Week 43: Warm Up Round 2, Cyanogen OTA, and San Francisco & BABBQ

Cat H, Oct 11, 2014 :

Get excited, people! Our imminent and long-awaited pre-ordering system for the One is just around the corner. Last week we sent 20,000 invites your way as a kind of warm up before the pre-ordering begins. And in case you missed out on that tornado, we decided to do one more little test, this time sending out 30,000 invites yesterday.

On Tuesday we saw our brand new Silver Bullet earphones sell out in just a couple of hours. And no, we did not sell a total of 10. No word yet on when they will be back in stock, but in the meantime you can peruse the forums and find out how the first buyers are liking them.

How do you like our teasers for the latest OnePlus collaboration? We teamed up with esteemed audio engineers JBL to design something awesome exclusively for OnePlus One fans. We don’t think you’ll be disappointed by our creation.

Earlier this week we also announced the latest Cyanogen 38R OTA update. The update came with a new lock screen, the ability to take RAW format photos, ability to pause whilst recording video, and several bug fixes. It may have not reached everyone yet, so please be patient while it rolls out to all the corners of the world. For those of you who have installed it already, don’t forget to let us know how you’re liking it and if you have any problems there is a new feature that makes it much easier to send bug reports directly to Cyanogen.

Some of you may have already received this nifty new feature with your new One, but on Wednesday we officially announced that nano SIM tray adapters will now be sent with every new OnePlus One. You should give yourselves a pat on the back because this addition is all due to the comments and feedback we have received from you since the launch of the One. For the time being, the nano SIM tray will not be sold separately on our website, we are sorry to say.

In meet-up news, we had such a great time hanging out with you guys in XDA DevCon in Manchester and the Fan Gathering in London that now we’re heading stateside. Next week there will be another official fan gathering, this time in San Francisco. That will be held on Tuesday October 14th and more information is in this thread. Then later in the week on Sunday we will also be at the Big Android BBQ in Dallas. Stop by and say hi to Miguel, Johanne, and Martin. Steve Kondik from Cyanogen will also be making a guest appearance.

Since our previous red and white ‘Never Settle’ t-shirts were such a hit, we’ve cooked up a little something else. Check out our CEO Pete and global director Carl sporting them in this New York Times article or our Instagram for a sneak preview.



Finally, Indian fans will be overjoyed when they hear what @Carl has to say about the highly anticipated launch of OnePlus in India. We consider this another huge step for OnePlus and we are thrilled to be adding India to our list of shipping countries soon. And to all of our other international fans who are still pining for a One: this is just the beginning! Never Settle!