Pete Lau describes the OnePlus 6 design process and "honest industrial design"

23 April 2018
In a lengthy forum post, the CEO details his approach for creating the "premium hand-feel" of the upcoming handset.

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  • 3QS
  • 23 Apr 2018

Honest and courageous /s

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    • Anonymous
    • S3f
    • 23 Apr 2018

    OnePlus will do whatever mother Oppo does. It's basically the same company..

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      • mir
      • 7Xe
      • 23 Apr 2018

      One Plus Notch.

        He is trying to convince buyers after people showed hate towards the Notch...

        I heard the front oglf OP6 will be as same as Oppo F7 and not as R15...

          So the OnePlus S9X?

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            • AnonD-8008
            • nmP
            • 23 Apr 2018

            All glass front and now the back. That settles it for me, i'll use my money for something else.
            At the moment there's so many desing desicions in 1+6 that i don't like, so i'll just settle for my current phone.

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              • shin
              • fxT
              • 23 Apr 2018

              so honest when many dislike the notch

                Akinaro, 23 Apr 2018I think they mean: ""New onePlus will have honest design, ... moreI'm with ya mate,imagine companies like their BBK actually try with new approach to marketing - honesty!How hard it is to say this design we came up with is called "Can't be bothered".Similar what VW do with their boring,generic,industrial "design".Best bit-they spent 3 years and millions of $$$ to achieve that...wtf?..lol..

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                  • Anonymous
                  • KSi
                  • 23 Apr 2018

                  'No'tch

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Kxb
                    • 23 Apr 2018

                    techperson211, 23 Apr 2018Really Pete? Your design team went 70 prototype to come up ... moreI agree. +1

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                      • XaErO
                      • Kxb
                      • 23 Apr 2018

                      When they came up with OP5 (during the announcement); they said this is (back side of phone) the best possible design that does not look ugly .. They have shown some prototypes as well as explained how the design of OP5 came into existence .. OP proudly said they worked on this design for last 3 years .. (TBH, I almost got convinced that OP really has worked on this for few minutes) .. They ended up having OP5 back EXACTLY similar to iPhone including antenna lines design, logo placement, horizontal top left camera placement, secondary mic placement, and flash placement as well ..
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                      Now it seems, is the time to copy the Front Side .. OP will put this new design with some convincing logic (probably fake and stupid) with some theory/history, rejected prototypes, design issues etc .. And ultimately, they will make it EXACTLY similar to iPhone ..

                        Anonymous, 23 Apr 2018When I read "70 prototypes", I remembered how the iPhone 7 ... moreGot that right, these so called design teams are so dumb to even come up with so called innovative design.

                          Cut the crap lau

                            I think they mean:
                            ""New onePlus will have honest design, because Honestly we dont give a F.... we just got oppo/vivo or whatever we have from our owner company and we just stick our name on it.""

                              Really Pete? Your design team went 70 prototype to come up with this design? Pathetic excuse for a complete copy of iphone.

                                People commenting like "copying apple!111!!": think about what people buy. Did you say apple and apple-clones, then yes you are right. Customers unlike us (not commenting online on geeky webpages) like appleclones. I personally can't understand this, but alot of people I talked about the Oneplus 3 and 3T were like: "I like that it looks like an iphone but is cheaper". I freaked out a bit, but then again, they didnt buy into apple, which is good, but it hinders innovative design. I personally love designs like vivo apex, Xiaomi mix series doogee mix 4 etc. but apperantly most usual customers don't.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • pET
                                  • 23 Apr 2018

                                  Don't let him fool you, the reason why OnePlus 6 has a glass back is because Oppo R15 has one.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • LQv
                                    • 23 Apr 2018

                                    Front of iphone X, rear of Vivo V9

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • LQv
                                      • 23 Apr 2018

                                      Front of iphone x is not honest, but disgusting.

                                      Should keep the front of 5T, just minor changes on the back

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                                        • mEv
                                        • 23 Apr 2018

                                        still this shiny glass trend started htc... whit u11 :/ cant wait what they offer whit u12+ :/ and why there is so small amount leaks about it :/ for example all world already know how OP6 will look like :) but u12+ ?