OnePlus 5 is the company's "fastest selling device," says OnePlus co-founder

by Florin Troaca / Jun 20, 2017, 8:44 PM

Mere hours after OnePlus officially announced the OnePlus 5 - its brand new flagship Android phone - Carl Pei, one of the company's co-founders, shared an interesting fact about the handset.

According to Pei, the OnePlus 5 is the company's "fastest selling device ever." This assertion is based on pre-order numbers only, as the OnePlus 5 won't be properly sold before June 27 (unless you can visit one of OnePlus' pop-up events).

While no exact pre-order numbers were given, it's obvious that OnePlus is more than happy with how its new device is being received. It looks like consumers around the world like what the OnePlus 5 has to offer - despite the fact that this is the most expensive OnePlus smartphone to date. And maybe we should add: also despite the fact that the handset looks a lot like an iPhone 7 Plus (at least when viewed from the rear).

The OnePlus 5 comes in two variants, costing $479 (Slate Gray model with 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage space), or $539 (Midnight Black model with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage space). Are you tempted to get any of the two?

The first numbers are in, the OnePlus 5 is our fastest selling device ever!
— Carl Pei (@getpeid) June 20, 2017

source: Carl Pei (Twitter)

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18 Comments

1. Rafishant

Posts: 394; Member since: Oct 13, 2015

Too early to say something like this. The phone is just released. Samsung also claimed that the selling numbers of S8 broke all recorded, but Kantars figures showed otherwise, and now Samsung is offering its flagships on incredibly discounted prices with that trade in program.

posted on Jun 20, 2017, 8:56 PM 3

2. PrYmCHGOan

Posts: 335; Member since: Sep 28, 2016

The canera is terrible. As bad as the one in the iPhone. But at least its cheaper. https://youtu.be/mXRh6zoDVX4

posted on Jun 20, 2017, 9:00 PM 2

11. NoToFanboys

Posts: 3231; Member since: Oct 03, 2015

Wow, even your very rare short comments has typos. smh

posted on Jun 21, 2017, 12:07 AM 8

13. manjak

Posts: 14; Member since: Feb 06, 2014

*have...

posted on Jun 21, 2017, 1:35 AM 2

16. NoToFanboys

Grammatical error, different story, also English is my 3rd language. Meanwhile PrYmCHGOan (aka TechieXP) has typos on 120% of his comments.

posted on Jun 21, 2017, 3:19 AM 1

19. xeroxchap

Posts: 68; Member since: Oct 11, 2016

lol....

posted on Jun 22, 2017, 8:18 AM 0

18. justrt

Posts: 446; Member since: Jul 10, 2014

As bad as the iPhone? I'll take that!

posted on Jun 21, 2017, 7:27 AM 0

3. adi90

Posts: 554; Member since: Dec 21, 2015

Op5 copied iphone 7 plus, but atleast it tried to copy some good thing from iphone. Copying good features from other device should not be considered a con. It encourages competition. But i don't think op5 will sell like op3. Most of the op3 users would prefer to wait another year. Apple and sammy loyalists don't give a s**t . Some prospective buyers of lg g6, htc might switch to op5.

posted on Jun 20, 2017, 9:06 PM 0

5. jeroome86

Posts: 2314; Member since: Apr 12, 2012

The spelling is terrible.

posted on Jun 20, 2017, 9:41 PM 0

6. trojan_horse

Posts: 5868; Member since: May 06, 2016

Go, OnePlus!

posted on Jun 20, 2017, 10:04 PM 0

7. Tariq123

Posts: 186; Member since: May 15, 2016

I like everything about the phone, but i wonder why they only make it in 2 color varient? Their tweets made it sounds like there are going to be more options. I don't mind black, but there are people who prefer brighter colors

posted on Jun 20, 2017, 11:11 PM 0

8. Tariq123

posted on Jun 20, 2017, 11:14 PM 0

9. Tariq123

Sorry for double comment, PA comment system is kinda weird

posted on Jun 20, 2017, 11:15 PM 0

10. Plasticsh1t

Posts: 3094; Member since: Sep 01, 2014

What looks like an iPhone sells like an iPhone. Figures.

posted on Jun 21, 2017, 12:06 AM 1

12. Anchor

Posts: 160; Member since: Jun 16, 2017

Well it has better specs than an S8, sells for cheaper, so should sell faster

posted on Jun 21, 2017, 1:34 AM 0

14. Shubham1221

Posts: 153; Member since: Jul 29, 2015

Its a good phone.But,its not a flagship killer anymore.It has few shortcomings as compared to other flagships-No bezel less design,still 1080p screen,no dust and waterproofing,No OIS,design looks like iphone 7 plus and Oppo R11. At the same time,It is performance beast and I think it defeats all other android phones in speed test.Also one is getting near stock android with some valuable additions in software. Camera looks very promising and can compete with flagships.Front camera EIS is working very good in stabilisation.But,4k stabilisation is average and looks like EIS is not able to handle 4k.Future software updates can address this. I think OP5 is a great phone and very few phones provides 8gb ram with 128 gb internal memory.Also I am glad they retain metal back instead of glass back.