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-[* black] To get a rough orientation we pull out the OnePlus 7T (left) for comparison.
- [* black] The first difference we spot is the camera setup—squish the 7T's circular array against the left edge, and you get the Nord's lengthy camera bar.
- [* black] The speaker grille shrunk, and the Nord now looks at us with two front-facing eyes.
- [* black] The bottom looks almost the same and features a USB-C port, a loudspeaker, SIM tray slot and a ~~headphone jack~~ microphone hole.
-[* black] Let’s head into the ~~[https://youtu.be/8WaAUE4MXs8?t=28|wilderness|new_window=true]~~ device.
+[* black] To get your teardown's worth, you need a baseline for comparison. Consider last year's [guide|127509|OnePlus 7T] (left), which looks so superficially similar we're gonna have to make sure we remember to tear down the correct phone. What's different?
+ [* black] First to stick out at you is that camera bump—not only is the underlying hardware different, but it's all migrated to a straight-line configuration on the Nord's left edge.
+ [* black] The earpiece speaker grille also shrunk, and the Nord peers at you with dual hole-punch selfie cams, rather than a teardrop notch.
+ [* black] The bottom edge looks similar (minus some antenna lines) and features a USB-C port, a redesigned speaker port, the SIM tray, and a ~~headphone jack~~ microphone hole.
+[* black] With the 7T safely set aside, this teardown officially gets underway.