Nothing Phone (2a) review

13 March 2024


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  • 14 Mar 2024

Was the camera review conducted before or after the big 2.5.3 update? Purchasing this phone kinda hinges on this info really

    Anonymous, 14 Mar 2024Advertised: 1920 Hz Reality : 459Hz No chinese phone ... morethese 1920 2160 will only turn on when you are gaming... and the charging power is reduced if the phone is hot to maintain battery health.

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      • 14 Mar 2024

      Mhm, this one or Samsung A34... What do you think? Which has the better camera?

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        • 14 Mar 2024

        Super Android 22, 14 Mar 2024S24 is 240hz touch sampling with 492hz dc/pwm dimming, same... moreAdvertised: 1920 Hz
        Reality : 459Hz

        No chinese phone has 1920 or 2160. Fake marketing again.
        Just like saying 240W charging with peak of 190W that lasts 1 second ..

          Anonymous, 14 Mar 2024Are you aware S24 has higher frequency than mi14? 50Hz mo... moreS24 is 240hz touch sampling with 492hz dc/pwm dimming, same as the mi 14 (240 touch sampling, 480hz pwm dimming, i doubt the 12hz will make a difference?). The 14 pro has the 1920hz pwm screen (also not samaung, nice to see TCL getting more orders in), you are right, got to be fair to samsung when sometbings true.

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            • 14 Mar 2024

            @Gsmarena, few questions/comments:

            - when you compare phones, please include the same list of devices in different tests. Now i see A54 in display brightness comparison and battery endurance testing, but that phone isn't listed in performance tests.

            - can we really believe those battery life results? It's awesome to see up to 50% more endurance towards any other phone on the market, but.... With such huge difference I'd consider something fishy really

              Tbh it isnt a bad little device, saw the original nothing phone in store yesterday (2nd only ever nothing phone in the wild) and tbh it looks bulky and a bit awkward to use, the styling with the 2a looks a lot sleeker and uniformed might be the word. I wish they got rid of the apple look though and maybe just did a round cam island of lights or something.

              Tbh in terms of overall performance and the overall package of the phone (i dont mean whats included in the box, only other chinese brands really get that right) its quite a good year already for devices, just be nice to see flagships drop in price a little bit..

              Good review GSM, interesting little device and its got plenty of very good priced, good mid range device up against it (basically its a more exciting time for mid range buyers than really flagships at the mo imo).

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                • 14 Mar 2024

                Anonymous, 13 Mar 2024Considering how Nothing is relatively new they really did m... moreClassic Carl Pei

                  support is good

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 14 Mar 2024

                    Missing SD cards, audio jack, I wouldn't buy junk.

                      Aierlan, 13 Mar 2024The 15:53h battery rating for this is truly staggering cons... moreMIUI has lost a lot in battery management after MIUI 12 or 12.5 version... MIUI 14 has been specially disastrous. A complete mess all around.

                        Pumpino, 13 Mar 2024Also "The Nothing Phone (2a) uses a Samsung ISOCELL GN... moreyes i saw it in review and i read the line like 10 times, but i blamed my self and said i diffently missed something since i was walking :))))))))))))

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                          • 14 Mar 2024

                          porkataUK, 13 Mar 2024'High refresh rate gaming is not properly supported.&#... moreIt is more into game developer thing though.

                          Problems with Android games? Too many chipset to maximize compared to Apple OS Phones.

                            Anonymous, 14 Mar 2024Are you aware S24 has higher frequency than mi14? 50Hz mo... moreFanboys doesn't know much about deep tech. Spare him

                              PureOS, 13 Mar 2024No, it should use 240hz pwm Samsung screen to deliver visio... moreHow many people lost their vision tho? 🤣🤣

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                                • 14 Mar 2024

                                @gsmarena Why don't you guys provide the results chart for Speaker and Sound, as you do for the battery test results?! It might help people looking to choose better sounding device.

                                  David 040882, 13 Mar 2024That was rather fast, yet the Z60 Ultra and Tecno Spark 20 ... moreZ60 isn't coming anytime soon bro we have to live with it

                                    Yh right

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                                      PureOS, 13 Mar 2024No, it should use 240hz pwm Samsung screen to deliver visio... moreAre you aware S24 has higher frequency than mi14? 50Hz more.
                                      By the way, mi 14 pro has 120.5Hz according to notebookcheck.

                                      No chinese phone has what they claim. No website was able to find 1920/2160Hz promised.


                                        They talk about the panels not being exactly the same, yet they didn't even touch upon the quality of the panel, such as if there's any difference in color reproduction, delta values, etc.

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