OnePlus Nord 5 review: attractive design and good battery phone, these shortcomings left

OnePlus Nord 5 review: OnePlus launched two Nord series smartphones in early July. In this series, the company has launched Nord 5 and Nord CE 5 in the Indian market. The OnePlus Nord 5 of this series is an upgrade of Nord 4 launched last year. Compared to the device launched last year, the company has used fresh design in it. The look and design of this phone is inspired by OnePlus 13S launched last month. After using this phone for a few days, we have brought its review for you.

OnePlus Nord 5 has been launched by the company in three storage variants- 8GB RAM + 256GB, 12GB RAM + 256GB and 12GB Ram + 512GB. The initial variant of the phone is priced at Rs 31,999 and its top variant comes for Rs 37,999. This phone can be purchased in three color options- dry ice, Phantom Gray and Marble Sands. We have reviewed its 12GB RAM + 256GB storage and Marble Sands.

OnePlus Nord 5 review

OnePlus Nord 5: Design

You will get a perfectly fresh design in this phone as compared to OnePlus Nord 4. The company has used a plastic body instead of a mantle frame in the body of this phone. However, Met finishing has been used in its back panel. In the camera module you will get to see a smooth glass design. The camera module is also a vertically allaid like OnePlus 13s, which gives it a premium feel.

It looks quite attractive due to Met finishing in the back panel of OnePlus Nord 5. When you raise it in your hand, you will understand its finishing. The weight of the phone is 211 grams. Finishing with rounded corner around the phone has been given, due to which you will feel good to grip this phone. However, if your palm is small, then you may have difficulty in using it in single hand.

OnePlus has used volume and power button in the left side of this phone. On the other hand, the alert slider has been removed. Instead, the company has used a multifunctional button, which you can use for many things. In addition to the SIM card slot at the bottom, USB Type C charging port and speaker grills have been given. To see this phone of Nord Series, you will not feel that this is a mid -budget phone.

OnePlus Nord 5 Review

OnePlus Nord 5: Display

This mid -budget smartphone of OnePlus has a 6.32 -inch compact display, whose resolution is 2640 x 1216 pixels. Very thin bezels are given around the phone’s display. The display ratio of the display is 19.54: 9 and peak brightness is up to 1600 nits. After using OnePlus 13 and OnePlus 13s, I did not find the display of this phone much, but its display is better than the phone of other brands coming in this price range. It has features like 10-bit color depth, HDR10+, 120Hz High Refresh Rate. The company has given a flat display in the phone, which fits on its design.

I have not seen any flaw in the quality of the display while watching the video along with gaming on this phone. Except for one or two smartphones coming to this price range, its display is good and users will get a good video experience. I have seen many cricket matches and web series on the phone. The display of this phone was also supporting 4K quality videos. There was no problem in the phone display even during gaming.

OnePlus Nord 5 review

OnePlus Nord 5: Performance

This OnePlus smartphone provides Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor. It has 4Nm processor used, which gives good power efficiency. This phone uses 12GB LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 3.1 internal storage up to 512GB. You can use two nano SIM cards and microSD cards in the phone. The phone will get a hybrid SIM card slot, which is fitted with USB Type C port and speaker grill at the bottom. The storage of this OnePlus smartphone can be expanded up to 1TB via microSD card. The phone has features like Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity, GPS.

OnePlus Nord 5 has Oxygenos 15 based on Android 15. The company is offering this phone to 3 years software upgrade and security update of up to 4 years. Talking about performance, you can experience heavy duty game on this smartphone. While playing the game, you will definitely feel light warmth in the back of the phone, but it is not a matter of panic. The phone has a cooling system, which keeps the phone cool during multi-tasking.

OnePlus Nord 5 review

The user interface and operating system of this phone is clean and will give you the experience of stock Android. While setting up the phone, you can skip unwanted apps, so that you will not get any extra app or blotter in the phone. Even during multi-tasking, you will not face any problem in using the phone. The company has equipped this phone with the AI feature, in which you will get an access of in-old Gemini AI, which can make many of your tasks easier.

OnePlus Nord 5: Battery

OnePlus has given a large 6,800mAh battery in this smartphone. Also, the phone also gets 80W Super VOC fast charging feature. Due to the big battery of this phone, you can easily use it in single charge for two days. If you are a heavy user, even after charging the phone in the morning, you can use it throughout the day. You will not need to put the phone in charge again. This phone of OnePlus provides fast charging, which makes the phone full in 25 to 30 minutes. You can use this phone for 5 to 6 hours even after charging 10 minutes.

OnePlus Nord 5 review

OnePlus Nord 5: Camera

Dual camera setup is available in this OnePlus smartphone. The phone has a 50MP Sony Lyt-700 primary sensor. The aperture of the main sensor of the phone is f/1.8 and an 8MP ultra wide camera sensor is available with it. For selfie and video calling, this phone has a 50MP camera. The back of the phone has a vertical camera module, which has a LED flash below with primary and ultra wide camera sensors, which will help in photography in the dark.

With the primary camera of OnePlus Nord 5, you can click a good picture in the day light. However, the picture taken from the phone makes it pixels. The picture taken in low light may disappoint you. At the same time, if you talk about video experience, you can shoot 4K quality videos from the camera of this smartphone. At the same time, if you talk about the selfie camera, it can also record 4K quality video. We have liked the phone’s camera for photography. This gives a tough competition to the phones of Xiaomi and Samsung coming in this price range.

OnePlus Nord 5 review

OnePlus Nord 5: Why Buy?

• The design of this OnePlus phone is quite attractive and compact.
• The company has upgraded a big upgrade in a selfie camera.
• The phone has a big battery, due to which you can use it for two days.

OnePlus Nord 5: Why not buy?

• The camera is quality average in the price range.
• The previous model is heavier than.
• OnePlus Nord 4’s mountain body was better.