OnePlus 6 Announced With Dual Cameras

The OnePlus 6 has been announced with dual cameras on the back, with 20mp and 16mp cameras, an f/1.7 aperture, plus OIS (Optical Image Stabilisation) and EIS (Electronic Image Stabilisation). The camera can record 4K video at 60fps, as well as high-speed video. There is a portrait mode, which uses both cameras for better subject separation, and bokeh (background blur). You can also choose the style of the background blur, and use portrait mode with the selfie camera.

The camera app features a panoramic mode, time-lapse mode, plus a Pro mode wth full manual controls, including raw support, as well as a histogram display, and electronic level. 

The phone will be available in gloss black, or midnight black, with a matt finish on the back from 22 May, or silver white (with gold edges) from 5 June. The OnePlus 6 is priced from £469, €519, $529 for the 6+64GB, or £519, €569, $579 for the 8+128GB, up to £569, €619, $629 for the 8+256GB version.

OnePlus 6 Key Features

• Dual cameras, OIS + EIS 
• 16mp main camera, 1.22micron pixels
• 20mp second camera, 27.22mm equivalent
• f/1.7 aperture 
• 16mp, f/2.0 selfie camera
• Sony IMX519/376K sensors
• 4K 60fps video
• Highspeed FullHD at 240fps, and 720p at 480fps - up to 1 minute
• 6.28inch AMOLED screen, with Gorilla Glass 5
• Glass front and back
• SnapDragon 845 (up to 2.8GHz)
• Android 8.1
• 3300mAh Battery

Tested on GeekBench 4, with scores of 8931 multi-core, it performs similarly to the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus. Announced alongside the OnePlus 6, is a new set of magnetic OnePlus Bullets Wireless earphones, priced at £69 / €69 / $69. 

OnePlus are part of the Oppo company, itself part of BBK, who also make Vivo phones, and they are the 2nd largest smartphone manufacturer Worldwide, after Samsung (Q1 2017).