A screenshot posted on Weibo by OnePlus CEO Liu Zuohu, showing intersecting lines on a map, indicates that the new OnePlus device will indeed be called the OnePlus X.
As reported in the International Business Times, OnePlus also sent out an invite to an event in Bengaluru, India, hosted by OnePlus founder Pete Lau and General Manager in India Vikas Agarwal. The event is due to take place next week and promises to unveil the company's "next big step", which we can only presume will be the OnePlus X.
OnePlus X / OnePlus 2 mini release date
We know that OnePlus is working on a new device. Pei has said this device will be available "before the end of the year. Hopefully for Christmas." A report from Gizmochina suggests that the OnePlus X will arrive in October, packing a Snapdragon 801 processor like the original OnePlus One.
We suspect that the OnePlus X price will be less than US$300: Gizmochina suggested US$249. Now that the OnePlus 2 has been released, it makes good business sense for OnePlus to offer a mid-range phone to enable it to meet all price points, much as Motorola does with its X, G and E lines. If that's the case, OnePlus One will likely be discontinued, if the new device offers something slightly better for the same price.
Moto X Style vs OnePlus 2
OnePlus One vs OnePlus 2
OnePlus X / OnePlus 2 mini specs
Some details have emerged through gforgames.com, which suggest that the OnePlus X specs will look a little like this:
5-inch 2.5D 1,080p display
MediaTek Helio X10 MT6795T SoC
2 GB of LPDDR3 RAM 933 MHz operating in dual-channel
32 GB eNNC 5.0 storage, expandable via microSDXC
13 MP Sony IMX258 rear camera
5 MP wide angle front camera
~3,000 mAh battery
USB Type-C
1.2 W front-facing speaker
NFC
Around US$250
Other notes of interest are that the screen will supposedly be covered in 2.5 D Gorilla Glass 3 or 4 and will be protected by an oleophobic and hydrophobic coating. It seems as though the device will not have a dual-camera setup as was previously suggested, but that the rear camera will have an f/2.0 aperture, 4k, 30 fps video recording capabilities, and a dual-tone LED flash. The front-facing camera is likely to have 1,080p video recording capabilities.
Be warned, however, that these specs are said to come from a prototype that is already several months old. We recommend remaining skeptical.
A first glimpse of the OnePlus 2 has appeared online, in the form of some leaked renders seen on Chinese websitemobile-dad.com. From the front, the OnePlus 2 mini / X looks similar to previous devices in the OnePlus series: a black, angular handset, with what looks like a metal rim. The front setup in the render above lacks a number of details however, such as the display and camera.
The back of the device (shown in the render below) appears to be made of plastic/rubber. It also appears to have a dual-camera setup with dual-LED flash, a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, a bottom-mounted speaker grill and USB Type-C port.
We should note that it's unlikely that these renders are 100 percent accurate. Although it's possible that the final version could have a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, the OnePlus 2 had one on the front, so this would mean OnePlus taking a significantly different design for the mini version.
The cameras also look strangely close to the top-edge of the handset and there are some contradictions between the two renders: the edges appear to be metal in the front render and plastic in the back, and, if there are two speakers on the front of the device (as the front render suggests), a bottom-mounted speaker (as shown in the back render) may not be necessary.
OnePlus X / OnePlus 2 mini features
The OnePlus 2 mini, with its mid-range components, is unlikely to feature the new whiz-bang features of the OnePlus 2. It will be running the new Oxygen OS though, and all signs suggest it will house a USB Type-C connector.
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