OnePlus Nord N200 Review: 5G simply isn't enough By Phandroid

Hey, what's going on guys, I'm nick gray- and this here is the latest device from OnePlus the OnePlus word n 200, which, unlike all the other flagship devices that we're typically used to seeing from OnePlus. This is a budget-friendly device that costs only 240 dollars. So the question is: how does it really compare against a 900 plus smartphone, like the OnePlus 9 pro, which is what OnePlus is typically known for when you think about the brand you're, typically looking at a device that can go up head-to-head with the latest devices from Samsung like the Samsung Galaxy, s21 ultra or even the latest iPhone device? That's hit the market, but this one here at 240 is in a completely different category when you're looking at a smartphone. The good news is. This is currently the cheapest 5g smartphone in the United States, which at 240 dollars is just a little cheaper than other devices that are currently selling for 280 bucks, like the Samsung Galaxy a32, which we haven't fully reviewed. Yet we've just started playing with this device, but so far it's a great phone.

So the question is which one of these two should you actually buy? Should you buy a 240, mid-range or budget-friendly device from OnePlus or a 281 from Samsung? Well we're going to answer that in this review of the OnePlus word n200, but first, let's do an unboxing to see what you get inside the box with this latest device unboxing the OnePlus word n200 is a little different from other OnePlus devices. That we see first off is the color choice here, which is blue and black versus the typical red that we see on their flagship to your devices, but once you get inside the box and take the phone out and honestly, the only other thing in there is the phone's charger. That's where you see the first difference between these budget-friendly devices and the flagship to your devices from OnePlus this charger. Here, though, it might look similar to the other chargers that you get on. OnePlus smartphones only delivers 18 watt fast charging, which is dramatically lower than the 60 to 65 watt charging that we've seen on flagship tier OnePlus devices this year.

So far now, although this phone is coming to market just about six months after the original n100 made its debut here in the US, it does have a couple different upgrades and the one that you're going to hear most about is the upgrade to 5g over the regular 4g model with the n100. So, if you're looking for a 5g device, this is probably the best way to go if you're on a budget, but the other upgrade as well in the one that I've noticed. The most is the upgrade to the full HD plus resolution panel here versus the 1080p, and this also has a 90 hertz refresh rate. Now, while 90 hertz sounds impressive, the performance of that 90 hertz isn't what you typically get out of AMOLED panels, since this is an LCD panel, like we've seen in a lot of other Chinese smartphones this year from Oppo and even Xiaomi, with 90 hertz or even 120 hertz LCD panels. The performance of those panels isn't really as good as what you get out of AMOLED displays on higher end devices.

So just keep that in mind. It does translate pretty well if you're simply watching content, but if you're scrolling through and navigating the UI of the phone, you will see some ghosting here and there, even with the 90 hertz enabled the other upgrade. That's definitely noticeable is also the 16 megapixel selfie camera, that's peeking through the display, while the original n100 only had an 8 megapixel sensor and then finally, my favorite one is the design, even though it is a plastic back panel and a plastic frame you're, not looking at any aluminum on the exterior of this device. It's actually quite nice. It feels really nice the'm not sure if you can see that in the camera there, but the dual tone almost fading from light to dark at the top to the bottom of the phone looks really nice.

Furthermore, it's still a little of a fingerprint magnet, despite the fact that it does have a frosted finish on here, but this definitely looks so much better than the original n100 did. Of course, when it comes to a budget device like this OnePlus needed to make quite a few compromises in order to deliver a decent phone. At the right price and for 240 dollars, you're really not getting a lot in terms of hardware, as I mentioned, you do get that upgrade with the lcd going all the way up to 1080p at 90 hertz, even though it's not the greatest panel, it's still an upgrade over the previous model and then there's the snapdragon 480 chipsets, which is also an upgrade over the 460. But the only real upgrade that you get is the addition of 5g connectivity when you're running benchmarks, or just looking at side by side comparisons between these two devices in terms of performance, the numbers are going to be practically indistinguishable which, if you're into gaming, I definitely would say stay away from this device. You can do some casual games still, if you don't mind, just playing some puzzle games or something that's far away from Call of Duty, mobile or gentian impact.

