OnePlus Nord 2 5G
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PRICE 8GB/128GB, £333 (£399 inc VAT) from oneplus.com/uk
The OnePlus Nord 2 isn’t actually the second Nord phone in the OnePlus range, nor is it even the third or fourth. Following the success of the original, OnePlus went to town, releasing the cheaper N100 and N10 models and then the CE “Core Edition” variant (see overleaf), making this the fifth Nord phone to be released since the beginning of 2020.
However, to dismiss it as just another mid-range OnePlus would be doing the Nord 2 a disservice, since it’s a superb phone in its own right. The price is attractive, the specs solid and it’s a far more interesting phone than you might expect.
Striking design
The sides curve beautifully and the Gorilla Glass doesn’t pick up many smudges
The most noticeable thing about the design of the Nord 2 is its similarity to). Admittedly, from the front it looks like any other phone with its all-flat, frame-filling display and hole-punch selfie camera in the top-left corner, but flip it over and everything changes. The glossy Gorilla Glass rear is curved in all the right places and, surprisingly, doesn’t pick up fingerprints readily – although this might be a consequence of the bright blue colour distracting the eye in my “Blue Haze” sample.
