OnePlusNord 2T 5G UK SIM Free Smartphone with 50MP AI Triple Camera and 80W SUPERVOOC Fast Charging 2 Year Warranty Grey Shadow, 128GB 8GB

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Acquired this item just after new years during a sale and when the product was much lower in value. The base model was £298 to £320, with the option of the ear buds bundle i acquired it for £347. Which for a mid range phone is absolute bang for value. But the phone is currently at £400+ which seems to be stretching it. at that point you may as well opt for a "Google Pixel 6A" which is ranked as the best value for a mid range phone.But Enough of the value for quality and performance. Does it preform well.... Yes!Bellow i will list everything great about the phone.- The Nord 2T sports a hefty quad core mediatek dimensity 1300 CPU, With an ARM Mali-G77 MC9 GPU. You will always find the phone responsive in every circumstances, Offers above average performance when gaming however might have issues on certain open world games.- The Nord 2T Sports a brilliant 8GB of ram for a mid range phone with an option to expand memory capacity by an additional 2-3-5GB within the operation system itself. This converts 2-3-5GB from your internal storage capacity to be used as RAM for the phone to take advantage of. For those of you that are a serious hoarder of apps being on in the background. this is a dream feature for a mid range phone!- Fingerprint scanner allows you to save multiple fingerprints if you like unlocking your phone with different fingers.- SUPERCHARGING.... im not joking here when i say that this phone can charge dam quick which is great and concerning at the same time. For a battery perspective charging this quick is concerning as it will degrade the battery incredibly quickly. But on the other hand it means if you need the phone charged in a flash it will fully charge a dead phone from 0 to 100% in under 30mins. in order to preserve battery life if you do decide to acquire this phone i would recommend at every step to enable all charging features so as it does not degrade the battery as quickly.- Camera quality is top note. offers ultra wide photography as well as probably one of the best low light/night time video recording and photo taking processing. Doesn't oversaturate it as much as you would think but proves that in low light conditions its brilliant.My overall recommendation is if you can grab this bellow £360. its 100% one the money, anything more youre looking at compromising value for money which there is far greater options available bellow the current price point of the phone which is at £403, But this is just my advise. But at current value i dont see why it would be worth it considering the One Plus Nord 10t just launched and is sitting at £463, which provides far superior processing, and GPU capabilities ontop of a better battery and the same expandability with your RAM, Youre looking at an average 34% increase in performance for an additional £60

