Nothing Phone (2a) arrives to destabilize the mid-range: unique, simple, fast, all at an excellent price

Finally Nothing has revealed all the details on its new smartphone, Nothing Phone (2a), arriving very soon in Italy. At this point we have been testing it thoroughly for several days, so much so that you can already read our full review here. It is not an evolution of the Phone (2), on the contrary, the price range is decidedly different. The brand managers described it to us as an upgrade of Phone (1), but it’s not called (1a) because it still has many points in common with the 2. Let’s first see the technical specifications.

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• Screen: 6.7″ flexible AMOLED full HD+ (1,084 x 2,412 pixels), 30-120 Hz Adaptive Refresh Rate, 240 Hz touch sampling rate, 700 nits typical brightness, 1,100 nits external, 1,300 nits peak, Gorilla Glass 5
• Processor: MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro octa-core 4 nm Gen 2 TSMC, up to 2.8 GHz
• RAM: 8/12 GB
• Memory internal: 128/256 GB
• Cameras rear:
  • 50 megapixel main f/1.88, 1/1.56″, OIS and EIS
  • 50 megapixel ultrawide 114°FOV, f/2.2, 1/2.76″
• Camera front: 32 megapixels f/2.2, 1/2.74″
• Drums: 5,000 mAh, 45W fast charging (0-100% in 59 minutes, 0-50% in 23 minutes)
• Audio: dual stereo speaker, dual microphone
• Sensors: fingerprint reader under the display, light sensor, proximity, accelerometer and gyroscope, core sensor
• Certification: IP54
• Connectivity: Dual SIM, 5G, Wi-Fi 6 2×2 MIMO and MU-MIMO, Bluetooth 5.3, NFC, GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
• OS: Nothing OS 2.5 with Android 14
• Dimensions: 161.74 x 76.32 x 8.55mm
• Weight: 190 g

The spec sheet is quite eloquent, but there is still something to be said about it.

For starters, Nothing Phone (2a) is the only one to have a MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro SoC. Nothing has in fact collaborated with MediaTek to optimize the processor in question to the maximum, in order to improve autonomy, fluidity and general performance, leading to the creation of this Pro variant. The reason for the presence of a MediaTek SoC instead of a Qualcomm one has been explained by Nothing herself in a video. Among other things, it has to do with the construction process.

The back is divided into two sections: the upper one which houses the circular camera bump and Nothing’s typical Glyph Interface, although with a little less LEDs than usual to keep the price within “humane” thresholds. The part below is partly inspired by Massimo Vignelli’s New York subway map. The whole thing is protected by high quality polycarbonate. There’s no glass, and there’s no wireless charging either.

Given its size and weight, it certainly cannot be defined as compact, on the contrary, but at least you will have a nice large and bright display at your disposal, powered among other things by a 5,000 mAh battery.

Special attention is also paid to sustainability: for the Nothing Phone (2a) 100% recycled aluminum was used for the frame, 100% tin was used for 7 of the printed circuits on board, 100% copper was used for the main board, recycled steel for 22 components and over 50% recycled plastic for the entire smartphone.

As for updates, Nothing guarantees 3 years of major updates and 4 years of security patches.

Today Nothing officially unveils the smartphone, but to purchase it you will have to wait until Next March 12th. In Italy it will be possible to purchase it on the official store in 3 colors: the black one, which you can also see in our review, Milk, which would be white, and White, which is actually the transparent model.

The latter will be sold exclusively on the Nothing store. Alternatively, the black and white models will also be found on Amazon Italy and in WindTre stores. Two configurations will be available:

• 8/128GB – €349
• 12/256GB – €399