Special edition sandstone OnePlus 5T shows true grit

The grippy, granular texture of this limited-run Sandstone White 5T wasn’t actually chiselled out of a block of the hard stuff – but the OnePlus engineers might as well have. Each phone takes 75 minutes of priming, masking and sandblasting to create that unique feel. The white hue is also a bit of a nod to the phone that started it all, the OnePlus One, which arrived in Silk White colour. That eye-catching red alert slider, though? Yeah, that’s new. Underneath it’s the same top-spec OnePlus 5T, with with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage on top of the super-speedy Snapdragon 835 CPU. It’ll be going on sale in the UK on the 9th of January for £499 – but you’ll have to move fast, as they’ll only be around in limited numbers.

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A tech addict from about the age of three (seriously, he's got the VHS tapes to prove it), Tom's been writing about gadgets, games and everything in between for the past decade, with a slight diversion into the world of automotive in between. As Deputy Editor, Tom keeps the website ticking along, jam-packed with the hottest gadget news and reviews.  When he's not on the road attending launch events, you can usually find him scouring the web for the latest news, to feed Stuff readers' insatiable appetite for tech.

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