OnePlus Nord

Agree with an earlier post commending OnePlus for managing to keep the phone's price down while including some good specs - it seems to be a really great bundle.

However, I'm not a great fan of the double punch hole pill shape on the front.

And I'm a little concerned about the main camera quality - OnePlus 8 reviews say it doesn't impress on that device.

I know at that price point I'm expecting too much - I may need to find an extra few hundred euro to afford a device with better camera specs, or alternatively, wait for Pixel 4a, whenever that sees the light of day.

The surprise gifts are actually decent. Picking the right option actually could get you the new oneplus buds.



https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/what-does-select-a-surprise-gift-for-your-nord-means.1261740/

90hz is sandstone black case
Cameras is screen protector
Charger is sandstone blue case
5g is blue buds
Oxygen os is white buds

You can pre order it off Amazon uk for £349 (£30 off 379 if you pre order) - about €385 at the minute through revolut if you want to.
Think ill be going for it and through amazon. Buying for work and Oneplus wont give VAT receipts which stopped me buying from them before a good while back. Looks like a great phone for the money.

cfeeneyinterior wrote: »

You can pre order it off Amazon uk for £349 (£30 off 379 if you pre order) - about €385 at the minute through revolut if you want to.
Think ill be going for it and through amazon. Buying for work and Oneplus wont give VAT receipts which stopped me buying from them before a good while back. Looks like a great phone for the money.

Plus, Amazon lets you pre-order while oneplus is now to "Coming Soon - available in 12 days".

Yes, you will not get a gift but at least you know you get it first (after the previously pre-orders).

Raoul wrote: »

You can't order from the oneplus site now can you? And I presume the free gifts won't be there in a couple of weeks.

No , I think it was just via early invites.

Raoul wrote: »

I was reading that the buds aren't fantastic for actually listening to music, like the apple buds, you can hear a lot of noise. Might be better going for Amazon and then actually buying a pair of buds separately from another company.

Yeah, well they're not going to compete with the likes of Bose QC 35s. They're wireless buds without noise cancelling and they're tiny.

So don't expect them compete. I have airpods and Bose 35s.

Each have their place.

adox wrote: »

The buds do look extremely underwhelming.

For not too much more money you can buy a lot better Id say.

Yea, no silicon tips either.

gaffmaster wrote: »

I still have one of these! Still works well but starting to slow down a bit. (And the onboard storage is tiny).

Will the Nord be around the same size in the hand, does anyone know?

Nord would be a good bit bigger I think:
X - 5.51 x 2.72 x 0.27 inches (140 x 69 x 6.9 mm)
Nord - 6.23 x 2.89 x 0.32 inches (158.3 x 73.3 x 8.2 mm

https://www.phonearena.com/phones/compare/OnePlus-X,OnePlus-Nord/phones/9781,11407

cfeeneyinterior wrote: »

Nord would be a good bit bigger I think:
X - 5.51 x 2.72 x 0.27 inches (140 x 69 x 6.9 mm)
Nord - 6.23 x 2.89 x 0.32 inches (158.3 x 73.3 x 8.2 mm

https://www.phonearena.com/phones/compare/OnePlus-X,OnePlus-Nord/phones/9781,11407

You can get a decent visualisation of the differences in the prototype section on kimovil https://www.kimovil.com/en/compare/oneplus-x-eu,oneplus-z

Dhenalau wrote: »

Can someone explain to me why this phone is for sale at €399 all over Europe, but €409 for Ireland?
https://www.oneplus.com/ie/oneplus-nord

This is not going to stop me buying it but this looks suspicious to say the least...

Different VAT rates?

Also, ordered mine from Amazon.co.uk, which came out cheaper than the other Amazon sites.

cfeeneyinterior wrote: »

Looks like amazon is sold out of the £379 one now and only has the blue £469 one and no £30 off.

Are you a Prime Member? Pretty sure the £30 off was only for Prime Members.

Was looking at this but I went for the Realme x50 5g
You are basically paying about 100 extra just for a amoled screen

Looks like the review embargo lifted this morning, loads of reviews popping up.

Raoul wrote: »

Where is the best place to get this now? All the offers seem to be gone. At the moment I'm leaving towards this over the pixel 4a to get 5g.

It's available for general sale tomorrow morning at 9am direct from Oneplus. They've also added some additional free gifts for early buyers

b.gud wrote: »

It's available for general sale tomorrow morning at 9am direct from Oneplus. They've also added some additional free gifts for early buyers

Yeah. Only some crappy bottle or exclusive packaging. Disappointed to miss out on the Amazon prime or john Lewis offer.