Abandoned in Hanoi

The Story

Battery life is the most boring thing a phone can advertise. A number, a stopwatch, a man in a lab coat, none of it survives contact with a real Tuesday. So for the launch of the OnePlus Nord CE5, we made 24 Hour Run, a series that hands the phone, and the proof, to the people who'd actually use it. Episode one drops three community members into Hanoi with a Nord CE5, a stack of cash, and no flight home until the battery dies or the day does. Spoiler: the day went first.