OnePlus brings a 90Hz smartphone to the US for $180

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  The OnePlus Nord N100. [credit: OnePlus ]

OnePlus is finally bringing its new, cheaper “Nord” line to the US over the next two weeks, complete with actual US prices. The most interesting is the OnePlus Nord N100, a $180 phone that comes with a 90Hz display, a pretty incredible price point considering some companies still sell $1100 smartphones that only have 60Hz displays.

That 90Hz display for a super low price sounds neat but comes with a lot of caveats. First of all, this is a 720p 90Hz display, second, it’s an LCD instead of the usual OLED. But hey, for $180 you have to make some sacrifices in the name of speed.

The full N100 specs are a 6.52-inch, 1600×720 90Hz LCD, a Snapdragon 460 (That’s an 11nm, eight-core SoC with four 1.8GHz Cortex-A73 CPUs and four 1.8GHz A53s), 4GB of RAM, 64GB of UFS 2.1 storage, and a nice-sized 5000mah battery. The phone has a rear capacitive fingerprint reader, a USB-C port, a headphone jack, a MicroSD slot, and stereo speakers. Sadly there’s no NFC, and with an LCD, you won’t be getting an always-on display mode. Also at this price point, you can also forget about fancy extras like water resistance or wireless charging.