OnePlus has unveiled their second phone this year, making the OnePlus X official. The OnePlus X like both the OnePlus and the OnePlus 2 before it, is not available for purchase in Australia and you will have to work with importers to get one in your hands.
The OnePlus X is the low-cost option for OnePlus fans, and for a low-cost it’s a decent looking handset, made of a metal frame, with a glass back and Gorilla Glass 3 front, though a ‘special edition’ ceramic option will be available in a limited run. The phone has decent if lower-end specs (by todays standards at least), with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and 3GB of RAM running the show underneath. There’s 16GB of on-board storage and the phone has options for either Dual-SIM or you can use the second SIM as a microSD card slot.
The phone has a 13MP ISOCELL sensor with an f/2.2 aperture on the rear and an 8MP ‘Selfie’ cam on the front. The rear camera is optimised for white balance and colour saturation to get an accurate shote, the sensor has a lightning fast 0.2 second autofocus with phase detection autofocus, which OnePlus says is their fastest camera yet. The OnePlus X features Auto, HDR and ‘Clear Image’ options and the front-facing selfie cam has beauty mode which should smooth out the bumps.
OnePlus CEO Pete Lau said of the handset:
Today’s smartphone user strives to find the perfect balance of style and performance. The OnePlus X is a designcentric device chic and powerful enough to fit any lifestyle.
OnePlus X Specifications:
- 5″ FullHD (1920×1080) Resolution AMOLED (441 ppi) Display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core @ 2.3 GHz
- Adreno 330 GPU
- 16GB eMMC v5.0 with either dual SIM or MicroSD expandable up to 128GB
- 3GB LPDDR3
- Cameras:
- Rear: 13MP ISOCELL 3M2 CMOS, f/2.2 aperture 1080p resolution video; Slow Motion: 720p video at 120fps
- Front: 8MP OV8858, f/2.4 aperture
- Radios (U.S.):
- GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
- HSPA: B1/B2/B4/B5/B8
- LTE: B1/B2/B4/B5/B7/B8
- Radios (Europe & Asia):
- GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
- HSPA: B1/B2/B5/B8
- FDD LTE: B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20
- TDD-LTE: B38/B40
- 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio
- GPS, GLONASS, BDS
- Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity, Ambient Light, HALL
- 2525 mAh LiPo Battery
- Multicolor LED notification light
- OxygenOS, based on Android 5.1.1
- 140 x 69 x 6.9 mm
- Onyx: 138grams
- Ceramic: 160 g
As with all OnePlus handsets you’ll need an invite to purchase one. There’s the standard Glass and Metal bodied option, which will be available from November 5th for €269 in Europe, and will then go on-sale in the US for US$249 from November 19th. The special edition ‘Ceramic’ option will be limited to 10,0000 units and will go on-sale in Europe and India from November 24th for €369.
To check out more about the OnePlus X, head over to the OnePlus website.
