OnePlus reportedly hosting invite-only event at MWC 2019 to “reimagine the future”

“For once, there are no prior leaks or information about this upcoming secret event, which hints at something rather big and interesting from OnePlus.”

OnePlus has reportedly been sending out invites for an exclusive, invite-only event, to be held at the upcoming Mobile World Congress extravaganza. The invite, which has been reported by AllAboutOnePlus, apparently reads, “Reimagine the future with OnePlus. Join OnePlus at Ultramarinos where drinks and a taste of the future will be on us. We’ll be celebrating MWC 2019 at this exclusive, invite-only event.” Exactly what taste of the future this alludes to remains in question, although going by the sound of it, OnePlus is offering more than just the regular sneak peek at its already-leaked, upcoming smartphone, the OnePlus 7.

Such closed door, invite-only events are certainly not unprecedented, but are fewer in number. They also usually indicate some offbeat project that offers more innovation and user-end excitement, than the mundane device launches. For instance, Samsung took to CES 2019 to provide its vendors and partners with a closed-door preview of its upcoming foldable smartphone, although we had our fair share of leaks, rumours and renders of it. In this case, however, we pretty much have no idea about what OnePlus wants to “reimagine the future” about.

Among known projects, OnePlus is believed to be some way into the development of the upcoming OnePlus 7 flagship smartphone. That, however, does not quite sound like reimagining the future — it is highly unlikely that OnePlus will go out of its proven path of flagship smartphones at comparatively affordable prices, at least with its main device. The company is also known to be developing a 5G-enabled smartphone, which is reportedly being made separately from the OnePlus 7. That too, however, does not quite count as a world-beating idea, either.

At this stage, our best bets would either be on a port-less, hinge-less device, or a multi-form foldable smartphone/tablet hybrid. On a higher level of optimism, we truly hope that OnePlus comes up with something that exceeds these rather templatised expectations that we’ve grown to have of the smartphone industry. Seeing how close OnePlus is holding their cards, it is probable that it surprises us with a proof-of-concept device that goes beyond needlessly high amounts of RAM and ridiculous numbers of cameras, or any stereotypical expectations, for that matter.

Either way, we should hear more about it after the closed-door event on February 24th, in Barcelona. With the amount of hopes that have suddenly risen around it, we’d be pretty miffed if it ended up being some mundane idea under the guise of clever marketing material.

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