OnePlus Nord is considered to be one of the best mid-range smartphones of 2020. But to make a phone at this price, the company had to sacrifice some things. Instead of a metal frame like on flagships with glass design, OnePlus went with a plastic frame on the Nord. Due to this, the handset miserably fails JerryRigEverything durability test.
The newly launched OnePlus Nord is the first mid-range smartphone from the brand in years after the OnePlus X. It nails the basics with a good 90Hz FHD+ AMOLED display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5, a good enough Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G SoC with support for 5G, 30W fast charging, and OxygenOS based on Android 10 with support for two platform updates as well as three years of security updates.
However, despite housing a glass sandwich design, the device comes with a plastic frame like most budget phones cheaper than its price. Although it is not noticeable, one can easily make out if the frame is metal or not by holding the handset in hand.
Having said that, as you can see from the Zach Nelson video attached above, the plastic frame of the OnePlus Nord breaks near the volume rockers. This results in a snap damaging the display altogether but interestingly, the outer Gorilla Glass remains intact.
In a nutshell, if you are buying the OnePlus Nord, then make sure to have a case on all the time to avoid any accidental bends, which may damage your phone.
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