OnePlus has negated previous reports about the price of its upcoming OnePlus 2 being $322. The company confirms the cost will definitely be higher than that after incorporating the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chip processor under the hood of its next flagship smartphone.
Spectators expect that the OnePlus 2 will be offered at a higher price for its better design and boosted specs compared to the OnePlus One. The company's first flagship's initial pricing was $299 for the 16 GB model and $349 for the 64 GB model.
However, for OnePlus to maintain its title "Flagship Killer," the OnePlus 2 should be priced at a lower cost when matched with other flagship smartphones. The best-case scenario for fans is a starting price of $349 for its lower internal storage variant.
OnePlus also posted a "heavily Photoshopped" picture of its group holding a hidden OnePlus 2 handset with a big caption that they are mad - mad about the criticism that it should have not used the controversial Snapdragon 810 on its next smartphone.
The company claims it is very confident of its products and believes that the successor to its flagship killer has the best components available in the market.
OnePlus 2 will reportedly sport the revised octa-core Snapdragon 810 v2.1 clocked at 1.8 GHz with thermal gel coating and graphite on top of the chip to efficiently dissipate the accumulated heat off the phone. The latest Qualcomm SoC works best with OnePlus' home-developed Android Lollipop 5.1-based OxygenOS booting on OnePlus 2, according to OnePlus.
The company also claims that its OS is supposed to choose which processor to use intuitively for specific tasks and can refrain from using two or more processors situated next to each other.
The overheating problems of the Snapdragon 810 on other phones such as HTC's One M9 and J Butterfly have overshadowed its reputation of being the most powerful chip of Qualcomm. After OnePlus's announcement that the chip is going under the hood of the OnePlus 2, the company has been flooded with criticism.
The company assures its fans and critics that OnePlus 2 will be much cooler than any other phone, both figuratively and literally, and we honestly hope so too. With all the publicity and almost daily updates for the OnePlus 2, fans surely cannot wait for OnePlus to release its next flagship killer.
