OnePlus refreshed the Nord series with two interesting models – one brings the first Snapdragon 8-series chip to the Nord family, the other has the biggest battery of any OnePlus phone yet… kind of.
The OnePlus Nord 5 sports a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, which showed great performance in our review. It comes with Android 15 out of the box and will receive 4 OS updates. It has a large 6.83” OLED display with fast 144Hz refresh rate and a sizable 6,800mAh battery, if we’re talking about the unit sold in India. The international model has only 5,200mAh capacity.
The Nord 5 also has a capable 50MP main (1/1.56” LYT-700) and 50MP selfie (1/2.75” JN5) cameras (the 8MP ultra-wide is not so good). We do wish it had eSIM, though.
The OnePlus Nord CE5 has an even bigger battery – the biggest OnePlus battery, in fact, at 7,100mAh. But again, this is only for the Indian market, everyone else gets a 5,200mAh power cell and will have to pretend to be happy with that.
OnePlus Nord CE5
The CE5 is powered by the Dimensity 8350 Apex with all-big CPU cores and it has expandable storage, unlike its sibling. The main 50MP camera here is smaller and you only get a 16MP selfie. We will be testing those soon.
At a glance: OnePlus Nord 5 • OnePlus Nord CE5
Both phones are rated IP65, the Nord 5 also has Gorilla Glass 7i to protect the display. Both phones went on sale last week. Did you buy one? Are you planning to? First, a look at the prices:
| OnePlus Nord 5 | OnePlus Nord CE5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 8/128GB | – | €300 / £250 / ₹25,000 |
| 8/256GB | €450/ £400 / ₹32,000 | €350 / £300 / ₹29,000 |
| 12/512GB | €500 / £450 / ₹38,000 | – |
Let’s start with the OnePlus Nord 5 – it’s the most powerful Nord yet, though you can find phones with more performance for the same price (and some even cost less). Will you buy one?
The OnePlus Nord CE5 comes as a more affordable alternative, though the price gap between the 256GB Nord 5 and CE5 in India is pretty small. And outside of India, the phone feels a lot less special with that smaller battery. Are you interested?
