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OnePlus has been caught showcasing a fake display as part of a OnePlus 6T promotional video. This video, uploaded on the company’s YouTube channel, features a few snippets of a supposed full-screen mode, that also shows an unrealistic top bezel, and makes the phone’s chin completely disappear.
The video, shared by OnePlus on November 27 appears to show a phone entirely without a bezel at the bottom. At 44 seconds, when a user is playing a game on the phone, one can clearly that the display is very different from the actual OnePlus 6T and almost looks like a fully edge-to-edge display.
While OnePlus 6T has a screen to body ratio of over 90 per cent, the gameplay clips show the device with an absent chin, as well as reduced bezels around the waterdrop notch. This, of course, is not the phone’s natural view, as many users have also voiced in the comments section below.
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The strategy, of course, is to identify with other phones that have full-screen displays, which includes Honor Magic 2 and Mi Mix 3 from China, not to mention the Samsung Galaxy A8s and iPhone XS Max.
This, of course, is not the only such instance of blatant differences between a physical product and its view from promotional content. Chinese smartphone maker Lenovo also did the same with the Lenovo Z5, with clear differences between pre-launch product promotion, and the actual phone.
It had claimed that Lenovo Z5 would be a notchless full-screen phone, both of which were absent from the final product when it was revealed. Lenovo was heavily criticised for showing misleading teasers around the product, which was completely different, when actually showcased.
