OnePlus celebrates its second anniversary, OnePlus 2 goes invite-free

The smartphone manufacturer, OnePlus has announced that its OnePlus 2 smartphone will now available for purchase via open sale without any invite, permanently. On the occasion of second anniversary, the company is also offering its OnePlus X smartphone to be purchased without invites from December 5 to December 7.

Reportedly, the OnePlus will complete two years in the industry on December 17. In addition to OnePlus X invite-free sale, the manufacturer also allows the consumers to avail its accessories at  one to 90 percent of discounts.

The company stated in an official blog post, “Speaking of cheer, we’re ringing in the holiday spirit by making it much simpler to give the gift of OnePlus this year. Starting at midnight on December 5, not only will the OnePlus 2 will be invite-free forever… we’re also making the OnePlus X invite-free all day December 5-7.”

Contradicting the post, a OnePlus spokesperson told  NDTV Gadgets, “The OnePlus X will not go invite free between December 5-7.” While other sources suggest that the company is planning for the sale, however, it isn’t finalised yet.

OnePlus has also reported that in its celebration sale, the OnePlus 2 StyleSwap covers will be available at 50 percent discount while the OnePlus One accessories will be available at 90 percent off and all other accessories at 10 percent discount. In addition, a limited number of first orders will be rewarded an exclusive Never Settle mousepad, as a special holiday gift.

The OnePlus 2 smartphone comes with 5.5-inch full HD IPS display with Gorilla Glass 4, 13MP rear and 5MP front-facing camera, 1.8GHz octa-core Snapdragon 810 processor coupled with 4GB RAM.

Running on Android 5.1 Lollipop-based OxygenOS, the smartphone offers 64GB of onboard storage. A 3300 mAh of battery fuels the handset.

Tech Specs for OnePlus X