OnePlus 3 likely to release on 14 June: All you need to know

The latest in the league of smartphone to be announced is OnePlus 3. It is expected to be launched on 14 June. However its release has been subjected to a lot of leaks. The latest one comes in the form of a listing on Chinese telecommunications certification authority, Tenaa, which revealed important specs of the smartphone - listed as the OnePlus A3000.

The new OnePlus 3 runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow out-of-the-box. It has a 5.5-inch full HD display, a 2.5GHz quad-core processor (thought to be the Snapdragon 820) paired with 4GB of RAM. It comes with a 16-megapixel rear camera, accompanied by an 8-megapixel front lens, confirmed the certification website.

The inbuilt storage variant of the OnePlus 3 listed on Tenaa is 64GB, while the battery is at 3000mAh. The weight was touted at 160gms and the dimensions at 152.6x74.6x7.3mm. The OnePlus 3 images on the certification website fall in line with previous leaks and shows off the all metal sleek unibody and a home button that will house the fingerprint sensor. The smartphone is expected to come in Black, Grey and Gold colour variants. 

Besides, past leaks suggest that the OnePlus 3 will run on the latest Snapdragon 820 SoC, and will reintroduce the controversial NFC feature. OnePlus fans had created lot of chatter when OnePlus dropped the feature on its last year's flagship OnePlus 2. 

OnePlus is expected to unveil its upcoming flagship on a virtual space station. It has already distributed 30,000 Loop VR headsets for a nominal fee, and looks to sell them for Rs. 1 on Amazon from June 3 to June 7. Just ahead of the launch, OnePlus has even slashed the prices of its OnePlus 2, OnePlus One, and OnePlus X devices.