Reviews:
- Android Authority "Little more than a cheap 5G entry point" [androidauthority.com]
- Engadget "A $240 5G phone that's predictably average" [engadget.com]
- HotHardware "A Budget 5G Phone That Delivers" [hothardware.com]
- PCMag "Budget-friendly 5G, with few downsides" Code:
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/oneplus-nord-n200-5g
- Phandroid "5G simply isn't enough" [phandroid.com]
- TechRadar "...a promising budget phone" [techradar.com]
- The Verge "T-Mobile's Best Phone Under $250" [theverge.com]
- Tom's Guide "The best budget 5G phone" [tomsguide.com]
Quick specs:
- Snapdragon 480
- Sub6 5G
- 6.49" 1080x2400 90Hz IPS screen
- 4GB RAM
- 64GB storage, with microSD support
- Headphone jack
- 5000mAh battery
- Wi-Fi 5
- Side-mounted fingerprint reader integrated into power button)
- 18W wired charging (no wireless charging)
- NFC
Phone is NOT waterproof!
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Camera:
View this thread. It appears the camera is relatively decent, but the included app may be the issue. This user has better results with GCam:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/...337/page-2
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Carrier Unlock:
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Please visit this discussion and send a PM to mobbdeep with the following details in the PM.
Last Name
Telephone #
https://forum.xda-developers.com/...97/page-23
Note: The OnePlus has to be active on T-Mobile network for 3 business days to unlock it.
He/She has been unlocking OnePlus 9/ Pro, Nord200
Only T-Moble not MetroPCS.
EIP need not be paid off for the above unlock process.
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Trade in Phone:
If you don't have a trade in phone, nice cheap one for $10.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084GXS58R/
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The distinction which launches the article I shared (which did center on Verizon) is the same for T-Mobile: the form of 5G which would provide the benefits touted by some sources is exceptionally rare. T-Mobile gives their own version of this which is fairly telling:
https://www.t-mobile.com/news/net...-and-speed
T-Mobile's TLDR is that:
AT&T is an open liar (i.e. 5GE is faux 5G)
Verizon has some work to do on expanding mmWave 5G
(And by extension delivering on the promise of 5G)
Please don't take notice that T-Mobile is also not delivering mmWave 5G
(Basically they talk a lot of trash about mmWave without highlighting the distinction on what it delivers: true, low-latency, gigabit 5G capacity)
While T-Mobile touts the expansion of mid-band 5G, you will notice no mention of a huge mmWave deployment of their own... because they don't have one. More specifically they have very little spectrum in that space and no significant plans for deploying it beyond the few high-density scenarios which will distinguish 5G for years to come: stadiums and high-density urban centers like the middle of Times Square.
https://www.fiercewirel
Instead what T-Mobile has done is dedicated more of their existing 4G LTE network to 5G in the same way they quickly repurposed their 3G network to 4G in a bid to maintain relevance in the 4G era. At the time, they lacked the desirable low-band real estate purchased by Verizon, but saw they could maximize the efficiency of the bandwidth they had. The way that plays out similarly today is a 5G network which provides an incremental efficiency improvement over the prior network configuration and whose growth is built upon mid-band spectrum acquired from Sprint.
https://www.wired.com/story/testi...n-edition/
Maybe some of this is interesting to someone(?).
Good luck!
Jon
The A32 only has a 720p screen and Mediatek processor.
Comparison:
https://www.gsmarena.co
The main advantage to the A32 is in theory it should have a physically better camera.
Edit: The deal from Metro has been added to this post with the instant full rebate. Now that's a deal!
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I kept telling them that's not the price a agreed to pay for the phone. Finally I figured out what went wrong. I added the extra amount they charged me and multiply that by how many months of my contract to find out I'm missing the $200 credit that was offered to me at the time I signed up for the phone. Those people think they sneaky. It was a mess trying to get them to add back the proper credit. I told them I had a picture of my contract when I signed up & how much I'm suppose to pay, they kept telling me it's how much I owe for the phone.
it's so weird..they promised me credit and have me pay $19.50 for a phone then turn around only give me credit enough that my balance was $27 a month. Of course I would know it was off….they forgot to add the credit of $200 extra for customers who signed up around that time. They had the audacity talking to me as if I'm wrong but I kept telling them my contract is 19.50 for the phone a month…I had to go through so many reps and 2 different managers to get them to fix the problem. One of the managers was like "I see that when you signed up your contract is 19.50 for phone times 30 months…. But after your current credit the balance ends up being around $27 per phone.
me: yes, because they're missing the extra $200 credit that's owe to me when I signed up.
