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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 Mobiles has revealed two brand new Android Flagship Smartphones in India. OnePlus 8 Pro and OnePlus 8 are 5G handsets powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Octacore processor and come with high refresh rate displays and 30W fast charging support. OnePlus 8 Pro is also the first Android smartphone from OnePlus to come with IP68 Water and Dust Resistance.  OnePlus 8 Pro Detailed Specs  2K+ Quad HD+ AMOLED Display 120Hz Refresh Rate Maximum 1300nits Brightness HDR 10+ support Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G Chipset LPDDR5 Ram up to 12GB Memory WiFi 6 support Smart 5G - Automatically switches between 4G and 5G Fnatic Mode - Supercharge your Gaming Experience Dual Speakers with Dolby Atmos Warp Charge 30T Fast Charge Support and 30W Wireless Charge support 48MP Main Camera - Sony IMX689 with OIS support 48MP Ultra Wide Angle Camera - Sony IMX586 - 120 degree Field of view and 3cm Macro Mode 8MP Telephoto Camera with OIS  5MP Color Filter Camera - Photoch...

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 )...

As you know already, our Prime Minister has extended the lockdown for another two weeks. Even after this period, if we continue to have new cases, Govt will be forced to extend this shut down further. This means people have to still continue respecting social distancing rules. This would make impossible for companies like Flipkart and Amazon.in to function properly. Currently, both Amazon India and Flipkart are delivering Pre-paid orders of Daily Essential products in selected Cities ( only some Pin-codes are available ). This is not going to change any soon. If everything goes well in the next two weeks, we can expect these online shopping websites back in stock in the 2nd week of May 2020. No official wording yet.  All these measures are taken by the Govt to protect its citizens from this pandemic. So it's the duty of every citizen to be patient and wait until this horrible circumstances are over. Stay Safe. Stay Home. 

Amazon India ( Amazon.in ) has announced on their website they have resumed Deliveries in 28 cities. However, only essential products are delivered, which is to be expected during this lockdown phase.  Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Guntur, Gurugram, Hooghly, Howrah, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Mohali, Mumbai, Mysuru, Nagpur, New Delhi, Noida, Panjim, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Vijayawada, and Visakhapatnam are the cities Amazon has started delivering again. Since we haven't still fully recovered from this ongoing issue, it would probably take weeks or even months to get Online Shopping Websites to get back to normal functioning.  In other news, due to an increase in GST, Mobile companies have increased the prices of Smartphones in India. New prices are now live.  Upcoming Smartphones Launches: OnePlus 8 Pro Series , Xiaomi Mi 10 .

Indian Govt last month announced an increase in GST on mobiles. It increased from 12% to 18%. Due to this increase in taxes, almost all OEMs are forced to increase the prices of their smartphones in India.  Manu Kumar Jain, Global VP of Xiaomi has posted on Twitter informing their fans about the price hike. In his post, he says " After much deliberation & in keeping with #Xiaomi policy of maintaining <5% margin on our hardware products, we will be increasing prices of our products. ". This increase in price went live on April 1, 2020. Both Amazon and Flipkart have updated the phones they sell with new prices. Apple iPhone 11 , which was selling for Rs. 64,900 in India is now showing a price tag of Rs 68,300. Recently launched Poco X2 , Redmi Note 9, Note 9 Pro , Realme X2 etc all have seen a price hike of around Rs 1000.  Due to nation-wide Lockdown, both Amazon.in and Flipkart have suspended all sale of Mobiles. So you will have to wait a while to buy t...

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...