Nord 2 Dual SIM Gray Sierra 12GB RAM 256GB 5G

The Nord 2 is the best budget phone from OnePlus in 2021 and it's safe to say it has delivered well. Especially effective a choice for students if you're looking for anything below 40k.The battery runs the advertised full day on medium use. Plus the comically fast charging takes mere 15 minutes to go from 10 to 100%. So even if you were to run out after intensive gaming, Netflix binging or whatnot, you can keep the phone charging during a snack break and come back to a full battery.The back camera is exceptionally good for the price point. As someone who uses the pro mode on the smartphone cameras frequently, it's safe to say it has numerous configurations. As a student the camera is also very helpful for two reasons. The main camera has a wide field of view, so it's easier to take pictures of my notebooks from a lower height and not strain my arms in the long run. Also the inbuilt Google lens option in the camera app helps get answers to most maths or physics problems you're stuck on in a jiffy.The front camera is a little lackluster in my opinion, with a little light leaking into it actually while the screen is kept at maximum brightness.The screen is good for the price point. The lack of 120Hz refresh rate you see in YouTube reviews is not a problem if you're switching from a 60Hz screen. Rather the always on display options has been very helpful to keep my phone usage low.The Dimensity 1200 chip works fine for most of my school and social media uses. It works well for games too. Yet if you're a Snapdragon fan, you can pay a little extra and get the OP 9R. Also, I have the little overkill 12GB RAM variant, so I have not faced any lagging issues in the first month of use, but the Dimensity chip with 8gb ram may become a bit slow with a year of use.I'm not particularly a fan of the gray Sierra colour, which is a bit muted for me. But I'm using the phone with an opaque case anyways so it doesn't bother me anymore.

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Bought this phone (12 GB RAM, 256 GB ROM, Android version 11, Oxygen OS) a month back, switching from an iPhone 6S. Here is some honest feedback after using it for a month. Especially for iPhone users planning to switch to it, think before you leap:𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀1. The best feature of the phone is its super fast charging. It goes from 0 to 100% in 35 mins. I doubt too many other phones even come close. I ignore all else just due to this.1. The best feature of the phone is its super fast charging. It goes from 0 to 100% in 35 mins. I doubt too many other phones even come close. I ignore all else just due to this.2. The performance is good (as it ought to be with a 12 GB RAM), and works fine with multiple apps open. But honestly, I received the same kind of performance even with my iPhone 6S, bought in Oct 2015, which is mindblowing.𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 - 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 - Not sure if these are Android issues or Oneplus flavour related1. Notifications: This is one of the major problems in the software - notifications just pop up and vanish on the switched off lockscreen, even if you try to click them.A) All apps download with notifications on by defaultB) You can't just click on a notification while it is on the lockscreen and open it. You have to click twice for some strange reason and then unlockC) If you are using your phone like a business phone, you have an app like Outlook on it. So even the Calendar notifications disappear, which is a major issue - there is no option to "snooze" it or "dismiss" it. You have to just remember that this sound means calendar notification and then go to Calendar app2. Face and Finger unlock - Face unlock is moody. Even though I have set it up for auto unlock, often it doesnt unlock and I have to use the finger unlock. Finger unlock is great but has a 5 to 10% failure rate, but only if you havent placed your finger in the perfect position.3. Calls: While a call is going on (while using a bluetooth device), the screen goes dark after some time, and if you hit the power button (because you need to access some other app) the call gets cut off. I realised this is a setting, changed it. The issue is still there though.4. Switching from iPhone to Android - real life nightmare. The Cloning software on the OnePlus is of no use. Only your contacts can be smoothly transitioned by making a vcf file from iCloud and uploading to your gmail account. Not so easy for iPhone calendar - better to switch all calendar entries to Outlook, and then open them on the Outlook calendar on the new phone. Forget about whatsapp messages transfer. There is no free app for this, I used a paid app from Wondershare, worked well, but lost all my broadcast groups. Ditto for sms messages, only paid apps available, I didnt even try.5. Screen brightness - the screen brightness auto adjusts to a low setting, even if you dont want it, and even if it isnt needed. Extremely annoying.6. Battery: The first few days, the battery lasted a whole day after charging. However, after a month of heavy usage, I think I am seeing a slight deterioration in battery life, and I need to charge in the evening once.7. Google assistant - inconsistent, not as smooth as Siri.8. Dictionary shortcuts - I used them in iPhone, such as tbr for Thanks and best regards. But on this phone, I have set them up, but after one or two days they stopped working for some strange reason, and still not working.9. Photo gallery app doesnt even have a facility to add Favourites.Whew, these are the ones I could recall. Net, net, I would strongly recommend that iPhone users stay with iPhone and ditto for Android. The change is extremely stressful, and the stress doesnt reduce much with time.

Truly after years One plus has returned with its flagship Killer title. I'll be baised and tell few points I noted while using it-*Beautiful design*Screen is amoled and it's 90hz but it could have been 120 but yes battery would have drianed faster so 90 hz is okay for me.*Excellent ram management with 12 gb ram I get 8 gb free which is really good. OxygenOS has really been optimised even though the code has been implemented with colorOS*Most amazing Primary camera, the sony imx766 sensor is truly an amazing masterpiece daylight and night time photos are flagship level. Ultra wide could have been 16mp as it is kinda okayish with 8 mp lacks details. And 2mp useless camera. Says it maintains Bokeh to be honest just to give a 3 camera it's included. You will be satisfied with the main camera only won't need anything else. Selfie 32 mp is also a sony imx 615 sensor does good job both in day an night conditions but sometimes in critical conditions of lighting lacks details.*Dimensity 1200 AI truly mediatek has got into the market with it. Antutu scores beat most flagship Snapdragon processors it's truly powerfull and snappy to use no lag on day to day tasks and gaming is perfect in this. BGMI max all settings 45 FPS avg. Smooth extreme 60 fps. Excellent job but realme x7 max has same processor which gives smooth 90fps option. Maybe an update while bring it so.*No heating issues whatsoever, using it for gaming and all other stuff for hours and also photography still temp seems not exceed 45 degrees.*Battery efficient?? There has been rumours battery is draining fast. I would like to suggest all every phone will drain fast even 5000mah battery ones too if all the sensors all the extra features all kinds of unnecessary things are turned on. You have to keep few disabled and necessary things enabled and it will and it has been lasting for me for one day (check YouTube for Nord 2 battery saving tips and tricks) and with its wrap charge 30 mins full charge which is crazy fast.*No audio jack, alert slider is there (saved) dual speakers, support for HDR±, 6 5G bands (thank you OnePlus for not giving 2 bands) both sides gorilla glass 5 and pretty much everything you could ask for.

I am currently using nord 2 from 8 months and I would recommend one not to purchase nord 2. Lots of bugs inside.1. My video doesn't work. I have to restart my phone everytime before I shoot a video then it will save to gallery2. Bluetooth connectivity issue.3. If you are using any app it will automatically take you to home page and sometimes locks the phone.4. Incoming call won't be seen sometimes5. Battery drains quickly.Overall a big no for this phone. I literally wasted my money and I am not at all satisfied with the product.Guys look for a better phone. Invest in good product rather then investing and regretting.