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OnePlus will continue its expansion beyond smartphones in the new year by launching an inexpensive fitness tracker, according to a new leak.
Android Central reports that the OnePlus Band will be an affordable $ 40 alternative to the OnePlus Watch, another device that has been confirmed to make its way to the OnePlus line. The band is supposed to launch during the first quarter of 2021, which means that it could debut alongside the OnePlus 9, which is rumored to arrive in March.
Features listed for the OnePlus Band include water resistance, an AMOLED screen, and a battery that lasts for several days. A $ 40 price tag would also make this wearable extremely cheap – most of the best cheap fitness trackers are more in the $ 70 to $ 90 range, except for the Amazfit Band 5 and the Xiaomi Mi Band series. . On that note, both the Mi Band 4 and the Mi Band 5 share those same three characteristics, which is why OnePlus may have looked to Xiaomi specifically for inspiration.
Such an aggressive pricing would also reflect OnePlus’ approach to its phones, which are typically cheaper than their closest rivals, especially in the case of the OnePlus Nord.
Unlike the OnePlus Watch with Wear OS technology, the OnePlus Band could use a proprietary operating system and should be much lighter and thinner, to emphasize its physical focus. Interestingly, the Android Central report claims that OnePlus will initially sell the OnePlus Band in India, although since the OnePlus Watch is apparently ready for a global launch, and all OnePlus phones have been released worldwide, you can expect the OnePlus Band. be sold elsewhere as well.
In any case, a reveal from the first quarter of 2021 means that we won’t have to wait long to see what makes the OnePlus Band tick. Assuming it launches close to or alongside the OnePlus 9, and variants like the OnePlus 9 Lite, it will be interesting to see if the devices can interact with each other in some special way.