What I don't get is why can't they give me whole credit so my total would be be 19.50….instead of phone
34.00 - 7.00 (trade in credit) = total
Now it's 34 (phone) - 7.00 (trade in) - 7.50 (new phone promo 2020) = total
(TOOK THEM 3 BILLING CYCLE TO FIX THE ISSUE after 2 managers lol)
at first one of the reps even argued with me for 15 minutes saying
Rep: yes your phone installment is for 19.50 for 30 months…and it reflects that on your bill
me: my bill said total is $27 not 19.50..
rep: after credit brings it down to 19.50
me thinking : 34-7 = 19.50….not sure if that person passed elementary math yet but okay…
my point is why does it take so many reps and billing cycles for them to fix their error? It's not even my fault that they can't combined their credits right but I'm being looked at like it's my fault.
why can't they combine the credits so my total shows up correctly instead of splitting the trade in credit & new phone promo credit 2020 then forget to add in my 2nd credit hoping I wouldn't noticed? Thus I hate credit…better watch your bill….it can be removed
hahahha
They didn't have my proper credits added but treated me like I'm in the wrong…
Reminds me of people using coupons at the store…the cashier won't scan or don't know how to redeem coupon for customers then act like the customer is in the wrong for holding up the line. The customers standing in the back thinking it's the coupon customer's fault for taking long….but actually it's the cashier who don't like customers using coupons so they won't scan the coupon, stall by calling over another employee (which more than half of time the employee won't walk over despite the cashier turned on the register light), or spend a thousand years reading the coupon repeatedly….
There was this lady cashier at my local store who intentionally take 10 decades when a customer uses coupons & won't scan any coupon given to her…she's trying to make the coupon customer feel bad for holding up the line and I can tell that cashier is intentionally embarrassing the coupon customer. Cashier won't ever scan the coupon until all the customers standing behind gets mad and one even said "damn..where's your food stamps?"
I can see the smirk on the evil cashier bc she wanted people to see it as if it's the coupon customer's fault. Eventually if cashier keeps doing that, nobody would use coupons anymore.
That ignorant person waiting in line is clearly uneducated. Coupons are different from food stamps. Coupons are earned on their own & they spent their hard earned time to find it. Totally different from food stamps.
My phone credit reminds me of that story, it's the cashier's fault for being mean & intentionally holding up the line to blame it on the coupon customer's fault. It's the cashier that won't scan the coupon to move on with transaction but cashier intentionally held up the line so other customers could laugh/yell at the coupon customer.
They don't issue me the proper new phone credit but treated me like I was causing trouble for their own error.
Not sure why people enjoy being dicks. Don't their shift go by quicker if they do their job?
I have a feeling that cashier lady has mountain of coupons at home that she uses at all the grocery stores that she does and cashier is picking on other coupon customers bc she's jealous of all the discount that other customers are getting so she makes them feel bad.
Yes, watching your bills is always a good thing - you should always pay attention to what you're being charged, no matter what the service/product is, unless you have someone competent and trustworthy doing that for you.
This deal is NOT for those who don't have T-Mobile and are considering signing up just to get this phone - those folks should wait until the "free flagship with [relatively cheap phone] trade-in" deals come up again. This deal is for those who already have T-Mobile, especially on a good rate, and who aren't planning to leave any time soon. Tax plus shipping for a serviceable backup phone is a worthwhile investment for peace of mind the next two years or so, especially for those folks who have free lines but no phone attached. Keep the thing as a dedicated GPS unit, home IOT/automation device, dash cam (maybe after getting the custom gcam app), whatever.
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