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Nothing is n’t one to be quiet about novel release . The London - based earpiece company ’s media thrust largely bank on trickle out information about gadget bit by bit . It ’s been a solid strategy thus far ( if a bit annoying as someone who covers this existence ) , as so many of its proclamation have been first - gen products , each generating a bombination beyond the company ’s loyal fanbase .
Nothing Phone ( 2a ) certainly fits the bill . While it ’s in reality the company ’s third handset , it ’s aimed squarely at a unlike demographic than the flagshipPhone ( 1)andPhone ( 2 ) . The “ 2a ” bit , as you ’ve in all probability gathered from previous handsets , imply a budget focus . In recent eld , that ’s mostly been a game of deciding which flagship feature can be sacrifice to reduce the price , while keeping it as near to a premium feel as potential .
After various teases and a handful of prescribed figure release , the Phone ( 2a ) finally see the Light Within of day ( well , the warm glow of a Barcelona Nox ) at MWC 2024 . More specifically , it was a Edgar Guest of honour at last night ’s Nothing after - show company , glowing up in all of its low - priced aura inside a shabu boxwood . Otherwise , Nothing has been lie down low at the big nomadic trade show , opting out of a floor presence .
To cite Operation Ivy paraphrasing Plato ’s account of Socrates , “ all I know is that I do n’t be intimate Nothing . ” Details are few and far between at the moment . That said , the design does tell us a practiced amount about the product . For starters , Nothing has unsurprisingly retained some of the transparent aesthetic of the rest period of the line . The short - up glyphs are back as well — though they hatch a pile less open field than the other exemplar , classify to a trio of band up top .
Phone ( 2a ) keeps the Phone ( 2 ) ’s duple - camera setup , though it ’s been move to the nitty-gritty . I ’m queer to discover whether that ’s primarily a pragmatic decision or an aesthetic one . With Nothing being so focused on design , I would n’t be surprised if it was act simply to distinguish the equipment from its flagships . Whatever the fount , this is a well - looking and ( it appears ) solidly progress budget phone . The prat may be a fleck busy for some , but — as ever — I appreciate what Nothing has done to break off from the same excogitation most maker have settle into .
We do n’t have intercourse specific on the camera frame-up beyond issue and preference , but I would n’t be surprised if it ’s a stair down from the Phone ( 2 ) , as photographic camera configurations certainly contribute to manufacture price . We do know , however , that the speech sound will be powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro chip — a variant construct specifically for the machine .
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Price is very much still an open interrogative — and an important one at that .
