One Plus 2 is a smartphone designed by One Plus. It is the successor to the One Plus One. One Plus revealed the phone on July 28, 2015, via virtual reality, using Google’s Cardboard visor and their own app.One Plus sold out 30,000 units of the One Plus 2 in China within 64 seconds after launching the product sale.
On 25 January 2015, One Plus announced the Smartphone’s official name as One Plus 2.
It was also later reported that the One Plus 2 would have a late 2015 release, possibly due to hardware issues with its processor. In early-April 2015, One Plus confirmed the One Plus 2 will not feature wireless charging and NFC. Subsequently, (on 29 June 2015), it was confirmed that the device will also feature a fingerprint sensor, which is similar to Apple’s Touch ID.
In October 2015, One Plus co-founder Carl Pei said that the One Plus 2 will be the only flagship from the company for the year 2015. One Plus posted that it will use an invite system to handle sales of the One Plus 2, exclusively through the company’s website, like the One Plus One. One Plus claims that the invite system is more efficient than the invite system used for the sales of the One Plus One, the One Plus 2’s predecessor. According to co-founder Carl Pei, there will be 30 to 50 times more invites from the start to match the greater demand for the One Plus2.
Within 72 hours of being launched, the One Plus 2 had already accumulated over 1 million reservations. Within one week after being launched, the One Plus 2 had accumulated over 2 million reservations. As of September 2015, it has accumulated over 5 million reservations.
In September 2015, the OnePlus2 became available in Israel without an invite, through its exclusive distributor, C-DATA. This came after buyers complained of buying the OnePlus2 (without an invite) that came preloaded with malware.
On 12 October 2015, One Plus held its first open-sale for 1 hour from 12-1 PM HKT/CEST/PDT exclusively to 32 countries via the company’s website, with the exception of China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Israel, and Singapore. This did not go flawlessly as the website’s back-end could not handle the load.
A week later (on 19 October 2015), Malaysian carrier Maxis offered the One Plus 2 invite-free for MYR 1788 exclusively via the Maxis Website.