The OnePlus Nord price, name and specs confirmed – here’s what you need to know about the affordable OnePlus phone.
The OnePlus Nord is the new affordable smartphone from the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, as it looks to reach more fans by offering a more price-conscious option alongside its flagship tier.
OnePlus Nord is both the name of the firm’s new product line and the first device in the range – the OnePlus Nord smartphone.
Update:Every significant OnePlus Nord spec has now leaked. Plus, OnePlus itself is already revealing details, with the latest piece of information being a confirmation that there will be four cameras on the back and two on the front.
A number of details have been confirmed about the Nord handset recently, some of them exclusively by TechRadar, and we’ve put all the key information below.
The new OnePlus Nord phone has a lower price tag than the OnePlus 8, addressing the concern some fans had about the firm’s big price hikes in recent years as it moved away from its mid-range pricing.
While there was much speculation over the name – with OnePlus Z, OnePlus 8 Lite and OnePlus Nord all being rumored, the latter has now been officially confirmed as the name for the affordable smartphone.
The OnePlus Nord release date is yet to be confirmed, but it’s close. What we do know, however, is the OnePlus Nord launch date, which is set for July 21.
While we already know some of the details about the OnePlus Nord, the July 21 event – which will be an AR (augmented reality) launch you can watch via a mobile app – will reveal the full details on the affordable smartphone.
The firm held an initial round of OnePlus Nord pre-orders – limited to just 100 units – on July 1 which sold out in just a second.
A second round of pre-orders – consisting of 900 units – will take place at 9am BST / 4am EDT / 1am PDT on July 8 via the OnePlus website – while a third and final round will happen on July 15.
The OnePlus Nord will be available in Europe and India first, while “a select number of users in North America will also get a chance to experience the new device through a highly limited beta program after launch”.
We don’t have any more detail on the North America beta program at the moment, but we’ll update this page as soon as we hear.
What we do know is the OnePlus Nord price. OnePlus has confirmed it will be “below $500” (around £410 / AU$730), while CEO and Founder, Pete Lau has confirmed to TechRadar that it will cost €500 in Europe.
That makes the OnePlus Nord comfortably cheaper than the OnePlus 8, which starts at $699 / £599 (about AU$1,100) – which is good, as OnePlus has been teasing the ‘affordable’ handset for a while now.
