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OnePlus users can soon get their hands on the Always-on Display (AOD) feature as confirmed by the firm with a short teaser video. Earlier, the addition was hinted by a tweet by OnePlus CEO Pete Lau. "Have a Weibo pic with full" -was indeed uploaded by Lau and is as follows.

Having the feature will be a convenience to all, especially those who are always on their display with their screen turned off. But what is this AOD/Mayors Friends looks like? Let us know on the comments and lets save this topic for updates as it has through many speculations from users. Collect your popcorn.

The They Softly Call It "AC6818"

Never Settle is a OnePlus forum covering the OnePlus One by forum contributor punkatron and Paul D'Angelo who appears as the "Tech Delegate".

Paul D'Angelo mentioned through his own Weibo account that "the OnePlus One will to be launched in two variants with very different hardware," referring to two comparing devices ADOC 8818/Baseband 8811.

Does This Mean a 5.5 Is on the Horizon?

According to Steve Hemmerstoffer, senior director of software engineer and chief engineer at XDA Senior Member fastdragon, what will actually happen is no surprise.

In his article he said that "Nexus 5 was its own unique beast", referring to OnePlus' own announcement stating there isn't a target date for the launch since the OnePlus one and taketoshaketan have different hardware and that phone's sales will be staggered in many regions, causing "backwards seasonality".

It is also worth noting that the release of the Note 4 was delayed from the original estimated April to Malaysia firstly to October and the plans may also change and the timing of its "launch" come from the pure press release; there is no real information yet or confirmation other than the date of the announcement.

The Contenders To Wrestle ?

The Note 4 TP-LTE at 1080p displays 12MP cameras resulting in 5x Optical Zoom, AR, Dual Tone LED as well 3D capturing features. The SIM tray can contain a variety of brightness values.

On the other hand the OnePlus 2 and 3 are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 SoC coupled with nVidia Geforce 650 Ti GPU. The displays are the same 16MP but the camera sensors are Oppo's own. The OnePlus 2 on the other hand has a 5" 1080p AMOLED but features 3D imaging; camera modes include UltraPixel 2 and Focus Pixels.

So now we can think about two not very different OnePlus 3's but the market
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