OnePlus today (24 November) announced that its latest flagship device OnePlus 5T was sold out within first 5 minutes yesterday (23 November), during special one-hour preview sale on Amazon.in.
OnePlus 5T price in India is Rs 32,999 for 64GB and Rs 37,999 for 128GB variant. The device will go on open sale on 28 November across amazon.in, oneplusstore.in, select Croma stores and experience zones in Bangalore and Delhi NCR.
OnePlus 5T went on Early Access sale on 21 November at Amazon (for Prime members) and OnePlus’ online store in India along with North America and Europe. During the sale, OnePlus 5T became company’s fastest selling device in 6 hours.
#OnePlus5T is our fastest selling device - sold out within 5 minutes on @amazonIN today! https://t.co/hFehhlN2EY
— Vika5 AgarwaT (@Vikas_AGL) November 24, 2017
Vikas Agarwal, General Manager, OnePlus India, said, “The OnePlus 5T is our way of giving our community the latest and greatest technology, in form of a premium flagship smartphone. We have seen unprecedented customer response to the early access sales, in India as well as globally. Hundreds of fans have flocked to our Experience stores in Bangalore and Delhi, waiting in long queues to be amongst the first ones to get their hands on the new device.”
OnePlus 5T runs on Android 7.1.1 Nougat with company’s OxygenOS on top; it will soon be getting Android 8.0 Oreo update. It powered by a 2.45 GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor coupled with 6GB/8GB RAM.
The smartphone is available in two RAM and storage configurations of 6GB RAM+64GB storage and 8GB RAM+128GB. There is no MicroSD card slot in the smartphone and storage cannot be expanded.
The major highlight of OnePlus 5T is its 18:9 display, it features a 6.01-inch full HD (2160x1080) AMOLED display with an 18:9 ratio, 2.5D curved glass and Corning Glass 5 for protection.
OnePlus 5T sports a dual camera on the rear with 16-megapixel+20-megapixel sensors and dual LED Flash where first one is a wide-angle camera with f/1.7 and second one is a telephoto lens with f/1.7 aperture. On the front is a 16-megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture and Screen Flash.
The smartphone is backed by a non-removable 3300mAh battery which supports Dash Charge. The handset has dedicated slots for dual-SIM (nano+nano) configuration. The smartphone also has a rear mounted fingerprint sensor which unlocks it in 0.2 seconds. OnePlus 5T also features facial recognition which the company claims is very reliable and unlocks the phone in 0.4 seconds though it can’t be used for transactions.
Connectivity options of OnePlus 5T includes- Wi-Fi 2x2 MIMO, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth 5.0, 3.5mm audio-jack, NFC, USB 2.0, Type-C, GPS, GLONASS and BeiDou. The handset measures 156.1 x 75.7 x 7.3mm and weighs 162 grams.