Every now and then Pete Lau, CEO of OnePlus, takes to the forums to talk about design decisions made while building each successive phone. In the latest, he tries to define “honest industrial design” and how the OnePlus 6 will abide by those principles.
“OnePlus 6’s glass design is centered around creating a ‘sense of value’ and ‘premium hand-feel.’”, says Lau. A big part of that is the adoption of glass for the back instead of the metal we’ve seen in the last couple of generations.
The team went through 70 prototypes before settling on the one that will head to production. Lau himself…