But there are quite a few games. You can still play here if you're, not a heavy gamer. As far as multitasking goes, you only get four gigabytes of ram, and typically I don't recommend anything that has less than six gigabytes of ram, simply because you're going to be running out of memory really quick. Once you load it up five to six applications, the system simply starts dumping them from memory, especially if you load a single game into the mix there. The good news is you get 64 gigabytes of internal storage with this phone and while that doesn't sound like a lot that 64 gigabytes is also supplemented by a micro SD card slot, which you can technically take up all the way to two terabytes which, if you buy a two terabyte micros card slot card, that's going to cost you more than this phone itself, but you'll be able to load up all of your movies.

All of your music. All of your pictures, anything that you want on this device, especially now when google photos is starting to charge for additional storage. Once you hit that five gigabyte mark you can take pictures on this phone, limitlessly almost, and you'll probably never be able to fill it up. If you have a SD card in there, all the way up to two terabytes, the other thing is you also get a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack on the bottom, something that pretty much every flagship to your device has dropped these days. But again it's still making its way into budget-friendly devices like this one and a couple of times still we're seeing it in mid-range devices as well.

Looking at the camera experience on this device, you might think that you're getting a good camera since you have a triple camera setup on this device, but really only the 13 megapixel main camera is worth anything since the other two sensors, the 2 megapixel monochrome and 2 megapixel macro camera really aren't worth anything at all from the main sensor. You can record 1080p video, which I'm using to record right now, which turns out pretty good if you're not looking for anything fancy, especially since it only does 30 frames per second, but as far as the shots go, you get a decent camera when taking photos in well-lit conditions. If you make sure that the HDR is turned on, but when it comes too low light shots, even with the night sight turned on, you really don't get that good pictures. Because again, this is only a 240 dollar smartphone. So it's not going to be taking any amazing shots at night.

The 16 megapixel selfie camera can also record 1080p video and does have electronic image stabilization, as does the main camera, but it's definitely not as good as it is with that main sensor on the back of the phone. But if you are ever trying to take a selfie on this phone, I would actually recommend trying to flip over the main camera and taking a blind selfie that way just because the results are going to be so much better than what you get out of the 16 megapixel selfie camera on the front of the device and finally on to the phone's battery life and charging capabilities. As mentioned before, you only get 18 watt fast charging on this device, but the good news is that's a little faster than the 15 watt fast charging you get on Samsung's, mid-range and budget-friendly smartphones, though it's a far cry from what we get on the OnePlus 9 pro so taking the 5 000 William hour cell from zero to 100 is going to take you upwards of 90 minutes. So I recommend making sure that you charge the phone overnight but, as mentioned the 5 000 William hour cell, that thing's going to get you at least two days on a single charge in our battery test. This thing's outperformed any other mid-range and budget-friendly device we've tested in the last year, which is perfect with that snapdragon 480 chipsets on the inside.

It is so efficient with every single charge that we've had we've gotten at least eight hours of screen on time over the course of two days before needing to top off, with plugging this in at night to get us to that third day and a couple of times it's taking us to day three as well, which is really, really impressive, but as far as everything else go. Besides the battery life and the 5g connectivity, I really have a hard time recommending the OnePlus word and the 200, even though it's only priced at 240, as mentioned before, the Samsung Galaxy a32 is only about 40 dollars more than this device and unless you're on an extremely, extremely tight budget. There's really no reason to pick up the word n200 when compared to the a32, simply because this one here has a much better camera with a main camera and then also an ultra-wide camera on the back, which is an 8 megapixel sensor. But then battery life between these two is going to be nearly identical, but the performance that you get out of the Samsung is about 50 percent higher when you're looking at the GPU performance of that device mean you're going to be able to play a lot of games on that device. That simply are unplayable on the word n200 and that's going to do it for this review.

Let me know what you think of OnePlus new budget friendly device and if the price point is right for you based off of what you're looking for, we do have more camera comparisons coming up with this device within the next day or two so make sure you subscribe to the channel. If you want to see those as soon as they're online. Thank you so much for watching, and I'll catch you in the next one. You.

Source : Phandroid