OnePlus Nord 2T and Nord CE 2 Lite Pack Solid Specs for Little Cash – CNET [CNET]
The Nord range is exclusive to the UK and wider Europe, so neither phone will be available to buy in the US. Those prices translate to roughly $460 (or AU$650) and $350, respectively.
I’ve had the Nord 2T in my hands for a couple of days now and it’s not a bad bit of kit for the money. My test version is a higher-spec model, with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage and a higher £469 ($585) price tag. The 6.43-inch AMOLED display has a Full HD resolution and is bright and sharp enough for pretty much anything while the 5G-enabled Dimensity 1300 processor is nippy enough for everyday use while doing a decent job of handling games like Asphalt 9: Legends.
It’s got a plain-looking design — especially in the matte gray color of my review model — but it’s perfectly inoffensive and if you slap a case on it anyway then who cares what it looks like. The 4,500-mAh battery should keep you going for a day of use but it supports 80W fast charging which will take it from empty to full in just 27 minutes — and it comes with a fast charger in the box.
On the back is a 50-megapixel main camera, an 8-megapixel wide-angle camera and a somewhat redundant 2-megapixel monochrome camera. On the front is a 32-megapixel selfie camera — the same one found on the OnePlus 10 Pro.
I’m yet to get my hands on the Nord CE 2, but its specs include a 6.59-inch LCD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 processor, 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. It’s also one of a few select OnePlus phones that offers expandable storage with microSD cards — not something offered on the Nord 2T.
It has a larger 5,000-mAh battery so I expect it could comfortably get you into a second day of use, although its fast charging is done at a slower 33W. It offers 5G connectivity and multiple rear cameras including a main 64-megapixel camera, a 2-megapixel macro camera and a 2-megapixel depth camera.
Both phones run Android 12 with OnePlus’s Oxygen OS skin over the top. OnePlus says the phones are guaranteed to receive two years of Android updates and a third year of security of updates beyond that.
Finally there’s the OnePlus Nord Buds, the first product in the Nord range that isn’t a phone. At £49 (roughly $60) they’re cheap, but lack features such as true active noise canceling. The buds have 7 hours of charge but with the charging case you’ll be able to get 30 hours of playtime overall. Whether they offer decent sound quality remains to be seen. Or heard, I suppose.
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