Here’s what we’ve heard about the OnePlus Nord 2, the next proper Nord phone from OnePlus.
The OnePlus Nord 2 is real – after months of rumors and leaks suggesting as much, OnePlus has officially confirmed the existence of the first real successor to 2020’s OnePlus Nord. We’ve been waiting for this for a while, but every time we’re expecting the device, the company shows off something else instead, like the OnePlus 9, Nord N10 5G, Nord CE 5G or OnePlus 9R. The original Nord was OnePlus’ return to the ‘flagship-killer’ market segment that made the company popular in the first place, and we’re hoping the Nord 2 is a refinement of the original. We later found out the phone was the first of a new line from OnePlus, and the Nord N10 5G and Nord N100 followed later in 2020, with more members of the line confirmed for this year. Rumors about the OnePlus Nord 2 are also starting to roll in, all of which you’ll find below, and as soon as we learn anything else about the OnePlus Nord 2 we’ll add it to this article. We’ve also come up with a wish-list for what we want to see from the phone – you’ll find that further down. The OnePlus Nord 2 will debut on July 22. The company has confirmed it’ll be hosting a livestream for the reveal of the phone, and it’ll be available in both India and Europe. We expect that to include the UK. It’s unlikely this phone will be available in the US – the original OnePlus Nord wasn’t sold there – or Australia, as the company doesn’t usually sell its phones in that region. We don’t yet have an idea of price for the OnePlus Nord 2, but the original phone cost £379 / €399 (around $480, AU$680), so we could possibly see a similar price for the successor. That said, a leak suggests a price of CNY 2,000, which is roughly $310 / £220 / AU$400, so while those conversions won’t be accurate the Nord 2 might be slightly cheaper than the original Nord. First up, what we know for sure is that the OnePlus Nord 2 has a 6.43-inch AMOLED screen with a 90Hz refresh rate, as OnePlus itself has confirmed as much. The company has also shared an image of the back of the OnePlus Nord 2, though it’s a drawing rather than a render or photo. You can see it below, complete with a triple-lens camera and a green color scheme. Beyond that, OnLeaks (a leaker with a good track record) has shared renders supposedly showing the OnePlus Nord 2, some of which you can see below. They show a phone that looks a lot like the OnePlus 9 Pro, with a similar camera design on the rear (albeit without Hasselblad branding), and an all-screen look on the front, with a punch-hole camera in the top left corner.
