OnePlus Nord 5 review: The first 144 Hz Nord, with a flagship-last-year chip and a 6,800 mAh cell.
The Nord finally stops compromising.
Nord 5 fixes the two things that always held the line back — a 60/90 Hz-feeling panel and middling battery — with a 144 Hz 1.5K screen and a 6,800 mAh silicon-carbon cell. The 8s Gen 3 keeps it quick. The ultrawide and the lack of IP68 are the only places OnePlus still cut.
01Display
82/10082/100 — right at the average for upper mid-range phones of 2025.
02Camera
74/10074/100 — right at the average for upper mid-range phones of 2025.
03Performance
80/10080/100 trails the 85-point cohort average for upper mid-range phones of 2025.
04Battery
90/10090/100 puts it above the 88-point average for upper mid-range phones of 2025.
05Build
72/10072/100 trails the 74-point cohort average for upper mid-range phones of 2025.
06Value
82/10082/100 trails the 85-point cohort average for upper mid-range phones of 2025.
- 144 Hz 1.5K AMOLED — sharpest, fastest Nord panel yet.
- 6,800 mAh silicon-carbon for genuine two-day life.
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 games above its price.
- 50 MP autofocus selfie for vloggers.
- 8 MP ultrawide is the weak corner.
- 211 g and a touch chunky.
- IP65, not IP68.
- No wireless charging.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 2-phone cohort of upper mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .