Today OnePlus has taken to the stage in London to announce the launch of its second smartphone of year, the OnePlus X.
Specs
In the OnePlus X you’ll find that it doesn’t scrimp on the hardware, there’s a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset, with Adreno 330 graphics, and 3GB of RAM.
The Snapdragon 801 might be last generation hardware and miss out on the latest hexa- or octo-core efficiencies of the 808 or 810, but it’s a proven chipset that has been inside many great devices. Using this older hardware probably accounts for the affordability of the OnePlus X too.
There’s 16GB of internal storage, but you have the option to expand this with up to 128GB of microSD.
OnePlus is offering this microSD storage in a combined storage or second Sim slot, something Huawei has been doing as well.
The OnePlus X has a non-removable 2525mAh battery, with no fingerprint scanner and no USB Type-C on the OnePlus X.
Display
The OnePlus X has a 5-inch AMOLED display on the front.
With the OnePlus X having a full HD resolution, so 1920 x 1080 pixels, this will gives you a 440ppi, with Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
Video from Dom Esposito (aka macmixing)
Software and Features
The OnePlus X runs on the company’s Oxygen OS, based on Android 5.1.1.
Designed to allow plenty of customisation above and beyond that offered by stock Android. There will be on and off screen gestures, ambient display notifications, custom quick settings and file manager, as well as a new OnePlus Radio.
You’ll get familiar features such as Shelf to help you organise your stuff and SwiftKey keyboard for lightning fast text input.
Camera
A 13-megapixel camera on the rear of the OnePlus X, offering a F/2.2 aperture and boasting a 0.2-second autofocus time.
There is a 8-megapixel camera on the front of the OnePlus X for your selfies, and includes the important beauty mode. Video capture tops out at full HD, with no support for higher 4K resolutions.
Pricing
The OnePlus X Onyx will cost £199 and will be available from 5th November. It will be available through oneplus.net and you’ll need an invite to buy it.
The OnePlus X Ceramic will cost £269 and will be available from 24th November. You’ll need a special Ceramic invite to be able to buy one and only 10,000 will be made.
