OnePlus have officially announced the OnePlus Nord product line today but details still remain remarkably thin on the ground. To start with, Nord is the name of a product range and not a specific device, though again OnePlus have confirmed that a new device will be launched shortly in Europe and India. Will this be a OnePlus Nord One?
Pete Lau, Founder and CEO of OnePlus, said, “Launching the OnePlus Nord product line marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for OnePlus. The ‘Never Settle’ spirit is centered around sharing the best technology and products with the world, but it is also about challenging ourselves and going beyond our comfort zone. We are immensely proud of our flagship products and will continue to create more tech-leading flagships for our users. Now we are excited to share the OnePlus experience with even more users around the world through this new product line.”
OnePlus have been using Instagram this time round with a series of short documentaries on their journey to the new Nord product line. The first one was released today and pretty much suggests the phone was brought to market in only six months and will be priced below US$500. That’s a good bit cheaper than the recent 8 and 8 Pro models.
And if you simply have to have the OnePlus Nord first, you can (try to) pre-order the phone for a deposit of GB£20 at 1000 CEST on 1st July. For that £20, you’ll get some goodies and a code to pre-order the phone. At this point, no details on price or spec other than sub-$500. Nothing, zero, nada, but you’ll need to get in quick as there’s only 100 of the phones up for pre-sale.
With luck, we’ll find out more about the Nord over the next few days.