There are rumours that OnePlus will launch another phone at the end of the year, while it might be nice to hope for a OnePlus 3 a leaked internal email makes it clear that can’t be the case.

OnePlus will be launching another phone/device by the end of this year. It has been mentioned my OnePlus staff, and if we are lucky we might see the phone launch in time for Christmas. But don’t hold out for the OnePlus 3 yet.

Sources have leaked an internal email written by Pete Lau to OnePlus staff telling the company that the OnePlus 3 is about to go in to the research and development stage. This would suggest that the OnePlus 3 is only in the very early planning stages at this time.

The email goes on to say that the OnePlus 3 will really shock the industry, but they must also realise that they all have difficult challenges to face before the end of the year is here.

So whatever OnePlus do plan to launch next it won’t be the OnePlus 3, but then what will it be? Could it be a phone designed for fans of stylish lower powered devices? Or is the device not a phone at all?