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Edit From u/MishaalRahman “Nothing sent me a unit for review which I’ve been using for the past 2 weeks. I can’t answer many questions immediately due to embargo (we’re pretty much only able to talk about the design and new Nothing OS 2.0 features), but if you have any questions, I’ll make note of 'em and come back to answer them once the full review embargo lifts”

Please reply to his comment here if you have any questions.

Reviews: Nothing Phone (2) Review: Actually, This Is Something - MrMobile [Michael Fisher]

Nothing Phone 2 Review This Will surprise You (Best New Features) - TK Bay

Nothing Phone (2) review - GSMarena

Nothing Phone 2 Review: A Real Personality! - Marques Brownlee

Nothing Phone 2 Review | Bigger & Better In Every Way - Tech Spurt

Nothing Phone 2 Full Review - WATCH Before You Buy! - The Tech Chap

Nothing Phone 2 vs Pixel 7 - The Easy Choice! - Matthew Moniz

Nothing Phone 2 Review: Should You Buy? - Beebom

Nothing Phone (2) Review: If Apple Made an Android - GadgetMatch

Nothing Phone (2) Review | Cool Design…With a Catch - Created by Ella

Nothing Phone 2 Full Review: One Week Later! - GadgetByte

Hands on: Nothing Phone (2) - Makes Tech Fun Again! - HowToMen

Nothing Phone (2) Unboxing #shorts -TKBay

I have Nothing 2 say… - JerryRigEverything

Nothing Phone 2 Unboxing & Full Tour | Serious Upgrade! - Tech Spurt

Nothing Phone 2 Thoughts After Two Weeks! - bensgadgetreviews

Nothing Phone 2 Hands-on: Same Same, But Different (In a Good Way) - Nextrift

Nothing Phone (2) Impressions ft Nothing CEO! - Mrwhosetheboss

Nothing Phone (2) - They’ve Changed… - Dave2D

Please post the YouTube links or articles about the phone (2) in the comments and I will update the post. Thanks!

Nothing sent me a unit for review which I’ve been using for the past 2 weeks. I can’t answer many questions immediately due to embargo (we’re pretty much only able to talk about the design and new Nothing OS 2.0 features), but if you have any questions, I’ll make note of 'em and come back to answer them once the full review embargo lifts

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Nothing sent me a unit for review which I’ve been using for the past 2 weeks. I can’t answer many questions immediately due to embargo (we’re pretty much only able to talk about the design and new Nothing OS 2.0 features), but if you have any questions, I’ll make note of 'em and come back to answer them once the full review embargo lifts.

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Hi Mishaal. Asking this for your future review.

  1. How’s the vibration motor?
  2. How do you find the “gimmicky” Nothing cable, any quality concerns?
  3. General fingerprint reader experience
  4. Any issues with cellular reception/calls?

And these I believe you could answer before the embargo.

  1. Favorite feature of the Nothing OS 2.0
  2. How comfortable is it to use when laying in bed? Particularly when holding it above yourself and typing.
  3. How big of a difference does it make to use the entire glyph interface vs just the flashlight? Not just for the camera experience but like, looking for stuff under the bed etc. And how easy is it to use it like this (one toggle or digging deep in the settings)?
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  1. The vibration motor is surprisingly good! When my alarm rings in the morning, the haptics closely match the sound of the alarm.
  2. I always prefer durability over looks, so a nice braided cable is what I’d personally prefer. But I don’t think there should be issues with the default cable, not that you have to use it since the phone supports PD charging. (I’ve only had the phone for 2 weeks, so it’s not like I’d have enough time to experience cable failure if that is a problem.)
  3. I prefer side-mounted/capacitive fingerprint readers still, and there has been the occasional time where my fingerprint wasn’t recognized, but those are just general woes of optical under-display fingerprint scanners.
  4. Nope!
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  1. Hmm, can’t really pick one, I’m just an overall fan of how “stock Android-like” Nothing OS 2.0 is, and I mean that in the sense that Nothing has largely retained the design language of Pixel Android (Material You) and has borrowed many GMS features (like Safety Hub, Game Dashboard, etc.)

  2. Coming from the Zenfone 9, it definitely strains my hand more since it’s larger and heftier.

  3. Glyph lights definitely don’t replace the regular torch functionality in terms of light coverage (btw, in Nothing OS 2.0, you can now long-press the Flashlight QS tile to turn on all Glyph lights at once).

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So…do you like it?

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Yes!

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  1. It did not come with a case in the box.

  2. I’ll have to come back to this one, as I can’t do any comparisons.

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awesome thanks

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As someone who has used the first gen phone, what are your thoughts on the Nothing Phone 2’s design, and would you say it fits in the same vein?

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I haven’t used the Phone (1), so I can’t compare the two.

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thx

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It’s a neat phone and I’m glad we have options… But I don’t see the hype. The gimmicks are nice but does it give anything that you don’t get with arguably better options in Samsung and Pixel?

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It has nice software? I think I see where they are going but they need like another year or something.

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from everything ive seen it looks fine. i just dont see it getting the market share it needs to stay afloat. if titans like HTC and others couldnt do it with much more innovative tech at the time, i dont see the little light thing to take up anything of value. at least not in the US market.

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Does anyone know something about custom roms running on this phone?

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From xda, seems is possible

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