OnePlus Two will officially roll out to the retail markets in the third quarter of this year, laden with marvelous specifications and features that will enable it to compete head-on and be at par with the flagship smartphones of Samsung, Apple and HTC.
This pronouncement came no less from Pete Lau, CEO of OnePlus, when he recently hosted a session on fan forum Reddit where he confirmed that OnePlus Two will take on some of the most powerful flagships of 2015 including the Samsung Galaxy S6, the HTC One M9, and the upcoming iPhone, reports the International Business Times.
In addition to the high-end OnePlus Two, it has been reported that the Chinese smartphone maker shall also be launching the low-end OnePlus One Lite. But Lau has not revealed anything about the other OnePlus smartphone.
Previous reports indicate that the OnePlus One Lite, as its name implies, will be a lighter version of the 2015 flagship and will be more affordable than the OnePlus Two.
Latest reports seem to indicate also that the Chinese smartphone maker would not be launching the two upcoming handsets simultaneously. It is rumored that the OnePlus One Lite would be launched towards the end of the year, while OnePlus Two expects to be launched in June and officially released to the market around the third quarter of this year.
New mobile OS
But instead of having the Cyanogen OS for its Android-based mobile operating system just like its predecessor, OnePlus Two shall come out with the highly-touted Oxygen OS when it is formally introduced in June.
The decision has something to do with the formal ending of business relationship between the Chinese smartphone maker and CyanogenMod recently brought about by a legal mess that OnePlus got itself embroiled with lately with the India-based smartphone maker Micromax.
But if it’s any consolation to OnePlus Two, the Oxygen OS comes with its own custom ROM by OnePlus, and OnePlus One can also take on the OS if users so wish.
OnePlus One was last year’s most exciting Android phone and with the killer features of the OnePlus Two, it looks like the smartphone will continue the winning ways of its predecessor.
Accordingly, OnePlus Two will sport 5.5-inch screen display to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor. It shall have a 4GB of RAM, a better resolution, and a very generous 3,300 mAH of battery.
Despite the issue of overheating on the processor, Lau explained that they decided to use the Snapdragon 810 chipset instead of waiting for its successor in order to keep within its production timetable as well as keep the cost of the smartphone affordable compared to the other flagships in the market today.