Pricing for the OnePlus Nord 4 in India begins at Rs. 29,999 for the bottom configuration with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of built-in storage. The smartphone can be out there in 8GB+256GB and 12GB + 256GB reminiscence variants priced at Rs. 32,999 and Rs. 35,999, respectively.
- Dimensions – 162.6x75x8mm
- Weight – 199.5g
- Colours – Mercurial Silver, Oasis Green (on this evaluate), and Obsidian Midnight
The Nord 4 appears and feels completely different in comparison with most different smartphones out there in the present day, together with its predecessor, the OnePlus Nord 3 (Review). It’s been some time since I’ve seen a telephone with a physique that’s primarily made out of metallic, and it jogs my memory of the great outdated HTC One (M8) (Review). The rear panel has a refined inexperienced shade and a digital camera island with a easy glass-like end on the high, with a darker color background.
OnePlus Nord 4 is provided with a twin rear digital camera setup
On the left aspect of the OnePlus Nord 4 is the corporate’s tri-state alert slider that permits you to change amongst three modes — ring, silent, and vibrate — and that is one among my favorite options on the smartphone. The quantity and energy buttons are each situated on the fitting aspect. The firm has additionally positioned two antenna strains on all 4 edges of the handset.
OnePlus Nord 4 has an IP54 ranking for mud and splash resistance
There’s an infrared (IR) transmitter situated on the high fringe of the Nord 4, together with a microphone. On the underside, the telephone has a USB Type-C port for charging and knowledge transfers, together with a speaker grille and a microphone. The telephone ships with a charging brick, a USB Type-A to USB Type-C and a translucent TPU cowl.
OnePlus Nord 4 Software: Not so premium
- Software – OxygenOS 14.1
- Version – Android 14
- Latest safety patch – July 5, 2024
OxygenOS 14.1 ran easily on the OnePlus Nord 4, even when the telephone was put by its paces. During the setup course of, the corporate prompts you to allow sure options, together with one known as Lock Screen Magazine that randomly updates your lock display picture — it saved changing my lock display picture, and I could not discover a strategy to stop it from showing once I swiped to the left on the lock display.
The telephone presents some software program options which can be powered by synthetic intelligence (AI). One such instance is the AI Eraser possibility within the Gallery app that means that you can eliminate folks and different objects from pictures after downloading a 90MB plugin. It labored considerably reliably when examined with photos clicked utilizing the smartphone’s digital camera, however solely when the pictures had sufficient element.
The recorder app additionally presents the flexibility to robotically summarise recordings, however there’s an unspecified minimal size required — I examined it with a 20-minute audio recording in English, and it recognised most phrases spoken with a impartial accent. You also can use inbuilt options that assist you to extract textual content from photos or carry out translations, which is helpful.
OnePlus Nord 4 helps AI-powered textual content extraction and object eraser options (faucet to increase)
Meanwhile, the telephone ships with a handful of preinstalled apps and video games, together with Agoda, Bubble Pop, Fitbit, Tile Match, and Word Connect. These are the identical apps included on the cheaper OnePlus Nord CE 4 Lite (Review), and it is slightly disappointing to see them on a telephone costing round Rs. 30,000.
Another software (App Picks) robotically downloaded a recreation known as Fire at Will, claiming that I had pre-ordered it on May 23. This different app retailer additionally sends out a few notifications about apps per day — these could be turned off by long-pressing the icon and disabling the app.
On the brilliant aspect, OnePlus says that the Nord 4 will obtain 4 Android OS updates and 6 years of safety updates. This means the handset will obtain the identical variety of Android OS updates because the Samsung Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35 (Review), which presently supply the longest help window within the midrange section.
OnePlus Nord 4 Performance: Meets expectations
- Processor – Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3
- Memory – Up to 12GB (LPDDR5X)
- Storage – Up to 512GB (UFS 4.0)
OnePlus has geared up the Nord 4 with the primary Snapdragon 7-series chip to characteristic on-device AI capabilities, which powers the beforehand talked about AI options on the handset. The firm despatched us the 8GB+256GB configuration for this evaluate.
Running on the top-end chipset within the Snapdragon 7-series, the OnePlus Nord 4 can deal with heavy-duty duties like modifying a 4K video in InShot and exporting it to the telephone’s inbuilt storage, or easy day-to-day actions like looking the net on Chrome, scrolling by Instagram and X (previously Twitter).
The telephone also can run graphics-intensive video games like Genshin Impact with no points — the sport defaulted to medium graphics settings on this handset, but it surely runs tremendous even when enjoying it on the next setting. The aluminium rear panel received barely heat after about 5 minutes of enjoying, however there was no lag or stutter even after the one-hour mark.
OnePlus Nord 4 benchmark check end result (faucet to increase)
The OnePlus Nord 4 achieved decrease CPU benchmark scores than its closest competitor, the Realme GT 6T, additionally geared up with a Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chipset. The latter scored practically in addition to the Poco F6, geared up with a extra succesful processor.
