- OnePlus is announcing its upcoming smartphone, the OnePlus 6, on May 16.
- Several details about the device are already confirmed, but we'll get the full picture at the launch event.
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The highly-anticipated OnePlus 6 — including its features, price, and release date — will be announced on May 16
There's a lot we already know about the OnePlus 6, but there's more to find out during the OnePlus event on May 18.
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Smartphone maker OnePlus announced on Wednesday that it will launch the OnePlus 6 on May 16 at an event in London.
During the event, we'll learn more about the OnePlus 6's design, specs, features, and release date. With that said, there isn't much we don't know about the OnePlus 6 because the company has been releasing a steady flow of blog posts confirming several things about the upcoming device.
It'll run on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor. Combined with up to 8GB of RAM and the near-stock version of Android that OnePlus phones usually run, the OnePlus 6 should be one of the fastest smartphones you can buy when it's released.
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We also know the OnePlus 6 will have an iPhone X-style notch on the display. The notch is a divisive design element: some don't mind it, others hate it. But OnePlus confirmed that it'll allow users to turn off the notch. That's to say the areas on either side of the notch can be blacked out, and they'll only display Android notifications.
The OnePlus 6 will also have a glass back, as confirmed by the company. A glass back could be there to support wireless charging but it's still unclear if the OnePlus 6 will actually include this feature.
Usually, I'd recommend that anyone interested in buying a OnePlus phone should wait until the new model is released once we know the launch date. However, OnePlus ran out of stock of the OnePlus 5T
Anyone in the UK who's interested in attending the OnePlus event can buy tickets from OnePlus' website starting at
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