The OnePlus Nord and the OnePlus Buds were just announced. These are two more value-focused products from OnePlus where they try to deliver really good performance for a reasonable price.
One thing you'll get to notice first as you unbox the package of the new OnePlus device is what what the phone looks like which is a little bit different. Even more important was the color of the charging cable which is a stunning blue.
Specs and features
OnePlus Nord comes in two colors. First is the blue marble which is definitely bluer than teal and a pretty nice color. It does have a gloss finish though we've been treated some really nice satin finished OnePlus phones over the past, little bit like the OnePlus 8 and the OnePlus 8 pro. These phones have that kind of textured glass material, while the most recent one is smooth glass. it's a little bit more reflective. Fingerprints and smudges will show more readily on this material versus the satin finish phones but it's a nice color.
The other variant is the gray onyx version which has the same kind of finish also - a smooth glass. Back in Europe it starts at Euro399 depending on the region that you're picking it up in. You have to look up the pricing but this feels like an appropriately priced phone with eight gigabytes (GB) of ram at the bottom end 128 GB of storage.
it's well equipped to have a really fast and smooth phone experience. The display panel is a 90Hz Amoled panel. For some people that are sensitive to it and appreciate it, it is a more fluid visual experience.
The processor
The processor in here is snapdragon 765g. it's 5G capable if that matters to you and it feels weirdly fast like snapdragon 700 series. Chips are never particularly performance-focused, not that this one is like the fastest thing out there but it definitely feels like it keeps up with 800 series phones. If you put this beside the OnePlus 8 pro you can tell that the 8 pro is the faster one for sure but this keeps up it just feels fast.
Now the difference between this chip and something like the snapdragon 865 is primarily going to be noticeable when you're playing 3D games or basically graphically-intense applications. This means you probably won't care that much considering the price point.
In the box, it included a case which is just like a plain rubber that fits on the back of it. But one thing noticeable is that the USB-c port has a plug that you can just close up the port with. But the OnePlus Nord itself is not officially water resistant. So it's nice that they include a case with USB-c plug to keep that water out.
Mono-speaker
OnePlus Nord only comes with one speaker on the bottom and it's loud. But it is so noticeable to come from stereo speakers back to a mono-speaker phone. Someone might find it weird but that's what you get for 400 bucks
The in-display fingerprint sensor is pretty fast and it's got alert slider on the side which is very classically OnePlus. Some consumers were worried that they would remove this because some of the earlier renders didn't have it but it's here.
You also get fast 30 watt warp charging with the awesome teal cable that they don't include. Up front there's two focal lengths for the selfie cam, a wide and a regular.
The camera
The camera is a triple camera system. Well it's four lenses but the fourth one is a depth sensor. Now the main sensor uses the same hardware as the OnePlus 8 so you could expect good photos but nothing amazing. Nonetheless, considering the price on this thing you can be happy with it
What is actually surprising is that they were using this sensor when at this price point they had to lower it. If you consider the difference between these phones, now like the OnePlus 8 and the OnePlus Nord, especially because those camera systems are so similar, the latter is tough. For a purchase decision, the OnePlus Nord looks really attractive but this requires proper examination of camera system
Overall, this phone is really good like it feels nice in your hand. It doesn't have the curved edges on the glass, has good weight good, size big battery, 40,100 milliamp hours a little bit bigger than that. It's a solid phone for the money.
