OnePlus 2 has just finished their virtual phone launch using Google’s Cardboard platform, but now the nitty gritty of details about the phone have begun to arrive.
The phone will have some pretty high-end specs, but notably the specs we’ve been provided with make no mention of features like Quick Charging or Qi wireless charging. Also missing from the list is NFC, so no payments – Android Pay/Google Wallet etc. – will be available on the phone. The OnePlus 2 will also come with Capacitive and On-screen buttons. The OnePlus 2 also has a multi-coloured LED notification light.
Specs
So what does the OnePlus 2 have in side it?
- 5.5″ 1080p Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels), 401 PPI LCD screen with In-cell Touch and Corning© Gorilla© Glass
- 64-bit Qualcomm© Snapdragon™ 810 processor with 1.8GHz Octa-core CPUs
- Adreno 430 GPU
- 4 GB/ 3 GB LPDDR4
- 64 GB/16 GB eMMC v5.0 (available capacity varies)
- 13MP (1.3µm) Rear Camera with 6 lenses to avoid distortion and colour aberration OIS, Laser Focus and Dual-LED Flash and f/2.0 Aperture
- 5 Megapixel Front Camera
- Bottom-facing speaker
- Dual-microphone with noise cancellation
- Dual-band Wi-Fi: 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n and 5GHz 802.11a/n/ac
- Bluetooth 4.1
- Internal GPS antenna + GLONASS and Digital Compass
- Fingerprint, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity and Ambient Light sensor
- 1 LED notification light (multicoloured)
- Dual NanoSIM
- Connectivity Support
- US
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- GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz
- WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/4/5/8
- FDD-LTE: Bands: 1/2/4/5/7/8/12/17
- EU/India
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- GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz
- WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/5/8
- FDD-LTE: Bands: 1/3/5/7/8/20
- Ports:
- Data & Charging: USB Type-C
- Audio: Jack 3.5mm
- Volume Rockers, Alert Slider and Capacitive / On-screen buttons
- OxygenOS based on Android 5.1
- Embedded rechargeable 3,300 mAh LiPo battery
- 151.8×74.9×9.85 mm
- 175 grams
The OnePlus 2 has two accessories in the box, a single USB Type- C Cable and a OnePlus 2 USB Power Adapter. We also presume some sort of SIM tool.
Bands
Now. Let’s talk band support. The OnePlus supports 2G (that’s the GSM bands) as well as 3G (that’s the WCDMA bands) with support for Bands 1/2/4/5/8. In Australia we use Bands 1, 5 and 8 :
- Band 1 (2100MHz) Telstra, Optus, Vodafone.
- Band 5 (850MHz) Telstra
- Band 8 (900MHz) Optus/Vodafone (Metro)
With regards to LTE support, it’s going to get a little difficult. We’ve previously been importing the US OnePlus One due to support for Band 3 1800MHz LTE on the US version, which is the most widely used LTE band in Australia due to being supported almost everywhere by all three major Australian carriers. In the OnePlus 2, that changes. The OnePlus 2 has two variants, the European and US versions. The US version supports Bands: 1/2/4/5/7/8/12/17:
- Band 1: 2100MHz
- Band 2: 1900MHz
- Band 4: 1700MHz
- Band 5: 850MHz
- Band 7: 2600MHz
- Band 8: 900MHz
- Band 12: 700aMHz
- Band 17: 700bMHz
The European model supports Bands: 1/3/5/7/8/20:
- Band 1: 2100MHz
- Band 3: 1800MHz
- Band 5: 850MHz
- Band 7: 2600MHz
- Band 8: 900MHz
- Band 20: 800MHz
In Australia we use LTE Bands 3, 5, 28 and in TD-LTE Band 40. The OnePlus 2 only lists support for FD-LTE so it’s mainly the Bands 3, 5 and 28:
Update: It appears that on the spec page for the Indian version of the OnePlus 2, OnePlus has added TD-LTE bands: TDD-LTE: Bands 38/40/41 (2600,2300,2500), which of course is a boon for Optus users. This doesn’t change much for a number of users in Australia, but does for some Indian OnePlus fans. Thanks Ankur.
- Band 3: 1800 (All Three)
- Band 5: 850MHz (Vodafone re-farmed 3G Spectrum)
- Band 28: 700MHz (Optus/Telstra)
- Band 40: 2300 (TD-LTE Optus)
We’re looking at ways to import the European version of the OnePlus 2, so stay tuned for that.
