OnePlus 5 now the highest revenue-grossing smartphone on Amazon.in

Pete Lau, founder and CEO of China's mobile company OnePlus, attends the launch of OnePlus 5 in Mumbai, India June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui - RTS186JV

OnePlus 5 has become the highest revenue-grossing smartphone on Amazon.in, the company announced on Thursday.

The platform witnessed over three times growth in the first week of OnePlus5 sales as compared to the brand’s previous flagship smartphone, OnePlus 3T, the company said in a statement.

Amazon has extended its introductory cash-back offer applicable on State Bank of India (SBI) credit and debit cards till July 2, 2017 to mark the milestone.

Vikas Agarwal, General Manager (India), OnePlus said: “Our mission is to make the best smartphone and the OnePlus 5 is yet another step in this direction. We are truly humbled by the unprecedented response to our latest flagship."

“The success of the OnePlus 5 is a great validation of our online first business model, and faith in exclusive partnership with our long-term strategic partner Amazon.in,” he added.

OnePlus 5 is priced at Rs 32,999 for the 6 GB RAM/64GB storage variant and Rs 37,999 for the 8 GB RAM/128GB storage model.

OnePlus 5 Specifications

The dual-SIM OnePlus 5 runs OxygenOS based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat. It sports a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) AMOLED display with 2.5D Gorilla Glass 5.

A Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC coupled with the Adreno 540 GPU fire up the OnePlus 5. The company has debuted the dual-rear-camera setup with OnePlus 5. The setup comprises a 16 MP main camera (Sony IMX398 sensor, 1.12-micron pixels) with an f/1.7 aperture and a 20 MP telephoto camera (Sony IMX350 sensor, 1-micron pixels) with an f/2.6 aperture. OnePlus 5 features a 16 MP front camera with 4/2.0 aperture.

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OnePlus 5 connectivity options include 4G LTE/VoLTE (with VoLTE), dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, GPS/ A-GPS, and USB Type-C (v2.0). Sensors in the phone include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, digital compass, gyroscope, and a proximity sensor.

A nifty OS feature - reading mode - is said to deliver an e-reader-like experience to users. An auto night mode adjusts colour temperature according to the environment. Besides, users may find the Gaming DND mode that silences notifications while playing games.