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OnePlus 5T Face Unlock Feature Is Coming to OnePlus 5, Reveals Co Founder Carl Pei

OnePlus 5T Face Unlock Feature Is Coming to OnePlus 5, Reveals Co-Founder Carl Pei

By Ankit Chawla | Updated: 25 December 2017 13:22 IST

OnePlus 5 will become the second OnePlus phone to feature the facial recognition technology

Highlights

The OnePlus 5 is expected to get Face Unlock soon
Face Unlock is a software based feature first seen on OnePlus 5T
OnePlus 5 recently received OxygenOS 5.0 based on Oreo

Christmas cheer is here for OnePlus 5 users as the smartphone is all set to get support for Face Unlock, the facial recognition technology. Launched initially with the recent OnePlus 5T, Face Unlock lets users unlock their phone with the help of the front camera. The OnePlus 5T was the first OnePlus smartphone to feature facial recognition technology, introduced in the wake of the Apple introducing Face ID on the iPhone X.

As we mentioned, the OnePlus 5 will soon become the company's second smartphone to get the Face Unlock feature. OnePlus Co-Founder Carl Pei made the announcement in a tweet on Sunday. He mentioned that this decision was a result of feedback that the company got from its users. Twitter users also replied to his tweet asking for Face Unlock support on other older phones like the OnePlus 3T and the OnePlus 3.

Support for Face Unlock is easier to extend to older smartphones as the feature is based majorly on software, unlike Apple's Face ID that uses various sensors to achieve techniques like depth mapping and laser projection. This means that Oneplus' take on facial recognition is not as secure as Apple's, but it's more flexible and faster.

The OnePlus 5 also got the OxygenOS 5.0 update recently. This update brings along Android 8.0 Oreo stable build support after beta 1 and beta 2 builds were rolled out for the phone. The OxygenOS 5.0 update has features like an upgraded, customisable launcher, a facelift for the default Camera app, and a new 'Places' tab for the Gallery tab.

Apart from the proprietary features, it also brings Android Oreo's core features like new Picture-in-Picture mode, Smart text selection, and Auto-fill feature among others.

To recap, the OnePlus 5 sports a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) Optic AMOLED display. The smartphone is powered by the 1.9GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, coupled with a maximum of 8GB RAM and 128GB inbuilt storage.

OnePlus 5

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Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Ergonomic and light
Good primary camera
Very good system and app performance
Fast charging works very well
Handy software features

Bad
Uninspiring design
Weak sunlight legibility
Dual camera setup feels half-baked
No stabilisation at 4K

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Display 5.50-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

Front Camera 16-megapixel

Rear Camera 16-megapixel

RAM 6GB

Storage 64GB

Battery Capacity 3300mAh

OS Android 7.1.1

Resolution 1080x1920 pixels

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