Rumors Suggest OnePlus May Launch a 5G Smartphone Next January

OnePlus is expected to launch its adjacent flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 6T, later this yr, but the visitor has now send the media on a speculation overdrive with a new teaser on Weibo, seemingly showing the OnePlus calendar app with January 15, 2019, highlighted.

OnePlus Might Launch a 5G Smartphone in January, 2019

It's not immediately clear what exactly OnePlus is trying to signify with the image, but sections of the online tech media apparently believe that the company might launch its first 5G smartphone on that day. While OnePlus CEO, Pete Lau, has gone on record saying that the company will launch a 5G device adjacent yr, there's no official proclamation from the company about when that might happen.

It'due south worth noting that OnePlus' sis business organization, Oppo, is already believed to exist working on 5G smartphones, so it won't be a massive surprise if OnePlus also joins the 5G party adjacent year. While Indian telcos are still struggling to curl out 4G networks, carriers in much of the adult world, including Japan, South Korea, Western Europe and the U.s.a., are expected to start rolling out the next-gen cellular network past the end of this year.

Information technology'due south worth noting hither that there'due south no obvious inkling from OnePlus about whether it will indeed denote a 5G handset next January, but given that the next-gen technology is expected to become a major selling indicate for smartphones and hasten the upgrade cycle over the side by side couple of years, it won't be a massive surprise if that does, indeed, happen.

Meanwhile, Oppo's research head, Liu Chang, terminal week claimed that the visitor will exist the kickoff manufacturer globally to mass produce 5G smartphones. An image of a modified Oppo R15 with a 5G-enabled Snapdragon X50 modem has also surfaced on Chinese micro-blogging site, Weibo, suggesting that the company is well on its way to launching its commencement 5G device sooner rather than subsequently.