One Plus X – How to Buy One?

On 29^th October, at a London press event, One Plus unveils One Plus X, the third Smartphone of the company. The company is known for generating premium handsets with finest material and robust hardware at a reasonable price.

One Plus X will be available in the UK in £199 but it’s not easy to buy this handset.

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Initially, a Chinese startup aims to sell it through a well-known online inviting system. According to this, one needs to sign up and wait to receive their invite from the company. The method of selling One Plus X is similar to its original One Plus Smartphone and to One Plus 2 that were launched few months back.

One Plus says that the frustrating method of selling isn’t about generating hype, but it’s for managing inventory to ensure that it doesn’t manufacture more than it can actually sell. No matter whatever the reason is, the result is to pay great attention to every move that One Plus’ makes in the following months to get your One Plus X.

Confused? Don’t worry. Here are the workarounds that will help you in buying One Plus X without any invite.

One Plus X: About It

The Smartphone has a 5-inch (1920×1080 resolution) complete HD screen, 2.3 GHz Snapdragon processor with 801 quad-core CPU, 3GB RAM, 13 MP rear camera, 8 MP front camera,   Qualcomm 330 Adreno graphics, Internal memory of 16GB i.e. expandable up to 128GB, Bluetooth 4.0 support, Dual SIM support, GPS and 4G LTE. It is featured with 2,525 mAh battery and runs on Android 5.1.1 along with One Plus OS and OxygenOS. The device is available in two colors – Ceramic & Onyx Black.

One Plus X: Cost

1. One Plus X (onyx black) – $249/€269.
2. One Plus X (Ceramic) – €369.

One Plus X: Availability

From 5^th November, One Plus X will be offered in Europe and by 19^th November in US. Only 10k units of One Plus X (Ceramic) will be offered as it is a limited-edition handset, starting with Europe & India from 24^th November.

One Plus X: About Invite system

To buy One Plus X, one needs to receive an online invite. One Plus will randomly select the invites for 10,000 people, which will be applicable for 24 hours only. After receiving an invite and claiming it, you’ll see the amount of time left to use the invite. The people who have already purchased a company’s device can forward their invites to their friends. So, the more you share, the more invites company sends.

But you need to forward them within a week, before they expire. You can check your mails regularly to avoid missing of invites.

One Plus X: Store Purchase

 

One Plus aims to set up stores everywhere in the world, and then you may no longer need the frustrating invite system. The first store will be set up in Paris at Colette store 4^th November, then in London, California and Mumbai.

 

One Plus X: Other methods to buy it

 

From December, the company will start flash sales. One can buy a new One Plus X every week. Although, the company hasn’t offered much detail on it, but you must sign up to a newsletter or may follow company’s social media accounts to get more information, at the right time.