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Showing as not activated. Haven't turned it on yet but the seals are the only thing that would make me question if it was new. All packaging looks okay. Will take it anyway as long as it works. Now up to £349.99 on amazon

i'm surprised they still include a charger. is it a 65w charger or just a bog standard charger does anybody know?

That charger is a very specific charger to allow 'warp charging' (super fast charging). It's part of the USP of the OnePlus phones that it charges 80% of your phone in around 20ish minutes,

Could you get away with not paying tax on the OnePlus Nord?

You have to pay vat no matter what the price, amazon sort that themselves if dispatched by them.

There's no customs duties for smartphones, so whether the price is over or under €150 doesn't matter.

i see some cheap...very cheap...75 inch tvs on early prime day sales...but not on uk site...i wonder will large tvs see much of a discount.

Wouldn't go for a Toshiba, poor quality. Check richersounds.com

I'm paying as want to see activations straight away, far as I remember you have to wait for the clip to fully record then go into the archived clips which takes time. If I hear a noise that wakes me in bed I can view and hear front and back of the house live, or if deliveries arrive while out I can tell the driver to leave them in a safe place.

The cable is particular to OnePlus as well - you can't just plug a standard USB cable in and get the same speed. It WILL charge the phone, just at normal USB-C charging rates. Using the red cable to charge other devices can be hit and miss or used to be. We have several OnePlus chargers in the house, and one of the older one wouldn't charge a Samsung tablet. More recent ones do, so I guess they've addresses it.

The warp charging is neat however

I would be a moderate user and traded my OnePlus 9 Pro in after roughly two years and it was largely driven by the phone needing a charge by 5pm with the battery in the 0-10% range (this would include days where I was in the office). To be fair, it only took around 20 minutes or so with the warp charger to bring it back up to 80%.

For the first two years it was largely fine though.

Not that I've noticed. I upgraded to the 12R earlier this year and the charge rate is variable. It eases off once it hits I think 90% (I think this can be turned off but that would hit battery life I'd imagine). Also if charging overnight, the 12R aims to just finish off charging before your usual wake-up time - not sure how many models this goes back.

From a practical viewpoint, I'd used my Nord for about 3-1/2 years and battery life was still excellent. I'd easily get a full day out of it in normal use.

Consistently fast charging to 100% will degrade the battery over time.

Pixel has adaptive charging which will slow charge your phone over night up until your alarm.