After gaining popularity across the world by selling flagship killer phones with affordable price tags, OnePlus is gearing up to launch a smart TV. In an interview with Business Insider in September, OnePlus founder and CEO Pete Lau that the company hopes to release its first OnePlus TV in 2019. Now that the year 2018 is coming to an end soon, OnePlus fans are eagerly waiting to know more on the arrival of the OnePlus TV. Chinese publication TechWeb that claims to have received fresh information from the company has revealed that it has not set a specific release timeframe for its first TV. Hence, the company may take it easy and launch it in 2020.
Lau had said that there is no clear timeline for launching the OnePlus TV. He added that he has instructed the TV team that they do not have the pressure as to when to finish working on it and when to release it in public. If the TV is ready soon, it will be released in 2019. If the company finishes developing it in 2020, it will be released in 2020.
The company won’t be rushing to release the product. Only when the company is satisfied with it, it will be hitting the market. Lau is of the view that the company needs to work a lot in order to achieve the desired goal of launching the TV.
During a recent interview with Indian publication Economic Times on Dec. 12, Lau shared that since the company has not set any deadline for introducing TVs, OnePlus fans can expect it to release in 2020 in India. He also revealed that it will be exclusively available through Amazon India. As far as the pricing of the OnePlus smart TV is concerned, Lau revealed that it will also be a flagship killer and will carry competitive pricing. Rumors surrounding it that it will be a premium product featuring 4K LED panel. The smart TV from OnePlus may also function as a smart home controller.
