OnePlus 6, the upcoming flagship from OnePlus is expected to launch in the coming few weeks. Possibly before the end of Q2 2018. As always the Chinese phone maker hasn’t left much to the imagination with numerous teasers being release. The most of these reveal that the iconic hardware Alert Slider on the smartphone is set to get a cool new feature: users will be able to be “Slide to focus with the Alert Slider” on the OnePlus 6.
On Thursday, In a tweet on company’s official Twitter handle on Thursday, OnePlus has released a camera related teaser that suggests the Alert Slider will get capabilities to adjust focus in the phone’s camera. The tweet also shows a teaser hinting the OnePlus 6 naming scheme, similar to the one we saw earlier. However, it is not clear that the new feature will be available in both rear camera and front camera or just in rear camera. As OnePlus’s OxygenOS is known for its highly customizable thing. Users might be able to disable this feature.
On OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T, the Alert Slider has been used to change the user profiles. It was named as ‘Do Not Disturb, Ring, and Silent.’ The Company could possibly roll new Alert Slider capabilities to older phones through future software updates.
Key Specification – OnePlus 6:
According to leaks up till now, OnePlus has confirmed that its next flagship will sport a front-facing notch, which according to them will help in increasing user experience and help them in taking more better selfies. It might also include Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and up to 256GB inbuilt storage. Also, rumors suggest the phone will get up to 8GB of RAM, will run OxygenOS on top of Android Oreo out-of-the-box, and might get a battery upgrade over the 3300mAh unit in the OnePlus 5T.
Pricing – OnePlus 6:
If we talk about pricing, a recent leak has suggested that the OnePlus 6 will be slightly more expensive than the OnePlus 5T. The price of the 64GB variant will be CNY 3,299 (roughly Rs. 34,200), the 128GB variant at CNY 3,799 (roughly Rs. 39,300), and, finally, the 256GB top-end model at CNY 4,399 (roughly Rs. 45,600).
