OnePlus X hands-on: First look

First look

GSMArena team, 30 October, 2015.

Introduction

At a press conference held yesterday OnePlus presented their third phone - the OnePlus X. The OnePlus X is a significant departure from the Flagship Killer mantra that followed the past two models. This time, OnePlus focused more on delivering a compact device that still retained a good deal of features and specifications but wasn't really a flagship device anymore.

One Plus X hands-on

Don't get us wrong, the OnePlus X is a capable device on its own just as well. It's just that it's targeted at another market segment. OnePlus has gone to great lengths to assure there is a premium feel about the phone and their attention to detail (and marketing too) is just as high as before.

OnePlus X at a glance:

  • Body: Metal frame + glass/ceramic back
  • Display: 5.0-inch, 1920x1080 resolution AMOLED
  • Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 with 2.3GHz quad-core CPU, Adreno 330 GPU and 3GB RAM
  • Storage: 16GB, expandable via microSD card slot
  • Camera: 13 megapixel ISOCELL rear camera, phase detection autofocus, single LED flash, 1080p video
  • Secondary: 8 megapixel
  • Connectivity: Dual SIM, LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, microUSB
  • Battery: 2525mAh
  • OS: Oxygen OS 2.1.0 based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

OnePlus will be launching the OnePlus X in two variants. The mass market version will be the more affordable Onyx Black variant with a glass back, but there is also the Ceramic variant, which will not only be available in limited markets but also in limited numbers. The Ceramic version will be made available a bit later than the standard issue black one (Nov 24) and for now it will be available only the EU and India.

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OnePlus press shots in Onyx Black back

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OnePlus press shots with Ceramic back

The OnePlus X will be launching on November 5 in the EU and India and on November 19 in the US.

We enjoyed our short time with it and here come our first impressions.

Reader comments

  • Anonymous
  • 20 Dec 2015
  • XNY

I bought one plus x ...the phone was working fine ...there is some issues like 1:- there is no option for silent mode 2:- im using uniour sim card in this phone ...the ussd notification option is nt there( means when u cut the call after that u w...

  • marsangel2020
  • 16 Nov 2015
  • sS0

The battery size is so small.

  • Sunil
  • 15 Nov 2015
  • 9Gs

On your previous comment I want to say that there is no auto mode in camera. Plz guide.