OnePlus Nord 4 hasn’t forgotten why it exists, and it’s a reason for consistency

OnePlus’ Nord really is now in its fourth generation, as the name suggests, which makes any attempts to justify its positioning and proposition as irrelevant as pressure washing your car on a rainy day. The OnePlus Nord 4 follows through on a legacy that began dressed in the beautiful marble-esque finish of the first-generation Nord back in 2020. A rare bright spark, in those dark times. Through the years, OnePlus hasn’t derailed from the core proposition that originally defined the Nord phones – an alternative flagship phone experience. Not easy to achieve as the smartphone market still finds itself largely hemmed into two major category boxes – mid-range Android phones and premium, flagship Android phones. This doesn’t sit in either of those boxes, and that remains its charm.