OnePlus, a day after announcing the ne
permanent price cut for the One handse
in Europe and the US and its partnershi
with Dropbox, has given details on the
upcoming Android 5.1 update for the
'One' smartphone. The firm has also
confirmed the name of the next
generation OnePlus handset in a couple
of forum posts about contests that will
let users experience the 'OnePlus 2' first
While the first post titled "Photo Mania
2015 - Be the first to experience the
OnePlus 2!" talks about a Photo Mania
2015 contest, the second named "Your
OnePlus Story - Be the first to experienc
the OnePlus 2!" gives details on the You
OnePlus Story contest. Both the posts
mention "OnePlus 2" several times insid
confirming the name of the upcoming
smartphone, and winners will get all-
expenses-paid trips to the firm's
headquarters in Hong Kong to check ou
the next smartphone ahead of the
launch.
Last month, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau, whil
talking to his Weibo followers about the
smartphone tipped the price and 'nearly
confirmed the processor for the handse
to be Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 So
We already know that the OnePlus One
successor will be released in Q3 2015.
Lau agreed with some of his followers
who had suggested a price of CNY 2,49
(roughly Rs. 25,000).
Meanwhile, it has been also announced
that while OnePlus users worldwide wou
be receiving Android 5.1 Lollipop-based
CM 12.1 "soon"; the update for Oxygen
with the same Android build is currently
on hold and will be made available for
the OnePlus One only after the OnePlus
itself is launched. Notably, the entire
team for now is said to be working on t
OxygenOS release for the OnePlus 2, an
can't focus on the OxygenOS OTA upda
for the One handset side-by-side. As for
the Cyanogen OS 12.1 update, the
OnePlus team says a preview build is
currently undergoing factory testing an
Google certification.
Also, the firm said it is working on a fix
for the touchscreen issues reported by
few OnePlus One users. "Some of you
have been experiencing touchscreen
issues, we've gone through several
iterations of the fix to make sure the
solution works with the different panels
we have, and eliminated some of the si
effects we've seen like battery drain an
mura effects. The last iteration is
undergoing stringent testing, it's lookin
stable and promising. Both OxygenOS
and CM will get the latest fix," said the
OnePlus forum administrator.
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