ISLAMABAD – The strong terms of Chinese phone maker, OnePlus with world’sleading chip maker — Qualcomm will surely be beneficial for the company asit gears for the launch of OnePlus 7. The upcoming addition to the OnePlusbrand could be the world’s first smartphone which will be powered by 5Gtechnology, reports Phone Arena.link>
Although, we have previously associated the launch of the first 5Gsmartphone with Huaweilink>,as the company claims to launch a 5G smartphone in the third quarter ofnext year. However, OnePlus will reportedly achieve this milestone evenbefore Huawei due to the roadmap of OnePlus and strong ties with thetelecom equipment maker — Qualcomm.
During a recently held Mobile World Congress Shanghai in China, CEO OnePlusPete Lau stated that the company is “working with US carriers” to make theworld’s first 5G smartphone a reality. Lau also affirmed that this 5Gsupportive phone will be launched next year. However, at this point, it isstill unclear what US carriers are getting in return by partnering withOnePlus.
As we know that all major US carrierslink>areworking hard to bring 5G services and the specifications of first 5Gnetworkslink> havealready been approved. Meanwhile, the major mobile carriers in the USinclude AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint, we still don’t know who will partnerwith OnePlus for the launch of its mysterious handset. However, we are sureof one thing that this 5G compatible OnePlus smartphone will surelyhighlight the performance portfolio of the Chinese company which hasalready earned great reputation by providing up to 8GB of RAM in itshandsets.
It must also be noted that Lau hasn’t mentioned a name of any specificsmartphone model that will feature 5G connectivity. However, consideringthe roadmap and nomenclature of the company the device could be calledOnePlus 7. As you know that OnePlus 6link>hasrecently been launched and another variant of the same series i.e. OnePlus6T is expected to arrive somewhere in November this year. This gives us ahint that the next year’s flagship phone from OnePlus could be 5Gcompatible.