OnePlus just introduced its flagship OnePlus 5 smartphone in several countries. It is now available for pre-order in the US, UK and Europe and ships from June 21 and goes on sale on June 27, but the company will reveal the price of the phone in India only on June 22nd before it goes on sale on Amazon.in. We’ve compiled a list of prices of the smartphone in various regions around the world and also managed to convert them to Indian Rupees (INR). By taking into account the international prices of the OnePlus 5, we expect the top end version with 8GB RAM to easily cost over Rs.35000 in India. The version with 6GB of RAM could cost upwards of Rs.31000.
| Country/Region | Currency | Price (6GB+64GB) | India (INR) (approx.) | Price (8GB+128GB) | India (INR) (approx.) |
| USA | USD | 479 | 30,967 | 539 | 34,846 |
| Europe | EUR | 499 | 35,888 | 559 | 40,203 |
| UK | GBP | 449 | 36,647 | 499 | 40,728 |
| Hong Kong | HKD | 3,688 | 30,536 | 4,188 | 34,676 |
| Canada | CAD | 649 | 31,632 | 719 | 35,044 |
| Sweden | SEK | 4,995 | 36,713 | 5,495 | 40,388 |
| Denmark | DKK | 3,799 | 36,698 | 4,299 | 41,529 |
1 USD = 64.65 INR, 1 EUR = 71.92 INR, 1 GBP = 81.62 INR, 1 HKD = 8.28 INR, 1 CAD = 48.74 INR, 1 SEK = 7.35 INR, 1 DKK = 9.66 INR
| Design | The aluminum chassis looks and feels high-end, and it's thinner than past OnePlus phones. |
| Fingerprint sensor | One of the fastest and most accurate you can get right now. |
| Camera | Produces better photos than you'd expect in this price range, especially in low light. |
| Battery life | The combination of a new SoC and 1080p battery gives the OnePlus 5 above average battery life—six or seven hours of screen time in a single day is doable. Charges fast, too. |
| Software | OxygenOS is nearly stock with a few cool extras. |
| Display | Plenty of calibration options out of the box. |
| Alert slider | Easy to set your notification mode without even waking up the phone. |
Design
Just like the OnePlus 3 and 3T, the OnePlus 5 has a sturdy unibody aluminum frame. There were some leaks of this design in recent weeks, and almost everyone noted how iPhone-y the back of the OP5 looked. While there's definitely a resemblance, I don't think it's as strong in person. The dual camera module is in the same place, but the way it fits into the frame is different.
Display
The OnePlus 5 has a 5.5-inch AMOLED display at 1080p resolution. That will probably come as a relief to those who worried OnePlus' pursuit of big specs would harm battery life. Frankly, OnePlus would probably have increased the resolution if it wasn't for the supply constraint (and thus high prices) of AMOLED panels right now.
Performance and battery
The OnePlus 5 comes in two variants: a gray one with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, and a black phone with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. To be clear, our review unit is the black version with 8GB of RAM. I cannot say how much of a difference that extra RAM makes, but I can say the OP5 keeps apps in memory very well. This was a problem with the OnePlus 3 when it launched. Despite having a healthy amount of RAM, apps were closing quickly to save battery. Here, there's no such issue.
Camera
The camera will be contentious this year, though not necessarily because of how it performs. OnePlus chose to tweak its camera arrangement on the back of the device. This phone has two sensors, because that's all the rage these days. The sensors have also moved to the upper left corner to looks suspiciously like the iPhone 7 Plus.
Some OEMs use dual cameras to sharpen photos with monochrome sensors, LG puts a wide angle lens on its secondary camera, and others use them to fake "optical zoom." OnePlus is going with the latter. The "regular" camera is 16MP and the telephoto one is 20MP. While I'm dubious of calling this optical zoom, it does theoretically offer some value to the user. When you want to take a picture of something far away, you can flip over to the 2x zoom with the telephoto lens. That means you lose less detail than if you'd used digital zoom. The problem, however, is that OP's zoom camera is kind of a gimmick.
Software
OnePlus has been shipping phones with OxygenOS ever since the deal with Cyanogen Inc. broke down. The first iteration felt rushed and incomplete, but it has gotten better ever since—the version of OxygenOS that ships on the OnePlus 5 has become one of the best manufacturer Android ROMs. That's not so much because of what OP has done, but more what it did not do. There are no heavy skins, gimmicky features, or aggressive task managers. It's one of the cleanest builds of Android you can get with a few nice extras sprinkled on top.
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