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Nord CE 3 Lite review: A 67 W-charging budget OnePlus for the US prepaid aisle.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2023·$299
Overall
64/100
Class rank
#2 of 5
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Fast charging, budget bones.

Nord CE 3 Lite's only real headline was 67 W charging — class-leading in 2023 at $299 — wrapped around the safe Snapdragon 695 and the legacy ports. For a fast-topping-up cheap daily it did its job; power users wanted the full Nord 3.

01Display

68/100

68/100 trails the 70-point cohort average for budget phones of 2023.

TypeIPS LCD, 120 Hz
Size6.72 inches
Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

02Camera

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

Main108 MP, f/1.7
Depth2 MP
Macro2 MP
Selfie16 MP

03Performance

56/100

56/100 trails the 61-point cohort average for budget phones of 2023.

ChipsetSnapdragon 695 (6 nm)
RAM8 GB
Storage128 / 256 GB · microSD

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

Capacity5,000 mAh
Wired67 W SUPERVOOC

05Build

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

06Value

74/100

74/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

What works
  • 67 W charging at $299 — class-leading at launch.
  • 108 MP main, 120 Hz panel.
  • Slim, comfortable in-hand.
  • microSD + jack.
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 695 is entry-class.
  • Single speaker, LCD.
  • Two filler 2 MP lenses.
  • Two OS 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 5-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .