Nothing Phone (2a) Plus review

07 August 2024


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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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              • 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.

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