News & Reviews:   OnePlus 5 Malaysia launch

Well that escalated quickly, the recently announced OnePlus 5 which is scheduled to be released on 27 June 2017 will be making its way to Malaysia shores too. Pre-order for the flagship can be made now through our popular retailers DirectD and Satu Gadget dot com.

Grueling durability test by YouTuber JerryRigEverything shows how OnePlus' workmanship and build quality. The OnePlus 5 is indeed a solid phone and should not be underestimated from its bargain price tag.

Today, the OnePlus 5 has finally been revealed on their live stream and the flagship is set to be released on 27 June 2017. In the USA, the price tag will be $479 (~RM2051) while in Europe countries, the phone will cost €499 (~RM2378).  Most of the tech-specs that were speculated before turned out to be true, check out the official specification below:

The official launch of the highly coveted flagship killer device, the OnePlus 5 will be aired live on YouTube tonight at 12AM Malaysian time. Livestream video and link inside along with some pre-release leak images.

After weeks upon weeks of non-stop teasing and speculating, we can now ‘Never Settle’ with the official confirmation launch date of the OnePlus 5 flagship killer device on 20 June 2017 at around 12:00 PM EDT which is around 12:00 AM for us in sunny Malaysia. Link to the livestream inside.

The latest flagship killer device has made an appearance at benchmarking gurus, Geekbench with it listed some confirmation of its speculated specs.

While we wait patiently for the OnePlus 5 announcement, OnePlus just did the unthinkable by releasing how the phone looks like. Generally, that’s not a bad thing but it looks nothing more than a shameless iPhone 7 Plus clone.

Finally, after weeks of non-stop OnePlus 5 rumours. OnePlus Pete Lau has confirmed on his Twitter account that the flagship will be launching on 20 June 2017 and it will be held in multiple locations.

A teaser image showing the OnePlus 5 has surfaced showing the placement of the dual rear cameras. Coming from @slashleaks, the dual rear cameras are positioned much like an Apple iPhone 7. Rumoured to be the thinnest OnePlus yet and maybe coming on 15 June 2017, these are still very much rumours, so do take them with a pinch of salt. In related rumour news, 4 more sample pics have appeared apparently taken using the OnePlus 5 and seemingly confirming that the dual rear cameras will be a RGB + monochrome combo.

OnePlus is not slowing down on the rumour mill at all, it was only yesterday that we reported the device will be revealed on 15 June 2017. Now there’s a new one teaser on Twitter, showing us an interesting take on how the OnePlus 5 looks like.