CMF Phone 1 by Nothing review

08 July 2024


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Very ugly back, no real water protection, no NFC and yet no user replaceable battery. Could have been a good phone for the price but here we are. Really strange design choices by them

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    • Anonymous
    • Fek
    • 08 Jul 2024

    Was waiting for this, Carl Pei repeating his past strategy with OnePlus here.

    So we know enough his this all is going to play out in the future.

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      • Anonymous
      • Tsr
      • 08 Jul 2024

      No NFC at 239 euro

      Great joke, there are phones for 110 euro (Motorola one) that come with it here, not to mention all Samsung phones come with it in my country.

      I don't know but... Nothing their own phones feel like better value compared to this.

      Even Samsung feels like a better deal (A35 is 230 now, without sales)

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        • Anonymous
        • 8v$
        • 08 Jul 2024

        Anonymous, 08 Jul 2024Dude, the former carl pei comany, tried to charge me 100 eu... moreWell, Samsung would say "just buy a new one lol"

          Anonymous, 08 Jul 2024Dude, the former carl pei comany, tried to charge me 100 eu... moreWell it's made in collaboration with teenage engineering. For obvious reasons their products always suck and are overpriced. Those ain't even real music production equipment. Just overpriced designer toys.

            If the battery was changeable, it would be a good phone

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              • Anonymous
              • 3cH
              • 08 Jul 2024

              Anonymous, 08 Jul 2024Local support? You mean those companies that Samsung makes ... moreDude, the former carl pei comany, tried to charge me 100 euros for a freakin' volume button.

              Their whole business model is a scam of releasing new products, with zero actual support, instead of taking care of current customers.

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                • YMj
                • 08 Jul 2024

                pros:-
                Good price to performance and great battery life at a competitive price which it is marketed in India. It is likely to be a run away success. Waiting for numerous 3rd party accesories to make full use of the modular backplate

                cons:Having non removable battery while having a removable back is a crime. No 3.5mm jack is more of an issue at that price.Atleast it got a SD card slot going for it

                  Anonymous, 08 Jul 2024I dont understand what you guys expect from a 200€/$ phone,... moreNo idea who this phone is aimed at but in the UK virtually everybody uses contactless payments plus you need NFC on the London underground etc, I even need it to get into my local football stadium.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Ci%
                    • 08 Jul 2024

                    G54 is miles better

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                      • 64{
                      • 08 Jul 2024

                      Sam N8 808 owner, 08 Jul 2024Deliberately making battery non removable, means its a cons... more"I don't think, we'll ever get another smartphone with user removable battery."
                      > Galaxy XCover7 and Fairphone 5

                        Schlafwandler, 08 Jul 2024I really would like to read the review. But it’s impossible... moreUblock origin it is.

                          I really would like to read the review. But it’s impossible on my tablet. STOP those annoying full frame video ads!!! This site has become unusable because of this video ads.

                            I'm surprised their engineers went out all the way to make a removable back which ruined the IP rating,and not even let us remove the damm battery. What a massive joke. We want removable batteries. Stop the nonsense.

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                              • thh
                              • 08 Jul 2024

                              Missed opportunity for no-glue-user-removable battery! If you're doing an easy-to-remove back cover, people expect that for the battery too.
                              This would've been my back up phone if it had removable battery.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 8vt
                                • 08 Jul 2024

                                Sam N8 808 owner, 08 Jul 2024Deliberately making battery non removable, means its a cons... moreFairphone

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • nFP
                                  • 08 Jul 2024

                                  impinas, 08 Jul 2024"Colors look pretty nice and natural". So you had... moreWe all know why it managed to get a 4.0 💰

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                                    • nUk
                                    • 08 Jul 2024

                                    You can't pop up the screw...

                                      The concept is appreciated but in everything else it falters...

                                        Phone is ok, just that. Competition is always welcomed. But for slightly more, u can get nothing phone 2a which is basically one class above and is worth it. Plus, a55 can also be found for less than 300€ now, which is one scale above to. Btw, a35 in 6/128gb version is 220€, and i think that it is better deal. I don't recommend Redmi devices, cause Hyper os is a mess and battery life is disaster.