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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Is this too good to be true?
0:38 Unboxing and design/spec impressions
2:27 LABS battery and display test results
3:00 Back to design and glyphs
4:33 Sponsor - Tello
5:09 Display impressions
6:19 Camera impressions
9:40 Misc. specs, NothingOS, and speaker impressions
12:07 Pricing/availability, glyph composer, misc LABS notes
14:13 Outro
CLARIFICATION: At 9:40 Linus says the phone has an aluminum frame, but the exterior is plastic with the internal mid-frame being aluminum.
Appreciating the clarification, but at the same time, I feel like a reaction time of two days a bit slow. Especially when the vast majority of people who will ever watch this video, have already done so
@@PrograErrorThat's a great idea actually. However I must disagree on the coding site of things. Implementing features on a project the size of KZhead is *never* trivial.
@@dismiggo pretty sure they could reuse the system for misleading and medical info (you know the ones below Dr. Mike's which say he's a medical professional. And the ones with additional info from Wiki or about COVID)
@@dismiggoWho fucking cares about the frame material on a phone that cheap.
@@riccardobrandolini2545Mate calm down. Also, that's not the point. The point is that after the PR fiasco a few months ago, they committed to better themselves - do better research, clear things up, if they're reported incorrectly, etc. But things like these make it seem like they've fallen back into their old habits, which is unfortunate.
“You will own Nothing, and you will like it” - Linus, 2024
if they dont use that line as an ad i will be very angry.
This is the only context in which I approve of said messaging
@@Mr.Marbles that would be dystopian 💀
@@Mr.Marbles Bit too controversial, it's used a lot in conspiracy theories.
@@gjorgdy no it was actually said by some capitalist guy as far as i remember. So yeah, obviously negative implications there haha. Dbrand would pull it off tho.
"I feel like I've aged 10 years in the last decade" Well.... You are definitely right 😅
I'm glad someone else noticed this 😂
His age wrinkles was just hiding behind his beard since pandemic beard 😂
Congratulations, you got the joke
"Every 60 seconds in africa, a minute passes"
goddamn i feel stupid for not recognizing it
He reviewed nothing. There is nothing in the box
Nothing to see here
The John Cena phone
Nothing has impressed me.
nothing brings me joy
nothing happaned (pun intended)
That Note 9 just refuses to die doesn't it. I feel like it orchestrated the assassination of the Fold 3 to get more screen time.
i still love mine peak phone
Still rocking the note 🎵
I use a s22 but pulled out my old s9, definitely impressive size to screen ratio and thinness.
I still have my note 9 on the bedside for watching shit in bed, its over 5 years old and battery is still ok, it refuses to go out but last security updates it got was 2022 so
Gotta say compared to new phones and my S24+, note 9 has very similar screen size and quality but its a lot lighter and slimmer phone in hand.
"Feel like I've aged 10 years in the last decade" -Linus
I feel like he’s de-aged 20 in the past month honestly…
9:40 "it's got an aluminin frame" the frame of the phone is a dense plastic (not a bad thing)
The fact that it tricked him is a testament to the build quality.
@@Schwabtastic definitely
The 1 and 2 have aluminum frames. I have them both. Did it change on the 2a?
@@DrewFrenchyes, cause it’s hundreds of dollars less
in the press event i think they presented as a polycarbonate unibody
Linus still rocking the Note 9 is awesome. I hope he uses it for another six years
he said he was switching though after it fell in the pool, but I guess he isn't?
@@NonLegitNation2 That was the Fold 3 that fell in the pool, Dan ended up being able to fix it and Linus gave it to him
@@happily7514thats kinda sick ngl
The 2 factor authentication apps will eventually give in if the OS is too old.
@@hpenvy1106then he can just install lineage os which at time of writing is 1 android version ahead. ( i have a spare LG G5 which started on Android 7, but now is on 14 with Lineage)
This is like a masterclass ShortCircuit episode. Pulling out the Note 9 for the photo compare and showing off the differences, solid call-backs, and really putting the phone in context for the price.
I bought it and had it for almost a week. And I love it. I sold my iPhone 13 pro max, and despite the camera downgrade, I am much happier. Glad to be back in Android, especially with this which feels like a spiritual sequel to old OnePlus.
