OnePlus announces the return of ‘Lab’ after teasing OnePlus 5 camera sample on Twitter

OnePlus has announced the return of ‘Lab’ to test the camera of its upcoming flagship, the OnePlus 5. Smartphone photographers can submit three of their best shots in the application form to win a spot in the review team of the upcoming smartphone. The ‘Lab’ is a way for OnePlus to crowdsource feedback on the quality of the camera.To submit your application for a spot on the review team, you need to follow ‘@oneplustech’, the official Instagram account of OnePlus on the image sharing platform and sign in on the application website using Instagram. The form will ask you to submit three best pictures from your Instagram account that you have taken using a smartphone device, including the model of the smartphone, the place and country of the image and whether the image has been edited before submission. The OnePlus design team will select the final ten members for the ‘Lab’ and get in touch with the users. These members will get early access of the OnePlus 5 before the launch of the device and they will start their ‘activities’ with The Lab. Earlier, the company teased camera samples of the OnePlus 5 on Twitter by posting a comparison shot of a scene shot on two different devices, asking users to guess what smartphones have been used to take the two images.The company has confirmed that OnePlus 5 will sport a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, along with other performance optimisations that the company is working on. OnePlus also announced its partnership with DxO to improve the camera quality on the upcoming flagship.