OnePlus Nord 5 review – GSMArena.com tests | Infinium-tech

Introduction and Glasses

OnePlus Nord 5 provides a handful of new upgrades and fully modified design, which is more alignment with current design trends, but still deliciously designed.

In fact, the new Nord 5 has an iPhone-Sque Vibe. Well, perhaps iPhone is not in the sense of professionals, but vanilla iPhone. More importantly, OnePlus, unlike most smartphone manufacturers, did not go crazy with the camera island.

This year’s Nord also actually packs a punch. This is the first in the Nord family with Snapdragon 8 series chipset. Snapdragon 8S General 3 is quite powerful and offers close-flagship-tier GPU performance on a budget.

OnePlus has fitted Nord 5 with a matching performance, making it the first OnePlus to offer a 144Hz display. But it is not only sharp, but also large, also, measures 6.83 in the diagonal.

For battery capacity, the Indian market will enjoy the top capacity of 6,800mAh. The Chinese version of the phone is dubbed OnePlus Ace Ultra, and also, with an additional-big battery pack.

OnePlus Nord 5 • OnePlus Ace 5 Ultra

We are reviewing the European imagination device, however, and it comes with a paletry 5,200 mAh cells. It is also slightly downgrade from last year’s Nord 4, with a 5,500 mAh battery. go figure!

OnePlus Nord 5 5G Glasses at a glance:

• Body: 163.4×77.0x8.1 mm, 211 g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass 7 Eye), Glass Back, Plastic Frame; IP65 Dust tight and water resistant (low pressure water jet).
• Display: 6.83 “Swift AMOLED, 1B Colors, 144Hz, 3840Hz PWM, HDR10+, 800 NITS (Type), 1400 NITs (HBM), 1800 NITs (PEAK), 1272x2800px Regallation, 19.81: 9 Aspect Ratio, 450PPI HDR HDR HDR HDR HDR HDR HDR HDR HDR HDR HDR HDR
• Chipset: Qualcomm SM8635 Snapdragon 8S General 3 (4 Nm): Octa-core (1×3.0 GHz Cortex-X 4 and 4×2.8 GHz Cortex-A720 and 3×2.0 GHz Cortex-e520); Adreno 735.
• Memory: 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM; UFS 3.1.
• OS/Software: Android 15, up to 4 major android upgrades, oxygenos 15.
• rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, F/1.8, 24 mm, 1/1.56 “, 1.0, M, PDAF, OIS; Ultra wide angle: 8 MP, F/2.2, 15 mm, 116 ,, 1/4.0 “, 1.12µm, AF.
• Front Camera: 50 MP, F/2.0, 21 mm (wide), 1/2.76 “, 0.64 μm, of.
• video capture: rear camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, Gyro-Eis; Front camera: 4k@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps; Gyro-Eis.
• Battery: 5200mAh (6,800 mAh in India); Charging: 80W wired, 33W PPS, 18W PD, 100%in just 54 minutes, 5W reverse wired, bypass charging.
• Connectivity: 5 g; Wi-Fi 6; BT 5.4, APTX HD, LHDC 5; NFC; Infrared Port.
• various: Fingerprint reader (under performance, optical); stereo speakers; Circle to search.

Another novelty is the new plus that replaces good old alert slider, such as Apple replaced it with an action key on the iPhone. The plus key still acts as a switch between the default -different sound profiles, but you can also assign it to other actions, such as taking screenshots, translating text, recording audio, launching camera, activating the torch, or coordinating the AI ​​Plus Mind Tool.

This year the camera system has also received some love, in which the Nord brings a significant upgradation to the Selfie Department. It is now widespread and is believed to thanks for a large sensor.

It seems that the all-rounder title in the segment with OnePlus Nord 5 is aiming, but the competition in € 500-600 tier is still very strong. Let’s see how it is piled up against its rivals.

Unbox on OnePlus Nord 5

We received the European version, so the retail box is quite modest. The handset comes with general user manual and includes only USB-A USB-C cable for charging and data transfer. There is no charger in a box or a protective case.

The Indian retail package has a suitable 80W supervisor power adapter and a protective case.