NORD DON’T SLOW ME DOWN

Oneplus Nord 2 5G

Everybody knows the story of Goldilocks: a hardened young offender breaks into a house to feed her porridge addiction and, after trying three bowls of oats, finds the one that’s neither too hot nor too cold and gobbles it all up, before celebrating her crime with a nap.

Oneplus’s Nord range is the perfect porridge of the smartphone world: not too pricey, not too underpowered, but just right… and the Nord 2 might be the most ‘just right’ yet. Behind the 6.43in 90Hz AMOLED display there’s a Mediatek Dimensity 1200 processor and a 4500mah battery, powering – among other things – an Ai-assisted triple camera with optical image stabilisation.

That trio of lenses – 50MP main, 8MP ultrawide and 2MP mono – should have almost every snapping situation covered, while the onboard AI enhances both stills and videos by assessing the scene and adjusting accordingly. And an improved Nightscape Ultra mode means you need less light to take a decent picture – so even if you disturb a pre-dawn porridge-burglar, you should be able to snap some evidence of the greedy culprit in action.

As hot as… the wrong porridge from £399 / oneplus.com