Last month, OnePlus had declared that it will release the limited version OnePlus X Ceramic model on 24 November.
Staying correct to its word, the corporation (via Twitter) has confirmed that the flag ship mid-range phone will indeed go on sale on Tuesday, providing the buyers in Europe plus India have legal invites. In India, the phone will be available through Amazon at Rs. 22,999.
However, the OnePlus X Ceramic sale is not probable the stay open for long as there would be only 10,000 units active for grabs.
For the unskilled, the ceramic model is made out of zirconia (zirconium dioxide) imported from Australia, which is typically utilized as a standby for diamond in jewellery. The corporation claims that the raw zirconia is baked at a temp of 1,480ºC for 28 hours, and this procedure is repeated till the ceramic is of the greatest quality. After cooling, in addition to settling for two days, three refining treatments are applied for a spotless, smooth finish. The surface, bezel, and particulars of the ceramic are recurrently treated until it meets uppermost standard. Hence, the enormous price difference among the regular model.
Under-the-hood, Ceramic variation features similar hardware seen in the black model. It ships with the 2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core SoC (System on Chip), 16GB inbuilt memory, 3GB RAM, and 2525 mAh battery, which is sufficient to run the phone for the entire day.
It also brags of a 13MP camera with ISOCELL 3M2 CMOS sensor, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF (Phase Detection Autofocus), LED flash, complete HD video recording, as well as an 8MP front snapper with OV8858 sensor plus f/2.4 aperture.