The Nord 4 did not lag in graphics benchmark assessments, nevertheless. It’s additionally value conserving in thoughts that artificial benchmark assessments will not be a transparent indicator of real-world efficiency, which additionally will depend on software program optimisation. The benchmark scores within the desk under present how the Nord 4 fared towards different equally priced smartphones.
| Benchmark | OnePlus Nord 4 | Realme GT 6T | Poco F6 | Samsung Galaxy A35 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 929 | 1843 | 1,835 | 1,013 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 3,817 | 4,756 | 4,693 | 2,805 |
| AnTuTu v10 | 1,074,178 | 1,462,980 | 1,457,491 | 606,767 |
| PCMark Work 3.0 | 12,336 | 19,517 | 15,743 | 13,176 |
| 3DMark Wild Life | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | 2,816 |
| 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited | 11,588 | 11,481 | 11,734 | 2,800 |
| 3DMark Sling Shot | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | 5,481 |
| 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | 4,655 |
| GFXBench Car Chase | 60 | 60 | 71 | 225 |
| GFXBench Manhattan 3.1 | 60 | 60 | 112 | 46 |
| GFXBench T-Rex | 60 | 60 | 120 | 94 |
There’s a 6.74-inch Full-HD+ (1,240 x 2,772 pixels) AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh price and 450ppi pixel density on the OnePlus Nord 4, and the corporate claims that the telephone helps a peak brightness of two,150 nits. In day-to-day use, the show is brilliant sufficient for outside use and will get fairly dim at night time.
The show on the OnePlus Nord 4 is brilliant sufficient for outside use when computerized brightness is enabled
Like the flagship OnePlus 12 and different handsets just like the Realme GT 6 (Review), the Nord 4 has a “ProXDR” characteristic that robotically adjusts the brightness and distinction ranges when viewing photos on the telephone. The characteristic could be deceptive, because the telephone shares the unique footage by way of Quick Share or when importing them to social media — what you see in your telephone could seem completely different to others on-line. Thankfully, there is a strategy to fully disable it by way of the Photos app.
OnePlus Nord 4 Cameras: Mostly dependable
- Main digital camera – 50-megapixel (OIS, EIS), as much as 4K/ 60fps video
- Ultra-wide angle digital camera – 8-megapixel, as much as 1080p/30fps video
- Selfie digital camera – 16-megapixel, as much as 1080p/30fps video
When capturing photos through the daytime utilizing the first digital camera on the OnePlus Nord 4, you get clear photos with a number of element, even once you zoom in on photos in your gallery. The main Sony LYT-600 sensor presents 2x in-sensor zoom help, and pictures captured at this focal size are additionally clear and detailed.
The main digital camera on the OnePlus Nord 4 captures detailed photos through the day (faucet to increase)
The ultra-wide angle digital camera on the Nord 4 does not supply the identical color accuracy (faucet to increase)
The ultra-wide angle digital camera on the Nord 4 has a lower-resolution sensor, which delivers usable photos through the day, however they don’t supply the identical color accuracy as the first digital camera, and there is additionally a little bit of distortion across the edges.
In low-light eventualities, the first and secondary cameras each do an excellent job lighting up darkish eventualities. However, there is a huge hole in picture high quality between the 2 — the first digital camera delivers sharper photos, whereas there’s a number of smoothening in photos captured with the ultra-wide angle digital camera. The digital camera app robotically takes an extended publicity shot when it is darkish outdoors, and it takes 2-3 seconds to seize a picture — there is no strategy to disable this.
In low-light eventualities, the first digital camera captures extra element with much less softening (faucet to increase)
The selfie digital camera can seize clear photos once you’re open air through the day and in well-lit areas indoors. It struggles slightly in dimly lit areas however nonetheless captures sufficient element. Meanwhile, the display is used as a flash in very darkish eventualities with first rate outcomes when you keep nonetheless for sufficient time.
You can document video at as much as 4K/60fps utilizing the first digital camera, but it surely’s value noting that picture stabilisation for movies is simply supported at 1080p/ 60fps — you possibly can’t even choose 1080p/30fps or a decrease decision. There’s no stabilisation help on the ultra-wide angle digital camera or the selfie digital camera, which each document movies at as much as 1080p/ 30fps.
OnePlus Nord 4 Battery: Dependable
- Battery Capacity – 5,500mAh (Dual-cell)
- Wired Charging – 100W SuperVOOC
- Charger – 100W (Included)
Powering the OnePlus Nord 4 is a 5,500mAh battery, which presents dependable day-to-day use and a gradual standby drain. I received about six and a half hours of display time on a single cost, and the telephone lasted a couple of day and a half earlier than it needed to be charged once more. Overnight battery drain can be fairly low, with the telephone’s battery stage dropping by 2 p.c over an eight-hour interval.
OnePlus Nord 4 provided greater than a day of battery backup on a single cost with reasonable utilization
In our HD video battery loop check, the telephone lasted for 18 hours and quarter-hour. The included 100W charging brick took 33 minutes to totally cost the dual-cell battery on the OnePlus Nord 4, which didn’t get too sizzling through the charging course of.
OnePlus Nord 4 Review: Verdict
Despite just a few drawbacks, the Oneplus Nord 4 presents a number of worth for a smartphone priced beneath Rs. 30,000. It delivers dependable day-to-day efficiency, quick battery charging, an excellent main digital camera, and a great software program help window. The barely much less spectacular ultra-wide angle digital camera and undesirable software program on the smartphone are the one issues holding it again, and a kind of could be resolved by uninstalling or disabling the apps in query.
While the Nord 4 is certainly value your consideration, different telephones in the identical worth section that additionally supply good worth embrace the Realme GT 6T and the Poco F6 (Review). Both these telephones supply efficiency that’s on par with the OnePlus Nord 4, however the latter’s digital camera efficiency leaves slightly to be desired, as we present in our evaluate of the handset.
You also can think about the Samsung Galaxy A35 (Review), which is not as quick in artificial benchmarks however presents good day-to-day efficiency and will get 4 Android OS updates. If your focus is totally on digital camera efficiency, it’s also possible to think about the older Pixel 7a (Review) from Google that often drops to the Rs.30,000 mark on Flipkart.
