OnePlus 6T: all the details and all the rumors up to now

In these times of exhaustive leaks and incessant telephone rumors, OnePlus only wants to talk to you about its new phone. Specifically, its updated flagship product, the OnePlus 6T, has exciting new features – and it will be available on October 29. (Yes, he adjusted the initial launch date to avoid overlap with another company unveiling new products on the same day.)

Each year, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus refines its formula to offer a high-end Android smartphone at a competitive price. The latest edition, the OnePlus 6, was chosen by CNET Editor & # 39; s Choice in May 2018 for the quality of its cameras, its fast performance, its sleek design and its starting price of $ 529 – less than the Google Pixel 2 XL, the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus or Apple iPhone X.

This year, OnePlus will offer a mid-cycle "T" upgrade, featuring exciting new features, including a fingerprint scanner buried under the popular 6.4-inch AMOLED display on the phone. (The the scanner part has been confirmedbut many other specifications – such as size and display technology – have not been announced.)

OnePlus has effectively co-opted the rumor of the supply chain that has allowed a cottage industry to subvert advertisements of carefully choreographed products from secret companies like Apple and Google. In fact, publishing its own teasers, questions and answers and detailed information about upcoming phones has become a hallmark of OnePlus' marketing strategy. (OnePlus founder Pete Lau recently confirmed several details about the upcoming 6T in his interview with CNET's Lynn La.)

And yet, leaks persist. In addition to the wealth of sanctioned information we have on the OnePlus 6T, industry sources and industrious leaks have filled the gaps by offering so-called photos, specifications and renders. As we count on the days leading up to the official introduction on October 29, we will continue to collect the best news and rumors about the OnePlus 6T here. So come back often.

Confirmed: the OnePlus 6T will be launched on October 29

Back on October 8th, OnePlus announced that it will unveil its new phone at Pier 36 in New York on October 30th at 11:00 am ET. Then, a few weeks later, Apple invited the media to a special event scheduled at 10 pm (ET). that same day. Ouch.

As a result, OnePlus has been postponed until October 29 – a day earlier. The company will re-show the ad on its website and its YouTube channel.

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Confirmed: fingerprint sensor on the screen

The future OnePlus 6T will have a built-in fingerprint reader, the company confirmed to CNET. Some Chinese manufacturers have already experimented with this technology – the Porsche Design Vivo X21 and Huawei Mate RS models are two examples – but the OnePlus 6T will be the first phone widely available with this feature in the United States.

OnePlus told CNET that it was initially planning to introduce technology on the OnePlus 5T from last year. Because "the technology was not mature enough to meet [OnePlus’] standards to provide a fast and smooth user experience ", however, it was delayed until the 6T.

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Confirmed: no headphone jack

In an exclusive interview with CNET, Pete Lau, CEO of OnePlus, said the 6T would not have a headphone jack. Preparing the ground for moving away from the old port, the company announced its first USB-C headset, the $ 20 Type-C Bullets, in September.

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Confirmed: & # 39; A brand new interface & # 39;

In September, OnePlus released OxygenOS 9.0 with Android Pie for OnePlus 6. Since then, the company has used its own forum to reveal an even newer user interface for the next 6T. New features include an advanced "do not disturb" mode, new navigation gestures and new shortcuts to switch between recently used apps and invoke the Google Assistant.

Rumor: only at T-Mobile (in the United States)

T-Mobile is expected to be the exclusive partner of US operators for the OnePlus 6T and will be optimized for T-Mobile's new 600-MHz spectrum band network, according to several people familiar with the launch projects. OnePlus will continue to sell its unlocked global standard version capable of running on AT & T or T-Mobile, as well as most international networks

Rumor: the OnePlus 6T will have a mini-notch

In September, a user of Chinese social media site Weibo posted photos of an alleged OnePlus 6T. A sketch of the phone on the box shows a handset almost fully equipped with a screen – with a small, teardrop shaped notch on the top of the front camera and a thin lower frame.

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Rumor: OnePlus sticks with the Snapdragon 845

The OnePlus 6T appeared on Geekbench – an online reference data repository. Listed under the code name "FSFS P8801", the specifications indicate that some configurations of the OnePlus 6T will be delivered with the same 8-core Snapdragon 845 currently integrated in the Model 6 (and a host of other current phones, including Samsung S9 Galaxy Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XLand LG V40) and 8 GB of RAM.

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Rumor: The OnePlus 6T will cost around $ 550

Doubling on the industry trend to higher prices of phones every yearOnePlus has the highest rate of increase of all major manufacturers. The price of OnePlus phone has increased about 33% in the United States and 43% in the United Kingdom. We have no reason to believe that OnePlus will change its game plan with the 6T, which costs between 550 and 570 USD (between 420 and 435, AU $ 770 and 800).

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