Just a couple of days ago, OnePlus announced its event for potentially unveiling the OnePlus Nord 4. The company teases the with a metallic plate of sorts, and at first glance, it looks quite exciting:
Teaser for the event. | Image Source – OnePlus
But then comes a leaked live image of the OnePlus Nord 4 (allegedly). And it doesn’t really… look cool.
First off, Digital Chat Station, who is a reputable tipster in the mobile tech world, released a schematic of the phone. Separately, a real-life image of the phone has shown up online (courtesy of leaker Yogesh Brar), and those two seem to match each other. So maybe it’s a thing.
And those are both different from the OnePlus Ace 3V, which was initially thought to become the OnePlus Nord 4 (rebranded for outside of China). Well, it’s not going to be the Ace 3V, it seems like.
OnePlus Ace 3V… it looks way prettier than what the OnePlus Nord 4 may look like! | Image Source – OnePlus
According to the schematic, we have a flat display on the front with a centered display camera hole. We have the buttons on the right-hand side and the alert slider on the left.
Leaked schematics of the OnePlus Nord 4. | Image Source – Ming-Chi Kuo on Weibo
The cameras are horizontally aligned on the back, with some sensors on the right.
Reportedly, a live image of the OnePlus Nord 4. What’s with the odd look? | Image Source – Yogesh Brar on X
It’s not the best design solution with what a matte metal part and a glossy top part made of glass – and the contrast between the two. It honestly gives me C-3PO Star Wars-y vibes. I don’t like that vibe on a phone, and I was always more of an R2-D2 fan anyway… Here’s to hoping this live image isn’t really the OnePlus Nord 4 and some early prototype that the company abandoned. But it doesn’t look like this is the case. Anyway, we’ll know quite soon with a special event scheduled for July 16.
