Beyond the lights. Does the for the techies approach work?
It’s not for techie people, and the price isn’t either cheap. In my country, the price differences between Nothing 2 & S23 ultra 256GB are ~$100.
I love it for all known reasons, already posted in here. But one big con is left: no LineageOS support.
I stuck at Paranoid Android atm and degoogled it as much as possible. I really love it, feels snappy and stable. But i hope Lineage will come to this device some day.
Here’s why I bought the Phone (2):
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Didn’t want to buy a Chinese smartphone because of privacy issues, shitty UI, bloatware, ads, update policies and the lack of any brand value really. I know Google isn’t any better but tackling a single devil is easier than two. OnePlus, RealMe, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Motorola are out.
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Pixel with GrapheneOS looks ideal but the G2 chip has some serious thermal efficiency issues leading to poorer battery life. I’ve seen my friend’s phone stop video recording due to overheating lol. Heat aside, it isn’t even powerful enough to beat the older 8+ Gen 1, let alone competing with Apple’s A-series chips. Plus, no 120Hz or LTPO.
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Around this budget, you’ll get Samsung’s A73 not their flagship S-series. Apart from the plasticky back, a snapdragon 788 processor?! No 4k 60 fps recording? Ads and bloatware?! Sorry.
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Went with Nothing because it checked all the right boxes for me. Good software, good build, good hardware, good update support, some party tricks. Degoogled it the old fashioned way. It’s something different and a head turner. They’ve really managed to create that brand value somehow in such a short time. I’ve had 3 people ask me to check my phone in just a week.
I think of them as “design” company, although they are really an aesthetics company. They simply make bog-standard devices with outstanding aesthetics and “features” and custom icon/widget packs for the Pixel Launcher that ships with the phone, for people that want something “different”. I have always contemplated the innovative-ness of the glyph system and if it even makes the phone experience any better.
Looks awesome, but will never make it. A techie would know better than to be conned by marketing about being able to swap out parts and “sustainability”. By the time you need an internal for it that company won’t exist. Nobody else will have parts for it, then theres normal shit like cases, screen protectors etc
Anybody thats actual technical would just swap a battery or a screen. Not like its difficult. I just put a new battery in my Pixel 6 Pro recently, took about half an hour, my kids iPhone 11 screen was just as easy.
