Qualcomm exec confirms Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset for Nothing Phone (2)

06 March 2023
Nothing's second smartphone will use last year's flagship Qualcomm chipset.

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AnonD-1078988, 08 Mar 2023Even my sd865 phone from 2020 runs everything smoothly, eve... moreYou are right.

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    • 08 Mar 2023

    If price up to 1k$ don't buy SD 8+ Gen1

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      Anonymous, 07 Mar 2023LoL 🤣 SD 8 Gen 1+ and within this year SD 8 Gen 2+ or 3 pro... moreEven my sd865 phone from 2020 runs everything smoothly, even games like genshin and Apex legends run ultra smoothly. My point is, just because there are more capable chipset on the market, your device running 8+ gen 1 will not get weaker. It is still the flagship chipset from 2 months ago and still capable of running everything for 3-4 years without any hitch.

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        Anonymous, 08 Mar 2023Its amazing how brainwashed Google has made some people tha... moreThat is more of the hardware issue, it's tensor g2 is barely better than snapdragon 865 in terms of performance while also generating a lot more heat so it's always throttling. And indeed, Miui slows down phones considerably. I used to own a poco f1 and it was heating day night on stock miui even while browsing and running youtube in background but when I installed a custom rom, it never heated and ran everything smoothly.

        Also, every chip generates heat and throttles, so your point of handling as many background apps without heating is invalid, you device don't heat because miui kills every background app as soon as you minimise it.

        Also, stock Android now a days has most if not every necessary features that the bloated miui has, any other features people need is easily available through apps, I'd rather have only the apps I need and not bloating my phone with unnecessary stuff nobody uses.

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          • 08 Mar 2023

          This will be just another "max 2 years worth of updates" experience regardless of what's inside.

          That's the MO of most chinese based companies and nothing will change anytime soon.

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            • 08 Mar 2023

            AnonD-731363, 07 Mar 2023Man nothing comes with Nothing UI which is close to stock a... moreIts amazing how brainwashed Google has made some people that they think they are getting a better experience by having less features on their phones 🤣
            We are in 2023, if you are getting slowdowns on your modern phone by having apps running in the background maybe stop downloading "sexy desktop app FREE"
            Ironically I can run Genshin on max settings my Xiaomi 12 with apps running in the background despite the MIUI "bloatware" yet Pixel can barely run it in high settings, maybe that's why Pixel had to cut back on the features 😉

              Anonymous, 07 Mar 2023Wake up The phone 1 was priced at 500 usd Do you think ... morePeople here have ridiculous price expectations.

                Ramiz, 07 Mar 2023Don't buy nothing phone my 15 day old phone mother boa... moreMy pre-ordered phone 1 has had zero issues. And i have owned 4 Oneplus models zero hardware issues. Every brand has lemons.

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                  • 07 Mar 2023

                  oofio2461, 06 Mar 2023just buy an S21 FE at this point if you're living in t... moreMan nothing comes with Nothing UI which is close to stock android and is way better than Samsung usual bloatware UI.
                  Buying S21 makes no sense for someone whoi wants pure andrid experience with minimum apps running on backround.

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                    • 07 Mar 2023

                    Autobiote, 06 Mar 2023I guess that depends on whom you ask. Some people do like t... moreHuge performance difference and where???
                    If 7 gen 1 runs same app like 8 gen 2 by 0,5 or 1 second slower but then the same app will run equally same on both chipsets where do you please see the huge difference???
                    To me one second in running phone app is everythng else but no huge difference.

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                      • 07 Mar 2023

                      kevvv, 07 Mar 2023I have some question for you guys. 1. Why people here keep... more8+ Gen 1 is a great chip. Sweaties always need to find something to cry about so they can make excuses for not buying good devices

                        I have some question for you guys.
                        1. Why people here keep thinking that Nothing is another BBK brand?
                        2. Why do people also throw so much hatred at the LED lamps behind them, if that's really the main selling point of Nothing phones?
                        3. What's the problem with 8+ Gen 1? Just because it's slightly slower than 8 Gen 2?
                        "oMg tHey'Re uSiNg oUtdAtEd sLowEr 8+ gEn 1 iNstEaD oF 8 gEn 2 tHiS pHoNe iS tRasH i WiLL nEvEr bUy tHiS pHonE."

                          Anonymous, 06 Mar 2023Never mind the 690, even the 480 and 4 Gen 1 is already goo... more480 is 690/695 rebranded tbh

                            oofio2461, 06 Mar 2023just buy an S21 FE at this point if you're living in t... moreThe chipset is pretty bad on efficiency no matter if it's the Exynos or the Snapdragon variant. I would suggest to wait for S22/S23 FE or just get a phone from another brand.

                              Anonymous, 07 Mar 2023One more reason they won't supply timely updates...One more reason they will deliver more stable updates than just jumping on to the buggy ones like many of the others do.

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                                • 07 Mar 2023

                                Anonymous, 07 Mar 2023LoL 🤣 SD 8 Gen 1+ and within this year SD 8 Gen 2+ or 3 pro... moreIs there any reallife changes u can see fir gen 1&2. Is it compulsory that only watever is latest use that?

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                                  • 07 Mar 2023

                                  One more reason they won't supply timely updates...

                                    Quadriplegic, 07 Mar 2023What competitive pricing? NoOriginalDesign Phone 1 is price... moreIf Nothing keeps the existing price tag of the current Phone (1), then it'll be a completely different story. €549 to €649 for 12/256 is hard to ignore.

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                                      BrianCoriour, 07 Mar 2023Isnt gen 2 coming out or already out ??? This phone is a... moreUses cheaper slower chip = Phone so slow!
                                      Uses faster slightly more ex chip = Wtf phone gonna be exp/Got faster chip
                                      So cringe make your mind

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                                        • 07 Mar 2023

                                        thedeev1, 07 Mar 2023Well... there goes the Nothing Phone's low price tag.You mean 600$

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