Dont get it only if everything from apple ecosystem was iphone.. If you want ecosystem the only option is apple
@@rolih6 really? what is unique to Apple's ecosystem? google photos ecosystem is fantastic (backup, automated memories, creating photo collections for you, etc), the maps function integrates incredibly well with calendar, even reminds you of what time you should leave to be somewhere on time, including emails you received in gmail with travel itineraries you forgot to add to calendar. links very easily to google home, both of which work great with Spotify (which I realize is not Google, but Spotify also supports storing your own audio collection even with no subscription so I'd never use Apple Music anyways), the google home shows me recipes, allows me to add stuff to my shopping list verbally and immediately view on my phone, allows me to sideload any apps I want not from the google store (or even load my own OS if I really wanted to), has models available with 3.5mm audio jacks if I want to have superior sound quality with an external DAC. What am I missing? different coloured texts and other non industry standard texting (unless I use the more internationally popular whatsapp), facetime (also has both a google equivalent and whatsapp). I don't get it.
@@rolih6 Samsung is getting there
@@nocturn9x it is already there people just dont want to try it, they get scared spending big bucks on samsung 'stuff' just watch youtube vids on this topic, samsungs is even better id say as they have more tools or devices you can interact with Edit : also for phones get an s series if you really want to compare with i phone or really just want a good long term phone, people out here buying a 300 400$ phones and comparing with apples like what did u expect with less money u are going to get more performance ??
I still have a Oneplus 6, considering this as my next phone if/when the OP6 dies
“Instead of the blank space, if you had friends” - Linus, 2024
Instead of Nothing…
The brithnes slider just has a preview of the brightness after you change it. You can long press the flashlight button in the top pulldown menu to enable the glyph constantly
I guess the sound was from camera as backup since on person mic failed
I think so too. when he gets louder you can hear the echo of the room
yea was going to say. i noticed in a couple of shortcircuit videos recently, the sound has been pretty bad!
I dont think so, is too good to be onboard camara, considering they shoot with a 50mm+. Perhaps a not so well palced boom mic
How are y'all sound whoring an unboxing channel...? The majority of KZhead views are from Mobile devices and won't even notice unless it is using a Razer Mic.
@@user-vg6qv5jv3w well i can tell it on my phone. And maybe because other shortcircuit videos have much better sound.
I love the used Crab Rave as your sound test, lol. I have the Nothing Phone 1 and 2. Very happy with both of them and their battery life and lack of bloatware
Watching this in my NP 2a, love this thing already. My first choice was actually S24, I settled to NP2a for saving $$$
Did it work out bro? How's the phone doing? I struggle between 2a and iPhone 15 i really don't know, is it laggy? Does it takes long to process pics?? Does it freeze?
@@tiberseptim6648 Still happy after month of using it. It's not laggy and been very solid month. I've been on heavy gaming in it 10hrs straight one time and 4 hrs daily. I'm not into camera too much, but I can tell camera is good when I took a picture better than my previous one Galaxy S9.
@@tiberseptim6648 also you cant really compare it to iphone. Get the iphone 15 if you have the budget. N2a is just a better option under mid ranger phones that has good performance to price ratio.
i wish it had a 3.5mm jack. maybe an infra dead blaster.
I would also like to have the infra dead blaster!
@@YankeeTM honest question, what would you use it for? I only use a remote for my TV which the LG OLED. I am not even sure if it has a IR receiever, I can aim the remote behind me and it works. Why would I prefer to use some shitty app on my phone instead?
@@Qrzychu92to dead-ify things
@@Qrzychu92 read my comment properly, lol.
@@YankeeTM lol, I just went into autocorrect mode I think :D
What's up with the sound in this video? Did you guys change mics, the set or something? It sounds quite different and there's so much echo as well.
Yeah i thought my headphone was broken. It sounds so different and a lot worse.
yeah
Yup, it's somehow muffled, not crispy clear sound.
Nothing
same
If I had any reason to give up on my galaxy S10 anytime soon I'd definitely consider it. It's nice to see some cheaper good phones again. I hope they keep targetting these prices in the future and don't just abbandon it right away like oneplus.
S10 is the goat with a changed battery, shame I broke it whilst changing it lmao
@@daniellaw2348 Yeah the battery is not the best but enough for me. And boy these new phones are hell to work on...
@@daniellaw2348 Agreed, replaced the battery and it still drains quite a bit, but the performance and features are crazy good still for a 2019 flagship.
Pretty sure it will go unnoticed but one thing I think would improve the 2 second graphs you guys make, is, instead of going by colors, why not just put big text inside the bars with their respective phones so that when I do see them for 2 seconds, I'm not having to pause to look at what bar goes to what phone.
What is off with the sound?
i think it’s heavy on denoising in post. like it sounds like they ran it through adobe podcast ai.
Budget audio for a budget phone review
Nothing
I could imagine they lost the main audio recording and used one of the cameras audio tracks and ran it through something like adobes podcast ai. I noticed that everything I put through that tool kind of sounds nice but totally loses lots of dynamics and has a little bit of weird pitch-stepping (idk what to call it) whenever the voice pitch changes quickly.
@@DiverseGreen-Anondon't think so. When Linus is talking loud you can hear the original audio, and it sounds pretty usual. So it makes even less sense why they would use a heavy denoizer
Thank you for mentioning the call quality.
I'd feel pretty good about recommending this to friends looking for a phone in this price range. That's super impressive considering how young the company is. Seems like Carl Pei really does know how to run a phone company. I know he did it with oneplus, but the circumstances were so different back then. Doing it twice is truly impressive.
In Switzerland for 340 francs (about the same as the dollar) you also get a nothing ear 2 with it, that's a deal
What a deal
Can't get used to beardless Linus
It's old Linus, he grew the beard during COVID
@@The-Archduck I know bro, I am watching him since 2017, I want blonde or green hair linus
Agreed.
These are re-uploads from that time they got hacked
@@tgrav3His phone said Tuesday, March 12. That's this year.
I am watching from 2a and it's sweet and won't burn ur pocket ,so far loved it
What about now bro? Is it worth it? Does it freeze, lags? Is he processing long photos?
I feel like I’ve aged 14 minutes and 19 seconds in the last 14 minutes and 19 seconds ( 8:59 )
3:50 You could tap-hold the flashlight toggle to launch the Glyph Flashlight, which should allow you to demo the lights without a timeout :)
I feel like a decent amount of the camera stuff could technically be fixed with an update... It's not the most optimal route, but it's also not unheard of for companies to push updates to fine tune their cameras after release.
I bought one and one more thing that is great with the Nothing (2a) that it has minimal amounts of un-deletable bloatware. Anyone whose ever used a cheap Samsung or any chinese budget phone knows thats not usually the case. And If you're not a fan of the Nothing's black and white aesthetic (here, here!), you can also make it look pretty much stock Android.
Been using the 2a. The camera did feel better after a software update
Same! Got mine on release in London. Been loving it.
@@XXLHoneyBiscuit yeah software experience has been very good on it. Loving it. Just a little disappointing regarding the cameras but it still works good
Question, whats the point of buying this if the lights aint the main thing anymore and seen as theres way better performing phones for cheaper? Just design language?
What about that photo at minute 8:02? Have you tried to take similar photos? Are the results the same? I saw another review and there was the same kind of problem, but it was before the update. I'd appreciate it if you'd answer me, I really want to buy this NP2a however I want to see if it's improving the minor camera issues.
software (nothingos) and cuz it looks fucking awesome@@ToxicMothBoi
I have nothing 1 and love it , love the lights makes so much sense and alow of a smoother light than just a led torch . Something most dont know is they can be used as a second flash for photo or video which is great for a more balanced cooler light for pictures and video in dark locations such as when I take picture for machines im working on for reporting So Glad the Nothing guys left one plus and went there own way ...and points for being British (dunno why you said the price in Euro because of this)
You're jealous of the phone 2(a) because it is better than phone 1. Cry harder. 🤫
@@iftikhar-ii7cy Nice spam
@@fdgamingjust a question is nothing os good
I like it nice and simple and clean. only thing I don't like is the dot look for most icons and weather app. dunno why a cloud couldn't be a cloud and not a load of dots. but that's the design and skins are avalible @@dogeisverycoolyes8265
6:00 Still the note 9! Mine has finally been retired after the amazing experience with the Red Magic. Your review sold me on it. I am a phone gamer so might be a little bias but its time to let the 9 have its sunset.
The sound quality really brings out the echo in that studio 😂
mediatek is actually goes hand in hand with qualcomm with their highest end soc for a few years now..
lmao, no.
Uploaded at the perfect time, I've been thinking of getting this after running an LG G8 since it came out (RIP LG 😞)
The ringtone you did is exactly the one that my brother made. I give all my friends the phone with glyph composer and let them make their own ringtone.
@9:40 The frame is plastic, not aluminium. Only the buttons are metal...
