OnePlus announces less than $ 500 Nord smartphone soon – Tablets and phones – News

Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus will soon announce its $ 500 Nord smartphone. It is expected to happen on July 10, a week and a half. OnePlus has not confirmed any details yet.

According to OnePlus, the Nord will be the first phone from the manufacturer to cost less than $ 500 on launch “for several years,” said a video from the manufacturer. The OnePlus 5T from 2017 cost 499 euros at release, while the price of the OnePlus 6 was above 500 euros the year after. The manufacturer increased its prices every year by a few tens, until this year: the OnePlus 8 costs 150 euros more than the OnePlus 7T.

In the video, the manufacturer claims that the development of the smartphone took half a year, but that seems incorrect. At the beginning of January, almost six months ago, director Pete Lau showed a prototype of the smartphone. It already had the design as it would now appear. One of the designers says in the video that it took three to four weeks to determine the design. It seems that the smartphone maker has taken longer to develop than the company would have its fans believe.

OnePlus confirmed last week that a new line of smartphones is coming. The device would get a 6.55 “OLED screen with a refresh rate of 90Hz. It probably contains a Snapdragon 765-soc, combined with 6GB ram and 128GB flash storage.

Previously published renders made by @OnLeaks, which presumably show the ‘OnePlus Z’

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