Recently, we reported that at least six employees at OPPO‘s Greater Noida-based factory tested positive for COVID-19, causing a halt in operations. This is the same factory used by OnePlus to assemble its smartphones. At the time, OnePlus issued a statement saying that the closure at the OPPO plant would not affect the availability of its upcoming OnePlus 8 series phones, which are scheduled to go on sale starting May 29th.
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Now, in a surprising turn of events, OnePlus has announced that the open sales of OnePlus 8 series smartphone in the country have been delayed. Instead, the company has announced that it will host a special sale on May 29th. Here’s everything you need to know about the latest development.
OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro open sale delayed in India
OnePlus will be organising a special sale for the OnePlus 8 on May 29th at 12pm
The latest announcement from the brand came through an official blog post by Vikas Agarwal, General Manager of OnePlus. Agarwal said, “Although we were looking to have 29th May as our open sales date for the OnePlus 8 Series 5G, due to unforeseen circumstances, our production was temporarily halted last week and has altered our sales plan. Because of this, we had to reschedule our date for open sales in India.”
The blog post mentions that while the production was temporarily halted, it’s now back up and running, and the new sale date of the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro will be announced soon.
OnePlus 8 special sale on May 29th
For users who are keen on getting the devices, the company will be organising a special of the OnePlus 8, which will take place across online and offline channels on May 29th at 12pm. However, this sale will limited only to the OnePlus 8, and that too in limited quantities. Additionally, the brand has announced that those who pre-booked OnePlus 8 Series 5G devices on Amazon and OnePlus stores will be able to buy them as and when they come back in stock.