Nord N100 review: OnePlus’s sub-$200 budget Nord with 90 Hz display.
OnePlus’s first attempt at a budget Nord.
Nord N100 brought 90 Hz to sub-$200 with a stripped-back package. The slow SD460 limited what it could do beyond messaging.
01Display
64/10064/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2020.
02Camera
50/10050/100 trails the 56-point cohort average for budget phones of 2020.
03Performance
44/10044/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2020 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
80/10080/100 puts it above the 78-point average for budget phones of 2020.
05Build
62/10062/100 puts it above the 60-point average for budget phones of 2020.
06Value
70/10070/100 puts it above the 64-point average for budget phones of 2020.
- 90 Hz at sub-$200.
- 5,000 mAh battery.
- Stereo speakers.
- OxygenOS still clean here.
- HD+ resolution.
- SD460 is slow.
- No 5G.
- Only 1 OS update.
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 118-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .