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The much - teased and oft - leaked Nothing Phone ( 2a ) is now officially prescribed , just under a calendar week after it made its limited debut at the troupe ’s MWC after political party . Nothing ’s third phone is the first that goes directly after the mid - tier up / budget space , with a start price of $ 349 .
While preorders open today , there ’s an important caution in the States . The earpiece is presently only uncommitted here for developer looking to integrate third - political party apps with the visible radiation up “ Glyphs ” on the machine ’s back .
“ The Glyph Developer Kit for Nothing devices is here , ” Nothing write of the programme . “ Your chance to build your own integration with the Glyph Interface . you’re able to start develop it and register for an API key fruit start March 5 , 2024 . ”
The handset will , however , be available in the U.K. and India through more traditional means . In the London - based firm ’s nursing home market place , it ’s useable in both 8GB/128 GB and 12GB/256 GB framework , bunk £ 319 and £ 319 , severally . In India , those model function ₹ 23,999 and ₹ 27,099 , respectively . The humans ’s largest smartphone market is also a massive aim for budget - minded phones . It will be the only launching market to get a third configuration of 12GB/256 GB for ₹ 25,999 .
The French telephone drop the Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs found in the more premium theoretical account , instead opting for a customized MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro cow chip . Says Nothing :
Together , Nothing and MediaTek have introduced optimizations such as Smart Clean ( +200 % UFS read / write speed over prolonged utilisation ) and Adaptive NTFS ( +100 % file transfer speeds with Windows computers ) and have been able to reduce mightiness consumption of specific components by up to 10 % .
The functioning will naturally be a step down from the Nothing Phone ( 2 ) ’s flagship Snapdragon 8 + Gen 1 ( you may , however , see a bump in hurrying from the Phone ( 1 ) with certain workflows ) . The ( 2a ) maintains the ( 2 ) ’s 50 - megapixel twofold rear - facing camera , though it shifts them to the sum - back . The back is otherwise reminiscent of the telephone set that number before it , with the trademark vapourous design , pair with the light - up Glyphs ( though they ’ve been reduced in number to three and are only located on the top ) .
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At 5,000 mAh , the battery is magnanimous than the 1 found on both the Phone ( 1 ) ( 4,500mAh ) and Phone ( 2 ) ( 4,700 mAh ) . The ( 2a ) maintains the more agiotage handset ’s 6.7 - inch screen size , along with the 120Hz refresh rate .
All tell , it ’s mould up to be a satisfying earphone for its price point . pass on the number of flagships that top out at over $ 1,000 , however , one could surely class the $ 639 Nothing Phone ( 2 ) as a mid - tier price level .
