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Nord CE 5G review: OnePlus's first "Core Edition" — Snapdragon 750G with 90Hz AMOLED.

Item: Nord CE 5G
Rating: 70
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2021·$329

Overall

70/100

Class rank

#2 of 3

Tier

Mid-range

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Why pick the Nord CE 5G?

The Nord CE was OnePlus's answer to "the Nord is too expensive" — by 2021 the original Nord had drifted toward $400, so the Core Edition slashed the chipset to 750G, kept the 90Hz AMOLED, and brought the headphone jack back to please long-time fans.

01Display

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2021.

TypeAMOLED, 90Hz

Size6.43 inches

Resolution1080 x 2400 px

02Camera

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2021.

Main64 MP, f/1.79

Ultrawide8 MP, f/2.25, 119 deg

Mono2 MP, f/2.4

Selfie16 MP, f/2.45

03Performance

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2021.

ChipsetSnapdragon 750G (8nm)

CPU2x A77 @ 2.2 + 6x A55

GPUAdreno 619

04Battery

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2021.

Capacity4500 mAh

ChargingWarp Charge 30T Plus (30W)

05Build

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2021.

What works

Headphone jack returned to OnePlus
Fast 30W charging
Snapdragon 750G handled most games at launch

What doesn't

Plastic frame felt less premium
No IP rating
Only 2 major Android updates

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 3-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .