Nothing Phone (2a) review

Nothing might have struck gold with the Phone (2a). It's a smartphone with an incredible balance of price versus features. Check out our video review to learn ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW about the phone's top features, build and screen quality, battery life, performance, and camera image quality.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Start
00:08 - Marker 1
00:26 - Design and build
01:59 - Screen specs and features
02:44 - Stereo speakers test
03:01 - Under-display fingerprint reader
03:07 - Storage options
03:13 - Android 14 and UI
03:49 - MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro performance
04:35 - Battery endurance and charging test
05:11 - Camera specs
05:26 - Main camera: photo and video quality
06:44 - Ultrawide camera: photo and video quality
07:12 - Selfies
07:22 - Conclusion
07:46 - Alternatives and selfie video quality

[GFourGadget]

It's a pretty neat phone from Nothing. They should focus more on midrange phones like this, before heading for flagship territory.

[jonaspetersen]

Good review. To avoid misunderstanding, the frame and back on the Nothing Phone 2a are made of plastic.

[mikelitoris]

Bro needs to start reviewing proteins because his bulking progress is literally impressive, I'm not even paying attention to the phone rn

[umbertofurlan]

i've just got the 12gb model in thailand for around 300$. CRAZY FAST. Amazing low/mid range phone.

[zakaung]

I recently upgraded from my 6 years old iPhone X to this phone. Man the difference is crazy. As a person who loves minimalistic icon design, i love this phone so much. Slick icon designs, great and convenient shortcuts and also brilliant battery life. I can also play any top games with ease without overheating. The only downside of this phone is camera. I don't think the cameras are as natural as the iPhone. Other than that, this is a brilliant all round phone so far. The price that you paid for this phone is worth every penny.

[nikkeipvck]

Was eagerly waiting for this one. I'm glad y'all like it

[iamtofuboy]

I have the nothing 2a! Love it so far!

[nelsing]

I ended up ordering this phone after spending many hours over the last few days checking alternatives. Upgrading from my almost 5 year old Xiaomi redmi note 8 pro.

[amoleragon]

Beautiful, capable device. Love the White color on the Phone 2a.

[othinus]

the biggest highlight for me is that unlike most other smartphones especially in this price range; the 2A has the highest *manual* screen display brightness of 660 nits

[riccomori]

im gonna buy this. Switching from s20fe. Best value for best battery.

[brandenongkp]

Just bought this Nothing phone 2a as a secondary phone. At this price tag is very impressive, i am very happy with my purchase.

[kendrictan]

This may be a Nothing Phone but Will's Biceps are Something Else

[wyattearp]

Get the white one, u wont regret, and if u can wait, they are coming out special edition color, yellow and red

[davidbezzant]

I am once again asking for a Oppo find x7 ultra video review please GSMarena

[thefeet]

July 11, 2024: This may sound like a silly/trivial request...but could you PLEASE TEST this phone and prove that it "will indeed" do a simple etc to a "FireTV" or other streaming device WIRELESSLY WITH AUDIO? The reason I ask is I recently purchased a Samsung A05 thinking it would be GREAT for loading up my movies/videos/pics and "casting" to a "LCD projector" for camping with the kids or just late-nite outdoor "casting"... Samsung DROPPED THE BALL with the A05 as it will simply NOT "smart view"/"cast" to ANY device on my wifi network! This is something that has been available and come to be known as STANDARD FEATURE but the new A05/Android 14 has "stripped" this feature! What a waste of money hoping I could use that cheap phone for that purpose! My OLD samsung s10+ and even newer(last year) tablet (A8) can "cast" and the A0% i just bought is a piece of junk! (I also dare you to buy a cheap A05 and TRY to get "casting/screen-mirroring" to work AT ALL!)

[fxmasterwongi]

The intro is so nothing like..great job

[jwalenmanoj]

Bro's getting more jacked every video 😶

[kosmickitten_au]

My 2A is getting delivered tomorrow. I'm excited to try it out

[BozQ]

I think it's worth noting that this is using UFS2.2 storage. So R/W speeds are a little slower.