I've had the phone a few days now and here are my first impressions.As a videographer and occasional photographer I value certain things in my phone and whilst this handset is by no means the creme de la creme of smartphones but I think it deserves a lot of praise for what it does well.These days I'm not able to afford the flagships with their top end camera systems, but this is one of those handsets that makes you ask if you really need to anymore.The last "flagship I used was the Huawei P20 Pro. In fact I'm going to be mentally comparing quality of that handset to the main camera here in the Nord 2T. The other 2 lenses are poor and there to make up numbers, but a few years ago even our flagships packed one good camera and we were mostly happy.Today it's surprising how good phones are at capturing sharp video and images. The lightness of this handset is appreciated and there are times when it's simply not convenient to use a dedicated camcorder or my old DSLR (I'm yet to justify the jump to a superior mirrorless system).Comparing my old P20 Pro, a phone lauded for it's cameras in 2018, I have to say I'm really impressed. Autofocus on the Nord 2T is sharp, fast and accurate, the p20 would seratch for focus as soon as there was lots of movement in the frame when videoing, resulting in lots of out of focus, unuseable footage. Details are good and low light performance seems bettrr in my limited testing. Yes, there are better cameras, but for the price, this is a great little handset.I'd personally like more controls, the ability to disable OIS when my phone is mounted on my gimbal, but this phone shoots way better video than my older P20 Pro, a weakness of that handset.Still Images seem sharp, maybe overshsrpened, detailed but over processed as is the norm for Chinese phones who seem to prefer images that pop over those more natural. I quite like the look though. Low light performance of the main 50MP camera is strong for the price and better than my older handset. At 50MP, a 2x digital zoom (crop) is still a decent image and surprisingly usable . I don't zoom my images normally, preferring to crop in post, but I'd have no qualms here shooting at 2x for online use as images are detailed and sharp.The pnone itself is really nice to use. Yes, I'd prefer a more stock android as certain changes the OxygenOS 12 has made are not as good as the original Google implementation. Settings menus especially are overcomplicated and certain elements of the Material You design language does appear lost in this and every other Chinese translation I've seen.That said, I'm used to Chinese UIs by now and they tend to add lots, even if the first thing I do is put either Nova or Lawnchair launcher on them for a more stock skin. What I don't like is the default to the iPhone style home screens. We Android users like our app drawer, we don't want the chaos of multiple homescreens of randomly placed icons greeting us after a backup from our accounts onto our new handset. It takes time to clean up this mess but once done, this, is as simple to use as any other in day to day usage.The interface is snappy, the battery simply good, not amazing. It'll easily last most users a full 24 hours and when it doesn't, charging on the boxed 80w charger is simply lightning. 0% to full in about 30 mins. It doesn't get too hot, I've had no real hiccups in my first few days with it. The odd stutter but generally, apps load quicklyand everything seems as fast as any top end phone I remember using.The handset design is a mixed bagThere is something a little disconcerting about the cross eyed, off centre camera alignment, the design itself possible works, though the camera bump is pretty massive and you certainly can't lay this thing at all flat until you put it in the supplied case and even then it isn't flat, but I like aspects of the design. The shadow grey frosted glass back may not pick up fingerprints, but it's a slippery and whilst feeling quality I don't think I'll be pulling this out to look at it as I did with the P20 Pro or even my old Oppo Find x2 Neo I used as my daily handset until recently. It's not the most attractive handset I've owned in all honesty but I bought this for function over form and it feels sturdy and premium, works well and was a great price.The biggest area where I am not impressed is the quality of the built in stereo speakers. With bluetooth 5.2 and aptX I'm unlikely to have to worry too much but I was disappointed in all honesty as these were a step back not only on the previous Huawei Handsets I'd owned (Mate 9 was brilliant), but worse than the Find X2 Neo which I loved (except for it's mediocre camera performance).. If you need to use them they are there, but they're pretty terrible, bassless and prone to distort at high volumes when playing music. Watching streaming services they sounded better, but they're lacklustre at best and when pushed sound exactly like the cost cutting, cheaply made speakers they are.Brightness of the screen is the only other criticism. I'm yet to use it on a bright sunny day, but outdoors it's not the brightest. I do hope I don't regret this when filming my partners American football practices on sunny days but it's just not very bright. Everything else, indoors I'm happy with the HDR 10+ screen. It's everything you expect from an AMOLED screen and the 90Hz makes the android experience smoother, I just wish it got brighter outdoors.To conclude, the Oneplus Nord 2T is a good handset for the money. Its not going to win prizes in a beauty contest and isn't flawless but you can't expect flawless in the midrange. It's got a good main camera (I didn't review the other 2 lenses as they are pretty pointless) and everything else is as good as it should be with the odd niggle, but overall this handset is a rapid little performer than makes using it a breeze and a pleasure.

After 2 years I can easily say it was a bargain for the price. I am using OnePlus phone's only now

I got this for £317 which I think was good vaIue. I chose this as its obvious competitors had deficiencies which were a problem for me:Nothing Phone - poor battery lifeGalaxy A54 - No esim, higher price £450Pixel 6a - Small screen, handicapped compared to other PixelsThe Oneplus does everything well and a lot faster than my Honor 8x. Camera seems a lot better. I am not sure there is much that I am missing compared to the flagship phones. I don't see you can far wrong with the Oneplus or the money. Ideally, I would like a bigger screen and waterproofing but this is not really available at this price point all things being equal.

great little phone for the price.. super fast charging.. 0-100% in less than 45 mins.. lasts all day and then some if you don't use it as much. my 3rd one plus over the years and I'll buy again