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Oneus finally revealed its first flagship phone, the Oneus One (geddit?), on dnesday after weeks of anticipation teases from the company. The new phone is the second device to come with CyanogenMod’s popular flavor of Android installed will l on store shelves before the end of ne— it’s already gunning for ‘s own Nexus 5.
Thanks to Oneus’ frequent teases we already know most of the hardware specs for the device. But officially, the E-capable One features a 5.5-inch display with 1080p resolution at 401 pixels per inch, a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor, 3GB RAM. You also get a 5 megapixel front-facing camera a 13 megapixel rear-facing camera powered by the Sony Exmor IMX 214 sensor. To put that in perspective: It’s the same C as in the new Samsung Galaxy S5 HTC One (M8), one gig more RAM than either of those phones, the same front-facing camera resolution as HTC.
The device also comes with dual-b 802.11b/g/n/ac -Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC. Onboard storage for the One includes your choice of 16GB or 64GB, the hset comes in either white or black. Don’t like those options? The Oneus’ “StyleSwap” back covers are fully exchangeable, with kevlar, bamboo, denim covers also planned.
A look inside the Oneus One.
The One is also packing a 3,100 mAh battery, but Oneus isn’t making any specific battery life claims. The company does say the battery has enough power “for more than a full day of use.”
Other features? There are three microphones for better voice recognition noise cancellation. Gestures to wake your phone similar to the HTC One (M8)—double-tap to wake the screen, or swipe with gestures to launch favorite apps. The phone has capacitive buttons, but gives you the option to use on-screen buttons instead, if you prefer. Voice ke Search takes a page out of the Moto X’s playbook.
Oneus claims that the third microphone improves voice clarity by up to 80%.
As promised, the device is fairly thin measuring 0.35-inches thick, which is just a little bit bulkier than the ione 5S. It’s relatively small for a 5.5-inch phone, too. It’s just slightly taller than an HTC One (M8) a little wider than the Galaxy S5, which have 5.0 5.1 inch displays, respectively. At 162 grams, it weighs almost exactly the same as the M8.
For software, the phone is running CyanogenMod 11S, which is based on Android 4.4. Version 11S is a build of CyanogenMod tailored for the new Oneus device. It features lots of customization options, SMS encryption, a ivacy Guard feature that lets you limit apps’ access to your information.
en the Oneus launches it will sell for $299 $349 for the white 16GB black 64GB versions respectively. That’s half the price of other top-tier phones! though Oneus won’t say exactly when U.S. consumers can get their hs on the new device, the first 100 Oneus devices will be sold starting April 25.
A word of warning: the phone supports GSM on the 850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz frequencies, DMA bs 1/2/4/5/8, E bs 1/3/4/7/17/38/40. The site proclaims “Use it on AT&T T-Mobile” but we’re not clear about whether the phone will function on Verizon or Sprint.
But to be one of the first 100 One buyers in the world, you need to sign-up for the company’s Oneus one Smash promotion. nners will get the chance “to smash their current phone in exchange for a Oneus One” at the bargain basement price of $1.
The first 100 buyers will also be able to h out invites to their friends to purchase the One before general availability.
