The Nord CE 5G is the second device from OnePlus‘ Nord range to be launched in India. It has been compared with the original Nord. However, a close look at the two device spec sheets reveals that the Nord and the Nord CE seem to be rather different devices, targeted at different segments.
When OnePlus finally took the wraps off the OnePlus Nord CE yesterday, there was a tendency in many circles to compare it with the original OnePlus Nord. In fact, there are a few who are considering it to be the successor of the Nord. It is a line of thought that OnePlus has perhaps encouraged with “a little more than you’d expect, at an even more affordable price.” What would be “more” than, and which price would it be “even more affordable than”? Obviously, the OG Nord. Even in the launch presentation, there were references to the original Nord, especially when it came to the “more megapixels” main sensor and the “larger” battery. The stress right through (very subtly, though)was on what you were getting in the new Nord, as compared to the old one. It sounds like a bit of a succession story, right? Well, keep those comparisons aside for a while, and the truth will hit you – the OnePlus Nod CE 5G is actually NOT the successor of the OnePlus Nord, except in terms of time (it comes after the Nord, ergo, it is the successor). In fact, the Nord CE is a rather different creature from the original Nord. If we go back to the launch of the original Nord, it represented a move by the brand to what it termed “the premium mid-segment.
