OnePlussmartphoneLast featured Aug 2021
OnePlus Nord
I'd buy itI'd buy this.
Joint best affordable phone, with a smooth 90Hz display and more care put in than rivals.
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- Price when I covered it
- 400
- Featured in
- 6 videos · 2020–2021
- Category
- Phones · Mid-range
What I liked
- Looked unharmed in the drop test with a cheap case
- Most durable phone in the tests until the golf club
- 90Hz display
- Faster chipset
- Ultrawide camera
- Glass build
What I didn't
- plastic sides
- Destroyed by the golf club
- Zoom in low light worse than Pixel 4a
- No headphone jack and a single mediocre speaker
- Weak macro and depth cameras
- Fingerprint scanner placed low
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“the oneplus nord which is a phone with plastic sides and mid-range internals”
“the oneplus nord looks like nothing's happened to it”
“It definitely feels like the Nord has had a lot more care put into it.”
“It's a tier above.”
“possibly the best value android phone ever”
“honestly i think it is”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
9:37How Tech Companies Manipulate the Media ft. MKBHDUsed by Marques as an example of a company offering a world-exclusive interview to steer launch coverage.
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1:00Why does nobody buy LG Smartphones?Mentioned as a similarly priced plastic mid-ranger compared with the V60.
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4:20DON'T buy this Smartphone.Affordable phone that looked undamaged after the drop test with a cheap case, though it did not survive the golf club.
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3:48The BEST Smartphone of 2020 🏆Joint best affordable phone, with a smooth 90Hz display and more care put in than rivals.
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0:15Google Pixel 4a Unboxing - Ridiculous.Called possibly the best value Android phone ever, with a 90Hz screen and faster chip, but its low-light zoom lost to the Pixel.
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0:00OnePlus Nord Unboxing - Better than you think.A well-judged mid-range phone that picks good components and sweats the small details, though the 'flagship camera' claim is a stretch.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Value king
“possibly the best value android phone ever”
▶ 0:15 - Sustainability
“the minimum of two years of major android updates they've promised”
▶ 0:08
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