China's OnePlus, backed by Qualcomm and T-Mobile, launches smartphone in US

The phone to be unveiled Monday, called the 6T, will sell for a price above $500 but packs features that are typically present only in pricier handsets

A five-year old Chinese smartphone company whose high-end products are little known outside a tech-savvy niche is entering the US market on Monday with the backing of two key local allies: chipmaking giant Qualcomm and mobile operator T-Mobile.
 

The foray by Shenzhen-based OnePlus comes after US mobile carriers AT&T and Verizon this year backed away from plans to work with China's Huawei on high-end phones in face of pressure from the US government, which considers Huawei a security risk.
 

But the OnePlus alliance, to be announced on Monday in New York, shows how many US -China business relationships, including those