OnePlus to Manufacture OnePlus 3T 64GB Variant in India From January

OnePlus India, as expected, on Friday unveiled the upgraded variant of the OnePlus 3, the OnePlus 3T. The smartphone will be going on sale from December 14 via its exclusive online retail partner, Amazon India. OnePlus 3T has been launched in a 64GB model priced at Rs. 29,999 and the 128GB model priced at Rs. 34,999.

At the event, Vikas Agarwal, General Manager, OnePlus India told Gadgets 360 that the company will continue to sell the OnePlus 3 - reiterating what the company said last month - though he confessed that ultimately the focus will come to the upgraded OnePlus 3T. He also revealed that OnePlus will start manufacturing the OnePlus 3T in India from next month.

"We will continue with the OnePlus 3 for the foreseeable future but eventually the focus will shift to the OnePlus 3T. We are also gearing to start manufacturing OnePlus 3T in India from next month. For the company, the future will be around the OnePlus 3T."

Agarwal added that initially, OnePlus will only manufacture the 64GB variant of the OnePlus 3T. On being asked whether the company plans to manufacture the 128GB variant as well, Agarwal responded, "We will see how the market requirement comes. As 128GB is more premium so it will depend on the response from the market and we can take a call on it only after the initial response is positive."

Agarwal stressed that the company will promote its brand new exclusive e-commerce platform in India. The company's official website - oneplusstore.in was launched in October and sells OnePlus accessories via the store. Consumers, however, are redirected to Amazon India when they try to buy any smartphone from the store.

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OnePlus 3T India Launch Set for December 2

OnePlus India has finally confirmed that the OnePlus 3T smartphone will be launching early next month. In a tweet, OnePlus India announced the December 2 launch date for the OnePlus 3T.

The results are in and our fans have spoken.
Watch @Vikas_AGL bungee jump to reveal the launch date. #OnePlus3T pic.twitter.com/EJKEBWPJu7

— OnePlus India (@OnePlus_IN) November 24, 2016

Considering that the OnePlus 3 is just merely five months old in the market and it has already received an upgrade in the form of OnePlus 3T, it will be interesting to see how the company sells both the phones in various India.

The new OnePlus 3T looks identical to the original OnePlus 3 though there are some upgrades under the hood. The new variant packs an all-new Snapdragon 821 SoC, a bumped front-facing camera, a new 128GB storage model, and even a new colour variant. The OnePlus 3T smartphone despite featuring upgrades has been given a modest price hike. It has already gone on sale in the US while in Europe it will be available starting Saturday, and from Monday in the UK.

Coming to pricing, OnePlus 3T 64GB has been priced at $439 (roughly Rs. 29,800), while the 128GB model will come at $479 (roughly Rs. 32,500). To recall, the OnePlus 3 was launched at $399 (priced at Rs. 27,999 in India) - and it was only available in a 64GB model.

For specifications, the OnePlus 3T sports a faster quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor (two cores clocked at 1.6GHz and two cores clocked at 2.35GHz) compared to the Snapdragon 820 processor on the older OnePlus 3. It comes in both 64GB and 128GB storage options, compared to just a 64GB variant on the OnePlus 3. On the camera side, the OnePlus 3T is superior in terms of camera resolution. The OnePlus 3T has 16-megapixel cameras on both - rear and front - sides.

The newer OnePlus 3T gets a bigger 3400mAh battery, compared to the 3000mAh battery seen on the OnePlus 3. The Dash Charge fast charging technology is included in the OnePlus 3T as well.

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OnePlus Hints OnePlus 3T Is Coming to India Soon

OnePlus last week launched the OnePlus 3T, which is an upgraded version of OnePlus 3. The OnePlus 3T was launched with features that are a bump from its very recent OnePlus 3.

OnePlus said at the launch event that its new smartphone will hit the shelves on November 22 in the US, November 26 in the European market, and November 28 in the UK. However, there was no announcement made for the Indian market then. Now, it seems we are soon going to witness the launch of OnePlus 3T in the country.

In a photo tweeted by OnePlus India, that reads "Guess who's coming to town?", the company hinted at the arrival of the OnePlus 3T in India. The photo posted online bears this capitalised text - "THE BEST IS ABOUT TO GET BETTER" - with a background in a colour very similar to one of the two colour variants of OnePlus 3T i.e., Gunmetal.

Guess who's coming to town? pic.twitter.com/qzPiyMgfrU

— OnePlus India (@OnePlus_IN) November 22, 2016

There is no information on whether the Soft Gold variant will come to India or not but since the Chinese company had previously said it would make the Soft Gold variant available shortly after the launch, it is unlikely to come to India initially. The information also runs short of the date and time of the OnePlus 3T launch in the country.

The main differences between the two smartphones - OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T, includes some improved features and specifications. The OnePlus 3T sports a faster quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 CPU (two cores clocked at 1.6GHz and two cores clocked at 2.35GHz) compared to the Snapdragon 820 SoC on the older variant. The processor inside the smartphone is coupled with 6GB of LPDDR4 RAM. It comes in both 64GB and 128GB storage options, compared to just a 64GB variant on the OnePlus 3.

On the camera front, the OnePlus 3T is superior in terms of camera resolution. The OnePlus 3T has 16-megapixel cameras on both - rear and front - sides. The imaging sensor inside the cameras has also been replaced to Samsung 3P8SP with 1-micron pixels. The newer OnePlus 3T gets its juice from the larger 3400mAh battery, better than the 3000mAh battery in OnePlus 3. The Dash charging technology is included in the OnePlus 3T as well.

Other specifications are identical on both the smartphones. The design and body of the OnePlus 3T is same as the OnePlus 3 with the same anodised aluminium metal unibody, and the fingerprint scanner mounted on the physical home button. The proprietary Alert Slider of OnePlus 3 has been given on the OnePlus 3T as well. The OnePlus 3T also comes with the same USB 2.0 Type-C port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It sports a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) Optic AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection.

The connectivity options on the OnePlus 3T include 4G LTE (with support for India's LTE bands), Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, and GPS/ A-GPS.

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