OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite introduced with 6.67″ OLED show, 50MP OIS digital camera and enormous battery

The brand new OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite adopts some options from the Nord CE4, which is usually excellent news when evaluating it to the earlier mannequin, the Nord CE 3 Lite. Notice that there’s a barely totally different mannequin with the identical title for India. There are a number of selections that may go away you scratching your head too, however let’s begin with the positives.

OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite

The cellphone leaves behind the LCDs of its predecessors and adopts an OLED panel. It’s a very good panel too, with the identical emissive supplies that have been used within the OnePlus 11. It’s a 6.67” show with 1,080 x 2,400px decision (20:9) and 120Hz refresh fee. It has a peak brightness of 1,200 nits (for the entire show, native brightness can hit 2,100 nits), which is a large improve over the 680 nits of final 12 months’s mannequin. As an additional bonus, the fingerprint reader is now underneath the show as an alternative of mounted on the facet.

The Nord CE4 Lite is provided with a battery with 10% greater capability, 5,500mAh. That’s the capability for the Indian mannequin. The worldwide model has a 5,110mAh battery as an alternative (110mAh greater than the CE 3 Lite). Both approach, charging has been boosted a bit to 80W, so a full 100% nonetheless takes an inexpensive period of time – 52 minutes on the 5,500mAh variant. That bigger battery can do 20 hours of uninterrupted YouTube marathon.

Charging is finished by means of the USB-C (USB 2.0) port with the provided USB A-to-C cable, however notice that solely the Indian variant is bundled with the mandatory charger – in Europe, you must provide your personal. Or you would use a USB-PD charger, however this caps the charging pace to 55W.

The OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite has a big battery with 80W quick charging

Regardless of the elevated battery capability, the brand new mannequin is thinner and lighter than its predecessor – 8.1mm and 191g vs. 8.3mm and 195g for the Nord CE 3 Lite. Even higher, Lite inherits the IP54 mud and water resistance of the common CE4. It is a first for a CE Lite mannequin.

It is a very versatile cellphone. It has a microSD slot for further storage, a 3.5mm headphone jack and stereo audio system with 300% Extremely Quantity Mode. And you’ll share a few of that enormous battery with the 5W reverse charging mode.

For no matter purpose, the cellphone is powered by the Snapdragon 695. Sure, the identical chipset as within the Nord CE 3 Lite and Nord CE 2 Lite. It’s paired with 8GB of RAM (LPDDR4X) and 128/256GB storage (UFS 2.2), so there’s no enchancment on this entrance both.

We talked about that the Lite adopts some CE4 options. The OLED show and water resistance, but additionally the Sony LYT-600 digital camera sensor – this can be a 50MP 1/1.95” sensor. On the plus facet, it has Optical Picture Stabilization now (one other first for the CE Lite sequence). On the draw back, this can be a main downgrade from the 108MP 1/1.67” digital camera of the CE 3 Lite.

This stays the one digital camera of curiosity on the again – there’s a 2MP depth sensor, however there isn’t a lot to say about that. The LYT-600 has in-sensor 2x zoom, however the 108MP sensor of the earlier cellphone marketed 3x (the outcomes have been fairly poor, although). You possibly can take a look at our Nord CE4 hands-on evaluate for a peek at how this digital camera module performs.

The front-facing digital camera is a 16MP unit, much like the opposite Nords. Video recording was not upgraded, so 1080p @ 30fps is what you get.

The cellphone is obtainable in three colours – Tremendous Silver and Mega Blue, plus an unique shade for India referred to as Extremely Orange.

OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite colorways

Pre-orders for the OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite begin right this moment in Europe. The cellphone is obtainable in a single configuration (8/256GB) and prices €330. Make that €280 if you happen to get the early chicken deal, which additionally features a free pair of OnePlus Nord Buds 2 (valued at €70). Open gross sales start on July 1, so you’ve gotten every week to seize the early chicken provide.

OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite pricing and offers for Europe and India

The state of affairs in India is barely totally different and the Nord CE4 Lite goes on to open gross sales beginning on June 27 (Thursday). The bottom 8/128GB mannequin has an MSRP of ₹21,000 and the 8/256GB improve is ₹24,000. Nonetheless, for a restricted time these fashions will likely be obtainable at ₹20,000 and ₹23,000, respectively with immediate low cost from ICICI Financial institution and OneCard bank cards. Notice that the Extremely Orange colorway (unique to India) will likely be obtainable at a later date.