OnePlus officially unveiled the Nord 2, the latest mid-range smartphone with a 90Hz display and a powerful chip built by MediaTek. The Nord 2 is the successor to last year’s very popular OnePlus Nord smartphone.
Although it has a significantly lower price than the costly OnePlus 9 series, the Nord 2 has many functionalities that premium models offer.
Specifications and functionalities
OnePlus Nord 2 has a polycarbonate frame which stands between the Gorilla Glass 5 panels on the screen and the back covers. The 6.43-inch FHD + 90Hz AMOLED display has a fingerprint scanner below the screen.
Inside the smartphone is the flagship MediaTek Dimensity 1200 processor built on the 6-nanometer architecture. It is the first time that OnePlus uses a non-Qualcomm processor.
The Dimensity chip includes 8 cores where 4 are Cortex-A78 and 4 are Cortex-A55 with 2Ghz frequency. One Cortex-A78 processor is high performance at 3Ghz while the other three are at 2.6Ghz.
The processor cores are accompanied by a Mali-G77 MP9 graphics and a Helio M70 modem of 5G frequencies below 6Ghz. OnePlus Nord 2 is sold in 6GB and 8GB RAM variants with 128 and 256GB UFS 2.1 memory.
The smartphone is powered by a 4,500mAh battery with fast 65-watt Warp Charging. OnePlus Nord 2 is charged from 0-100% for 35 minutes.
The rear camera system consists of a main Sony IMX766 50-megapixel f / 1.8 sensor with optical stabilization, an 8-megapixel f / 2.2 super wide-angle sensor and a 2-megapixel monochrome sensor.
The 50-megapixel sensor is the same one used in the OnePlus 9 Pro. The selfie camera has a 32-megapixel Sony IMX615 f / 2.45 sensor.
Extra functionalities are Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC, USB-C and two SIM cards. OnePlus Nord 2 comes with OxygenOS 11.3 based on Android 11 and with the promise of two major Android versions and three years of security updates.
Price and availability
OnePlus Nord 2 will be sold in 6 / 8GB RAM and 128 / 256GB memory variants and three colors Blue, Green and Gray.
The 6GB / 128GB version will only be sold in India. While the 8 / 128GB model costs 399 euros and 12 / 256GB of 499 euros. The smartphone goes on sale in Europe from 28 July. / PCWorld Albanian