Nothing Phone (2a) Plus review

07 August 2024


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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
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      • 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
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              • 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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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 08 Aug 2024

                  Strawhat, 08 Aug 2024Because higher than usual display and bad hyperOS?Display panels could definitely have something to do with it, for example how poco f6 and xiaomi 14 civi have vastly different scores

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                    LimeAlz, 08 Aug 2024Gsmarena is weird. They did a full on review about two exac... moreThey didn't get paid enough by HMD that's why

                      CamoGeko-XDA, 07 Aug 2024I feel like this phone is pretty pointless, should have bee... moremediatek prob run out of chips, or they have too many mold left over so they have to relaunch the exact same phone again, like they reuse the display on 2 phones (?)

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 08 Aug 2024

                        Strawhat, 08 Aug 2024Because higher than usual display and bad hyperOS?Yeahh alll newer xiaomi phones sucks at battery life except the base Xiaomi 14 is good.... it's weird that all xiaomi phones with lesser battery mAh have better endurance than 5k mah and above. Example mix fold 3, Xiaomi 14, 13, civi series, mix flip(less than 5k mAh yet perform better than their 5k mAh phones)

                          Gsmarena is weird. They did a full on review about two exactly similar phone but rushed out the hmd skyline .

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                            • rKJ
                            • 08 Aug 2024

                            Back camera only one working charging also not good

                              Anonymous, 08 Aug 2024Xiaomi with same SoC would not even be 12h. Because higher than usual display and bad hyperOS?

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 08 Aug 2024

                                Anonymous, 08 Aug 2024Xiaomi with same SoC would not even be 12h. HyperOS is to blame here. Also since it is Mediatek, we can't make custom ROMs easily. It is a loose-loose situation for Xiaomi users.

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                                  • Snapdragon 695 hater
                                  • 8v@
                                  • 08 Aug 2024

                                  That battery life for some users is definitely a unique selling point. I wish the price was £350 but there will be deals around in the future to look out for

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 08 Aug 2024

                                    User. Hi., 08 Aug 2024MediaTek outdid themselves here. Just look at that enduranc... moreXiaomi with same SoC would not even be 12h.

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                                      • mFd
                                      • 08 Aug 2024

                                      MediaTek outdid themselves here. Just look at that endurance score!
                                      Damn!

                                        "a brain-like hub of intelligence and communication"? Is he serious?