Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus started its journey with a power-packed premium flagship smartphone – the OnePlus One -- costing nearly one-third the price of Samsung and Apple flagship phones. With every successive generation, the prices of the OnePlus smartphone have increased.

Yet, the company has managed to build smartphones at an effective cost much lower than other premium flagships. Now, the next iteration, the OnePlus 6, is scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2018. Bit the phone’s purported specifications and features have been leaked on the ...