OnePlus has quietly increased the price of the Nord 6 in India barely a month after its launch.
The jump is large enough to raise eyebrows in the mid-range segment.
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When the phone debuted in April, the 8GB + 256GB variant was priced at ₹38,999. The 12GB + 256GB version came in at ₹41,999.
Updated listings on Amazon India and OnePlus' own website now show the prices climbing to ₹41,999 and ₹46,999 respectively.
That means the base model alone has gone up by ₹3,000, while the higher-end variant has seen a much steeper ₹5,000 increase.
Several smartphone brands have been dealing with rising memory and storage costs over the past few months.
Samsung, Xiaomi, Vivo, and other manufacturers have also adjusted pricing recently across different categories.
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The Nord 6 itself is fairly loaded on paper.
It comes with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, a huge 9,000mAh battery, a 165Hz AMOLED display, and hardware that pushes it closer to affordable flagship territory than a traditional Nord device.
At its original pricing, the phone felt competitive. At nearly ₹47,000 for the top configuration, however, the conversation changes a bit.
Buyers in that range start comparing it directly against more premium offerings.
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The OnePlus 15R, for instance, offers a more capable chipset, larger main sensor, more advanced image processing, a metal frame, a glass back, and more importantly, that flagship tag for just a bit of extra cash, if you can stretch your budget.
To soften the blow slightly, OnePlus is still offering bank discounts of up to ₹2,000 through select cards and EMI transactions.
But even after those offers, the effective pricing is still noticeably higher than what early buyers paid at launch.
This also marks a bit of a milestone for the Nord lineup itself. The Nord series traditionally sat comfortably below the flagship category, focusing heavily on value.
Crossing the ₹41,000 mark for the base variant changes that perception somewhat.
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Whether buyers continue to see the Nord 6 as good value after the increase will probably depend on how aggressively OnePlus handles discounts and seasonal offers over the next few months.
