OnePlus 5 set to be launched on 20th June:leaked online to reveal dual camera

OnePlus 5 will launch on June 20 globally, and the India launch is on June 22. OnePlus has confirmed that it is planning to launch its OnePlus 5 smartphone later this month and just like the previous flagship smartphones from the company, the launch event will be streamed online through the company's website starting 12pm EDT - 9:30pm IST - June 20. While the company will be organising a pop-up event on the launch day itself in New York with special guests including company founder Carl Pei and Marques Brownlee (aka MKBHD), it plans to organise pop-up events in Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Copenhagen the very next day. There will be a pop-up event planned for London as well but the company has not detailed the date and details for the event just as yet.

The India launch event is separate, and fans can also attend by buying tickets from the India site on Monday, June 12. Fans will get a gift hamper full of goodies the company added, while a limited number will be able to purchase the OnePlus 5 smartphone at the event itself. Present at the event will be OnePlus Founder and CEO, Pete Lau.The company will likely stick with Amazon exclusive availability in India as well, though it has been selling the phones via its OnePlus online store, and OnePlus offline store in Bengaluru as well.

But it looks like the leaks are showing now signs of stopping. Two images of OnePlus 5 have leaked online, which show the upcoming flagship in all its glory, and it looks like the dual rear camera setup will be a horizontal one, rather than vertical.

One of the leaked images of the OnePlus 5 comes from Weibo, which shows the phone from the back and the sides. The leaked Weibo image indicates a very slim phone, and a back design that’s almost like the iPhone from the back. In fact, the dual rear camera on this is in the form of a horizontal setup, and this has muted antenna bands on top. If you look at the picture, it almost seems like someone has added OnePlus logo to the back of an iPhone 7 Plus.

However, this isn’t the only leaked image that has come out of the OnePlus 5. Android Police has put out a picture of the OnePlus 5 which shows the front display, and the rear camera as well. Once again the similarities with an iPhone 7 Plus are hard to miss, with some of the comments on the post noting this looks very similar to Apple’s current flagship product.

Overall, the latest leaks are indicating OnePlus 5 will come with a dual rear camera, which has horizontal setup, rather than a vertical one which was indicated by some of the earlier leaked images of the phone. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has said the phone will be an ultra-thin flagship, and the latest Weibo image seems to confirm this if you look at the phone from the sides. OnePlus 5 will be running the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, and the dual rear camera is being seen as a given.

To recall, in terms of optics, leaked specifications suggest that the OnePlus 5 will come with a 23-megapixel rear sensor and a 16-megapixel camera at front for taking selfies. As the phone has a dual camera setup at the back, how does 23-megapixel sensor fits in the scheme of things is currently unclear.

Apart from the cameras, OnePlus 5 is expected to run Android 7.1 Nougat out-of-the-box and feature a 5.5-inch display. The successor to OnePlus 3T has been suggested to be powered by a 2.35GHz octa-core Snapdragon 835 SoC coupled with 8GB of RAM. The OnePlus 5 has been tipped to come with 64GB and 128GB built-in storage options.

Source:gadget360|weibo|ie technology