OnePlus X Ceramic Limited Edition Smartphone to Go on Sale on Tuesday

The OnePlus X Ceramic variant, as promised, will go on sale starting Tuesday. The company re-affirmed the release date of the limited edition variant in a tweet recently. Additionally, OnePlus X cases including the Rosewood, Black Apricot, Bamboo, Karbon, and Sandstone versions have now gone on sale in India via Amazon India.

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As announced back at the October launch, the limited edition Ceramic variant will be made available via the company's invite system via Amazon India - an India-specific Ceramic invite will be required. OnePlus at the launch already confirmed that there will be only 10,000 units of the Ceramic variant made available globally. Both the OnePlus X versions feature identical innards. Launched late last month, The Onyx variant of the OnePlus X is already on sale priced at Rs. 16,999 via Amazon India.

The OnePlus X, running OxygenOS based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, features a 5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) Amoled display, and is powered by a 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 SoC coupled with 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM. Like the OnePlus 2, it features a hardware Alert Slider, and capacitive keys. The smartphone has a metal frame, and dual speaker grilles on the bottom panel. The OnePlus X comes with 16GB of built-in storage expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB). The smartphone features a hybrid dual-SIM slot, with the second slot usable for microSD cards. It features a 13-megapixel rear camera with flash and an f/2.2 aperture, an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with an f/2.4 aperture, and a non-removable 2525mAh battery. It does not bear a fingerprint sensor, as had been expected.

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The Ceramic variant weighs 160 grams, while the Onyx variant weighs 138 grams. Connectivity options include support for Indian 4G LTE bands, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, FM radio, and Micro-USB.

In other news, OnePlus India on Friday had announced that the OnePlus X accessories will now be available via Amazon India. The accessories include OnePlus X Flip Cover priced at Rs. 649; Tempered Glass Screen Protector at Rs. 599; OnePlus X Translucent Case at Rs. 499; Clear Case at Rs. 499; Silicone Case at Rs. 699; OnePlus X Karbon Case at Rs. 1,499; Sandstone Case at Rs. 1,199; Bamboo Case - Rs. 1,499, and OnePlus Micro-USB Cable (1 metre) at Rs. 349.

Update: OnePlus has confirmed to Gadgets 360 that the OnePlus X Ceramic variant will not be going on sale on India on November 24, and the invites will be made available "at some point in the future".