OnePlus 5G smartphone to be showcased at MWC 2019 later this month

OnePlus on Tuesday confirmed it will showcase a 5G smartphone at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona later this month. The smartphone, however, will be a prototype running on Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 855 processor.

OnePlus claims it had begun researching 5G technology way back in 2016. One year later it began working on a smartphone with 5G support. Its OnePlus 5G Project Team has also been working with Qualcomm to conduct 5G trials on its phone.

OnePlus will first launch its first 5G smartphone in European markets. It has already entered into a partnership with UK’s biggest mobile network, EE. The local carrier plans to roll out 5G in as many as 19 cities of the UK by end of this year.