Nothing Phone (2a) Plus review

07 August 2024


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  • AnonD-1167022
  • mAe
  • 13 Aug 2024

I'm genuinely very impressed with what Nothing has done with the 2a, and now the 2a Plus.

The battery life actually becoming better alongside the performance on the plus truly was a surprise considering most "Pro" or "Plus" versions who use stronger chips end up with worse battery life than the standard models.

For the prices of these devices, the camera specs, and the kind of software update promises Nothing has given for them, I really do think they're amongst the highest value midrangers right now on the european market. It seemingly takes a lot for a company to not even use a dinky 8mp UW and actually use a decent enough sensor for theirs ahah

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    • Anonymous
    • 0pS
    • 12 Aug 2024

    People that say other phones are better, can they come up with a similar priced non Chinese phone with the same battery life, the same good handling, a real proximity sensor?

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      • S37
      • 12 Aug 2024

      they don't understand that people are disturbed by mass flashing, nothing the company wanted to break apple's security, yes they are crazy

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        • thh
        • 11 Aug 2024

        mobileman, 09 Aug 2024well, i dont thisk that if there is NOT Esim, is negative. ... moreYou're oblivious then. They're spying on you even on regular SIMs.

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          • Sunil
          • rKx
          • 10 Aug 2024

          By embedding YouTube videos, you guys are loosing ads revenue as it wont show any ads when we playback the youtube videos while reading the article

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            • M@f
            • 10 Aug 2024

            Fantastic the thing blinks haha who wants that

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              • Anonymous
              • 3U%
              • 10 Aug 2024

              Luke, 09 Aug 2024Is it possible to use another launcher/UI? The black & ... moreYou can change to android classic ui in the screen settings

                Anonymous, 09 Aug 2024This gets 4.2 star but HMD skyline gets 3.9???? Yeah. This is still quite decently priced, HMD's just ain't it.

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                  • r3j
                  • 10 Aug 2024

                  IpsDisplay, 07 Aug 2024Wowzers wowow 😲 the 7350 has stronger gpu with SUPERIOR eff... moreYeah. Midrange chips tend to have superior efficiency than their flagship counterpart.

                    Luke, 09 Aug 2024Is it possible to use another launcher/UI? The black & ... moreYes you can use normal colours instead of monochromatic. Even with the standard launcher, so no need to download any other one.

                      I can't believe you gave this phone 4.2??? What?? 🤣

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                        • Lister
                        • n10
                        • 09 Aug 2024

                        This "POC" as people here call it has more innovation than many of its competitors. It also stands out among the slabs made by other brands.

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                          • Luke
                          • SHp
                          • 09 Aug 2024

                          Is it possible to use another launcher/UI? The black & white isn't my cup of tea, although my son likes his 2A quite a lot...

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                            • Anonymous
                            • vb5
                            • 09 Aug 2024

                            This gets 4.2 star but HMD skyline gets 3.9????

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                              • mobileman
                              • pdH
                              • 09 Aug 2024

                              well, i dont thisk that if there is NOT Esim, is negative.

                              i dont want issue that i cant 'shutdown' my mobile and its stil possible to spy me.

                              Esim make all these possible and much more.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 7k4
                                • 09 Aug 2024

                                How is it getting such a high call time battery score of 55 hours+, even higher than 2a

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • y6W
                                  • 08 Aug 2024

                                  Anonymous, 08 Aug 2024Look at the low light camera samples, especially the town h... moreThe description is on point. What you going at?

                                    LimeAlz, 08 Aug 2024Gsmarena is weird. They did a full on review about two exac... moreThat's because they didn't actually do a full review of this new device. Most of it is copy-pasted from the original phone 2a review. This is very common on GSMArena and while it can come across as lazy, at times, I feel like you can't blame them when companies launch new phones like there's no tomorrow.

                                    This year in particular, there's this new trend of launching follow-up phones within months, with little to no upgrades and an increased price tag. Just a sad, industry-wide cashgrab trend.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • CbD
                                      • 08 Aug 2024

                                      Look at the low light camera samples, especially the town hall square, smile, read the assessment, laugh.

                                        Great review. I hope you don't get demotivated by the comments. weirdly enough you have gotten a very toxic community but it's ok. best wishes.

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