The OnePlus 6T is coming to T-Mobile stores, but it also supports Verizon

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The OnePlus 6T is finally here and not only is it glorious — the screen’s larger with a smaller notch and there’s a fingerprint sensor underneath the display — but it comes with two arguably more important milestones (for Americans at least): You can buy the 6T from T-Mobile and the phone works on Verizon.

At long last, OnePlus is breaking into the U.S. with retail presence that’ll put its devices in front of more potential customers, many of whom are probably unfamiliar with the brand. Supporting Verizon is a equally as significant because it’s the first time a OnePlus phone will work on America’s largest wireless network. Read more…

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The OnePlus 6T has an official launch date

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Fans of OnePlus won’t have to wait much longer for a new phone.

The Chinese manufacturer announced an Oct. 30 event for the official release of the OnePlus 6T, an updated version of the popular OnePlus 6 smartphone.

The event will take place in New York City, kicking off at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. In keeping with its populist marketing, OnePlus is allowing fans to buy tickets to attend the launch.

The OnePlus 6T is said to have an in-display fingerprint sensor. It wouldn’t be the first consumer smartphone to have such a feature — phones from Oppo and Vivo already include it — but the 6T will be the first device aggressively marketed out outside of Asia to have it, a big step for the tech. Read more…

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This is the OnePlus 6T

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OnePlus 6T, the upcoming new flagship from OnePlus, still doesn’t have a release date, but thanks to new official images as well as a new leak, you can now see what it looks like. 

Leaked images which appear to be press photos, courtesy of WinFuture.de, show the device from all sides, and confirm what previous leaks and rumors have told us: The phone has a tiny, waterdrop-shaped notch on the front and a dual camera on the back. 

OnePlus 6T mit Waterdrop-Notch auf offiziellen Marketing-Bildern: So sieht das Herbst-Flaggschiff aus https://t.co/mcl1VpooBo

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OnePlus 6T will be the first real test for in-display fingerprint sensors

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It’s official: The OnePlus 6T will have an in-screen fingerprint scanner. 

The news comes via CNET, which confirmed the rumor with OnePlus. “By adding this feature as an addition to other display-unlocking options such as Face Unlock, users will have options to unlock the display in a way that is most efficient for them,” the company told CNET. 

And even though the OnePlus 6T won’t be the first phone with this feature, it will be the most important test for in-display scanners so far. 

In-display fingerprint scanners differ from typical, capacitive fingerprint scanners as they’re placed under the smartphone display instead of somewhere on the phone’s chassis. They can be optical or ultrasonic; an optical sensor, as seen on some phones from Chinese brand Vivo, illuminates your fingertip as you press the screen and captures the reflection, then compares that to the image it got when you registered the fingerprint. They should be roughly as secure as capacitive fingerprint scanners (such as the iPhone 8’s), but are a little tougher to get to work in practice. This is mainly because the display — semi-transparent as it may be — is still in the way, between your finger and the sensor. Read more…

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