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OnePlus says it will launch 5G phone in 2019, could be OnePlus 7

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OnePlus will be one of the first smartphone makers to launch a 5G-enabled smartphone, said CEO and co-founder Pete Lau in an interview with PC Mag at Mobile World Congress Shanghai on Thursday. Lau has confirmed that OnePlus is currently working on the 5G support phone and will be launching it in 2019. Lau, however, hasn’t revealed the name or the specifications of the phone. Rumours, however, say it can be the OnePlus 7.

OnePlus launched the OnePlus 6 only recently. There are no words if the company will be launching the ‘T’ version of the phone aka the OnePlus 6T later this year. Soon after the launch of OnePlus 6, OnePlus had confirmed that the company will launch the OnePlus 6T only if there are new technologies to offer to the consumers. OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei had said that the company, for now, has no plans to launch OnePlus 6T. So, it is still doubtful if the company will be launching the OnePlus 6T or not. This only time will say.

But, what is confirmed is that OnePlus will be launching a 5G-enabled phone next year. Following the track record of the company, the phone that OnePlus is planning to launch in 2019 could be the OnePlus 7. The company, however, is yet to confirm the name of the phone.

Apart from revealing the 5G support for its next phone OnePlus CEO didn’t confirm any further details about the device. Lau didn’t reveal on when the company will be launching the 5G phone.

Not a lot has been talked about the OnePlus 7 yet. All that rumours suggest for now is that the upcoming OnePlus flagship phone, whether it will be the OnePlys 7 or not, will borrow a lot of features from the recently launched Oppo Find X and also the Vivo NEX. Rumours are, the OnePlus 7 (or the next OnePlus phone) will come with a full-screen notch-less display just as the Vivo Nex and Oppo Find X. The OnePlus 7 is also expected to sport an in-display fingerprint sensor. On the software front, the next OnePlus phone will run on the latest Android P software which is currently in beta (Developers Preview 2). The stable build of Android P will be rolling out in the next few months.

Alongside OenPlus, Huawei is also planning to launch a 5G phone in 2019. Huawei CEO Eric Xu confirmed the news to Digitimes during MWC Shanghai. Eric said that the company is planning to launch commercial 5G solutions and 5G chips by next year March. “The release of the 5G mobile solutions will enable Huawei to launch 5G-enabled smartphones in June 2019,” Eric said. The 5G network will resolve issues related to low-latency and improve things like mobile network connectivity, mobile video streaming, mobile AR, VR and MR.

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