The much-teased and oft-leaked Nothing Phone (2a) is now officially official, just under a week after it made its limited debut at the company\u2019s MWC after party. Nothing\u2019s third phone is the first that goes directly after the mid-tier\/budget space, with a starting price of $349.<\/p>\n
While preorders open today, there\u2019s an important caveat in the States. The phone is currently only available here for developers looking to integrate third-party apps with the light up \u201cGlyphs\u201d on the device\u2019s back.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Glyph Developer Kit for Nothing devices is here,\u201d Nothing writes of the program. \u201cYour opportunity to build your own integration with the Glyph Interface. You can start developing it and register for an API key starting March 5, 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n
The handset will, however, be available in the U.K. and India through more traditional means. In the London-based firm\u2019s home market, it\u2019s available in both 8GB\/128GB and 12GB\/256GB models, running \u00a3319 and \u00a3319, respectively. In India, those models run \u20b923,999 and \u20b927,099, respectively. The world\u2019s largest smartphone market is also a massive target for budget-minded phones. It will be the only launch market to get a third configuration of 12GB\/256GB for \u20b925,999.<\/p>\n
Image Credits:<\/strong> Nothing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The handset drops the Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs found in the more premium models, instead opting for a customized MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro chip. Says Nothing:<\/p>\n Together, Nothing and MediaTek have introduced optimizations such as Smart Clean (+200% UFS read\/write speed over prolonged usage) and Adaptive NTFS (+100% file transfer speeds with Windows computers) and have been able to reduce power consumption of specific components by up to 10%.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The performance will naturally be a step down from the Nothing Phone (2)\u2019s flagship Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (you may, however, see a bump in speed from the Phone (1) with certain workflows). The (2a) maintains the (2)\u2019s 50-megapixel dual rear-facing cameras, though it shifts them to the center-back. The back is otherwise reminiscent of the phones that came before it, with the trademark transparent design, coupled with the light-up Glyphs (though they\u2019ve been reduced in number to three and are only located on the top).<\/p>\n Image Credits:<\/strong> Nothing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n At 5,000 mAh, the battery is larger than the ones found on both the Phone (1) (4,500mAh) and Phone (2) (4,700 mAh). The (2a) maintains the more premium handset\u2019s 6.7-inch screen size, along with the 120Hz refresh rate.<\/p>\n All told, it\u2019s shaping up to be a solid phone for its price point. Given the number of flagships that top out at over $1,000, however, one could certainly classify the $639 Nothing Phone (2) as a mid-tier price point.<\/p>\n\n
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