According to a recent interview with Carl Pei, the new mid-range Nord The OnePlus phone is primarily focused on achieving three things. They include bringing a flagship-level camera experience to this range of phones, delivering a fantastic user experience, and maintaining the level of OnePlus quality that consumers expect.
While it’s a bit of a cliche, that’s not a bad list for a phone that should cost less than $ 500.
Let’s talk about the camera first. Pei is quoted as saying: “With OnePlus Nord we are bringing a flagship camera to the mid-range price range, which I think consumers will be really excited about.”
OnePlus, at least for the past few years, has invested heavily in the camera experience for its customers. As a current user of one of your phones, I appreciate that, but I’d also like to point out that the camera is still not as good as the one you’ll find on a Pixel device. It is by no means a bad camera, I just don’t want anyone to have any illusions that OnePlus Nord will have a magic camera. Although the cameras on OnePlus phones have improved year after year, I think it’s a safer bet to expect multiple cameras in the Nord to be better than average. I’m not trying to be bad, I’m just trying to be realistic and set reasonable expectations. I will eat these words if OnePlus surprises us.
Speaking about the software, Pei notes, “It’s not just the hardware, but also how we optimize the software, the animations, to make sure that each part flows smoothly.”
This is a part of the phone, I certainly think OnePlus can reach this price range. The company has shown many times that it can make Android agile and fun to use. At under $ 500, this phone will probably be a little bit faster.
And finally, Pei talks about OnePlus quality. He says, “We wanted to introduce a mid-range smartphone that really lives up to OnePlus quality.” All testing is done exactly to the flagship standard, so when consumers purchase a OnePlus product at a more reasonable price, they can expect the exact same rigorous quality test that all of our flagship phones undergo. ”
Going back to my cliche notion, what would you expect a person trying to sell mid-range phones to say? Do you want me to tell you all the ways they are cutting corners to save a dollar or two? No, probably not. You want to be sure that you’re buying a decent phone, since even under $ 500, that’s a fair amount of money in times like these, with many still unemployed.
In the interview, Pei confirmed that the phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 765G processor, which means 5G connectivity for those who need it and have access to it.
We should see this phone unveiled relatively soon. Are you ready for it?
// TechRadar
