OnePlus Nord 3
After months of leaks, OnePlus has finally released its 2023 hero mid-range product, the OnePlus Nord 3. The phone offers a slew of upgrades on its predecessor, the Nord 2T—a bigger and better screen, a more powerful chipset, and a bigger battery.
The new Nord is now built around a 6.74-inch display, up from last year's 6.43-inch screen, placing it in an entirely different size category. The new OLED panel supports 120Hz refresh rate and HDR10+ content. Interestingly, the screen has a higher resolution of 1240 x 2772px.
The OnePlus Nord 3 is powered by a 5,000 mAh battery – a significant increase over the previous generation's 4,500 mAh battery pack while maintaining 80W fast charging. OnePlus promises good battery health after four years of daily charging.
Of course, the phone works out of the box, based on OxygenOS 13, and the company has promised to update the phone for three years, which means it will get three major Android updates.
Its main parameters are as follows:
| Technology | GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE / 5G |
| Announced | 2023, July 05 |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2023, July 11 |
| Dimensions | 162 x 75.1 x 8.2 mm (6.38 x 2.96 x 0.32 in) |
| Weight | 193.5 g (6.84 oz) |
| Build | Glass front (Dragontrail Glass), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), plastic frame |
| SIM | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| IP54, dust and water resistant | |
| Type | Fluid AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1450 nits (peak) |
| Size | 6.74 inches, 109.7 cm2 (~90.1% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1240 x 2772 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~390 ppi density) |
| Protection | Dragontrail Glass |
| OS | Android 13, OxygenOS 13.1 |
| Chipset | Mediatek MT6983 Dimensity 9000 (4 nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core (1x3.05 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.85 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510) |
| GPU | Mali-G710 MC10 |
| Card slot | No |
| Internal | 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 16GB RAM |
| UFS 3.1 | |
| Triple | 50 MP, f/1.8, 24mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS |
| 8 MP, f/2.2, 112˚ (ultrawide), 1/4", 1.12µm | |
| 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro) | |
| Features | LED flash, HDR, panorama |
| Video | 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS |
| Single | 16 MP, f/2.4, 24mm (wide), 1.0µm |
| Features | HDR |
| Video | 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
| 3.5mm jack | No |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct |
| Bluetooth | 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD |
| Positioning | GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS |
| NFC | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes |
| Radio | No |
| USB | USB Type-C 2.0, OTG |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Type | Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable |
| Charging | 80W wired, 1-60% in 15 min, 1-100% in 32 min (advertised) |
| Colors | Misty Green, Tempest Gray |
| Models | CPH2491 |
| Price | About 500 EUR |
| Display | Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal) |
| Loudspeaker | -25.8 LUFS (Very good) |
| Battery life |
Endurance rating 103h |