OnePlus 6 release date will launch before June 30th, the company has confirmed.
OnePlus CEO Pete Lau confirmed the all-new flagship handset will launch late in Q2 2018.
The Chinese smartphone start-up’s second financial quarter runs from April 1st to June 30th.
Elsewhere, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau confirmed the top-of-the-range Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor will power the next-generation handset.
“Of course, there’s no other choice,” Lau told CNET during the CES tradeshow in Las Vegas earlier this month.
Little else is known about the smartphone.
However, leaked images purporting to show the design of the all-new flagship phone have offered some clues about the features destined for OnePlus 6.
If the leaked photos are accurate, OnePlus looks set to follow the latest trend in smartphones and opt for a glass back.
With the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X, Apple introduced glass rear panels back into its best-selling smartphone range.
The all-glass design enabled the Cupertino technology company to include wireless charging for the first time.
Following the move to glass on the iPhone, a swathe of other manufacturers have adopted the material in their new handsets.
The Nokia 8 Sirocco, Sony Xperia XZ2, ZTE Blade V9, and Asus Zenfone 5 were all announced last month at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) tradeshow and all feature glass backs.
LG G7, which was revealed behind-the-scenes at MWC, also looks set to include a glass back.
And now it appears OnePlus will swap its aluminium unibody design in favour of a glass back later this year, too.
The glass back on the OnePlus 6 hints at the possibility for wireless charging on deck.
This is brilliant news for consumers. Since Apple embraced the Qi-standard for wireless charging last year, a swathe of third-party manufacturers have launched wireless charging pads.
These work with a range of devices, from the Samsung Galaxy S9 to the iPhone X.
Should OnePlus adopt the same standard for its new flagship smartphone, then OnePlus 6 owners will be able to use the same accessories as Galaxy and iPhone owners.
That’s likely to a very popular feature amongst customers.
Elsewhere, the leaked images reveal a design very similar to the Apple iPhone X – with OnePlus even including a rounded cut-out in the top of the edge-to-edge display.
However, those who are worried about the lookalike design shouldn’t panic quite yet.