OnePlus has launched the 16GB model of its OnePlus One phone in the Indian market for a price of Rs 18,999. This release comes after the 64GB model was launched by the company in December last year. Similar to the previous launch, OnePlus has an exclusive tie-up with Amazon to sell the phone, which is sold on an invite basis. Other than the difference in memory, the only difference between the phones is the color, OnePlus calls the the 64GB version ‘sandstone’ black and the 16GB version ‘silk’ white. Both phones come with CyanogenMod 11S and feature a 5.5 inch full-HD display, quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and 13 megapixel camera among others. What about the OS? What is interesting here is despite the launch, OnePlus does not really have an operating system to offer in India. Granted the phone ships with a version of the cm11 build, it will not receive any more OTA updates. One would have expected the Chinese company to have its own OS ready before shipping the 16GB versions, since the only option for current 64GB users of the phone in India is to sideload CM11 updates or flash a new ROM and lose all data. @rajarshi_10 We released an L alpha a while ago, but a more stable build (OxygenOS & CM12S) will need to wait until March. Sorry for delay! — Carl Pei (@getpeid) February 23, 2015 OnePlus currently does have a ROM in the works called OxygenOS. However the company had previously promised…
