OnePlus will bring forth radical changes and features with its upcoming smartphone, OnePlus 6.
OnePlus 6 will feature a glass back which is a change from the metal body seen on past OnePlus smartphones. The easiest assumption that forms with a glass body is wireless charging which would also be another first for a OnePlus phone.
From the technology point of view, a glass panel on the back makes the phone compatible with wireless charging, one of the reasons why the likes of Samsung and Apple have that material on their flagship phones.
An all-metal back panel, though they seem sturdier, aren’t considered conducive for wireless charging. Qualcomm, however, has already developed a technology that makes it possible. We are yet to see metal-plus-wireless-charging become mainstream.
In the case of OnePlus, the company has been quite vocal about its thoughts on wireless charging. Last year, ahead of OnePlus 5T launch, CEO Pete Lau explained about the company’s decision to not go for wireless charging.
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“Wireless charging requires you to keep your device perfectly aligned on the pad to get the advertised charging rates and energy efficiency. Some of the best wireless charging pads market the theoretical potential of 15 watts of power, but that’s only if you position your phone correctly. Wirelessly charging more than one device at a time further divides that number, leading to even slower charging per device,” he wrote in a forum post.
OnePlus 6 is going to be a stark departure from the existing lineup of OnePlus phones. For starters, it will have a notch-display on the front – a hot new trend in the world of Android. The glass back panel for that matter is also going to be quite something to look forward to.
“The advantages of glass over metal are manifold: glass communicates a transparent, bright, and pure feeling. The way glass transforms under different lighting is a particularly important challenge, the OnePlus design team tested over 70 glass prototypes before selecting the best one,” the company said last month.
“The phone has five layers of Nanotech Coating instead of three, even though the degree of separation between each layer is extremely subtle and tough to discern as the additional layers give the back of the device a stronger impression of depth,” OnePlus said in a note.