So the OnePlus One is coming to India tomorrow, but you already knew that. What you perhaps missed is that Amazon has already put up a way for you to win an invite for the device. All you need to do is open the Amazon.in website and click on the OnePlus One
invite link. There you have to subscribe to the newsletter, just like
on the OnePlus website. What's more interesting though is how there's no
mention of CyanogenMod
anymore. The technical specifications on the listing mentions
everything except the operating system that the device runs on. OnePlus
India General Manager Vikas Agarwal had earlier confirmed to us that the
device would launch with CyanogenMod , which is what the global version
of the One comes with, but OnePlus is also working on its own OS, which
would be ready by February 2015. Agarwal said that the beta version for
the new OS would be available in December itself.
While the OnePlus smartphone will be launched with the CyanogenMod 11S
ROM on it, CM won't officially support the device anymore because of
its exclusive tie-up with Micromax for its new range of Yu smartphones.
Many of you have already indicated that this makes a big difference for
you. Native CM support was the main reason behind many, especially power
users, going for this smartphone. While the below Rs. 25,000
price tag remains quite attractive, the lack of CM support seems to
have disappointed many users. Another clarification that we recieved was
that while users are welcome to flash the international for CM onto the
OnePlus One, OTA updates would still be unavailable and you would need
to update devices manually and at your own risk. Of course, rooting
never voids the warranty of a OnePlus One and the same shall still apply to India.
The
OnePlus One is scheduled to launch in India tomorrow and we are hoping
that the new OS is announced at the event tomorrow, so watch this space
for more.
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