The wait is over. The highly awaited smartphone of the year, OnePlus 2 will go on sale today outside China for those who have an invite. The phone will be available for purchase in Europe, North America and in India. Till date, over 3.5 million people have signed up for the reservation list. OnePlus 2 will go on sale in India via Amazon starting 4pm today. Users with India-specific invites will be able to buy the OnePlus 2 on Amazon India after claiming them from OnePlus site. The first batch of invites will start rolling out today itself. Announcing
the availability in a blog post, OnePlus said India is "one of the
first markets to launch the OnePlus 2." Notably, the 64GB variant of the OnePlus 2 will be made available in India at first, with the 16GB model coming later this year. The OnePlus 2 64GB costs 24,999 and the 16GB model costs 22,999.
While in North America the OnePlus 2 will not be released today because the company is facing delays due to "production schedules". However US and Canada users will be able to claim their invites and can purchase the OnePlus 2 from Tuesday, but the actual shipment of the smartphones are delayed. It will commence 2-3 weeks after shipments to Europe. "We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience
caused. Although some fans may be disappointed to hear this news, we
would rather be transparent about the situation." said OnePlus in its forum post. To recap, the OnePlus 2 was launched on July 28. It comes with octa-core Snapdragon 810, 5.5-inch Full HD display, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, Oxygen OS based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, 13MP/5MP shooter, USB Type-C port, 4G LTE support, fingerprint sensor and 3300mAh battery. The 16GB model packs 3GB RAM, rest of the specs are same.
KFC Canada introduced a limited edition Chicken bucket that doubles as a Bluetooth photo printer.. Called 'The Memories Bucket', it was made to celebrate KFC Canada's 60th anniversary and lets you print photos wireless from your smartphone or tablet The Memories Bucket looks like your regular chicken bucket but has a built-in Bluetooth-enabled wireless printer. Users will need to take photos using their phone or tablet, select the photo that they need to print via special app, and send it to Memories Bucket for printing. Users can also share the photos with their loved ones.
KFC Canada will be giving away a few of these special buckets and will be available for a limited time. There is no word if it will be available in other countries.
Asus Zenfone 2 has reached the North American shores. Asus launched the Zenfone 2 (ZE551ML) in the U.S and Canada. It will be available in two variants for the North American market - one with 1.8GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3560 processor, 2GB RAM and 16GB storage, the other with 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor with 4GB RAM and 64GB on internal storage. Rest of the specs are same on both the variants that include 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection, 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front facing camera, Android 5.0 Lollipop with Zen UI on top, Connectivity suite (4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS) and 3000mAh battery.
Pricing and Availability details of Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML
Asus Zenfone 2 will be available in red, black, gray and silver colors from May 19. The unlocked version will be available to order from Amazon.com, B&H, Groupon.com and NewEgg.com in the US and NewEgg.ca, NCIX.com, Canada Computer and Memory Express in Canada.
Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML specifications
5.5-inch FHD (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection
1.8GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3560 / 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor with PowerVR G6430 GPU
