OnePlus NORD (5G) 12GB RAM 256GB SIM-Free Smartphone with Quad Camera, Dual SIM - Blue Marble [UK version] – United Kingdom

I've had the (grey) Nord for a couple of weeks now, having previously owned Samsungs for about 10 years. My previous phone was the excellent Samsung Note 8. I actually intended to buy a Pixel 4a but the Nord happened to be beside it in the shop so I had a play with both phones. Within five minutes I had changed my mind and came home and ordered the Nord from Amazon (I didn't need the £10 sim the shop insisted I buy).The Nord is a great phone. Samsung S series quality, without the price. I really don't understand the negative comments about the phone from some people. The build quality is as good as any phone, flagship or otherwise. The screen is superb. The fast refresh rate makes my old Note 8 (which has an 8 series processor) feel sluggish. The battery lasts all day, unless you've got phone issues (I'm getting 10 hours screen on time). The Warp charging is amazing (70% in 30 minutes - so fast that I can't shower and dress with it on charge because I try not to fully charge it every day). The wifi connects in places that no previous phone every worked. The operating system is fast and intuitive. It takes two sim cards if and when we can every travel again (or you want personal and business numbers in the same handset). You can customise it to death. It plays games well. Telephone calls are crystal clear. My Samsung Buds work better with it than they ever did with my Samsung Note. What's not to like? It's a steal at the price. 5/5

Things I wanted for my next phone were:- Good Camera- Good Battery- Fair Screen for watching the odd YouTube vid on.Coming from the Galaxy S9 to this phone, it certainly delivers all this and more. The Battery is huge 4100mAh with my daily use can easily get a good Day & half out of it. Probably two days if i wasn't using it every 5 minutes. The Battery charges so fast i barely even remember the last time i charged the thing, 10 / 15 minutes its good for the day.The camera was good, recent software update from OnePlus polished the camera quality a huge bit. I've side loaded Gcam (Google Camera) software which makes the camera great. Its fast, snappy and responsive.The entire experience OnePlus delivers on this phone is superior. I think far superior to Samsung devices. Its the subtle tweaks / enhancements they make to the native google experience which make you feel warm and fuzzy inside.10/10 will recommend to anybody in 2020. I'll never go back to a Samsung device for aslong as they keep shipping the rubbish Exynos chips to EU customers. SnapDragon is and will always be King.

Look, if you can see through the Apple hype you will know that a solid £600 (at least) of every iPhone is hot air and perception. Sure iPhone is a perfectly good phone - but it's over priced and that really the end of it. If you don't worship at the cult of Apple, you can pick up an Android bargain and save yourself a fortune. This phone leaves me hard pushed to contemplate what on earth Apple could offer me that would persuade me to part with another £600-£900. Don't be silly - look at the spec sheet - this phone is fast, reliable, charges quickly, has a great battery life, beautiful screen, tons of storage - SD card compatible (thank you iPhone) - USB C compatible, comes with the fast charger in the box and it sets up in minutes. Great camera too. My money means something to me, so I'm not going to throw it away. This is a really good phone. Bargain.

Still at android 11 with january security patch (YES We've got april now!)This is biggest concern at this phone.But rest of phone is all-good.Good value for money phone, decent camera, brilliant low light photos with "on stand" mode.Responsive with customize OS and not loaded with extra app (You can remove most of it)Battery life is less a day with heavy use (5G/Always On Display on).Charging is super fast, but only with original charger and cable, as phone use only 5V (6A max) chargers - connecting to other phone charger, take 3 hour to charge.In box: good quality clear case and fast charger plus screen protector preinstalled.Phone survived some bike journeys (when raining), operating with wet fingers during rain is not a problem (figerprint reader not working with wet hands).No headphone jack and expendable memory.USB-C-jack cable working great anyway, plus i like slider to switch between sound/vibration/quiet mode.

I needed to upgrade a 4 year old phone that was getting a bit sluggish and was limited on storage space. I looked around and either found cheap or very expensive phones.When I can across this phone it ticked all the right boxes in terms of memory, storage, processing power, battery etc. Read the reviews and decided to take a chance.Turned out to be a great buy. The phone is well made, the hardware may not be top of the range but it does a fantastic job especially moving footage from my GoPro which use to take hours on my old phone and not much time at all on this phone.The face recognition is on par with other top brands. It's the right size for me, I can use with one hand if needed.Battery life is amazing, a day and a half without needing a charge, longer if I'm not listening to music or watching videos.It came with a nice case and a super charger that gets the phone from flat to 100% in 30-45 minutes.Great phone, packed with features and well worth the money