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OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G Overview:

The Nord CE 2 Lite 5G is OnePlus' latest smartphone and the cheapest in the company's current lineup, which was launched on April 28, 2022. To be an entry-level option for consumers, the Nord CE 2 Lite 5G is very similar to the Nord N20 5G. 

The OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G is a larger and heavier phone than the OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G. You wouldn't call it ungainly, but at 8.5mm thick and 195g in weight, it defies any lightweight expectations you might have based on its plastic construction. The dimensions of this handset are 164.3 x 75.6 x 8.5 mm. The back of the phone has a pretty general layout and shape, with the usually curved back panel and tall camera module. It is available in Black Dusk and Blue Tide color.

The display is quite good considering the price of this handset. It's an IPS panel rather than AMOLED, but at 6.59 inches and delivering 2,412x 1,080 pixels (401ppi) looks crisp and sharp. 120Hz refresh rate is also suitable for a phone at this price.

OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite has 3G, 4G, and 5G SA/NSA bands for its connectivity. The device supports GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE / 5G networks. It has Wi-Fi, dual-band, wireless hotspots, and dual nano SIM slots. It has no FM radio. USB Type-C2.0nis is also available in this smartphone. The phone also has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, and barometer. Smartphone with Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Dual Band, Bluetooth 5.2, A2DP, LE, HD, aptX Adaptive, GPS with A-GPS, GALILEO, BDS, and Glonass. It has dual stereo speakers (2 amplifiers) and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

The OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite runs on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 695 5G, the same low-end chip that powers the similarly priced Poco X4 Pro 5G. It supports 6GB and 8GB of RAM, though it can be expanded up to 5GB of temporary virtual RAM and 128GB of internal storage. OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G comes with an Octa Core 6x1.7 GHz Kryo 660 Silver and 2x2.2 GHz Kryo 660 Gold CPU and Adreno 619 GPU to give the device a much better performance. In benchmark tests, the phone lags slightly behind the OnePlus Nord CE 2 in CPU and GPU. In the AnTuTu benchmark test, the OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G scored 423161 points. The OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G ships with Android 12 and the company's custom OxygenOS 12.1 at the top.

OnePlus has packed this affordable phone with one of those triple camera systems that are a single camera system. You get a 64Mp primary wide-angle sensor, which is all well and good, but then a 2Mp macro and 2Mp depth sensor that doesn't do much. The colors are deep and vibrant without looking completely false, the detail is good, and the dynamic range is on point. It's everything you could want at this price. It works a bit in low light, where the small sensor and lack of optical image stabilization (OIS) start to bite, but I still got usable results with the provided night mode. There's no dedicated telephoto camera, but that primary sensor is pixel-dense enough to make digitally cropped 2x shots look viable. 

OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G has a 5000mAh battery with 33W fast charging support. This is enough to power the OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G through a full day of moderate usage (3 hours 30 minutes screen on time) with over 50%. The 33W fast charger will take you from 0 to 51% in 30 minutes and 100% in 1 hour 15 minutes.

Nord CE 2 Lite 5G is priced at an impressive 399 in USD and 449 in CAD.

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