OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition might have 50W Warp Charging

Aside from carrying what's most likely going to be a really expensive price tag, there's one feature coming to the limited edition OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition. The latest teaser from OnePlus suggests the phone will be "charging is about to hit warp speed." What does warp speed mean? In this case, it's going to most likely get a 50W charger in the box.

Earlier this year, OnePlus trademarked Warp Charge, not soon after its sibling company OPPO unveiled Super VOOC (50W) charging for its own supercar-themed OPPO Find X Lamborghini Edition. Aside from possibly getting 50W charging, OnePlus is ditching its signature red charging cable for an orange one to match McLaren's signature colour. We should know more once the phone launches in London on December 11th.

Source: GSMArena

OnePlus 6T update adds an equalizer for Bluetooth headphones

One consequence of OnePlus getting rid of the headphone jack in the OnePlus 6T is users lost the Audio Tuner option a.k.a. the equalizer. This only worked for wired headphones. So, unless you used USB-C headphones, you didn’t have access to the equalizer. Well, that’s being addressed today. Oxygen OS 9.0.7 brings the feature back for Bluetooth headphones. The update also improves Bluetooth and Wi-Fi stability as well as less power consumption on standby. Shooting in slow-motion should also be a better experience.

Some of the other bug fixes include display issues with the wallpaper on the lock screen. It’s an incremental rollout though so you may or may not see the update hit your device immediately.

Source: GSMArena

OnePlus announces McLaren partnership, teases special smartphone release

OnePlus and McLaren Automotive and McLaren Racing have just announced a partnership that the two brands will launch on December 11. What this new team-up could mean is we get a special edition version of the OnePlus 6T, bearing design elements inspired by the automotive company. With the timing of the announcement and event, and that the original landing page for the partnership having the phrase mclaren-6t in its URL, we’re expecting the said limited edition device to come out. What we’ve seen from the other tech and car company collaborations are that these devices are going to have maxed out specs with rather exorbitant price tags.

This is the first partnership OnePlus has done, it’s partnered with the likes of Parisian retailer Colette for the 3T x Colette 20^th Anniversary Edition, designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac for the OnePlus 5 x JCC+ Limited Edition, Lucasfilm for the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition, and Marvel Studios for the OnePlus 6 x Marvel Avengers Limited Edition. The wait isn’t going to be that long to find out what OnePlus and McLaren have up its sleeves. The current version of the OnePlus 6T has a 6.41-inch full-HD+ Optic AMOLED display with 1,080 x 2,340 pixels and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. It runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, 6GB/8GB of RAM, 128GB/256GB internal storage, and has a dual camera setup in the back with a 16-megapixel primary sensor and 20-megapixel secondary shooter.

Source: Gadgets NDTV

OnePlus to release Thunder Purple variant of the OnePlus 6T

Taking cues from its sister companies in China, OnePlus is releasing an eye-catching variant of its current flagship, the OnePlus 6T. The phone will be available in the US starting November 15, Thursday in a new “Thunder Purple” colour. Its purple to black gradient takes design inspiration from “lightning strikes at dusk.” Aside from the colour change, the phones will feature the same specs as the other 6T variants. It still runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor and has a 6.41-inch Optic AMOLED display with 2.5D Gorilla Glass 6, in-screen fingerprint sensor, dual rear cameras with 16MP 1.22 f/1.7 wide-angle + 20MP 1.0 f/2.0 telephoto, a 16MP front camera with f/.20 aperture, and 3,700mAh battery with fast-charging. The difference is this variant only has 8GB of RAM with 128GB of storage. It’s still priced at US$579 (around CA$760).

Source: BGR