SpecEagle review · OnePlus

Nord CE 3 review: Mid-range Nord with 80 W charging and big battery.

Item: Nord CE 3
Rating: 72
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Jul 2023·$399

Overall

72/100

Class rank

#20 of 71

Tier

Mid

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

A Nord that brought back the jack and microSD.

Nord CE 3 paired fast 80 W charging with a good IMX890 camera and the return of the headphone jack — a pragmatic mid-ranger.

01Display

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2023.

TypeAMOLED, 120 Hz

Size6.7 inches

Resolution2,412 × 1,080 px

02Camera

68/100

68/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2023.

Main50 MP Sony IMX890, f/1.8, OIS

Macro2 MP

Selfie16 MP

03Performance

70/100

70/100 puts it above the 67-point average for mid phones of 2023.

ChipsetSnapdragon 782G (6 nm)

RAM8 / 12 GB

Storage128 / 256 GB + microSD

04Battery

84/100

84/100 puts it above the 79-point average for mid phones of 2023.

Capacity5,000 mAh

Wired80 W

05Build

72/100

72/100 trails the 74-point cohort average for mid phones of 2023.

06Value

78/100

78/100 puts it above the 75-point average for mid phones of 2023.

What works

80 W charging + 5,000 mAh.
IMX890 OIS main camera.
Headphone jack + microSD return.
Alert slider.

What doesn't

SD782G is mid.
No wireless charging.
No IP rating.
2 OS updates only.

Cross-shop it against

POCO F6

$399 · score 80/100

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 71-phone cohort of mid devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .