Live updates from OnePlus 5 New York launch
10:11pm IST: Pei finally revealed the price and availability before concluding the event.
Price: $479 in USA, and 499 EUR in Europe. Availability: June 27, 2017 onwards
Display: 5.5-inch Full HD Optic AMOLED
Processor: Snapdragon 835
Camera: 20+16MP with f/2.6 and f/1.7 aperture dual rear camera
RAM: 6GB/8GB
Storage: 64GB/128GB
Battery: 3,300mAh with Dash Charge
Software: Android Nougat-based OxygenOS
Add-ons: Fingerprint scanner, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, 4G VoLTE, metallic unibody
Price: $479
Availability: June 27, 2017 onwards
10:03 pm IST: Summary
10:00 pm IST: Finally, user feedback is essential to keep improving. Urges fans to share feedback at every stage to improve the product.
9:56 pm IST: OnePlus 5 comes with up to 8GB RAM, which is 20 percent more efficient. The phone is powered by OxygenOS. There's an ambient sensor that calibrates the display to match the light outside.
9:53 pm IST: OnePlus 5 ensures smooth experience. Paul Jacobs, Exec. Chairman at Qualcomm, takes the stage. OnePlus 5 is powered by the latest Snadpragon 835 chipset, Adreno 540 GPU, 10nm design and fiber-like LTE connectivity.
9:50 pm IST: Kyle Kiang, head of marketing at OnePlus, takes the stage to talk about the battery. OnePlus 5 gets company's proprietary Dash Charge. OnePlus 5 can charge faster than Samsung Galaxy S8, and it doesn't matter if you are using the phone while charging. The handset comes with 3,300mAh battery.
"A day's power in half an hour," Dash Charge best described.
9:46 pm IST: Emily Ratajkowski explains different camera modes: Portrait Mode to get Bokeh effect, Pro Mode and others. OnePlus 5 features 20+16MP dual camera. The samples shown by OnePlus look really great.
9:45pm IST: OnePlus uses Smart Capture chip to reduce noise in low-light images, improved HDR, and automatically set the right exposure and colours.
9:42 pm IST: Pei takes the stage again. He now explains the OnePlus 5's camera. The smartphone comes with a secondary telephoto lens and a 16MP primary IMX398 sensor to capture more details. It has fast auto focus, and has f/1.7 aperture.
9:40 pm IST: The dual camera takes the top left position, volume rocker and alert slider are on the left, a physical home button with fingerprint scanner, a USB Type-C port along with speaker and 3.5mm headphone jack at the back.
9.38 pm IST: Diego Heinz, senior designer at OnePlus takes the stage to explain about the OnePlus 5's design. It's 7.25mm thick – the slimmest OnePlus smartphone ever.
9:37 pm IST: Design: "It's all in the details," Pei said about the OnePlus 5's one of six elements that make the phone great.
9:36 pm IST: Pei revealed all the specs of the phone. But warned, "if you can for the specs, you can leave now."
9:34 pm IST: Pei looks back at the success of all the OnePlus smartphones, including OnePlus One, OnePlus 2, OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T.
9:30 pm IST: The event begins. OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei takes the stage.
9:15 pm IST: Emily Ratajkowski is expected to make an appearance at the OnePlus 5 launch event.
9:11 pm IST: OnePlus just shared an update on Twitter about its pop-up events, which are set to take place in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Berlin, Amsterdam, London and Paris.
Original story:
OnePlus will unveil its 2017 flagship – OnePlus 5 – at an event in New York shortly. This is one of the most-awaited flagships of the year, set to challenge devices like Samsung Galaxy S8 series, Sony Xperia XZ Premium and iPhone 7 Plus, naturally attracting a global attention.
OnePlus will host another event in India on June 22, where it will bring the OnePlus 5 to this part of the sub-continent, but the New York event will reveal all of the phone's specs along with international pricing and availability details. International Business Times, India, will be bringing you live updates to see what the company has in store for its fans around the world.
If you wish to watch the event live, you can do so by logging into the company's official website. The event begins at 12 pm EDT (9.30 pm IST).
In the last few weeks, OnePlus has been quite active on the social media front, teasing the specs, features and design of the upcoming annual flagship. There has been a stream of leaks, detailing every bit of the phone, including its price and availability in India, ahead of the launch, which begs the question "what's left to reveal?"
We already know that the OnePlus 5 is going to have a dual camera at the back, which was teased by the company itself revealing the rear design. OnePlus 5 has received mixed reactions for its design being too similar to the iPhone 7 Plus. But the company remains optimistic about the phone's success regardless.
Let's see what the New York event reveals about the phone on Tuesday. Latest updates from the event will appear at the top of the article.
