OnePlus refreshes the Nord series with two interesting models-the first Snapdragon brings an 8-series chip in one Nord family, the other is the largest battery of any OnePlus phone yet … kind.
OnePlus Nord 5 Sports A Snapdragon 8S General 3, who showed great performance in our review. It comes with Android 15 outside the b of cs and will receive 4 OS updates. It has a 6.83 “OLED display with a fast 144 Hz refresh rate and a wide 6,800mAh battery, if we are talking about a unit sold in India. The international model has a capacity of only 5,200 mAh.
OnePlus Nord 5
Nord 5 also capable 50MP main (1/1.56 “Lyt-700) and 50MP selfie (1/2.75” JN5) camera (8MP ultra-wide is not so good). We wish it would be Isim, though.
The OnePlus Nord CE5 also has a large battery – the largest OnePlus battery, in fact, 7,100 mAh. But again, this is only for the Indian market, everyone else gets 5,200 mAh power cell and will have to go on to be happy.
OnePlus Nord CE5
The CE5 is powered by the All-Big CPU cores with a dementia 8350 Apex and has extended storage unlike its siblings. The main 50MP camera here is small and you only get 16MP selfie. We will test it shortly.
At a glance: OnePlus Nord 5 • OnePlus Nord CE5
Both phones have been rated IP65, Gorilla Glass 7II also to protect the performance in Nord 5. Both phones went on sale last week. You bought one? Are you planning? First, a look at the prices:
| OnePlus Nord 5 | OnePlus Nord CE5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 8/128GB | – | / 300 / £ 250 / ₹ 25,000 |
| 8/256GB | 50 450 / £ 400 / ₹ 32,000 | / 350 / £ 300 / ₹ 29,000 |
| 12/512 GB | / 500 / £ 450 / ₹ 38,000 | – |
Let’s start with the OnePlus Nord 5 – it’s the most powerful Nord yet, though you can find phones with more display for the same price (and some are even less). Will you buy one?
The OnePlus Nord CE5 comes as an affordable alternative, though the price gap between 256 GB Nord 5 and CE5 is very small in India. And outside India, the phone looks much less than that small battery. You are interested?