The mid frame is aluminum Source: Nothing
@@raikyoto2778how do you expect us to believe you without a reliable source?
@@Shimimaro89it did not broke on a bend test
@@Shimimaro89 Nothing to say about your comment.
@@raikyoto2778 Nothing can be a reliable source these days, disappointed...
Just watched the evga 980ti video and now this one. Sound is very strange in this
I just bought a SE and I love it. It's a phone. Anytime I'm not sitting in front of my computer- I'm too busy to play with my phone. Then, I'm at my desktop...
Free advice… become legendary by whenever you take a picture have the crew act like the final scene from the intro of The Simpsons (couch). Make it crazy every time. Totally unexpected. Keep it up. 😊
8:59, aren't we all supposed to
That's such a good line though
Cool that Linus still has his Note9. I used mine until a couple of weeks ago, and I would have used it still if not for the fact that I was given a S22 Ultra.
didnt jerry too had note 9
First time to have watched a review from you, and I was like, "he's not boring, I should subscribe." Only to find out, you already have 2.24 million subscribers. Will look forward to more of your reviews. God speed.
I never stopped to think about the "back" button not being on the right whenever Linus said it, now I saw it, and I'm in despair about getting a new phone where the button is on the left.
can you explain why? the back button on an internet browser is on the left, the left direction even logically in a reading context is backwards vs right being forwards. I don't understand, was there some samsung model people got used to that reversed it for some reason?
@@erichb4530lots of Samsung phones used to have it this way, look at Galaxy S1-S7, all of them had it this way until on screen buttons became a thing
Mediatek improved a lot after 2019 and i would say its more battery efficient than qualcom
Which means Mediatek will start having good reputation in 2029.
@@18earendilit's not 5 years ago anymore, custom roms are slowly dying, so driver advantages are no longer the benefit of qualcomm. since 2 years they already provide excellent chips now which rival qualcomm. at this point qualcomm is becoming intel with throttling power hungry chips.
All the recent chips have been good. And just as powerful as the Qualcomm competition per price point.
And it doesn't have the exynos 5g modems which cause horrendous battery drain on the Google Pixel and Samsung devices.
sadly no custom rok capability
Haven’t even finished the video…he said $349?! I went to the site….bought it. Now I need to finish the vid. Watch there be a major flaw hahaha. I built an IT business watching NCIX videos and later LTT. My first fanboy moment in like 14 years (I’m 37) lol. Well besides the incredible screwdriver. Thank you LTT!!!
@@AAXERICHSeems like Nothing is targetting the Indian market
An IR blaster would be super cool, such a nice feature on the recent Xiaomis ive had. I think a Phone (3) could have a small E-Ink display on the back to display the important notifications, so you can judge if they actually are important
I like that it just has the two cameras and not an extra macro camera and an rgb sensor etc.to bloat it up for no reason.
is the sound different?
sounds like there is a slight echo being suppressed
I think they are using the camera mic and heavy echo suppression
This audio is like playing games with motion blur on linus.
You can see the light tube for the light 08:11 ? If that is a LED lamp you could just have timed the picture when the light was off?
i want the selfie you took with the nothing 2a on a mousepad!!
14:05 Don't worry, Linus, I liked your jokes :P
T-shirt "I feel like I aged 10 years in last decade." in LTT Store when? 😅
Wow, a phone review that actually tests the telephone. None of the other YT reviews tested it to hear how phone calls sound. One miss was not mentioning Nothing 2a is incompatible with Verizon (according to Wired Magazine). That could be a problem for many North American customers, especially in areas where Verizon provides the only local coverage. Otherwise it was an excellent review.
I've had the Nothing Phone 1 for quite some time now, first Android phone of my own, definitely prefer it over my past Apple phones due to the extensibility in terms of customization and freedom of use. As for the camera, I take a lot of photos and I've found that switching to using the GCam application, which is a fork of the camera app found on the Google Pixel phones, I end up getting markedly better images with the right settings and adjustments tuned in. A few odd things about the phone though: Audio recording seems to have some noise cancelling applied to it which I find annoying in my videos. I'm not sure if this is a changable feature in android or if it is just how the device is. The other is the lack of ability to customize the Glyph lights, for this I worked around it by programming my own application that lets me take control of the Glyph LEDs.
"I'm all about information density" he says, turning on 3 button navigation
Because it's quicker and more sensible, and tends to be less error-prone than gesture navigation, which while aesthetically pleasing is still rather predictive and inefficient.
