OnePlus Nord N10 5G and N100 unveiled: mid-rangers with LCDs and Snapdragon chipsets
OnePlus Nord N10 5G
The OnePlus N10 5G sticks close to the original formula with a mid-range Snapdragon, 90Hz display and a 64MP main camera. The N10 is aiming at a lower price bracket, though, so affordability considerations led to some changes.
The new model has a 6.49” display with 1080p+ resolution. There is one major change from the original Nord – the panel is now an LCD, the first on a OnePlus since the OnePlus 2 in 2015. Naturally, this moves the fingerprint reader on the back.
The rear camera on the Nord N10 is actually slightly better equipped than that of the original as it features a 64MP sensor inside the main camera while maintaining the 119° ultrawide lens and dedicated macro and depth modules.
A couple of things changed with the selfie camera. Good news – it’s only a single punch hole. Bad news – the 32MP main camera drops down to 16MP and the ultrawide lens is (obviously) gone.
The battery navigated the price reduction measures quite well. With a capacity of 4,300 mAh, it’s a fraction larger than the Nord battery and it charges just as fast with Warp Charge 30T (no wireless on either model).
The N10 is powered by the Snapdragon 690 chipset, which is similar to the S765G chip though with several key differences. Long story short, it uses new two big Kryo 560 CPU cores (vs. 475) and a slightly downgraded GPU, Adreno 619L. The X51 modem supports only the sub-6 flavor of 5G, but the original Nord didn’t have mmWave connectivity, so that is a wash.
Before you judge the choices OnePlus made, let us tell you the price – a OnePlus Nord N10 5G will cost €330/£330. And that is with 6GB of RAM and 128GB storage. For comparison, an original Nord with 8/128 GB memory goes for £380.
OnePlus Nord N100
The OnePlus Nord N100 (no 5G here) is the entry-level offering, it’s price starts at €180/£180 for a phone with 4GB of RAM and 64GB storage. But again, storage is easily expandable with a cheap microSD card.
This phone is based on the Snapdragon 460 chipset, a budget 11nm chip with Cortex-A73 derived cores and an Adreno 610.
The N100 has a 6.52” LCD with 900 x 1,600 px resolution, so slightly above 720p+ though not quite 1080p+ (and standard refresh rate). Unlike the N10, this one has stereo speakers. Like it, there’s a fingerprint reader on the back.
The N10 has 5G connectivity and a camera setup similar to the original Nord. It and the N100 will launch in Europe first, coming to the US soon.
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