OnePlus has confirmed its plans to debut a mid-range smartphone to expand beyond its flagship portfolio. First, it was dubbed the OnePlus 8 Lite and then we switched to OnePlus Z, thanks to a couple of reliable tipsters. However, it now looks like that the upcoming mid-ranger from OnePlus may arrive as ‘Nord by OnePlus’ next month.

.@JoshuaSwingle seemed to have found the solution to my little quiz 😉 https://t.co/IYj1JivRTK

Once the code was cracked, Max confirmed the answer in the tweet you see above. The more intriguing part, however, has to be the fact that he denies knowing any phone by the name OnePlus Z even though he was the one who floated the idea in the first place. It looks like OnePlus Z could be the internal name for the first phone in the upcoming ‘Nord by OnePlus’ mid-range series.