OnePlus CEO Pete Lau tweeted a vague message about the cost of the upcoming OnePlus 5T and co-founder Carl Pei retweeted it.
Cost of smartphone components is rising, but phones are also getting better. OnePlus users will appreciate what’s coming.— Pete Lau (@petelau2007) November 8, 2017
Earlier, unnamed sources claimed that the 5T will cost the same as the 5. That’s €500 for the 64GB model and €560 for the 128GB one.
However, this message about the rising cost of components doesn’t quite sound like “the phone will cost the same”. Let’s look at a quick price history of the OnePlus…