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OnePlus 5T Release Date, UK Price, Features & Specifications Rumours

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We’re anticipating a OnePlus 5T launch on 16 November. We round-up the rumours on the new OnePlus 5T specifications, features, price and UK launch date.
OnePlus has denied claims of a OnePlus 5T launch event on 5 November, but it has not denied the OnePlus 5T itself. With a huge number of rumours about that increasingly less mysterious phone spilling on to the web, we’re convinced the OnePlus 5T is coming soon – probably on 16 November.
OnePlus has not confirmed that a OnePlus 5T is in development, and a fake event invitation and a picture that may actually be the Oppo F5 are not concrete evidence. But we’re hearing more and more about the possibility of such a device, which to us suggests a new OnePlus could be imminent – potentially launching on 16 November.
That’s the date suggested by this leaked image, which also points to a larger display but the same footprint.
OnePlus has produced a halfway upgrade before, and the omission of an 18:9 display in its current flagship is a bit of a misstep if it wants to be known as a flagship killer.
Plus there’s the fact it’s becoming increasingly difficult to buy the OnePlus 5, which is no longer in stock on the official site.
Carl Pei’s thoughts on that matter?
Should a OnePlus 5T be announced, it’s unlikely that it will cost significantly more that the current OnePlus 5. That phone retails from £449 – or at least it does when it is in stock.
Oppomart is suggesting a price of $549 for the new phone.
Currently you can still obtain a OnePlus 5 via O2 where it costs from £41 per month or from £499 PAYG.
We’ve seen a ’T’ suffixed OnePlus before in the OnePlus 3T. That phone arrived six months after the OnePlus 3, so the timing is right here for a successor to the OnePlus 5 in the OnePlus 5T.
The original T model OnePlus in essence gave the handset a speed boost, moving from the 2.2GHz Snapdragon 820 in the OnePlus 3 to the 2.35GHz Snapdragon 821 in the 3T. The new chip offered a 10 percent performance boost.
OnePlus also upgraded the selfie camera from an 8Mp model to a 16Mp version that performed better in low light, and it increased the battery capacity from 3000mAh to 3400mAh. A new 128GB storage model was also introduced.
There were no design changes other than a new darker shade of grey on the rear of the device.
The OnePlus 5T could see a similar ‘point’ upgrade. Already one of the fastest phones we’ve seen in 2017 with the Snapdragon 835 processor and 6GB of RAM, we’re doubtful anything will change on this front.
A Snapdragon 836 was rumoured to be in development ahead of the Pixel 2, but that phone has since launched with the Snapdragon 835 and Qualcomm has separately confirmed it has been working on a Snapdragon 636 chip. T he next big upgrade the company is thought to be concentrating on is the Snapdragon 845. That’s the chip we expect to see in the Galaxy S9 and LG G7 in early 2018.
More likely we’ll see an upgrade to the screen than to core performance. Gizmochina published an image of what it says is the OnePlus 5T, but the image is identical to the leaked Oppo F5.
(That’s not actually as unlikely as it might sound, given that the OnePlus 5 is identical to the Oppo R11. Although the two companies are now said to be entirely separate, they do have shared origins.)
The fact it may look more like the Oppo F5 than the R11 suggests that we may see the introduction of an 18:9 full-screen display. This would allow the OnePlus 5T to compete more closely with the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and LG G6.
Now new renders leaked on Weibo reveal the same full-screen design, as do those posted by Slashleaks (both are below).
Other specifications might include a pair of 20Mp cameras and a 3450mAh battery, according to an AnTuTu listing .
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