OnePlus over the weekend announced an
event on Monday where the company is
likely to launch the OnePlus One
successor alongside its cheaper version.
Additionally, OnePlus India has
confirmed that the 10000mAh Power
Bank will be launching in India in the
last week of April.
The company in a tweet confirmed the
news saying, "From here on out, anythin
could happen" accompanied by the
hashtag #NeverSettle. In another tweet,
the company said, "April 20. Can you
guess what's happening?" The tweet wa
also accompanied by the same hashtag.
Previously, OnePlus Co-Founder Carl Pei
had confirmed that the OnePlus 2
smartphone can be expected to be
launched in Q2 or Q3 of 2015. Its
cheaper version, which the company co-
founder Carl Pei mentioned in January
will cater "to a different type of audience.
Perhaps for those who appreciate design
over specs," will arrive towards the end
this year. A more recent Bloomberg
interview had tipped the same launch
time-frame for both handsets. The
company had also revealed it aims to sel
between 3 and 5 million smartphones in
2015, and 10 million in 2016.
Preliminary leaks have suggested that th
OnePlus 2 smartphone will sport a metal
frame, which is likely to replace the
polycarbonate build of the '2014 flagshi
killer' One smartphone. A report even
claimed that due to use of the metal
frame, the pricing of the OnePlus 2 migh
be higher than that of the One which wa
launched in April last year at a starting
price of $299 (unlocked and without
contract) for the 16GB model. The
sources however mentioned that the
firm's plans were yet to be finalised.
At the Indian launch of the OnePlus One,
Pei told NDTV Gadgets, "For our first
year, we've focused on just one product,
the OnePlus One. Next year, we're lookin
into experimenting with different types of
form factors and different types of
products."
Unfortunately, there is no official word
what OnePlus has up its sleeves for the
Monday launch.
In other news, OnePlus India Head Vikas
Agarwal on the official forum confirmed
news about 10000mAh Power Bank's
availability in India - it will be made
available in the last week of April. This
matches the company's announcement
last month when it had said the
10000mAh Power Bank India will becom
available in India in April .
Agarwal said the power bank will be
available via Amazon. Agarwal alongside
also revealed that the Bamboo Covers for
the One smartphone will be launching in
India soon.
He said, "We have been thrilled with the
response we have received so far in
markets where it has been officially
launched and shall soon be unveiling th
same here in India with the rollout
scheduled during the last week of April.
We look forward to you getting your
hands on the portable powerhouse on th
Amazon Store real soon."
To recall, OnePlus unveiled the
10000mAh Power Bank in December,
priced at $14.99 (roughly Rs. 950), but
only made it available in March.
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