OnePlus 5 launched in India with PayTM tie-up

The smartphone, with two variants, will be available on e-commerce website Amazon, exclusive sales partner in India, for Rs. 32,999 and Rs.37,999

The OnePlus 5 was launched in India at a live-streamed event at the NSCI Dome in Mumbai on Thursday.

Following high-profile endorsement by personalities such as Amitabh Bachchan, Vir Das, Sushant Singh Rajput, Sania Mirza, the event was anchored by Rajiv Makhni and culminated in a contest to guess the price of the phone in India.

The Slate Grey variant with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage is priced at Rs. 32,999 and the Midnight Black variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage will be priced at and Rs.37,999.

The OnePlus 5 will be available starting 4.30 p.m., Thursday, on Amazon and oneplusstore.in. Amazon, which has been OnePlus's partner since the phone's India launch in December 2014, is exclusive online partner for flagship OnePlus 5.

Sale and availability

The e-commerce website is providing five offers, according to Amazon official Arun Srinivasan. Amazon Pay credit, Kindle offers, Cashback from SBI, Accident cover from Kotak, Data offers from Vodafone.

The features unveiled were much the same as the worldwide launch — dual camera, smooth performance and power efficiency on the Snapdragon 835 processor, Oxygen OS, etc. However, the highlight of the smartphone's India launch is its integration with PayTM Quick Pay. One long press of the fingerprint sensor will take the user to the PayTM payment page in seconds. Additionally, the Indian version comes with customisable Vibration patterns.

Pop-up events — where people can purchase the smartphone offline — will be held in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Bengaluru over the next two days.

Here's a run-down of its key features:

Body: 7.25mm thickness with unibody design, focus on smooth feel when holding the phone in the hand.

Colour: Midnight Black, Slate Grey

Fingerprint sensor: Supports PayTM Quick Pay in collaboration Oxygen OS Quick Pay, one long press will take user to payment page in seconds.

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 10-nanometre mobile processor, 25% more power-efficient, 25% faster graphics-processing, 60 times more colours, machine-learning capabilities, developed over 1 year, HVX technology for faster image-processing capability of 100MP at a time.

Camera: Catching up with DSLR quality, 16MP + 20MP telephoto lens, background-foreground focal separation, Dual camera zoom with minimal loss of clarity, Portrait Mode offers Backlight Compensation for brighter photos, Fast Autofocus, f/1.7 aperture for sharper low-light shots (34% more light) and image stabilisation.

Battery: 3,300 mAh Dash Charge (battery charges consistently even when phone is in use), "A day's power in half-an-hour", greater Power Efficiency with 8GB RAM and 2.45GHz Snapdragon 835 which allows you to run a lot of apps without danger of crashing, UFS 2.1 Dual-Lane gives twice as much bandwidth, 64GB/128GB internal storage, App Priority with Oxygen OS

Smooth experience: Touch Latency improved — shorter latency means more sensitivity — with reduced Input Lag.

Display: 5.5'' screen Optic Amoled Display Full HD Resolution

Oxygen OS: Reading Mode (can be toggled on and off) has Ambient sensor which can change screen temperature according to environment light. smartphone reading experience comes closer to e-reader like Kindle.

Cases: Sandstone Karbon bumper with edge-to-edge protection, travel backpack

Source: The Hindu News