OnePlus Nord was just launched in India alongside the OnePlus Buds. It’s been around 14 hours and the affordable OnePlus phone is already receiving its first update. The new update brings a bunch of system and camera optimizations to the phone that improves the video calling performance and the camera experience.
OnePlus Nord is receiving OxygenOS 10.5.1.AC01DA update which is around 103MB in size and brings optimizations to video calling performance, depth sensor, indoor picture quality, power efficiency when making videos in 4K UHD at 60FPS and system stability patches. The Nord will go on sale starting August 4 in India and you will already have an update waiting for you in case you are buying it.
OnePlus has been known to deliver regular software updates and system optimisations for all its smartphones and this is the first update for the company’s latest affordable smartphone.
OnePlus Nord features a 6.44-inch Full HD+ (2400 x 1080 pixels) resolution display that uses an AMOLED panel with a dual punch-hole cutout that gives it a 20:9 aspect ratio. The screen has a 90Hz high refresh rate and is topped with a layer of Gorilla Glass 5 for added protection.
The Nord is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chipset with an octa-core CPU and Adreno 620 GPU. This is paired with upto 12GB RAM and upto 256GB storage option to choose from. It runs on Android 10 based OxygenOS 10.0.
It comes with a quad-camera setup on the back that consists of a primary 48MP camera, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera with 119-degree field-of-view, a 5MP depth sensor and a 2MP macro camera. On the front, there’s a 32MP primary selfie camera accompanied by an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera with 105-degree field-of-view.
The OnePlus Nord has an in-display fingerprint sensor and is equipped with a 4,115mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging out-of-the-box. OnePlus claims that the Warp Charge 30T adapter takes around 30 minutes to charge the phone from 0-70%.
OnePlus Nord starts at Rs 24,999 in India and comes in three variants– 6GB RAM/64GB, 8GB/128GB and 12GB/256GB and in Blue Marble and Gray Onyx colours to choose from.