OnePlus Nord CE 5G is a pretty good mid-range 5G smartphone. It comes at Rs. 25000 on Amazon with Rs. 1000 off at HDFC card.
Let’s talk about the Phone
Overview
At the top, we get a secondary noise cancellation microphone. On the right side, we have a power button. At the bottom, we get a single speaker not stereo, a type C port for charging, a 3.5 mm headphone jack and the main microphone. On the left side, we have the volume up and down button and SIM tray. Inside the SIM tray, we get 2 nano SIM slots no micro SD card.
Camera
At back we have a triple camera setup with 64 MP main, 8 MP ultra-wide and 3rd is 2 MP macro camera. The front-facing camera is 16 MP.
Connectivity
OnePlus is saying it is a 5G smartphone that supports only 1 band (N78). With only one band OnePlus is claiming it as a 5G smartphone and charging Rs. 25000. Other companies are providing more 5G bands at a better price.
Screen & OS
It has a 6.43″ FHD+ of super AMOLED screen with a 90Hz refresh rate. Slide left and you get google news feeds similar to Stock Android. It comes with OxygenOS based on Android™ 11 and no bloatware or Ads, just a clean OS experience. OnePlus didn’t mention screen protection. We can’t say it has Gorilla Glass protection or not. The fingerprint scanner is on the bottom of the screen.
Specifications
Display
| Display Size | 6.43 inches |
| Resolution | 2400 x 1080 pixels 410 PPI |
| Aspect Ratio | 20:9 |
| Display Type | 90 Hz Fluid AMOLED |
| Support | sRGB, Display P3 |
| Features | Ambient display, Dark mode, Reading mode |
Dimensions
| Height | 15.92cm |
| Width | 7.35cm |
| Thickness | 0.79cm |
| Weight | 170g |
Performance
| Operating System | OxygenOS based on Android™ 11 |
| CPU | Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 750G 5G mobile platform |
| GPU | Adreno 619 |
| RAM | 6GB/8GB/12GB LPDDR4X |
| Storage | 128GB/256GB UFS2.1 |
| Battery | 4500 mAh (non-removable) |
| Charger | Warp Charge 30T Plus fast charging (5V/6A) |
| Sensors | In-display Fingerprint Sensor Accelerometer Electronic Compass Gyroscope Ambient Light Sensor Proximity Sensor Sensor Core |
Camera
| Main Camera – Rear | Megapixels: 64 Pixel Size: 0.7 µm/64M; 1.4 µm (4 in 1)/16M Lens Quantity: 6P Aperture: ƒ/1.79 |
| Ultra-Wide Camera – Rear | Megapixels: 8 Field of View: 119° EIS: Yes Aperture: ƒ/2.25 |
| Mono Lens – Rear | Megapixels: 2 Aperture: ƒ/2.4 |
| Flash | LED Flash |
| Zoom | 0.6x – 10x |
| Autofocus | Multi Autofocus (PDAF+CAF) |
| Video | 4K video at 30 fps 1080p video at 30/60 fps Super Slow Motion: 1080p video at 120 fps, 720p video at 240 fps Time-Lapse: 1080p 30fps, 4k 30 fps Video editor |
| Features | Nightscape, UltraShot HDR, Portrait, Panorama, Pro mode, Smart scene recognition, Filters |
| Front Camera | Sensor: Sony IMX471 Megapixels: 16 Pixel Size: 1.0µm EIS: Yes Aperture: ƒ/2.45 |
| Video | 1080p video at 30fps 1080p video at 60fps Time-Lapse |
| Features | Face unlock, Screen flash, HDR, Face retouching, Portrait, Filters |
Connectivity
| LTE | 4×4 MIMO, support up to DL Cat 18/UL Cat 13 (1.2Gbps /150Mbps), depending on carrier support |
| Band | GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 WCDMA: B1/2/4/5/6/8/19 LTE-FDD: B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/17/18/19/20/26/66 LTE-TDD: B38/39/40/41 NR NSA: N78 NR SA: N78 *Network connectivity may vary depending on carrier’s network and related service deployment. |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4G/5G |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.1, support aptX & aptX HD & LDAC & AAC |
| NFC | NFC enabled |
| Positioning | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, A-GPS, NaVIC |
| Ports | 3.5mm headphone jack USB 2.0, Type-C Dual nano-SIM slot |
| Buttons | Gestures and on-screen navigation support Left: Volume key Right: Power key |
| Audio | Superlinear speaker Noise cancellation support |
Multimedia
| Audio Supported Formats | Audio Supported Formats Decoder: WAV, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, MP3, WMA, AMR, FLAC, ALAC, Vorbis, AIFF, APE Encoder: WAV, AAC, AMR |
| Video supported formats | Decoder: H.264, MPEG-2, VP9, HEVC, HEIF/HEIC, MPEG-4, H.263 Encoder: H.264, HEVC, HEIF/HEIC, MPEG-4, H.263 |
| Image supported formats | Decoder: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIF Encoder: JPEG, PNG |
| In The Box | OnePlus Nord CE 5G Warp Charge 30 power adapter Warp Type-C cable (Support USB 2.0) Phone case Screen protector (pre-applied) SIM tray ejector Welcome letter Brand sticker Red Cable Club Membership card Quick start guide Safety information and warranty card Highest SAR value & Plastic recycling card |
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