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OnePlus Gets Funky with Nord CE 3 Lite and Nord Buds 2

It’s been a busy few weeks for OnePlus with the launch back in February of the OnePlus ecosystem, including the OnePlus 11. Today saw the full reveal of the Nord CE 3 Lite smartphone and the Nord Buds 2 at OnePlus’ “Larger than Life” launch event. The Nord product line has been phenomenally successful, with the Nord CE 2 Lite being the biggest-selling OnePlus phone….ever. And not to be outdone, the Nord Buds were OnePlus’ biggest-selling audio product. That means that both of the new Nords have a great deal to live up to.

First up, is the OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite. To be honest, it’s not exactly a secret with a lime green Nord phone being touted on social media, as is OnePlus’ style, but the specs and price point are now clearer. It’s a 6.72″ 120Hz FHD display driven by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G chipset with 8 GB RAM and 128 GB of storage. The system uses some fancy tricks to borrow an additional 8 GB of RAM from the storage for an effective total of 16 GB to keep the Nord running smoothly. A 5000 mAh battery powers the device and 67 W of SuperVOOC charging will take the battery from 0-80% in 30 minutes.

The main camera round the back has a whopping 108 megapixel shooter that offers 3x lossless zoom, though the front-facing selfie camera is a fairly standard 16 MP. There’s a 2 MP macro lens and depth sensor for super clear portraits and bokeh. The flash looks great with a funky circular flower design. From the picture, it looks like the rear has a lovely slight curve on the edges. I’m loving the way this phone looks.

As with all of OnePlus’ recent phones, the Nord CE 3 Lite will get two years of OS software updates and three years of security updates.

Fortunately, the Nord CE 3 Lite doesn’t only come in Pastel Lime: there’s a more corporate Chromatic Gray available for those want to move under the radar (Herberts). Priced at UK£299 / 329 €, the phone can be pre-ordered today with general availability on 20th April. Don’t be shy, get the Pastel Lime and own it!

Next are the Nord Buds 2 earphones. Unsurprisingly, these are active noise cancelling (ANC) Bluetooth earphones with a host of audio modes and optimisations from Dolby and Dirac. Battery life for the earphone is 7 hours and the charging case provides a further 29 hours – 36 hours in total. It only takes 10 minutes of charging for about 5 hours of usage (with ANC off). The Nord Buds 2 are rated at IP55 so they’ll be grand for the gym.

Coming in Lightning White and Thunder Grey (see what they did there), the earphones are available immediately for £69 / 69 € / US$59. As OnePlus says, get in the groove!

You can watch the whole crazy “Larger than Life” launch event here:

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