Nothing Phone (2a) Plus review

07 August 2024


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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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                      • 6ji
                      • 08 Aug 2024

                      Good battery score but how much is it in old system ? Hows the standby drain ? Still not used to the new scoring system. Is there other sites that gives battery standby rating ?

                        Why did Nothing think it was a good idea to have a 50MP photo output from the selfie by default? Why wouldn't you just bin down the pixels like any other sane OEM (a.k.a anyone not named Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo (though they don't do this with 50MP selfie cameras) or OnePlus), especially when you're dealing with a Quad Bayer sensor?

                          idkBg091, 08 Aug 2024Funny how GSMArena rated phone 2a plus 4.2 star's just... moreThis is a structural issue on gsmarena's part

                          They don't want categorise smartphones into flagship, upper mid range, mid range , budget in their rating system

                          So their measure of quality will leave some implications of some phones ratings coming across as contrived

                          They acknowledge the difference in review paragraphs for cameras saying "for it's class" but have not make effort in demonstrating quality judgement through the rating system under the context of classes

                          They could change the colours of the stars to represent this but they'll likely never take this feedback

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                            • Anonymous
                            • gLs
                            • 08 Aug 2024

                            Without SD card and audio jack it's DOA

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                              • An0n
                              • txF
                              • 08 Aug 2024

                              4.2 for this crap? Either GSMArena is too generous or has been bought by Nothing itself.

                                Funny how GSMArena rated phone 2a plus 4.2 star's just like honor 200 pro and realms gt 6 as if phone 2a is equle to them smh...

                                  Ant from Sf, 08 Aug 2024GeekBench 6, Multi-core results - Nothing CMF Phone 1 with ... more2performance cores vs 4 performance cores. 7300 has better CPU. 7350 has better GPU.

                                    For $399, the Nothing Phone (2a) Plus offers a distinct design, a big, bright screen, and quick wired charging. It also performs quite well, thanks to its combination of a MediaTek 7350 processor and 12GB of RAM. That said, the phone's limited availability and 5G connectivity are likely deal breakers for most people. If you don't want to deal with all of those hurdles, Samsung's Galaxy A35 5G provides comparable performance and reliable 5G for the same price.

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                                      • Ant from Sf
                                      • SY5
                                      • 08 Aug 2024

                                      GeekBench 6, Multi-core results - Nothing CMF Phone 1 with Dimensity 7300 has 2920 score and Nothing Phone (2a) Plus with Dimensity 7350 Pro has 2648. Do you know why?

                                        So 7350 benchmark score increase over 7200 is much lesser than the claimed +10% cpu and +30% gpu, only +2% single core, +6% multicore and +20% gpu. Gpu is only +15% if you take the 7200 in the redmi.

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