Higher Density is literally fitting more stuff in a smaller or the same space, which adding the bottom buttons technically absolutely does.
@@sherlockmaverick It's really none of those things and gives you the full display area.
@@sherlockmaverickwhat?? Swiping up is not slower than pressing a button. And error-prone? What phone are you using that isn't able to handle something as simple as gesture navigation? (just to be clear it's about replacing the three buttons on the bottom and the gestures related to that. Not about gestures like "draw a circle on the screen to open the camera". Those can be somewhat finicky.)
I've been using a Mediatek Dimensity 1200 phone for over 2 yrs now, and it's been rock solid with great battery life, especially for the price I got it for. MTK has come a long way in the last 2-3 years and they're killing it with their flagship (& mid-range) chips as well, just take a look at the Dimensity 8100/8300, 9300, etc. PS - my D1200 is still more powerful than the 7200 in the (2a), 2 years later😎
Unfortunately Mediatek devices do not get any custom rom development, iirc because they do not release source code or drivers for them.
@@askolds11 That's the reason I'm never getting a MTK phone. I got a Lenovo android MTK tablet many years ago running Android 4.4 and its upgrade path was only 4.2>4.4. Someone made a sketchy custom ROM later, but the whole platform sucks. Meanwhile, my Moto G2 is still alive running Android 8, even though I don't use it anymore as phones with 1GB ram are e-waste nowadays. And my Poco X3 Pro is running a great custom AOSP based rom since MIUI has some weird bugs (and there's China too).
@@askolds11Custom rom is extremely niche market segment so it's viable to not invest in it
Completely agree @@rodryguezzz When they'll finally start releasing source codes, they will definitely start getting market share. Custom ROM support is the single most important parameter when buying a phone in my opinion. It is just stupid to buy a phone knowing that after 2 years, while perfectly usable and fast still, it's gonna look like 10 years old. That's the single biggest reason that perfectly good phones end up as e-waste. I still use a OnePlus 6 with Pixel Experience 13 Plus. More phone than you'll ever need.
"I like the back button on the right." Gods, why? What an odd and oddly specific hill to die on.
Would be nice to know the resolution of the youtube test as well, and not just the nits used
Still can’t get over shaved linus
I love his shaved look. Hope it stays. People are OBSESSED over his beard.
Same thought. Hope he grows it back soon. Skin looks good though!
I care about these factors: - Has a headphone jack. - Has an SD card slot. - Does not have a hole punch. - Is not Chinese. I have been looking for an upgrade to my Note 9 for *YEARS.*
How about Asus Zenfone?
@@kamiars6566 Does it meet my criteria?
why not chinese? all phones are made in china
@@mercuryvirus I think they meant not a Chinese brand, for brands that manufacture outside China iirc there is Nothing and Apple, who make some phones in India
@@chiroyce makes sense
Uploading anything with a cable to a computer is the only right way 💪🏽
Damn , lmg quality content is back
1:40 Their ram booster feature is just swap, a standard feature of linux (and other operating systems) and I'm guessing a lot of phones have that without advertising it. Samsung also have that feature. It seems like a lot of features get mentioned in videos about other phones that sound like something new or special but it's often something other manufacturers have as well
So just like apple
So just like apple
@@aaronwestley3239 iPhone has RAM Booster / swap memory??
I've only ever seen that feature advertised on budget phones so that they can put "4 GB of RAM" on the package when in reality it only has 2 GB.
". . . just swap . . ." is the correct take. Long ago, I read somewhere (gasps, the Internet) that iPhones were doing this and very elegantly, which is why iPhones generally sport lower RAM amounts.
what's up with the audio?
Linis is lookin good!
The chart at 2:28 has identical bars despite 2 hour differences
I'm grateful for how bad you make mediatek seem because it made me underexpect the performance of multiple phones and ended up with me quite happy with the performance. Thank you for overstating the negative aspects of mediatek. Only slightly but enough that it felt like a great fast phone. Who says low expectations are a bad thing? They led me to enjoying 15 hours of Pokémon platinum on drastic.
There was Nothing in this video. Why was it recommended to me.
linus is in love with his note
i love how linus is the one to review this, after carl asked!
I love how he emphasizes how many fingerprints the plastic back collects by wiping it aggressively every 5 seconds
im pretty sure its a glass back. cant imagine plastic being a fingerprint magnet
I don't know most of the reviews ive seen show how its a glass back and the event says that the back and midframe was polycarbonate@@racistpandagod
@@racistpandagodIt is plastic, the outer frame is plastic too. Doesn't feel like cheap plastic though.
