OnePlus Nord (2020)

Good hardware, terrible software company – The phone is probably the best spec you can get for the dollar. All the lenses are really useful for making videos. But that's where the good times end. In a recent update they have locked the noise cancellation on the main camera to such an aggressive setting you can't record your family without odd patches of silence. For any type of music, forget it.

For years the company has refused to offer support for external microphones. This is really frustrating because it's a simple setting on their end. As some dude on YT noticed. You CAN make the camera take audio from an external mic if you start a WhatsApp call before you open the camera. But who has a friend willing to be pranked and stay on the line every time you want to video something?

On top of that many of the previous updates caused big issues with Chrome, Assistant, Maps etc - Really fundamental apps. The sound settings in general are painful.