Uma kukhona idivaysi efanele ukuqhubeka unyaka owodwa emakethe yamanje lokhu ngokungangabazeki yi-OnePlus 3T, ngaphezulu kucatshangelwa inani lemali ye-smartphone yaseChina. Kunoma ikuphi, sesivele sicacile ukuthi ngeke ihlale isikhathi eside njengophawu lomkhiqizo kulo nyaka ngoba besivele sikhuluma ngomlandeli walo izinyanga ezimbalwa, kulokhu kuzoba yi-OnePlus 5, yebo, inombolo 5 Kubukeka sengathi kumane kuyindaba yesiko lamaShayina, ngoba inombolo 4 ifana negama elithi "ukufa" ezilimini ezahlukahlukene yingakho izokwethulwa ngenombolo 5 hhayi engu-4, noma ikuphi lokhu kumane imininingwane engabalulekile ngaphambi kwedivayisi okulindeleke ukuthi yethulwe maduzane.
Kulokhu imodeli ichazwa njenge-OnePlus A500o futhi amamodeli wangaphambilini omkhiqizo ayenezethenjwa ezifanayo enkampanini ngaphambi kokwethulwa, kuleso simo njenge-OnePlus A3000 ne-OnePlus A301o, eyi-OnePlus 3 ne-OnePlus 3T. Kungakho manje kulindeleke ukuthi kube yi-OnePlus 5 hhayi i-4 njengoba sichazile ekuqaleni.
Futhi ngukuthi amahemuhemu nge-smartphone ayaphikelela kunethiwekhi, ukunikezwa isitifiketi kwakamuva kwedivayisi nokunye okunikezwayo njenganamuhla kusenza sicabange ukuthi i-OnePlus ngeke ilibazise kakhulu ukwethulwa kwefulegi elisha laseChina. Okwamanje kubonakala sengathi iprosesa elizofaka le divayisi yi- I-Qualcomm Snapdargon 835, i-6 GB ye-RAM, ikhamera ephindwe kabili ngemuva nesikrini esingu-5,5-intshi. Kubalulekile ukusho ukuthi le modeli ye-OnePlus izongeza izinguquko ezibalulekile ngaphezu kweprosesa, njengekhamera yangemuva ephindwe kabili kodwa sihlala silindele okuningi kunkampani yaseChina futhi sikholelwa ukuthi kulokhu ngeke kudumaze.