In the present day OnePlus is asserting the 2021 successor to the OnePlus Nord – the corporate mid-range line-up cellphone. The brand new cellphone takes the {hardware} platform from the OPPO Reno 5 Professional in that it’s now powered by the brand new MediaTek Dimensity 1200. What’s uncommon right here is that it seems that OnePlus goes solely MediaTek for the gadget, and perhaps correlated to this truth is that the gadget isn’t at present being introduced for the US.
OnePlus Nord 2 | |||
OnePlus Nord 2 | |||
SoC | MediaTek Dimensity 1200
1x Cortex A78 @ 3.0GHz Mali-G77MP9 @ ? MHz |
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DRAM | 8/12 GB LPDDR4X | ||
Storage | 128/256GB UFS 3.1 | ||
Show | 6.43″ AMOLED 2400 x 1080 (20:9) 90Hz |
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Measurement | Top | 159.12mm | |
Width | 73.31mm | ||
Depth | 8.25mm | ||
Weight | 189grams | ||
Battery Capability | 4500mAh (2x 2250mAh)
65W charging |
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Wi-fi Charging | – | ||
Rear Cameras | |||
Broad | 50MP IMX766 1.0µm pixels (2.0µm 4:1 12MP) f/1.88 w/OIS |
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Extremely-wide | 8MP
f/2.25 |
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Telephoto | – | ||
Further | 2MP (Macro) | ||
Entrance Digital camera | 32MP IMX615 0.8µm f/2.45 |
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I/O | USB-C 2.0 | ||
Wi-fi (native) | 802.11ax WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.2 LE + NFC |
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Different Options | Underneath-screen optical fingerprint sensor | ||
Twin-SIM | Twin nanoSIM | ||
Launch Worth | 8GB+128GB: £399 / €399 12GB+256GB: £469 / €499 |
Beginning with the SoC, the Nord 2 is powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 1200, which is a 6nm SoC improve to the Dimensity 1000 technology from final gen, that includes new a Cortex-A78 core that clock as much as 3GHz, three A78’s at 2.6GHz, and 4 A55’s at 2.0GHz. The GPU is an older Mali-G77MP9 at an undisclosed frequency. OnePlus claims they’ve an unique “AI” variant of the chip that seemingly has greater clock speeds within the NPU and DSP blocks.
The cellphone is available in both 8 or 12GB RAM variants with LPDDR4X and 128 or 256GB of UFS 2.1 storage.
Connectivity sensible there’s naturally the 5G capabilities of the SoC (sub-6GHz), however there’s additionally a brand new WiFi 6 suitable combo chip and an improve to Bluetooth 5.2.
The show specs seem equivalent to the unique OnePlus Nord, nevertheless with smaller diagonal at 6.43” vs 6.44”. It’s nonetheless an AMOLED show at 2400 x 1080 decision and 90Hz refresh charge.
What’s totally different right here design sensible is that OnePlus has dropped the ultra-wide module, so as an alternative of two entrance cameras in a pill-shaped cut-out you solely stay with the identical 32MP important unit, although this time it’s marketed as an IMX615 versus IMX616 final technology – the variations between the 2 are unclear as the basic specs are the identical.
The rear of the cellphone has a digital camera island design that appears much like that of the OnePlus 9 Professional but in addition takes queues from the Reno 5 Professional collection. It’s basically a dual-camera cellphone, with the principle module being an IMX766 at 50MP which we additionally noticed on the Discover X3 Professional, it’s usually a big 1.0µm pixel unit and sensor measurement at 1/1.56” which is considerably distinctive and uncommon for the mid-range, and options f/1.88 26mm equal optics with OIS.
The secondary digital camera is an 8MP unit with an ultra-wide diagonal area of view of 119° and f/2.25 aperture optics – no additional particulars had been provided on this module, so it’s in all probability fairly primary. There’s additionally a 2MP macro digital camera however these usually are unusable and are there only for advertising and marketing functions.
The cellphone weighs in at 189g which is usually in keeping with the trade because it has a 4500mAh battery in two cells for serial high-voltage charging at as much as 65W energy. It will likely be fascinating to see the cellphone’s energy effectivity as this was one facet that wasn’t convincing on the 9 Professional.
The cellphone options twin stereo audio system (one being the earpiece), and a merely USB-C with 2.0 connectivity. Twin nanoSIM slots serves for extra versatile connectivity for goal markets.
Beginning at €/£399
Within the 8/128GB configuration, the cellphone is beginning at £399 and 399€, with pre-orders beginning now, and salves going dwell on July 28th. OnePlus wasn’t clear what markets will get the Nord 2 – however at time of writing the product pages are solely obtainable for European international locations and India.