OnePlus One Specs and Release Date

OnePlus has launched theer first smartphone and described as the 2014 Flagship Killer, the OnePlus One smartphone. The One has impressive specs that is competitive with the high-end Android smartphone and it is powered by CyanogenMod. Here we'll show the OnePlus One specs and release date.

OnePlus One Specs

• 5.5-inch JDI display with 1080p HD resolution
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core 2.5GHz chipset
• 3GB of LP-DDR3 RAM clocked at 1866MHz
• Between 16GB and 64GB of internal storage
• 13 megapixel Sony Exmor IMX 214 f/2.0 aperture sensor with 4K video recording and dual LED flash, 5 megapixel front sensor 4K resolution video with stereo recording Slow Motion: 720p video at 120fps
• 3,100mAh lithium polymer battery
• dual-band WiFi AC, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS w/ GLONASS, NFC
• microUSB 2.0, multi-colored LED notification light and a 3.5mm headphone jack
• Android 4.4 KitKat with CyanogenMod 11S
• 152.9 x 75.9 x 8.9 mm, 162 g
• Bottom-mounted stereo speakers
• Tri-microphone with noise cancellation
• Wireless: Dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4G/5G) 802.11 b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC, GPS/GLONASS
• Mobile connectivity: GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz – WCDMA bands: 1/2/4/5/8 – LTE bands: 1/3/4/7/17/38/40 

Pricing on the two storage sizes is looking quite competitive. The white 16GB version is going for $299/€269 and the 64GB black model will be $349/€299. That's cheaper than the Nexus 5 at both price points, and double the storage at the top. And yes, there's no 32GB tier and no microSD card slot. The non-removable battery also lacks wireless charging, and OnePlus says there won't be a way to add it. So, you're stuck with USB 2.0 charging.

There are unique range of exchangeable back covers that can be easily swap out. Called the StyleSwap covers, it has different textures and materials including kevlar, bamboo and denim on top of standard silk and sandstone.

The mobile connectivity should support most GSM/LTE networks including T-Mobile and AT&T in the US, but no CDMA 3G or Verizon/Sprint LTE.

General availability will be in mid-May in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and the United States.

There's a phone smashing contest starting on April 25th. The company will allow 100 lucky winners to destroy their current device to get a OnePlus One for only $1.

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