I suspect that Nothing is saying the 2a is a developer only item because it's effectively incompatible with 5G networks in the US. It only supports one band of 5G of T-Mobile's network (the mid band) and that's it. The manufacturer says "don't use this on Verizon" at all. Since it's not really compatible with much, I don't think they wanted to deal with the headache of returns for people who won't read the limitations and having a dev kit makes it painfully obvious not to buy unless you know what you're up against.
11:33 spooked my corporate brain
for the notification glansing problem i just got a base smart watch that has like 2 weeks battery life and i see what i get on my phone through it
the audio is terrible. sounds like he is 10 feet away and i just switched from the 10k ltt video they just put out so i can tell its very different.
"Nothing" is affordable now .. facts !!
The 2a it's a gorgeous phone and for it's price point I think it's the best.
is the back plastic of the 2a durable or does it get scratched easily and cannot be used without a seperate case?
Its funny because im watching it from a Nothing Phone 2a❤
Why the audio on this video so bad?
Because you have a real crappy headphones.
@@iftikhar-ii7cy or they are making bad audio
You have to long press the torch button in the drop down menu to make the glyph lights stay on.
was cool to c you pull out a note 9 last phone with Iris scanner
clicked the video saw linus and needed to check the date of the video
Lol
I'm so glad shaved Linus is back. Seriously. I was team NoBeard when you guys did the poll back in 2020. When he said "I'll keep it for the year" I was waiting for him to lose the beard in 2021. Then he just... never did. LOVE that the classic look is back.
I couldn't agree more. The people demanding it back are ridiculous.
Sorry semi off topic but semi valid… TY Linus and LTT gang for enabling Picture in Picture mode for non-YT premium watchers on your videos. It’s been like this for a few weeks now and only for your videos. Very handy… until the YT adverts play which breaks the experience and can only be fixed with closing and re-opening the YT app again. Either way is handy to check out links while watching your videos in a corner (so stupid they lock a phone feature behind a paywall and the rest of KZhead doesn’t allow this - if you didn’t enable this… then I guess YT are testing it with your channel and now you know!)
though I think nothing has made a lot of mistakes recently I think this is a great device! The only thing Im wondering is how it compares to my phone 1, which was also €350
Nice pun. Nothing is affordable, it's funny but true
1 view in 23 seconds, fell off
Why am I seeing these comments everywhere what
Okay Nico Rosberg
@@munger30 it's a dumb joke
@@kingpanguan that's dumb
Mediatek's underated man. The chipset they used isn't particularly the best soc they could have taken from mediatek, dimensity 8200 or 8300 would have been a much better option...
Looks great! Can the bootloader be unlocked and can the phone be rooted?
I don't think that the Image Processing has that much to do with the MediaTek SoC, rather more to do with the optimization of the Nothing Camera App. That's because i have an old Redmi Note 8 Pro, which has a Helio G90T (a 2019 SoC), and it doesn't take that long to process the images as the Nothing 2(a) with Dimensity 7200 Pro.
I dont know if Nothing or someone else said this but I personally like the glyph as it shown just like Predator's gauntlet timer especially when using timer.
I switched from a Pixel 4a to the Nothing Phone 1 in December and my only complaints are the fingerprint scanner and the camera. The camera is workable with the GCam app but the fingerprint scanner on the 4A has way better placement and is way faster.
Unfortunately Gcam would probably not work with Phone 2A due to Mediatek processor.
OMG linus no beard??! I know I know, I've been under a rock yes, but man... this takes me back to his NCIX days
0:40 well there is all the plastic from the bags and packaging on the sim removal tool, why not just the stamped steel? because pretty i guess
What does slow photo processing time mean? That when you want to look at the photo it takes time to load? I probably don't mind that as long as it takes photos fast.
Looks cool, but lack of micro sd slot is a deal killer for me.
I'm hoping Nothing can get carriet spottiness worked out on their phones for the US market because I think a lot of people chomping at the bit to jump ship from Apple would absolutely love the device and especially its widget-heavy OS. While the Nothing 2a technically works on all of the main providers in a vast majority of their service areas, the near-total lack of 5G and CDMA support for rural areas makes it a hard sell for the outdoorsy or on-the-move type of user-also apparently you need to have your device registered with Verizon for it to even be able to access service, so that's a fun one.