Oneplus just now released a flagship smartphone, Oneplus 3T in China and India to go on sale next week, right now there is the latest news about Oneplus 5 launching next year, instead of naming Oneplus 4. Because ‘4’ is considered unlucky number in China. So they will learn from Samsung to release Oneplus 5 instead of Oneplus 4.
Chinese smartphone brand, VIVO has also adopts this naming method, they released VIVO V5 after VIVO V3, just skip the ‘4’, Samsung also named Samsung Galaxy Note 7 instead of Note 6.
Oneplus 5 as the new year flagship will use ceramic body, similar material as Xiaomi MI MIX, but it doesn’t the brand new ceramic material, because this kind material has been used on Oneplus X limited edition made by zirconia ceramics. In addition, Oneplus 5 will use 5.5 inch AMOLED screen, powered by Snapdragon 835 processor, coming with RAM 6GB, all of specs has symbolized the high-end performance of Oneplus 5. Stay tuned.