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Nord CE 2 Lite review: Budget Nord with Snapdragon 695 and 33W charging.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2022·$240
Overall
64/100
Class rank
#21 of 188
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Nord at its most affordable.

Nord CE 2 Lite anchored the bottom of the Nord line at $240 — 120Hz, 5G via Snapdragon 695 and 33W charging — bringing the OnePlus name to budget buyers in India and Europe.

01Display

74/100

At 74/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2022 — 9 points above the cohort average.

TypeIPS LCD, 120Hz
Size6.59 inches
Resolution1080 x 2412 px

02Camera

62/100

62/100 puts it above the 57-point average for budget phones of 2022.

Main64 MP, f/1.79
Depth2 MP
Macro2 MP
Selfie16 MP

03Performance

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2022 — 11 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 695 5G (6nm)
GPUAdreno 619

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging33W SuperVOOC

05Build

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

What works
  • 120Hz + 5G + 33W charging at $240
  • 5000 mAh all-day battery
  • microSD + 3.5 mm jack
What doesn't
  • IPS not AMOLED
  • 2 MP filler lenses
  • Mono speaker
Cross-shop it against
Redmi Note 10 5G
$199 · score 70/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 188-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .