The fledgling China-based smartphone manufacturer isn’t looking to “settle”, even though the OnePlus One’s release was a fiasco in more than one way.
A controversial, convoluted and restrictive invite reservation system. Questionable, risqué and outright misogynistic publicity stunts. Build quality issues. An innate inability to ramp up production on par with demand.
They all hurt OnePlus One’s chances of making real waves in the mobile world. Still, the vast majority of the handful of people that were lucky enough to score a unit declared their unrestrained admiration for the uber-affordable Android flagship.
And so, it probably shouldn’t come as a shocker a sequel is decidedly in the works. Of course, given its stature, OnePlus is unlikely to handle a swift six-month upgrade cycle. Fortunately, the little company’s execs know that full well, and they’re not going to try to be heroes.
Instead, they’ll just “settle” for outing a OnePlus Two a year after the first-gen’s intro. Specifically, in “Q2 or Q3 next year.” That’s the announcement’s expected deadline, mind you, with the commercial rollout tipped to go down a little later. Probably, by Q3’s end.
As for targeted markets, OnePlus plans to keep its focus on emerging countries, most prominently India. Hopefully, they’ll get rid of invites as soon as possible, and boost their production capabilities. Currently, the OnePlus One is just about ready to widely become available on Indian turf, with the rest of the world left waiting for a third pre-order wave open for all.
No doubt running some sort of skinned, customizable Android flavor, the OnePlus Two has to make do without CyanogenMod, the software that’s to be exclusively licensed to Indian hardware producer Micromax.
Speaking of hardware, a thick haze covers the spec sheet of the Two, with vague rumors calling for things like a smaller screen (perhaps a 5 incher), and “surprises in store.” Well, as long as OnePlus promotes and distributes it better, we’re psyched. Aren’t you?
Source: BGR India
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A controversial, convoluted and restrictive invite reservation system. Questionable, risqué and outright misogynistic publicity stunts. Build quality issues. An innate inability to ramp up production on par with demand.
They all hurt OnePlus One’s chances of making real waves in the mobile world. Still, the vast majority of the handful of people that were lucky enough to score a unit declared their unrestrained admiration for the uber-affordable Android flagship.
And so, it probably shouldn’t come as a shocker a sequel is decidedly in the works. Of course, given its stature, OnePlus is unlikely to handle a swift six-month upgrade cycle. Fortunately, the little company’s execs know that full well, and they’re not going to try to be heroes.
Instead, they’ll just “settle” for outing a OnePlus Two a year after the first-gen’s intro. Specifically, in “Q2 or Q3 next year.” That’s the announcement’s expected deadline, mind you, with the commercial rollout tipped to go down a little later. Probably, by Q3’s end.
As for targeted markets, OnePlus plans to keep its focus on emerging countries, most prominently India. Hopefully, they’ll get rid of invites as soon as possible, and boost their production capabilities. Currently, the OnePlus One is just about ready to widely become available on Indian turf, with the rest of the world left waiting for a third pre-order wave open for all.
No doubt running some sort of skinned, customizable Android flavor, the OnePlus Two has to make do without CyanogenMod, the software that’s to be exclusively licensed to Indian hardware producer Micromax.
Speaking of hardware, a thick haze covers the spec sheet of the Two, with vague rumors calling for things like a smaller screen (perhaps a 5 incher), and “surprises in store.” Well, as long as OnePlus promotes and distributes it better, we’re psyched. Aren’t you?
Source: BGR India
Read More: http://ift.tt/1pS4WH8
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