As the line between Oppo and OnePlus continues to blur, the latter company’s phone release schedule is starting to get a little unpredictable. Rather than a top-tier flagship being first to market in 2022, instead we get the OnePlus Nord CE 2 – that’s ‘Core Edition’ – with a focus on affordability.
The idea behind the CE series was to take the original Nord, strip out some of the fancy bits, and make it cheaper – all without losing anything too important in the process. That means you get plastic instead of glass, you lose the stereo speakers, but still get a bright screen with 90Hz refresh rate, fast-charging, plus plenty of useful ports and functions.
