The hype around OnePlus' upcoming flagship, the OnePlus 5 aka OnePlus 4, has started gaining momentum of late with its release date getting close. The company had confirmed in a teaser that the device will be released this summer but no exact date was announced. However, reports now claim that it will arrive in June.
The OnePlus 5 is expected to come with a price tag of $499 in its home country China, while the international variant is expected to be priced at $688. Going by its price, the Xiaomi Mi 6 is a handset that it will have to compete with in the market. It could also give the recently released Samsung Galaxy S8 a run for its money.
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The OnePlus 5 is expected to sport a 5.5-inch full Quad HD display with 2,560x1,440 pixels, powered by a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Octa-core processor clocking at 2.35GHz, house an Adreno 540 GPU and run Android Nougat operating system. It is also expected to come packed with an 6/8GB RAM, a 64GB internal memory, a 23MP rear camera, a 16MP front-snapper, and a 4,000mAh battery.
The specifications of the device are not confirmed yet, but if reports comes true, it will be superior to the Xiaomi Mi 6 and Samsung Galaxy S8, at least in RAM and battery.
The Xiaomi Mi 6 is priced at 2,499 Yuan (around Rs 25,000 / $363) for the 6GB RAM+64GB ROM model, and 2,899 Yuan (around Rs 29,000 / $421) for the 6GB RAM+128GB ROM variant. It sports a 5.15-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 1,080x1,920 pixels (428 ppi pixel density), powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, runs an Android 7.1.1 Nougat operating system and houses a 3,350mAh battery with Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0).
In terms of camera, it has dual 12 MP main cameras – one with f/1.8 aperture, 27mm lens, OIS 4-axis, and the other with 52mm lens and f/2.6 aperture — phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash, 1/2.9" sensor size, 1.25 µm @ 27mm and 1.0 µm @ 52mm pixel size, and an 8MP front-snapper.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 is a premium device with a price tag of Rs 57,900 / $720. It features a 5.8-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 1,440x2,960 pixels (570 ppi pixel density), an Exynos 8895 processor / Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (for US model), and an Android 7.0 Nougat operating system.
The handset also comes with a 4GB RAM, a 64GB internal memory expandable up to 256GB via microSD card, a 12MP main camera with f/1.7 aperture, 26mm lens, phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash, 1/2.5" sensor size and 1.4 µm pixel size, an 8MP front-snapper with f/1.7 aperture and autofocus, and a 3,000mAh battery with fast battery charging technology.
