OnePlus is launching the Nord 4 at a “summer” event in Italy on July 16. Early images and leaks doing the rounds of the internet seem to suggest that OnePlus may not be looking to rebrand the OnePlus Ace 3V for this one. Instead, it appears a whole new smartphone is in the works with metal being its headlining feature, apparently.
OnePlus is going to great lengths to market the OnePlus Nord 4 as a big comeback moment for seemingly “affordable” 5G metal phones. On its official website, it refers metal-bodied phones as the “symbol of design excellence” which were “abandoned with the rise of 5G.” OnePlus itself hasn’t launched a phone with metal chassis after the OnePlus 5T from 2017. So, go figure.
Anyhow, the big breaking news is that the Nord 4 would be a new device, not a rebranded Ace from China. At least as far as design is concerned. A live hands-on photo doing the rounds shows off a dual tone finish of glass and metal. The cameras—there are two of them—are aligned horizontally.
According to tipster Yogesh Brar, the OnePlus Nord 4 will come with a 6.74-inch OLED display with 1.5K resolution, 120Hz refresh rate and up to 2,150 nits of peak brightness. Powering the Nord 4 is said to be the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 and 5,500mAh battery with 100W fast charging. The phone is tipped to run Android 14 with three years of major OS and four years of security updates. For photography, the Nord 4 is said to come with a 50-megapixel main sensor and another 8-megapixel ultra wide. The front camera is tipped to be 16-megapixel.
The OnePlus Nord 4 will reportedly have a starting price of Rs 31,999. At the event, OnePlus is expected to launch the OnePlus Buds 3 Pro and OnePlus Watch 2R.
