OnePlus Teases Wednesday Launch, Announces MaxxAudio Update for One

OnePlus is gearing up for a launch on Wednesday, as the company teased an upcoming device in a Google+ post. Additionally, OnePlus announced partnership with Waves Audio to bring MaxxAudio technology to the One smartphone.

In a Google+ post, the Chinese company on Tuesday said, "Need a reason to be excited for tomorrow? We've got 10,000," the post was accompanied by hashtag Never Settle, which is also the company's tagline.

The Google+ post also included an image that read, "Go Further," and partially showed side profile of a device. Another notable thing in the picture shared by OnePlus is the four blue dots. One of the possibilities is that the company might launch an external portable charger with 10000mAh capacity. Further cementing this possibility is the company's reference to '10,000' in its post. As of now, details regarding the new OnePlus device are unknown.

On Tuesday, the rumoured OnePlus One Mini was leaked in two images allegedly showing the device, which appeared to follow the design language as the OnePlus One (Review | Pictures). It was claimed that the alleged smartphone might be priced at CNY 1499 (approximately Rs. 15,000) and sport a 5-inch (unknown resolution) display, 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC and Android 4.4.4 KitKat.

Notably, OnePlus co-founder had confirmed previously that the company was looking at different form factors with a Q2 or Q3 2015 release.

In other news, OnePlus on its official blog announced the partnership with Waves Audio company and also confirmed that a major update from Cyanogen will be rolling out in January bringing the new "audio and listening experience."

The company said in its blog post, "Integrated directly into AudioFX, MaxxAudio is specifically custom tuned for the OnePlus One's speakers and our own Silver Bullet and JBL E1+ headphones. You can now enjoy 10 different equalizer presets ranging from classical music all the way to jazz, heavy metal or hip hop."

Commenting on the partnership, Carl Pei, co-founder and Director of OnePlus Global said, "With MaxxAudio from Waves, we are upping the bar on smartphone audio quality and customization. The One will continue to surprise users. This is just one of the many exciting updates we've got in store."

Steve Kondik, CTO of Cyanogen Inc, confirmed that the team has been working with MaxxAudio to bring software integration. He said, "Our team worked closely with MaxxAudio to perfect the software integration through the new version of the AudioFX app we developed."