At the centre of the Nord 4’s performance is a Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 SoC that powers mid-priced phones like the Realme GT 6T. The phone comes in three variants with two housing 8GB RAM and either 128 or 256GB storage and the 12GB RAM variant sporting 256GB of storage. OnePlus uses its machine learning Trinity engine to optimise RAM, ROM and CPU so that you can utilise the resources to the peak and extract the maximum juice out of its 5500 mAh battery. The battery lasts more than a day in typical use cases. OnePlus bundles a 100W charger, which tops up the battery in 30 minutes. The phone is not an exceptional gaming device but can hold itself up convincingly up to medium graphics settings. And even with a metal back, the Nord 4 doesn’t heat much. The phone uses dual stereo speakers that are good enough for daily entertainment.
The Nord 4 runs Android 14 under OxygenOS 14.1 and OnePlus promises four years of software updates and a further two years of security updates. The OS is not free of bloatware, but most of the pre-loaded apps can be uninstalled. The phone has achieved Fluency 72 Month A rating from TUV SUD, proving that it can endure six years of heavy use.
OnePlus has infused the Nord 4 with AI-powered features doing some heavy lifting. Apart from visible traits like AI Eraser, AI Groupie and AI Audio summary, the device uses AI to analyze battery use and charging habits to optimise charging and power delivery for a long-lasting battery. Unfortunately, we have no means to verify these.