OnePlus Nord CE 3 5G (Aqua Surge, 8GB RAM, 128GB Storage)

I had been a Samsung fan since I first bought Samsung galaxy in 2015. I guess I loved its sleek classy design, well I still do.Ok so I was going for Samsung but it was 37k, and this OnePlus phone had same features with faster microprocessor in 24k. I didn't like the looks of this phone especially the big cameras, but I went for it as my budget was low this time.After 2 years of usage,Pros:*I don't think it ever hanged, and it's memory and storage both are more than enough for me. I have 160 apps, and I am too lazy to clear my phone's memory, text messages, photos, everything is intact.* Camera quality and sharpness good enough. (I don't know why I still like samsung cameras feel more)* My 1gb-3gb storage games don't hang here, they used to get jerky on my samsung.* Still charges superfast in 10 minutes. And it goes on for 1.5 to 2 days with more than6 hours of daily usage.* The cover I received with it for free, is silicone cover which is sturdy.* Touchscreen experience is smooth. (Samsung is a bit better)* Seems like Metallic body with glass protection on both sides.* Cheap and yet sturdy. Yet fast. Yet with all features you need and those you not need too.* On time android updates that samsung doesn't do.Cons:* It's heavy 184g and big, though slim. I like lightweight phones.* Auto brightness is still a feature with scope for improvement, thought it's better than my Samsung A8 star.* Only type-c or bluetooth earphones supported.* I wished there was lavender or peach color.* I prefer side sensor for fingerprint. Its in-display here.

This is my first one plus and brought with lots of expectation . In the box there it comes , Main Device, user manual, welcome letter, Red cable club card, One plus sticker, sim ejector pin, One free TPU same color case with one plus logo at the back and the 80watt charging adapter with red type c cable. The deisgn of this nord 3 series is also déjà vu . However after use of few days , first of all i noticed -- The phone has pure plastic built with glossy polycarbonate glass back . Though it captures no finger print .- Hybrid sim tray with either dual sim or one sim and MSD card- Comes with IR blaster to use this phone as remote.- Top and bottom Dual speaker with dolby atmos sound . Bottom speaker gives you bass effect of the music while top acts like twitter. Overall sound quality is quite loud and sweet .- Has NFC payment support which is quite attractive part . You can now make wireless payment via Google pay from your credit card virtually . No need to carry card at wallet.- Samsung 6.7inch Amoled display with punch hole camera design and indisplay finger print sensor.- 5000 mah battery with 80 watt superVocc first charge . Battery draining rate is also very less at standard use . Makes full Charge in just 35 minutes.- Snapdragon processor is also capable of goog gaming without any frame drop and lag . The Ram is virtuality expandable upto extra 8GB- During gaming , its large vapor cooling chamber keeps the phone temperature optimal and shows allmost less heating issue. The whole smartphone body has 12 temperature sensor .- It has UFS 3.1 storage capacity . It comes with 23 Gb system equipped storage.***BUT ///- Has very average camera with allmost poor processing . It has flagship sony sensor which has been used in oneplus 11 too but one plus team was very lazy to make it more optimzed for this device . So always déjà vu dont give you good experience.- Oneplus is known for good camera smartphone but picture quality of this Nord CE 3 looks like the smartphones under 10000 . Colors of the pictures looks like washed out with less detail- night mode pictures does not makes so much of difference than the photos taken in normal mode . Colors, lights and exposures both stay allmost same- video quality is good but can be improved more . It has OIS image stabiliization which works only at 1080p 60 fps- 2x loseless zoom is a good feature .- Selfie camera is quite good and takes bright picture . Has screen flash option . selfie camera shoots full hd video . Has pano and night mode option too .- being a mid level flagship phone missing Potrait video mode and pro video mode .- Macro camera is quite ok .* This phone strictly uses google dialer, so no more silent call record . And there are no one plus dialer .* Has no out of the box optimization , junk cleaning and antivirus software.* No alert slider* No 3.5mm jackSo i think one plus should give a immediate update to fix the camera optimization issue for this great hardware . Otherwise this is a very good balanced phone for every task . I brought at 24,999 , this is the quite ok price rather than it's MRP.

Great Phone with all Features when I compared it with my 8 pro I dont see much difference both phones and Performance is great including Touch/Feel . Brightness is too much and Camera quality is optimum for the Budget phone but decent enough and takes good pictures ..Videos are too good ..Been using it for more than year

Solid Phone, Attached some images taken and edited on this device

It's a very good product, but could not be inserted two simcards and SD card at a time.So, I used it with two simcards without SD card, instead of one Simcard with SD card.

Mast

Price was hiked but phone is looking and working good

Best smartphone in this price range