OnePlus X The New Affordable Smartphone - Simplicity Is The Ultimate Sophistication.

The external appearance is undoubtedly one of the main selling points for the new OnePlus X. The phone will be offered in two versions; Onyx and a limited Ceramic edition. Those two titles don't only represent the colors of the casings, but the actual materials, too - the OnePlus X Onyx is made out of glass on a metal frame, which is considered a premium build, yet other manufacturers are doing it, too. The Ceramic one is more intriguing, as it comes scratch-resistant with a hardness of 8.5H on the Mohs scale (that's a lot). The OnePlus production methodology is to bake the plates in zircon molds at up to 2,700 degrees, then let them cool for two days, achieving a tough, hardcoated material. Whether or not it will be brittle as ceramic usually is, remains to be seen, but this material sure sounds interesting enough on a phone. Both the Onyx and Ceramic editions undergo numerous polishing processes to achieve the final look and finish.



Apparently, the sides have also been a subject of attention for the design team; brushed anodized metal frame etched with 17 elegant micro cuts is what awaits you on the OnePlus X. There is also an Alert Slider on the side, which lets you switch between notification and sound profiles. At 140 x 69 x 6.9 mm, and 138g for the Onyx version, the new OnePlus X is pretty compact, too. For comparison, the new HTC One A9, which also has a 5" display, is wider, thicker and way taller than the OnePlus X. OnePlus went with an Active Matrix OLED display for the X, stepping onto Samsung's turf here. The 5-inch panel has 1080p resolution and 441ppi, so nobody can complain about pixel density here. The company claims that the display is very bright, for more comfortable sunlight visibility.



The real eyebrow-raiser with the OnePlus X is its quad-core Snapdragon 801 chipset. Not that this silicon is not powerful enough to run the new Oxygen interface on top of Android 5.1.1 Lollipop (no Marshmallow yet), but it is somewhat aging in the sense that it is not a 64-bit endeavor. Other than that, OnePlus equipped the X with a generous 3 GB RAM amount, and 16 GB of storage, expandable via a microSD card, the slot for which is housed in the dual SIM card tray, so it's either two nano SIMs, or one SIM and one memory card.



The OnePlus X comes with a 13 MP rear camera, and a hearty 8 MP selfie-taker, which is a pretty good setup for the phone's category. The rear ISOCELL sensor is Samsung-sourced, with phase-detection, ensuring quick 0.2 seconds autofocus. The camera unit's aperture of f2.2 is pretty standard, plus you will only be able to shoot 1080p videos, no 4K bombshells are coming out of the OnePlus X. It does offer something extra in the video department, though, such as an HD slow-motion video option. The OnePlus X houses an embedded 2,525 mAh LiPo battery, which should be enough to power you through the day. The price of this phone is ₹16,999, now this should make you wonder why they’ve tagged this phone in to the affordable category.


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