Finally, Amazon India
lists OnePlus One:
Here’s how to get an invite
Here’s how to get an invite
After the
initial teaser, Amazon India has finally listed the OnePlus One on its
store. Exclusively available via Amazon, it still follows the
invite-only procedure to get the phone. While the OnePlus One is still to
officially launch in India, there are strong indications that the price will
be under Rs 25,000.
If the chatter on the
web is to be believed then, the device will be available from Dec 2.
Here’s how you get the
invite:
1. For an invite,
users will have to subscribe to the OnePlus One newsletter, and then enter
contests and events hosted by the company for India or by Amazon.in.
2. Once you receive
the invite, click the unique link and register with your OnePlus One account.
Here you will see the invite. One has to simply click on ‘Buy’ to purchase the
device on Amazon.in.
3. On the site, choose
the One in Sandstone Black and enter your invite code on the product page and
proceed to checkout.
From the time the
invite is generated, users will have only 48 hours to buy the device. If the
time frame for the invite expires, then you will have to follow the same
procedure and try again.
We had a chance to review the OnePlus One and we were left impressed
by what it had to offer. It’s a large 5.5-inch phone, with a great 1080×1920
pixel resolution display. The display comes with Gorilla Glass 3 protection and
the same adaptive backlight technology that’s seen in some Sharp displays. In
addition, the phone is one of the few to have 3GB of RAM and is powered by the
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 SoC with a quad-core processor clocked at 2.5GHz with
Adreno 330 GPU.
There’s a a
13-megapixel rear IMX214 sensor with a six-lens array and f/2.0 aperture that
boasts quick shutter speed of only 0.3-seconds. It also comes with a
5-megapixel front-facing camera. Software wise, the One features a
customised version of CyanogenMod ROM called CM 11S. The software is based on
Android 4.4 KitKat.
There’s no microSD
card slot in the phone, and the phone only comes in 16 or 64 GB on-board
storage. Connectivity includes: 4G LTE (region dependent), Wi-Fi 802.11
a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0, and NFC functionality. The battery is rated at
3,100mAh and is non-removable.