OnePlus doesn’t want you to stop thinking about the upcoming OnePlus 3, so they’ve been regularly dropping bits and pieces about it. And I’m sure we are going to keep getting them till the 15th of June.

This time around what we have for you are live images of the OnePlus 3 (OP3) . The version in the picture is grey and appears to be wearing a transparent case compared to the black version spotted last month. We can also see that the OnePlus logo is missing, so this is most likely one of the prototypes running around. Thinking about it now, it’s possible for people to have seen the phone in public but not know it’s the OP3 since it’s not wearing their trademark logo. Plus, the design looks quite familiar, so you might not have taken it for a new OnePlus device. 

The OnePlus 3 will be sporting a 5.5″ AMOLED FHD screen, Snapdragon 820, 4GB or 6GB of RAM, 3000mAh battery, and a fingerprint scanner. It will also bring back NFC support which was removed on the OP2 and ditching the invite system.

Pricing is still not known yet but OnePlus offered 1000 units for sale today at 2999 Yuan ($450) per unit. However, if the final price turns out to be less, buyers should expect a refund. More details on the sale here.

Also, in case you missed, here are some camera samples from the new flagship.

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In 5 days time, the Nubia Z11 Max will be released, but today another 5.5’’ Nubia device has surfaced at TENAA.

Information shows the phone with model number NX531J will feature a Full HD screen, a 2.5D rear glass panel, a Snapdragon 820 processor clocked at 2.15GHz, a fingerprint scanner positioned at the back, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of ROM and a SD card slot. Although capacity will be limited to 32GB.

Camera specs are still unknown but looking at the other phones in the Z11 series, this unit should sport a 16MP rear camera with a single LED flash, and an 8MP front shooter. Nubia has decided to give this the all-metal treatment as well and have also retained the classic red holo circle. From the images we can also see that the SIM tray slot is positioned on the left and the volume rocker and power button is on the right.

The phone is said to feature a 2900mAh battery, runs Android 6.0.1, and has full networks support. Buyers will be able to choose from five colour options viz.: silver, grey, gold, brown, and pink, when the phone is finally available for sale.

It is unknown when this phone will be released, but it might be mentioned during Nubia’s June 7 conference.

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According to Qualcomm’s presentation, the first set of quad-core Snapdragon 820 chipset powered smartphones will only be available by Q1 2016. This means that if the Mi5 is using Snapdragon 820, we may only see it sometime early 2016. Xiaomi Mi5 and Samsung Galaxy S7 are expected to be the first phones based on the new Qualcomm chip.

In the past eight months, we have seen plenty of releases from Xiaomi, from high-end Mi Note lineup to the super cheap, Redmi Note 2. However, we have not yet seen the successor to the Xiaomi Mi4 model, which should have been announced last month. Although we expected Xiaomi Mi 5 to debut before the end of this year, if the company decides to use the Snapdragon 820 chipset, it most likely will, then we may have to wait at least till Q1 for the phone’s availability.

Snapdragon 820 is designed for user experience innovation with a heterogeneous design delivering high performance with optimized power consumption. The processor is composed of a new X12 LTE modem, a quad core 64-bit CPU with 2.2GHz clock speed. Next generation Adreno GPU with Adreno Display Processor and Adreno Video processor are also housed in the Snapdragon 820. Over all the processor boasts a 40% performance boost while power consumption is reduced by 30%.

Today, Qualcomm has also announced the Quick Charge 3.0 followed by two processors the Snapdragon 430 and 617. These processors are intended to deliver high performance in next generation devices with an affordable price. Both processors are also going to support the brand new Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 technology which is able to accomplish four times faster charging speed than conventional charging technologies.

Snapdragon 617 will be the first to roll out of the factory on devices to be launched by the end of 2015. It integrates X8 LTE functions and supports high speed connections of 300 Mbps during download. However, the Snapdragon 430 is expected to be launched on devices in 2016. It is expected to be composed of X6 LTE with Cat 4 downlink speed of 150 Mbps.

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