Pete Lau confirmed that OnePlus will be offering its 5G smartphone in early 2019. However, prices will be $200-$300 higher and it won’t be supporting the millimetre wave frequency as of now.
At Qualcomm’s Snapdragon summit this year, 5G made a huge commercial debut with the next generation Snapdragon 855 chip natively supporting 5G networks. OnePlus took the opportunity to jump the queue and announced that they would be going ahead with one of the world’s first 5G smartphones by early 2019. The announcement may have been delightful for fans of the brand who are used to value-for-money flagship grade smartphones from the company. However, in a later interview, it was revealed that their ambitious project to commercially roll out a 5G phone won’t be following their success mantra.
In an interview to CNET, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau confirmed that their 5G smartphone would surely see the light of the day as early as the beginning of 2019. However, it won’t be following OnePlus’ pricing strategy, i.e. it will be pretty expensive. Pete confirmed that their 5G smartphone will be at least $200-$300 more expensive than the currently selling OnePlus 6T.
