OnePlus Nord CE 5G

OnePlus Nord CE 5G might not be the most powerful 5G phone, it's smaller, lighter and thinner than most affordable ones.

The OnePlus Nord CE is the company’s new mid-range smartphone that brings decent specifications and a great software experience at an affordable price. The cameras are not the best and it even misses out on a few staples — but if you’ve been waiting for an affordable offering from the company, the OnePlus Nord CE is your calling.

The OnePlus Nord CE 5G is not OnePlus’s best phone for value. And the cuts made to lower the price from the first Nord are quite wide-ranging. Still, it’s not a bad buy if you want a 5G phone that doesn’t cost a packet, and don’t like the look of the competition, may of which are a bit larger and heavier.

The Nord CE a capable all-rounder, benefitting from a solid mid-range chipset, slim build, and excellent battery life - not to mention top-tier software. A plastic body and so-so camera are the major drawbacks, stopping it from ever truly standing out from the pack, but there's still a lot to recommend about it.

The OnePlus Nord CE 5G has adequate performance to keep up with what you throw at it, and the software experience is clean. OnePlus has also sweetened the deal by promising two years of software updates and three years of security updates, which should keep the phone up to date until you start thinking about your next upgrade.