
We
finally get to the OnePlus 5 specifications. The dual-SIM (Nano-SIM)
dual-standby smartphone runs OxygenOS, based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat. It
features a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) Optic AMOLED display with a
pixel density of 401ppi (pixels per inch) and 2.5D curved Gorilla Glass 5
protection. The display supports both sRGB and DCI-P3 colour standards.
The
OnePlus 5 is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC (four cores
clocked at 2.45GHz, and four cores clocked at 1.9GHz), coupled with either 6GB
or 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM, as well as the Adreno 540 GPU.
As
for the camera, the OnePlus 5's dual rear camera setup supports EIS and bears a
16-megapixel main camera with a 1.12-micron pixel Sony IMX398 sensor and an
f/1.7 aperture. This is clubbed with a 20-megapixel telephoto camera featuring
a 1-micron pixel Sony IMX350 sensor and an f/2.6 aperture. The OnePlus 5 front
camera on the other hand bears a 16-megapixel Sony IMX371 sensor with 1-micron
pixels, an f/2.0 aperture, and EIS.
OnePlus
has used UFS 2.1 storage on the OnePlus 5, and as we mentioned, the smartphone
will be available in 64GB and 128GB storage variants. OnePlus has not included
a microSD card slot for storage expansion.
As
for OnePlus 5 connectivity options, the company has included 4G VoLTE (Cat. 12,
up to 600Mbps downloads and 150Mbps uploads), dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) Wi-Fi
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth v5.0, NFC, GPS/ A-GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, and USB
Type-C (v2.0). The OnePlus 5 bears an accelerometer, ambient light sensor,
digital compass, gyroscope, and a proximity sensor. The smartphone measures
154.2x74.1x7.25mm, and weighs in at 153 grams.
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