Amazon India is going to be the exclusive seller of the OnePlus One smartphone in India. One of the most anticipated mobile phones of this year, the One will not be sold to all customers though. To possess it, you have to get an invite.
This invite-only launch strategy has been used by numerous vendors in the past to drum up an aura of exclusivity for their products. But in the case of the OnePlus One, we have reasons to believe it is quite legitimate. Even in international markets, the OnePlus One is a highly sought after smartphone and is available in extremely limited numbers.
Dubbed the ‘2014 Flagship Killer’, the OnePlus One comes with a heavily modified open-source version of Android called CyanogenMod 11S, with the ‘S’ signifying a custom build for the One smartphone. It features a 5.5-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080×1920, translating to a pixel density of 401ppi. The device boasts of Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. Other specifications include a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 clocked at 2.5GHz with an Adreno 330 GPU, 3GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel rear camera with IMX214 sensor and f/2.0 aperture, a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, and a 3,100mAh non-removable battery.
Amazon India is yet to announce a price, but has earlier confirmed the 64GB version would cost less than Rs. 25,000. Pricing details will be announced at the launch event in New Delhi the same day.
