One Plus smartphones base price slashed forever to $250, now cheaper by $50

No, you have nothing to get excited about this. Because, in India the repercussion of the slash in the price isn’t happening anytime soon.

Chinese phonemaker OnePlus has announced a price cut of $50. As per their blog post, “With dropping component, assembly, and engineering costs, OnePlus now feels comfortable with passing down the savings to its customers.”

OnePlus has been priced at $250 for the 16GB model or $300 for the 64GB version.

While the potential reason could a prequel to the launch of OnePlus 2, competition from fellow rivals Zenfone 2 and Idol 3 are also counted.

The One Plus One now has a starting price of $249, while the 64 GB version costs $349, and bundles 1 TB of storage space on Dropbox. The offer is only valid in US, Canada and EU, and will be valid on purchases made after June 10.

Tagged as ‘the flagship killer’, OnePlus has been introduced in India in April last year. While earlier it took an invite to buy the phone, off late, one can buy without invite.

Armoured with quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400 CPU and a 3100 mAh battery, OnePlus boasts of 5.5-HD Full HD display, 3 GB RAM and a magnificent performance. It is priced Rs 18,998 for the 16 GB and 21,998 for 64 GB. Though based on Android 4.4 Kitkat, this runs on a similar platform, Cyanogen.

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