OnePlus has simply been saying its new summer season lineup right here within the attractive metropolis of Milan. I’ve been fortunate sufficient to have been capable of attend this occasion in particular person and because of this, OnePlus have additionally given me a evaluate unit.
I acquired a really fast unboxing video of the unit accomplished earlier than I flew out to the occasion which you’ll be able to see under.
Earlier than we dive into the tour of the system let’s simply throw up the specs desk in all its glory.
Specs
| Identify | OnePlus Nord 4 |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | Top: 16.26cm Width: 7.50 cm Depth: 7.99 mm |
| Weight | 199.5 g |
| Show | Dimension: 6.74 inches Refresh Price: as much as 120Hz Decision: 2772 x 1240 450 PPI Display screen-to-body Ratio: 93.5% Kind: SuperFluid AMOLED with Extremely HDR Assist Brightness: 2150 nits max brightness |
| Again Materials | Metallic and Glass |
| Colours | Obsidian Midnight Mercurial Silver Oasis Inexperienced |
| Working System | Oxygen OS 14.1 primarily based on Android 14.0 |
| SoC | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 |
| RAM | 12GB/16GB LPDDR5X with Oneplus RAM-Vitalization |
| Storage | 256GB / 512GB (UFS 4.0) |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi6 (802.11 ax), Wi-Fi5 (802.11 ac), 802.11 a/b/g/n, WLAN 2.4G/WLAN 5G, WLAN Show, WLAN Hotspot, 2 × 2 MIMO |
| Battery | 5,500mah |
| Charging | As much as 100W wired solely |
| Ports | USB 2.0, Kind-C, Twin nano-SIM slot |
| Audio | Twin stereo Audio system, Noise cancellation assist |
| Video | 4k video at 60/30 fps, 1080p video at 60/30 fps, 720p video at 60/30 fps, EIS/OIS video: 1080p video at 60 fps, Slo-mo video at 1080p at 120 fps, 720p at 240 fps, Time-lapse at 4k, 1080p, Twin-view video at 1080p 30 fps, Film: 3840 × 1644 at 30 fps |
| Picture | Portrait, Night time, Hello-Res, and Panoramic capturing modes. Professional mode with full digital camera management. AI Groupfie (coming quickly after launch) |
| Unlock Choices | Beneath show Fingerprint reader Face Unlock |
| Community | 4 × 4 MIMO, Helps as much as DL Cat 16/, UL Cat 13 in sure areas, (1000 Mbps/150 Mbps), relying on provider assist |
| NFC | Sure |
| Rear Digicam | 50 MP Sony LYTIA Digicam, f/1.8, 24mm (huge), 1/1.56″, 1.0µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS |
| Entrance Digicam | 8 MP, f/2.2, 112˚ (ultrawide), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm |
| Flash | Twin LED |
| GPS | GNSS Beidou, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and QZSS, Others Positioning with A-GNSS, WLAN, and mobile community knowledge |
| Sensors | Fingerprint, G-sensor, Digital Compass, Gyroscope, Proximity, Ambient Gentle Sensor, Sensor hub |
| Particular options | Alert Slider, TÜV SÜD 72-month Fluency Ranking A, IP65 ranking |
| Within the field | OnePlus Nord 4 cellphone Crimson Cable Kind-C knowledge cable SIM tray ejector Guarantee Card Documentation |
Now that’s out of the way in which lest have just a little nearer tour across the cellphone in all its glory.
Beginning as at all times on the high we now have a pinhole mic, an IR emitter some antenna break strains on both aspect and a thriller aperture which I’ve by no means been capable of decide what it’s.
Subsequent across the right-hand aspect is the place we’ll discover two extra antenna break strains, under which sits the amount rocker after which the ability button which may be configured to launch Google Assistant do you have to want.
On to the underside, we now have some extra antenna strains which are flanking the USB Kind C port. It is usually down right here that we discover the twin SIM card slot with its waterproof rubber ring seal. on the opposite aspect is the bottom-firing speaker.
Shifting round to the left we now have the all-important Alert slider which is among the OnePlus cellphone’s spotlight options for the model. That is additionally flanked by antenna break strains.
The antenna design on the Nord 4 could be very attention-grabbing as they’ve needed to work with supplies to get the perfect efficiency in your alerts. Now clearly radio waves and steel aren’t good bedfellows. OnePlus has redesigned the internals of the cellphone to permit for a extra compact antenna array, they’ve additionally managed to make use of the steel building of the cellphone as a method to spice up the alerts coming into the cellphone. That is one thing I’m eager to check in the end over the following few weeks.
Onto the again is the place we’ll discover snuggled up within the high third is the digital camera module. 
This comprises the Lytia 50MP digital camera alongside the 8MP ultrawide. Each of those are accompanied by a twin LED flash. I do actually like that they’ve used steel on the rear of the cellphone as I’ve missed this from telephones like these from HTC again within the day. 
It’s a good change from the slippy and fragile glass that we noticed on the previous-generation Nord CE 3 Lite. I’m not to aggravated that I don’t have a case to place this in. 
After we transfer round to the entrance on the very high is the place we are able to discover the 8MP front-facing digital camera that sits underneath an imperceptible small slit the place the earpiece speaker is hiding. under this stretches out the expansive 6.74 inch 1.5K show containing a large 450 PPI, the decision is 2772 x 1240. 
The display screen is a very crisp and vibrant color and might max out a peak brightness of 2150 nits. Now I’ve not had a lot time with the cellphone however I might be testing this in some very brilliant circumstances over the following few weeks so we’ll see how efficient this display screen is in some variable circumstances.
On the display screen is the compulsory factory-fitted display screen protector which is included in most telephones from Chinese language-based producers. The display screen protector will not be as annoying as it’s on curved shows as a result of it’s a flat display screen. I do like that we’re seeing a pattern of going again to flatter shows and extra angular telephones lengthy could it proceed.
A number of extra issues I need to cowl earlier than I end this submit are to do with battery and likewise the water resistance.
So first up is the water resistance stage. It’s an IP65-rated Nord collection cellphone which I imagine is a primary for Oneplus and I’m all right here for it, notably with the British summer season going in addition to it has been to this point!
It additionally sports activities a big 5500 mah battery in a twin cell building which can permit the SUPERVOOC charging of as much as 100W with a appropriate SUPERVOOC charger, which sadly have to be purchased individually.
That wraps up the unboxing and tour of the system. If you wish to get your self one of many Nord 4 gadgets then you are able to do so now by going to the OnePlus web site and preordering now with costs beginning at £429 for the 12GB RAM and 256 GB model and the 16GB RAM 512GB model coming in at £529.