OnePlus 5T Launch Offers
The OnePlus 5T is Amazon India exclusive and it will first go on sale exclusively for Amazon Prime members at 4:30pm IST on November 21 via the online retailer. Buyers can participate in the early access sale of OnePlusStore.in and OnePlus Experience Store. There isn’t much difference in the pricing in India and the US. The OnePlus 5T 6GB RAM/ 64GB storage variant is priced at $499 (roughly Rs. 32,600), while the 8GB RAM/ 128GB storage variant is priced at $559 (roughly Rs. 36,500).
The company also have said that all OnePlus 5T users will be eligible for a complimentary 12-month accidental damage insurance by Servify. For this, users will need to download the Kotak 811 app and activating a savings account with an initial deposit of Rs 1,000 in the introductory period.
Buyers can also avail a Rs. 1,500 instant discount by using the HDFC Bank debit and credit cards on Amazon.in until December 2.
OnePlus 5T Features and Specs
The OnePlus 5T comes with dual-SIM (Nano) support and it runs OxygenOS 4.7 based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat, There are some new cool features included in the OxygenOS 4.7 such as new Face Unlock – which works based on advanced facial recognition algorithms that use over 100 facial features identity points to “securely unlock” the smartphone in 0.4 seconds.
According to the company Face Unlock will not work as an authentication method on sensitive apps, like payment apps. Users can also take the selfie by long-pressing the fingerprint sensor, and swipe the fingerprint sensor to bring up the notification shade. These features were missing in the OnePlus 5.
It sports a 6.01-inch full-HD+ (2160×1080 pixels) AMOLED display with an 18:9 aspect ratio, 401ppi pixel density, and 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The display also supports sRGB and DCI-P3 color gamuts. OnePlus 5T is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 835 SoC, clocked at up to 2.45GHz, paired with either 6GB or 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM.
As for the cameras on the OnePlus 5T – The primary sensor remains identical to the OnePlus 5 and includes a 16-megapixel Sony IMX398 sensor with an aperture of f/1.7. However, it appears to have an upgraded focal length of 27.22mm.
The secondary camera on the back has got a minor upgrade on the sensor which now includes a 20-megapixel Sony IMX376K sensor rather than the 20-megapixel Sony IMX350 sensor used on the OnePlus 5.
The front camera on the OnePlus 5T hasn’t got any change. It sports the same 16-megapixel camera with Sony IMX371 sensor with an aperture of f/2.0. The front camera can record 1080p videos at 30fps.
The OnePlus 5T packs a 3300mAh non-removable battery, same capacity as the OnePlus 5, and supports the company’s Dash Charge (5V, 4A) fast charging technology.
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