OnePlus has announced a new color variant of their current flagship smartphone, OnePlus 5. The Soft Gold variant comes with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage. The sales at oneplus.net start on August 7 at noon EDT. For our friends in other places, that’s 9:00 AM PDT, 5:00 PM BST, and 6:00 PM CEST, it is priced at $479. India sales will start from 9th August for the Price tag of INR 32,999.

OnePlus claims Soft Gold OnePlus 5 is 30% finer than that of previous OnePlus Soft Gold devices and t takes an average of 180 days to create and perfect a coating of Soft Gold. Indian customers will be able to buy OnePlus 5 Soft Gold at OnePlus Experience stores in Bangalore, Mall of India Noida and Select Citywalk in New Delhi. The specification of the device remains same.

Speaking on the new launch, Vikas Agarwal, General Manager, OnePlus India, said “As a maker of the most beautifully designed smartphones, it gives us immense joy to introduce the latest OnePlus 5 with even more refined and elegant Soft Gold finish this festival season. The latest OnePlus 5 Soft Gold will appeal to those who are looking for the perfect balance of beautiful design and powerful features.”

OnePlus 5 Specs

• 5.5″ Full HD Optic AMOLED Display with 401 ppi and Gorilla Glass 5 Protection
• Snapdragon 835 Processor and Adreno 540 GPU
• 6GB DDR4X RAM
• 64GB UFS 2.1 internal storage with no support to sd card
• Android Nougat 7.1.1 On top of Oxygen OS
• 16MP Sony IMX 398 sensor with an aperture of f/1.7 and 20MP telephoto lens with f/2.6 rear camera with Fast AF, support for 4k recording, Slow motion video at 120fps in 720p, Portrait mode, Pro mode, EIS
• 16MP Front facing camera with aperture f/2.0
• 3300mAh battery with Dash Charge 2.0
• Thickness: 7.25mm
• NFC, 4G LTE, Fingerprint sensor, GPS, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, USB type C

It takes an average of 180 days to create and perfect a coating of soft gold. Getting a perfectly even and light color starts with running premium aluminum alloy through a diamond cutter.  The surface is then sandblasted and polished with intense precision. Each second matters in this process, or the anodized color takes on a different shade. It’s an extensive process, but the result is worth it- a stunning matte finish, pleasing to see and feel.

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