OnePlus 6T price could be $550, and it’ll be sold by T-Mobile

The OnePlus 6T will be
sold by T-Mobile. Pictured above: The OnePlus
6.
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• The OnePlus 6T will be the first smartphone from
  OnePlus to be sold by a US carrier.
• It could also cost $550, $20 more than the current
  OnePlus 6.
• Despite no previous availability at US carrier stores,
  OnePlus phones have an incredibly dedicated fanbase that line
  up around city blocks around the world to buy the newest
  model. 
• Availability in T-Mobile stores will surely boost the
  popularity of OnePlus, as its phones come with lower price tags
  with the same — or better — performance than competing phones
  from Apple and Samsung. 

The OnePlus 6T, the upcoming smartphone from the small smartphone
maker OnePlus, will be sold by T-Mobile when it’s released,
according to
CNET. 

It’ll be the first OnePlus phone to be sold by a US carrier.

That’s a significant move for OnePlus, as most Americans buy
their smartphones from their carrier stores rather than directly
from the phone maker.

T-Mobile will sell a model of the OnePlus 6T that’s optimized for
its network, including a new band that T-Mobile promises will
deliver “better and faster” coverage, according to the
report. 

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Otherwise, the regular unlocked models of the OnePlus 6T will
continue to be sold from the phone maker itself from popup stores
and online as usual, and will be compatible with global networks
that use the GSM standard. In the US, that includes AT&T and
T-Mobile, but not Verizon and Sprint, which use the CDMA
standard.

The OnePlus 6T could cost $550, $20 more than the current OnePlus
6 that costs $530. But the price isn’t finalized, according to
CNET.

While OnePlus phones are popular among their fans, chances are
that someone wouldn’t know what a “OnePlus” is if you stopped and
asked them on the street.

Part of the reason why you might never see a OnePlus phone on the
street in the US is because they’ve never been available at
carrier stores. Indeed, most Americans still buy their
smartphones from their carriers, and a smartphone’s popularity is
often dictated by it’s availability at carrier stores. OnePlus
phones also aren’t compatible with Verizon, the US carrier with
the most subscriptions. 

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Despite this, OnePlus has an incredibly dedicated fanbase that

lines up around city blocks around the world to buy the new
model, much like iPhone fans line up to buy the new model.
OnePlus phones are one of the only Android phones that gets
people to line up.

Fans covet the lower price tags and performance of OnePlus
phones, which cost hundreds less than the competition from Apple
and Samsung, and sometimes even exceed their performance. OnePlus
phones also have excellent design, and they run on a largely
unaltered version of the Android operating system that’s
especially popular among Android enthusiasts. 

When a customer walks into a T-Mobile store to buy a new phone,
the OnePlus 6T’s price tag, specs, and design are likely to be a
tempting option compared to pricier devices on display.