

The frugal standby performance helped a lot, too. It can last over a day in 3G calls you can browse for more than 16 hours or watch videos for 16 hours. The OnePlus Nord 2 scored a 102h endurance rating on our battery life test. The battery capacity and the screen are similar to the recently launched Realme GT's, but the Nord 2 has a less powerful Dimensity 1200 5G chipset and less fluid (oh, the irony) 90Hz screen refresh rate. The OnePlus Nord 2 5G is powered by a 4,500 mAh battery - that's about 10% increase over the first Nord. You can fix that by using the Warmest setting of the Color Temperature bar. The accuracy is good for both - the profiles are not too saturated, but the white and gray hues are a bit bluish. The screen is tuned to comply with the DCI-P3 (Vivid mode) or sRGB (Natural mode) color spaces.

The minimum brightness at point white we measured at point white is 2.0 nits. If you enable Smart Ambient Brightness and the Nord 2 is exposed to bright light, its screen can go as high as 633 nits. The display maxes out at 438 nits when brightness is adjusted manually.

We completed our traditional brightness measurements. At launch, the only game that can currently run at 90Hz/90fps is Brawl Stars. And OnePlus is promising to whitelist a number of titles for high framerate gaming in the future, so here is hoping. The HRR gaming has been the forbidden fruit for both Realme and OnePlus smartphones, but it seems that's about to change sooner rather than later. There is no Auto Select, but the 90Hz setting acts like Auto - it runs all compatible apps (games excluded) in 90Hz and reverts back to 60Hz for static images and video playback/streaming. The Nord 2 display supports up to 90Hz refresh rate. We tried these AI enhancements, but honestly, we didn't notice much of a difference. This works only in YouTube, MX Player Pro, and VLC. There is also AI Color boost - it does exactly what the name suggests - it tries to boost the colors of your videos. It works on YouTube, SnapChat, and Instagram. The first is AI resolution boost - it enhances the resolution of low-quality videos up to HD. OnePlus offers a couple of video enhancements though these are responsible for higher battery drain. We guess this issue will be fixed rather quickly post-launch. YouTube streams HDR10 content, but Netflix and Prime Video consider the OnePlus Nord 2 as an unsupported device even though it has Widevine L1 DRM. It is recognized as HDR10 capable by all hardware reading apps. The OnePlus Nord 2 display supports HDR10 and HDR10+, at least on paper. A Gorilla Glass 5 is keeping the screen safe. It has a 20:9 panel with the usual rounded corners and 2,400 x 1,080 pixels resolution (409pp). The OnePlus Nord 2 5G features a 6.43-inch Fluid AMOLED screen with a 90Hz refresh rate.
