The Soft Gold version of OnePlus 3 launched last month has finally arrived in the United States.
The Shenzhen-based Chinese smartphone company OnePlus has launched its third-generation flagship earlier this year. At the moment when it has arrived on the market, OnePlus 3 was available in just the Graphite color.
On Monday, July 25, the company posted an official announcement on the OnePlus blog, notifying its customers that the Soft Gold OnePlus 3 phone has arrived in the U.S. The company also explains that the golden hue on its flagship smartphone is not the typical "gaudy gold", but a more aesthetically pleasing color an elegant and light look.
Instead of a jewel-encrusted device, the company has gone for a toned-down take on gold in order to keep the phone's budget-friendly price. According to Engadget, the Soft Gold option for the OnePlus 3 smartphone is already listed on the company's U.S. specific site for the exact same $399 price-tag as the standard-issue Graphite option.
Even if it could be considered as a luxury option, the Soft Gold version won't cost anything extra for U.S. buyers. The American market is the first to have received the new color option. The Soft Gold model will arrive to Hong Kong, Canada and Europe on August 1.
The OnePlus 3 mobile device comes with a 5.5-inch Optic AMOLED 1080p display panel that features Gorilla Glass 4 protection. The smartphone 64 GB of internal storage and 6 GB of RAM and is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 SoC.
According to Android Headlines, the flagship OnePlus 3 device comes with LTE Cat.6 connectivity and carries a 3,000 mAh battery with Dash Charging support. Imaging options include a front-facing selfie shooter that comes with an f/2.0 aperture and a 16-megapixel primary camera with f/2.0 aperture, optical image stabilization and phase detection autofocus. The Chinese built OnePlus 3 smartphone runs on Oxygen OS 3.2.2 that is based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.
