Possible ‘OnePlus Nord Lite’ With Snapdragon 690 5G SoC Spotted on Geekbench

Jul. 13, 2020

To be launched next week, theOnePlus Nordwill mark the company’s return to the mid-range segment after a gap of exactly five years. However, it might not be the only mid-ranger from the company this year. That’s because a new OnePlus smartphone, possibly powered by theSnapdragon 690, has now been spotted on Geekbench.

Announced last month, the Snapdragon 690 is a lower mid-range chipset with support for dual-mode 5G networks. It’s expected to compete withMediaTek’s newly-announced Dimensity 600and, will likely bring 5G handsets to the sub-Rs. 20,000 segment in India and the sub-$300 segment globally. In fact, with aggressive pricing from the likes of Xiaomi and Realme, we might even see sub-Rs. 15,000 5G phones sporting either of the two chipsets by the end of this year.

Meanwhile, the latest discovery means that OnePlus may offer not one, but multiple mid-range smartphones this year. It will be interesting to see how that plays out, given that the company has largely stuck to premium devices up until now. Either way, there’s no more information on the upcoming device at this point. However, we hope to get more info about it in the days ahead.

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