OnePlus partners with Qualcomm to begin 5G trials in India, announces 5G Apps of Tomorrow challenge

Highlights: OnePlus to start 5G trials in India with Qualcomm. The company will also be one of the first to bring a device powered by the Snapdragon 855 to India. OnePlus also announced the "5G apps of Tomorrow" challenge.   Even without releasing a new device, OnePlus has a big presence at this year’s MWC in Barcelona. The company is showcasing it’s 5G prototype device at the Qualcomm booth in the tradeshow where a company executive is demonstrating how cloud gaming will look on 5G. However, the 5G device that OnePlus has announced it will launch this year will be restricted to a select few markets for now where 5G is commercially available. In another announcement, OnePlus said the company has teamed up with Qualcomm to start 5G trials in India. 5G is still a distant dream in India as the spectrum allocation for the next-generation wireless networks is still due to happen. Even OnePlus didn’t delve deep into what the partnership means as of now. OnePlus reportedly began researching on 5G in 2016 and a year later in 2017, the company partnered with Qualcomm to develop a 5G-enabled device. Later in 2018, the company managed to set up a successful 5G connection to Qualcomm’s labs in San Diego. The company also announced it would be one of the first OEMs to bring the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset to India. Apart from this, OnePlus announced its “5G Apps of Tomorrow” challenge for Android developers, in partnership with Qualcomm. The winners of the challenge will receive 20,000 euros in cash along with other supporting resources. You can participate in the challenge by heading to OnePlus.com/5G. The microsite is open from today and closes on March 26. The winners will be decided by a panel of executives including the CEOs of OnePlus and EE, along with a community vote. Furthermore, the top 5 ideas of a 5G-enabled app will receive a paid-for trip to the OnePlus HQ in Shenzhen to sit down with Pete Lau to discuss their ideas, a OnePlus 5G device, access to 5G experts on the OnePlus forums, access to EE’s test environment and financial support for a year. Related Reads: OnePlus 5G prototype showcased at MWC 2019 OnePlus prototype device successfully sent out a tweet on a 5G network

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