In a likely bid to avoid bad luck, the OnePlus 5 is expected to follow in the 3 and 3T's footsteps, based on Chinese certification docs.
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OnePlus definitely has something cooking, but could it be an entirely new flagship phone or just a darker, handsomer color for the existing 3T?
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The OnePlus 3T is due out on Tuesday with a slight change in specifications and, perhaps, price from the OnePlus 3. The question for the road ahead: will OnePlus deign to iterate early next year or wait with bated breath to grab hold of top-notch components for a little less?
Tech cognoscenti on Chinese microblogging site Weibo are talking about potential specs and design of what could be the OnePlus 4 or, if Asian superstition about the deathly number “4” is to be avoided, the OnePlus 5. Perhaps both will be found in some way next year and this could just be the start of a new release cycle for the company — a main model and a bump-up follow-up shortly after.
Specs could include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 or an iterative “835” with 6GB or 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Two cameras would be on the rear for some sort of augmented or mixed reality use. A glass encasement would hold in the 4,000mAh battery and the rest of it all, including the 5.3-inch quad HD AMOLED screeen.
Keep in mind that OnePlus’s announcements usually come in late spring or early summer and usually pose as a reaction to the traditional OEMs’ flagship launches — that is to say there is road to cover yet.
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Qualcomm is without a doubt the world leader in supplying processors for both high-end and mid-range smartphones, but even though the San Diego-based semiconductor titan’s vast partner roster includes everyone from Samsung to LG, Huawei, Lenovo, HTC, BlackBerry, OPPO and Xiaomi, the company still finds time to promote a slightly lower-profile alliance.
In case you forgot, QCM insists on calling attention via Twitter to “something new from OnePlus” that’s apparently “on the way”, “powered by our #Snapdragon 821 processor.” That’s all you’ll get from the ever-growing American chip champion for now, which should be plenty to lend further credence to recent OnePlus 3T gossip.
Unless, of course, this is merely the super-early beginning of a buzz-building campaign for next year’s OnePlus 4, which feels like a stretch, not to mention a greatly improved SD830 SoC will probably become the flagship handheld norm by then.
For its part, the Snapdragon 821 marginally enhances the raw power and energy efficiency of the 820 inside the original OnePlus 3, begging the question of this 3T’s necessity. But perhaps the $479 incremental upgrade is to bump screen resolution up to Quad HD after all, picking up a superior 20MP rear-facing camera and souped-up 3,300 mAh or so battery as well. All shall be revealed and fully detailed next week, rumor has it.
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