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Amazon has announced OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro will be available to purchase from May 11, 2020, onwards. They have already started taking pre-orders ( sort of ). These dates can change if Indian govt continues to prohibit selling non-essential products online in May month as well.  OnePlus 8 Series Pre-book Offer: You can Pre-order OnePlus 8 Pro or OnePlus 8 by buying a Rs 1000 Giftcard from Amazon.in . You can use this gift card balance to purchase anything you like from Amazon.in - don't have to be the phone. After you purchase the phone between May 11 - June 30 by paying in full, you will get Rs 1000 Amazon Pay Balance in 30 days as a launch offer. Specs and Features: Both these devices are powered by Snapdragon 865 chipset and support the 5G network. The Pro model has a custom made 48MP main sensor as well as a 48MP ultra-wide sensor - both made by Sony. The regular model only has one 48MP sensor. OnePlus 8 Pro has a Quad HD AMOLED screen with a 120hz refresh rate whil...

Due to the Lockdown in place in India, both Amazon.in and Flipkart, as well as other e-commerce online shopping websites are only allowed to sell essential products. So products like mobiles are all listed out of stock or temporarily not available online. During this lockdown period, we have seen a few new mobile launches, but all are yet to go on sale and are not even available to pre-order.  OnePlus has launched two flagship Android devices earlier this month. OnePlus 8 Pro and regular OnePlus 8 are powered by Snapdragon 865 chipset and come with 5G support. The Pro model has a custom made 48MP main camera as well as an ultra-wide-angle 48MP shooter. It is also the first OnePlus phone to come with IP68 certification.  Xiaomi Mi 10  was scheduled to go on Pre-order on March 31, 2020, online on Amazon.in. It is a flagship device and comes with Samsung made 108MP main camera. It is powered by Snapdragon 865 5G chipset and can record 8K videos. iPhone SE 2020 ( 2nd ...

OnePlus has officially announced OnePlus 8 Series mobiles globally. The regular OnePlus 8 model is a mid-range Flagship phone comparing to the more expensive Pro model. Is it that better than the last year's OnePlus 7T?  Let's analyze. OnePlus 7T is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ Octacore chipset and comes with 6.55 inches AMOLED Full HD+ display. Newer OnePlus 8, on the other hand, is powered by Snapdragon 865 chipset and naturally has 5G support. It has the same 6.55 inch AMOLED display with the same resolution and aspect ratio ( 20:9 ). Both have the same 90hz refresh rate as well. When you look at the display, the main visible difference you can spot is the placement of the camera. On the 7T, it was placed at the top middle as a waterdrop notch, while on the OnePlus 8, it's now a hole-punch style cut out on the left top corner. Last year's OnePlus 7T pro had a pop-up selfie camera that is not seen on these newer OnePlus 8 Series of smartphones.  So P...

Oneplus has launched high-end flagship phone OnePlus 8 Pro and sort of a mid-range flagship phone OnePlus 8 in India and Globally. The Pro variant is priced $200 more than the regular model. What's common between these two devices? AMOLED Display High Refresh Rate Screen Oxygen OS based on Android 10 5G support Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Octacore Chipset 30W Fast Charging 4K at 60fps support 8GB - 12GB ram 16MP front cameras Under the Display fingerprint sensor Fast UFS 3.0 Storage What's OnePlus 8 Pro has and regular OnePlus 8 doesn't? Quad Cameras at the back 48MP main camera ( Sony IMX689 ) - OnePlus 8 also has a 48MP sensor as the main rear camera, but it's an older Sony sensor instead of the custom made one on the Pro model. 48MP ultra wide-angle which doubles up as a macro lens ( Sony IMX586 ) - OnePlus 8 also has an ultra-wide-angle lens, but is a 16MP one. 8MP telephoto lens ( 3x optical zoom ) - no such lens on the regular model. 5MP C...

OnePlus Red Cable Club is a membership program started by OnePlus Mobiles in December 2019 and offers Exclusive Benefits and Privileges to members. Only OnePlus Mobile owners can join the club. How to Join Red Cable Club? You can join the club using the community app on your current OnePlus device. On OnePlus 6 and newer mobiles, all you have to do to join the Red Cable Club is to sign in to your OnePlus account in the settings app. You will be added as a member automatically. For people still using OnePlus 5T and 3T, you would need to go to Playstore and update the OnePlus Community App to the latest version first. After updating, go to the app and open Profile. You will see the Red Cable Club link there which can be used to successfully link your phone with the club.  OnePlus Red Cable Club Benefits Free 1 Year Extended Warranty ( for OnePlus 7 and newer models ) 50% Discount on Battery Replacements ( OnePlus 3, 3T, 5, 5T, 6, 6T are the ones eligible for this )...

OnePlus 8 Series - OnePlus 8 / OnePlus 8 Pro and OnePlus Z - will be officially unveiled in India and Worldwide on April 14th. Amazon.in has already put up a promo banner with the tagline "Lead with Speed". It will be available to pre-order after the launch event, however, there is every chance you won't get the device shipped in April due to the country-wide lockdown in India. If you are wondering what OnePlus Z is, it is a mid-range smartphone like the old OnePlus X. This is just a rumor and I think OnePlus would launch this at a later date than along with OnePlus 8 Series. Pre-order Link here. OnePlus 8 Specs Snapdragon 865 5G support 120Hz AMOLED display 30W+ Fast Charging IP68 Water and Dust Resistant 48MP / 64MP main camera Ultra wide-angle + Telephoto cameras Android 10 / Oxygen OS LPDDR5 8GB / 12GB ram UFS 3.0 128GB / 256GB storage Expected OnePlus 8 Price in India: According to reports online, Snapdragon 865 is a bit costlier that many smartph...

In 2019, we saw a lot of flagship Android smartphones adopting a display with 90Hz refresh rate. These phones offered a great fluid experience thanks to it's higher frame rates. OnePlus had it on their 7T series and a lot of reviewers around the planet were impressed by the display quality. Google Pixel 4 too had a similar display on board. Samsung on the other hand, didn't release any such higher refresh rate in 2019. It was quite surprising to see that as almost all 90Hz AMOLED screens seen on other phones were made by Samsung. In 2020, Samsung is going to skip 90hz and jump straight in to 120Hz screens on their upcoming Galaxy S20 Series of smartphones. This should allow some, very butter smooth UI experience on these upcoming flagship phones. OnePlus 8 Series will also come with a 120Hz display. One other smartphone currently expected to come with a similar screen is Oppo Find X2. Oppo's Vice President Brian Shen has this to say about the display on the Find X...