OnePlus announced its latest offerings under the mid-range Nord line with the CE 3 Lite and the Buds 2. The Nord CE 3 Lite aims to succeed last year’s CE 2 Lite, with upgrades on the main camera—now a 108-megapixel ISOCELL HM6 sensor—and faster 67w wired charging speed.

The Nord CE 3 Lite has flat frame sides and two circular camera bumps on the back—one of the housing the main camera and the other being home to the two 2-megapixel cameras.

You still get a Snapdragon 695 processor, but OnePlus upped the RAM to 8GB. Storage options are either 128GB or 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage, which is expandable up to 1TB via MicroSD card. Aside from having stereo speakers, the Nord CE 2 Lite is one of the few phones in 2023 to have a headphone jack.

Moving to the display, the Nord CE 3 Lite gets a large 6.72-inch 120hz LCD display with a 240hz touch response rate, a punch-hole for a 16-megapixel selfie shooter, and a peak brightness of 680nits. While it weighs roughly the same, the Nord CE 3 Lite is slimmer by 0.2mm and still has the same 5000mAh battery.

Joining it is the Nords Buds 2, which are better than the original Nord Buds by having ANC—which can reduce background noise by 25db. The buds last up to 5 hours on a single charge with ANC on, and support fast charging.

Like their predecessors, they come with 12.4mm drivers and support Dolby Atmos, but connectivity has been upgraded to Bluetooth 5.3 with Fast Pair. They also come with an IP55 rating for peace of mind.

The OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite is priced at Rs 20,000(~Php 13.3k) for the 128GB model and Rs 22,000(~Php 14.6k) for the 256GB model, while the Nord Buds 2 are priced at Rs 3,000(~Php 2k).