Nothing Phone (2) review

13 July 2023


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  • Anonymous
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  • 13 Jul 2023

Comparing to pixel 7a (announced €510) when this one has same initial price of pixel 7.

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    • Anonymous
    • 0p}
    • 13 Jul 2023

    "The default selection is Alive, but no matter which one you choose, the color accuracy is always outstanding with superb presentation across the board, white and gray hues included."

    Phone Arena measurements show worse values than Phone (1).
    They always post color charts to prove.

    Photos are ugly, many bushes are mushed even in daytime.
    Lens has bad corners, like samsung phones.

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      • Anonymous
      • y9q
      • 13 Jul 2023

      They are just following Hot Pepper route on phones. Make a couple or a few, and sales to add up to marketing, then gone off the market.

        Anders, 13 Jul 2023A 4.4? GSMarena opinions aren't to be taken seriously ... moreOk but you want all of this for the final price of $600?

          LoneOwl, 13 Jul 2023-The display brightness is disappointing. Not even close to... moreThat's the price of build quality, and that a small company has to pay more for parts. A small company can't exactly compete

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            • Wojtek
            • LB%
            • 13 Jul 2023

            I literally put the phone screen-down to avoid any light getting through xD

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              • Anonymous
              • m51
              • 13 Jul 2023

              rosesarerosie, 13 Jul 2023How are the cameras excellent...? They are a smear fest..☠️ Be careful with these Nothing phone reviews. Carl Pei isn't stupid. He knows to use influencers to genetate hype and hope to convert into sales.

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                • Anonymous
                • dMa
                • 13 Jul 2023

                xslvrxslwt, 13 Jul 2023It's not pointless, they exist so 'cool' dad... morewhat the hell

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 6Lb
                  • 13 Jul 2023

                  Nothing to get excited about....just like the first.

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                    • Burnq
                    • sxr
                    • 13 Jul 2023

                    Nothing Phone (2) looks enticing to me due to the marketing. Good job on that.

                    Although most of the specs are alright in particular with the camera and the display, I cannot ignore the performance as I'm a heavy gaming user. The reviewer said it does not have High Frame rate gaming mode yet so I might wait a little longer considering updates would come up soon. By then I can decide if I can go all-in purchasing this or not in the next two months.

                      Price will be disappointing for Indian users. Battery life not great, 6.7" is big and ugly

                        A 4.4? GSMarena opinions aren't to be taken seriously

                        Here's the proper cons list

                        Disappointing GPU performance
                        No high refresh rate for games
                        No 1440p display
                        No headphone jack
                        No telephoto camera
                        No IP68
                        No charger
                        No microSD

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                          • Trt
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                          • 13 Jul 2023

                          cyber, 13 Jul 2023another bbk trash with the only goal to lure some fish from... moreWow, just wow. You need to go out and get a life dude. And for the record, Huawei is ruined because of US goverment, not the apple. If they didn't do it, then Huawei would best android manufacturer.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 7Xe
                            • 13 Jul 2023

                            Cool. How's calling quality / cell reception though?

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                              • Aloop
                              • tZ4
                              • 13 Jul 2023

                              IpsDisplay, 13 Jul 2023Talk time battery life hours I find somewhat irrelevant ... moreI would say standby time is just as important.

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                                • chausk0
                                • MZ5
                                • 13 Jul 2023

                                Who is weather provider in Nothing weather app, please?

                                  -The display brightness is disappointing. Not even close to Nord 3 or Poco f5 pro....
                                  -The battery is worse than previous Nothing phone 1, which is also disappointing for a 1080p screen. Its worse than even S23+.
                                  -The charging is kind of meh for 45W.
                                  -The lack of telephoto lens for the price is noticable.
                                  -Last but not least the price. Am i the only one thats doesnt understand why this isnt priced competitively to attract more people?

                                  Why is this phone pricing more than Poco F5 pro?Or Oneplus Nord 3?
                                  Do they expect people will blindly run to buy a phone from an unknown company, just because it has leds on the back?

                                    AnonD-546724, 13 Jul 2023All that marketing about how tech isn't fun anymore, b... morei hope they sell at least enough to be able to pay for the marketing campaign that they are doing, and that chinese is so challenge that in the same presentation they presented their entire team using a mac, and some of them were wearing the apple watch, the same carl uses iphone hahah

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                                      • Amarisia
                                      • mAW
                                      • 13 Jul 2023

                                      Get Samsung A53 or A52s at half price and more features and performance.

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                                        • AnonD-546724
                                        • pZ5
                                        • 13 Jul 2023

                                        All that marketing about how tech isn't fun anymore, because brands stopped pushing the envelope just to release the same device multiple years in a row.
                                        I can certainly get behind that.

                                        Except Nothing isn't pushing the envelope with that phone either. Actually, with Phone (2), they pretty much released the exact same device two years in a row.

                                        Worse, during the Keynote, theirs chief designer say that releasing something different this year would've cause them to "blend in". Except to blend-in would be to release same looking hardware years in a row, like everyone else is doing and like they just did.

                                        Their Marketing tells you one thing, and their product say another.
                                        Nothing, Jack of all trades, master of none.