OnePlus’ Nord CE 2 has 65W quick charging and a 90Hz show for £299

The OnePlus Nord 2 CE is the most recent entry within the firm’s extra reasonably priced Nord vary. It’s a stripped down model of final yr’s Nord 2, much like the unique Nord CE. The CE stands for “Core Edition,” much like Samsung’s FE or “Fan Edition” units. It prices £299 (€349) and can be out there in Europe and India (however not the US). It’ll be out there to pre-order from March third, and can go on normal sale on March tenth in Europe. Check out our full evaluation proper right here.

Although it is a comparatively reasonably priced smartphone, quite a few its specs solely began showing on flagship smartphones comparatively just lately. It helps as much as 65W fast-charging by way of an included SuperVOOC charger (OnePlus has ditched its personal Warp Charge branding in favor of Oppo’s SuperVOOC, however the two have all the time been principally equivalent), and the cellphone additionally has a excessive refresh charge 90Hz 1080p OLED display that’s 6.43 inches in measurement.

But since OnePlus is treating this as an reasonably priced smartphone, it nonetheless has a vanishingly uncommon 3.5mm headphone jack. Unfortunately it doesn’t have certainly one of OnePlus’ trademark alert sliders to supply a fast shortcut to place the cellphone into vibrate or silent modes.

Internally, the Nord CE 2 is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 900 processor, paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage (there’s additionally a 6GB RAM model that’s unique to India). You get two SIM card slots, and a further microSD card slot that helps playing cards as much as 1TB in measurement.

Around again there’s a trio of cameras — a essential 64-megapixel sensor, an 8-megapixel ultrawide, and a 2-megapixel macro. Thankfully OnePlus appears to have moved on from its obsession with together with low-resolution monochrome sensors on its telephones. On the entrance there’s a 16-megapixel sensor contained inside a small hole-punch notch.

For extra on OnePlus’s newest reasonably priced handset, take a look at our full OnePlus Nord CE 2 evaluation.