OnePlus flagship smartphone will run on “enhanced” CyanogenMod

A new Chinese company established by a former Oppo executive wants to buddy up with Android-based CyanogenMod. The company, OnePlus, announced on Wednesday that it has plans to release a flagship smartphone during the second quarter of this year with an “enhanced” version of CyanogenMod out of the box.

OnePlus, a new Chinese company established by a former Oppo exec, has big plans regarding its first smartphone. As we already told you, the smartphone is called OnePlus One, and should be released in the second quarter of this year, offering an enhanced version of the Android-based CyanogenMod. Last we heard, OnePlus was confident that its handset’s “more attractive than just about any phone on the market, with the exception of maybe the iPhone.” Now the company took to Facebook to announce that the OnePlus One “will be built using only the best components and 2014 flagship specs, both inside and outside.”