For a phone that is just shy of its second birthday, it's a tough bit of news for the extremely dedicated
OnePlus owner base to take.
Not exact matches
The press release stated, «As promised,
owners of the original
OnePlus 5 can now unlock their phones via facial recognition with the new OxygenOS Open Beta 3
based on Android Oreo».
The company also promised to release a stable OTA in early 2018, but it looks like
OnePlus has somewhat shifted their timeline to give
OnePlus 5
owners a little Christmas present: OxygenOS 5.0,
based on stable Android Oreo, is now officially rolling out to the
OnePlus 5.
There's no NFC, so
OnePlus 2
owners might miss out if NFC -
based payment systems take off; and if you're a fan of infrared for remotely controlling your TV and other home entertainment kit, you might rue its absence here.
Along with this announcement,
OnePlus wrote that
OnePlus One
owners with OxygenOS, which was initially released last April and
based on Android Lollipop 5.0.2, will have to wait longer for the Android Lollipop 5.1 update.
There is no doubt that this news will evoke huge excitements among current
owners of this
OnePlus One handset, but it is also possible that the leaked tests could be for a custom ROM
based on the said Android Nougat OS.