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OnePlus has launched a new midrange smartphone “OnePlus Nord” on 21 July, 2020.
OnePlus Nord runs on Android 10 operating system. Octa core (1 * 2.4 GHz Gold Prime, 1 * 2.2 GHz Gold, 6 * 1.8 GHz Silver) Kryo 475 powers the phone.
OnePlus Nord runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G Chipset. Let us have a look towards its specifications-
ONEPLUS NORD
ONEPLUS NORD: CAMERA
In terms of camera optics, it has two front cameras and four cameras on the back. The front camera includes 32MP sensor with an f/2.45 and 8MP sensor with a wide-angle f/2.45 lens.
On the rear, there is a 48 MP Sony IMX 586 sensor with an f/1.75 lens and Electronic image Stabilization (EIS) + optic image stabilization (IOS) support. And it is also accompanied with 8 mp sensor with an ultra-wide-angle lens that has 119 field-of-views (FOV), also a 5 MP depth sensor with an f/2.4 lens and a 2 Mp sensor with an f/2.4 macro lens. The rear camera setup has autofocus.
It also includes several features like Auto Flash, Digital Zoom, and Face detection.
ONEPLUS NORD: COLORS
The phone has come up with two fascinating color options Gray Onyx, Blue Marble.
ONEPLUS NORD: DISPLAY- DESIGN
Its has a Fluid AMOLED display with 90 Hz refresh rate. The screen has 402 ppi pixel density and its dimension is 152.90*75.90*8.90 (mm). Display is of 6.44 inch and the screen resolution is of 1080*2400 pixels. Its aspect ratio is 20:9. It is said to have Corning Gorilla Glass protection.
It have slim bezels and for accommodating the two selfie cameras, it have dual-punch hole cutouts on the display. On the left side of phone there is a volume rocker and on right, there is a power button and alert slider.
On back, it’s beautifully designed with the glass finish and the OnePlus logo, also there’s a vertical arrangement of the quad-cameras with the dual-led flash.
ONEPLUS NORD: HARDWARE
Likely based on Android 10, the smartphone will run OxygenOS 10 in the unexpected way. It is coming up the 6GB, 8GB and 12GB RAM. It has three RAM options 64GB, 128GB and 256 GB.
Also, the smartphone has rubber gaskets around ports and some other precautions in place, in order to help it to survive in a 30 cm (one feet) drop in water for 30 seconds.
It is a dual SIM phone which accepts Nano-SIM cards. The battery capacity of phone is 4115mAh and has wrap charge technology. Charging port is USB type- C.
ONEPLUS NORD: PRICE IN INDIA
The smartphone price ranges as-
| PRODUCT NAME | PRICE IN INDIA |
| OnePlus Nord (6 GB RAM, 64 GB)- Gray Onyx | Rs. 24,999 |
| OnePlus Nord (8 GB RAM, 128 GB)- Blue Marble | Rs. 27,999 |
| OnePlus Nord (12 GB RAM, 256 GB)- Blue Marble | Rs. 29,000 |
| OnePlus Nord (12GB RAM, 256 GB)- Gray Onyx | Rs. 29,999 |
ONEPLUS NORD: OTHER FEATURES
| SOFTWARE– |
| Operating system CyanogenMod 11S |
| Wi-Fi | Yes |
| Wi-Fi standards supported | 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
| GPS | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v 4.00 |
| NFC | Yes |
| Infrared | No |
| USB OTG | No |
| Micro-USB | Yes |
| Headphones | 3.5mm |
| FM | No |
| Number of SIMs | 1 |
| Wi-Fi Direct | Yes |
| Mobile High-DefinitionLink (MHL) | No |
| SIM type | Micro-SIM |
| GSM/CDMA | GSM |
| 3G | Yes |
| 4G/LTE | Yes |
| Supports 4G in India(brand 40) | Yes |
SENSORS
| Compass/magnetometer | Yes |
| Proximity sensor | Yes |
| Accelerometer | Yes |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes |
| Gyroscope | Yes |
| Barometer | No |
| Temperature sensor | No |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes |
| Optical-in-display | Yes |
UPDATES:
Just after the day of release, on 22 July, 2020, an update was released by OnePlus that updated OxygenOS to OxygenOS 10.5.1; it improved the indoor picture quality, depth effect, power efficiency when recording at 4K/60fps, system stability, video calling quality, and overall camera experience.
Again on 23 July, 2020 an update was released that updated patched security flaws, firmware to 10.5.2, the wireless connection of OnePlus Buds was improved, brings gesture to open camera, further optimizes power efficiency and video calling quality when recording video at 4K/60fps and also fixed the general issues.
FINAL WORDS!
This is all about OnePlus Nord. Overall OnePlus Nord is a good mid-range phone. May few people found its appearance ugly due to the punch holes, after all its all up to one’s likes and dislikes.
What’s your view about this upcoming phone and buds? Let us know in the comment section.
