aren\u2019t enough chairs for everyone<\/a>, but the event starts anyway, and it\u2019s every bit as cinematic as the venue implied it would be: projectors light up the walls above and around the stage to emphasize what\u2019s being announced: lightning for the fast charging; volcanic rock for the design reveal, etc. You\u2019d think you were at a really dramatic stage show or maybe Cirque du Soleil, but nope, it\u2019s all about a phone. <\/p>\nTo that end, there\u2019s a slide early on in the presentation that\u2019s just raw specs that gets a round of excited applause. A gentleman behind me calls out \u201cwhere\u2019s the alert slider?\u201d a couple of times when presenters pause. This really is a unique kind of drama.<\/p>\n\n<\/aside>\nThe presentation drags on a little bit, and toward the end of the Color<\/s> OxygenOS 13 bit, we\u2019re all ready to get out of our seats. Someone nearby is playing a game I don\u2019t recognize on their phone \u2014 maybe it\u2019s a 10T? That\u2019s a good use case for it anyway. Maybe the presentation has gone on too long \u2014 we did sit through one video twice! \u2014 or maybe it\u2019s just that I have to pee. If this were a virtual event like all the others of the past couple of years, that wouldn\u2019t be a problem. But I\u2019m stuck in my seat with a wall of standing-room-only attendees blocking my way to the exit. Finally, we get the big prize reveal, and we\u2019re encouraged to visit the demo stations in the rooms at the back of the theater. <\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/source><\/picture>\n
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This has something to do with the phone\u2019s heat dissipation system.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\nMaybe it\u2019s a newfound perspective after two-plus years of a somewhat isolated existence, but the demo situation is a little Wonderland-esque \u2014 familiar but also not. Servers carry around platters of iced coffees with OnePlus branding and names that play on phone features, like the \u201cLong life latte.\u201d There\u2019s a whole menu of snacks and drinks like this, but the branding doesn\u2019t go so far as to cover a Bud Light logo on one of the coolers. <\/p>\n
One room features a deconstructed model of the phone\u2019s cooling system, doused in dry ice and lit dramatically, like it\u2019s the ark of the covenant. There\u2019s also a wall of previous OnePlus devices with alert sliders as far as the eye can see \u2014 what a tease. <\/p>\n
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One nation, under Lau.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThere are swag bags on the way out, of course, and back through the looking glass onto 36th Street, oppressive heat and blinding sunlight. One of the event\u2019s presenters is at the curb waiting for an Uber (See? They\u2019re just like us!), and I linger for a minute before hurrying on to the next thing on my calendar. It wasn\u2019t quite Hamilton<\/em>, but it was a good \u2014 if a little odd \u2014 bit of entertainment.<\/p>\nPhotography by Allison Johnson \/ The Verge<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\nSource: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23291183\/oneplus-10t-launch-event-ground-scene-report-new-york-2022<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source: There\u2019s nothing minimalist about the scene at OnePlus\u2019 10T launch event, and at a venue called Gotham Hall, how could it be? The ceiling and walls are lit up in bright red, and the audience is blanketed in a blue glow. There\u2019s also a chandelier in the middle of the ceiling giving real The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,8],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-11565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-google","category-technology","tag-google"],"yoast_head":"\n
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