Nothing Phone (2a) Plus review
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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 ?
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- Darth Caesium
- H5x
- 08 Aug 2024
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?
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- IpsDisplay
- 4ra
- 08 Aug 2024
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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- idkBg091
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- 08 Aug 2024
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...
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- DigBick
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- 08 Aug 2024
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.
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- Bandya Mama
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- 08 Aug 2024
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?
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- 1989 nothinghappened
- CbI
- 08 Aug 2024
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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- Guess why
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- 08 Aug 2024
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
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- 08 Aug 2024
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)
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- LimeAlz
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- 08 Aug 2024
Gsmarena is weird. They did a full on review about two exactly similar phone but rushed out the hmd skyline .
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- Akash mn
- rKJ
- 08 Aug 2024
Back camera only one working charging also not good
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- Strawhat
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- 08 Aug 2024
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
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- 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.