Carl Pei confirms OnePlus will release a second smartphone this year

Last week, OnePlus officially announced their second smartphone, the OnePlus 2 – a follow up to the 2014 “flagship killer” OnePlus One smartphone. The OnePlus 2 is based around the premise that a flagship device does not need to have a price tag of over $500 and instead are offering customers a high end device with a low price tag. The OnePlus 2 has attracted considerable media attention with over one million customers visiting OnePlus’ website to request an invite to purchase the smartphone in just three days. The device is based around a 5.5-inch, 1080p resolution display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with 4 GB of RAM (in the launch version, a lesser variant will be available later in the year with 3 GB of RAM), 64 GB of internal storage (the lesser variant will feature 16 GB) and a raft of detail improvements over the first OnePlus device, the One, including the camera and build quality. The OnePlus 2 also bucks an industry trend by deleting NFC, a feature which OnePlus do not believe has been used so much and will likely not be missed. American newspaper USA Today interviewed OnePlus’ co-founder, Carl Pei, to talk about the business so far.