OnePlus black variant teased once again, launch ready for tonight

OnePlus has shared a teaser on Twitter hinting at the launch of a black variant of its much acclaimed flagship, the OnePlus 3T, tonight. With the first tweet shared around 9pm on Tuesday which pointed towards a 24-hour deadline for the launch. The second tweet was shared around 11pm by OnePlus’ India handle pointing to a 10-hour deadline, meaning the announcement could happen around 9pm IST.

The launch of the black variant of OnePlus 3T smartphone will be important for the company. While the company’s marketing from earlier hinted at a new colour variant launch, OP soon after launched the 3T Colette Limited Edition smartphone, of which only 250 units will be sold starting March 21. With the new teasers, it may be safe to assume that OnePlus may launch the black variant for the mass market, without the Colette engraving.

The OnePlus 3T was originally launched in Gunmetal and Soft Gold variants. Specifications of the OnePlus 3T is a 5.5-inch full HD optic AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4. It runs on the Oxygen based OS on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 SoC coupled with 6GB of LPDDR4 RAM. The device packs a 3400mAh and supports the company’s Dash Charge (5V 4A) fast charging technology.