OnePlus 6T will not get a 3.5mm jack
The OnePlus 6T will not get a 3.5mm jack, says co-founder Carl Pei in an interview. According to Pei, the omission of the connection provides room for “more new technology” and a “better battery life”.
Carl Pei makes the statements in an interview with TechRadar. He does not mention the OnePlus 6T by name, but speaks about the next device from OnePlus. It is already known that this will be the OnePlus 6T. Pei says in the interview that the omission of the 3.5mm connection makes room for ‘new technology’, but he does not say which one. The CEO may be referring to the fingerprint scanner behind the screen. He also makes no statements about the battery capacity, although he indicates that the battery life will be noticeably better with the new device.
The OnePlus CEO admits that the omission of the 3.5mm connection is a controversial decision. He states that now is ‘the right time’; according to research by the brand, 59 percent of the ‘OnePlus community’ already own a wireless headset. Pei expects this percentage to be higher by now, because the research was conducted before the introduction of the Bullets Wireless. Those wireless earphones were announced in May together with the OnePlus 6.
OnePlus will deliver the new device including an adapter from USB-C to 3.5mm. The manufacturer probably does not supply earplugs, and that does not happen with current devices. Pei does say that OnePlus will make a Bullets headset with wire, which is equipped with a USB-C connection.
In recent years, OnePlus has used the presence of the 3.5mm jack in its marketing. For the 5T, the brand considered omitting the 3.5mm connection and installing a second USB-c connector, but that did not happen in the end.
OnePlus is part of the Chinese manufacturer BBK, to which Oppo also belongs. Previous OnePlus devices were derived from Oppo’s R models. The upcoming 6T is expected to be similar to the Oppo R17 or the R17 Pro in many respects. These devices also do not have a 3.5 mm connection. The announcement of the OnePlus 6T will probably take place in October.
Alleged packaging of the OnePlus 6T