OnePlus 7T Had a Gold Variant in the Works That Was Never Released

A OnePlus designer has shown off a shiny golden OnePlus 7T. Alas, it was not meant to be.

By Ali Pardiwala | Updated: 27 November 2019 18:11 IST

OnePlus 7T Had a Gold Variant in the Works That Was Never Released

OnePlus 7T is available in two colours - Frosted Silver and Glacier Blue

Highlights

OnePlus 7T was to be launched in a gold variant
The plans were scrapped in favour of the two existing colours
An image of the OnePlus 7T variant has now been shared

A lot of smartphones today come with gold colour variants, ranging from the iPhone 11 Pro to more affordable options from Samsung, Xiaomi, and others. It's a colour that particularly appeals to users in India, which is OnePlus' biggest global market. That certainly may have been a big factor for the Chinese smartphone maker, which had a gold variant of the OnePlus 7T in the works. The variant was never released, but an image of the smartphone has now surfaced on Chinese social network Weibo.

The image of the gold OnePlus 7T was shared on Weibo by Hao Ran, a designer for OnePlus. The shade of gold appears to be a lot brighter than the duller shades we see on most smartphones today, but unfortunately, it didn't quite make the cut. The OnePlus 7T (Review) is available in two colour variants - Frosted Silver and Glacier Blue - but according to the OnePlus designer, dozens of colours were considered before the final production options were selected, including this particular colour option.

Photo Credit: Hao Ran/Weibo

While we often see smartphone makers such as Apple, Samsung, Vivo, and Oppo getting a bit more adventurous with colours, OnePlus has usually stuck to safe options. This is because online sales have very different distribution and sales logistics, and adventurous colours may not be economically wise if there aren't too many takers for them. It's perhaps for this reason that OnePlus has stuck to the ‘safer' shades of blue and silver for the OnePlus 7T. This isn't the first time that OnePlus has experimented with a Gold colour variant for its smartphones, with the OnePlus 5 being made available in a Soft Gold colour variant at launch.

Of course, to be fair, the company often releases special edition variants of its phones, as well as colour variants for limited regions, including the OnePlus 6T's Thunder Purple colour variant, the OnePlus 6's Red Edition, the OnePlus 6's Marvel Avengers Limited Edition, the OnePlus 5T's Lava Red Edition, the OnePlus 5T's Sandstone White variant, the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition, and so forth.

The more expensive OnePlus 7T Pro (Review) is also available in just two colours - Haze Blue, and the patterned black McLaren Edition (Review). While the company chose to play it safe with its latest launches, we do hope to see some more adventurous colour options coming from OnePlus with future models.

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OnePlus 7T

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS
Variants

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Excellent overall performance
All the features of OxygenOS 10 and security of Android 10
Good battery life with extremely quick charging
Premium looks and construction quality
Great display and good speakers

Bad
Some bugs and inconsistencies with the camera app
Low-light photos and videos could be better
No water or dust resistance

Read detailed OnePlus 7T review

Display 6.55-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+

Front Camera 16-megapixel

Rear Camera 48-megapixel + 16-megapixel + 12-megapixel

RAM 8GB

Storage 128GB

Battery Capacity 3800mAh

OS Android 10

Resolution 1080x2400 pixels

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