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In news that's unlikely to shock anyone, OnePlus has announced that their 8 series of smartphones will be unveiled through an online event at 11am EST on 14 April. If I've converted that right, it's 15:00 GMT / 16:00 BST. What can we expect? As usual, OnePlus will undoubtedly drip-feed little teasers in advance of the event but a few
OnePlus and its slogan Never Settle have been on the mobile scene since 2014, and it's become a well-known brand amongst aficionados. For sure, brand awareness isn't up there with Apple or Samsung - my mum would have no idea who OnePlus are - but the logo's recognisable from across the room. However, the OnePlus team have decided to give the VI
As the OnePlus publicity machine winds up in advance of their biannual smartphone release, CEO Pete Lau has announced that the new range of phones will support 5G. “This is a milestone both for OnePlus and our users. We’re proud to be among the first smartphone manufacturers to have full 5G line up for our next launch,” said OnePlus Founder
OnePlus has always indulged in a few side projects and their latest publicity stunt efforts are remote-controlled snowball-shooting robots. Based in Lapland, the Snowbots will be controlled via OnePlus smartphones across the 5G network courtesy of Finnish telco Elisa. The snowball-flingers will be taken into battle by OnePlus community members from all around the world, taking advantage of the fast
A few weeks ago Ambient Mode arrived on my OnePlus 6T and much as I love my phone, Ambient Mode took way too long to get working properly: Android's settings for displays and lock screens are a complete mess. There are far too many complexities and inter-dependencies. (For those not familiar with Ambient Mode, it's a dark lock screen that
A friend of my daughter called round the other day to proudly show off her brand new iPhone XR in yellow. As she pulled it from her bag, her face went from joy to shock, and when she turned the back of the phone towards me, I could see that it was smashed. She was totally gutted. With hindsight, it
Battery packs are ten-a-penny on crowdfunding websites but this one from Chargeasap caught my eye. It's a total beast of battery pack, packing in a beefy 20 000 mAh of charge and delivering power to four devices simultaneously at a total rate of up to 150 W. The Australian team behind Flash are using advanced batteries developed by Tesla, which