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Nothing Phone 2 Has Me Excited!
Nothing’s second outing, The Nothing Phone 2, builds on last year’s great phone. CNET’s Andrew Lanxon tried it out and liked a lot of what he saw. 0:00 Intro 0:39 Price 1:02 Design 3:05 Display 3:23 Processor 4:19 Software 6:00 Cameras 7:16 Battery Life 8:08 Conclusions Nothing Tech Subscribe to CNET: Never miss a deal…
Vince Baker
July 11, 2023 at 11:50 am
What about finger prints & smuges? From what I could see in this video they are quite apparent.
Bobby Hill
July 11, 2023 at 11:51 am
Most improvement is about Glyphs that literally nobody use (talking about phone (1) user’s..
The rest most of the same.
No improvement in weather/water resistant, for example. Idk what to say.. that was literally Nothing.
chewgum
July 11, 2023 at 1:27 pm
faster processor, much better battery life, higher display brightness, slimmer bezels.. how can you say there was nothing..
Mayur M
July 11, 2023 at 11:53 am
Why aren’t these guys segmenting the video. We can quickly move to important segments.
Rytis36
July 11, 2023 at 11:55 am
That way you will have to watch the whole thing.
Mayur M
July 11, 2023 at 11:58 am
@Rytis36 but every reviewer does that sir.
CNET
July 11, 2023 at 12:13 pm
It is segmented. For some reason YouTube is not processing the chapters. You can find the chapters in the description.
Mayur M
July 11, 2023 at 12:18 pm
@CNET thank you sir.
Rytis36
July 11, 2023 at 1:12 pm
@Mayur M i am not your sir, buddy.
X N X X
July 11, 2023 at 12:09 pm
Did the embargo just end – every tech YouTuber is posting this lol
Terry Bunch
July 11, 2023 at 12:34 pm
Carl Pei getting all his influencer friends to shill this 😂
AggiePride4life
July 11, 2023 at 1:07 pm
iPhone 12 Pro
JDBass36
July 11, 2023 at 1:16 pm
I havnt seen 1 person with this phone anywhere
nochancecw
July 11, 2023 at 1:17 pm
I just got this over the google phone.
1. Google phone charging is too slow.
2. Bored of the standard phones.
3. Used oneplus since oneplus 3 and love what Carl did – i lile how he thinks about tech and the people he builds his companies around.
4. Wanted a western phone company for better security.
5. Camera is good enough for what i need.
I think if you want something that is a western built phone and you dont care about absolutely top end processing or pictures, this phone will be a solid choice to get you close with some style.
Ilpo Heikkilä
July 11, 2023 at 1:28 pm
Great video!
Ren Amamiya
July 11, 2023 at 1:51 pm
It’s a Nothing Phone too.
Rolins
July 11, 2023 at 2:16 pm
Seriously (I genuinely want to know), someone explains to me how this smartphone at $600 or €700 in Europe is a better deal than (real) high-end of last year like the OnePlus 10 Pro, Oppo Find X5 Pro, S22 Plus (Snapdragon), even iPhone 13… and especially a OnePlus 11 which can currently be found quite often and easily at the same price 🤔
Ps: it’s a little misleading, dishonest on the part of Nothing (as well as Xiaomi with its Poco F5 Pro), to say that this smartphone has a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, in reality, it is a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 but TSMC manufacture.
Tony Moore
July 11, 2023 at 2:41 pm
Wish they accepted trade-ins…
Transporter
July 11, 2023 at 2:42 pm
I hate the fact they made it look like that iPhone I’ll pass
Transporter
July 11, 2023 at 2:42 pm
I hate the fact they made it look like the iPhone I’ll pass
Tsar Hare
July 11, 2023 at 3:18 pm
no alcohol molecules in anything not even in sight, namasta
nice video
Om Hare Krishna
Tsar Hare
July 11, 2023 at 3:19 pm
jain hindu food recipes for every meal. namasta, drink more freshwater plus breastmilk. namasta. peace as well straight love. namasta
Furry Donkey
July 11, 2023 at 4:13 pm
No cover to protect the phone….
Jason
July 11, 2023 at 4:26 pm
Nothing phone is basically another iPhone knock off that just so happens to have a translucent back and gimmicky lights on the back.
kid kaido
July 11, 2023 at 5:37 pm
I said i want nothing phone to my brother he said i deserve it 💀💀
Wesley Wood
July 11, 2023 at 5:38 pm
Can you check on the phone if there’s esim compatibility?
Angel Lopez
July 12, 2023 at 12:00 pm
there is no esim capability
Wesley Wood
July 12, 2023 at 12:13 pm
@Angel Lopez well that figures.
Sandi Hermana
July 11, 2023 at 7:10 pm
Finally now cnet video bring subtitles english by default🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳😍🥰😍🤩
Jeffrey Weinstein
July 11, 2023 at 7:18 pm
More George Floyd innuendo? His discovery of classical cynicism back then. Did they misread something into that gobbledygook?
MRjustinKCKS
July 11, 2023 at 8:20 pm
I always wondered why Apple can’t make the apple logo in the back of their iPhones light up that would be so cool!. I’m going to pick this phone up along with the Moto razor plus
chemjam
July 11, 2023 at 8:45 pm
I see nothing…. again
Sorayesh Semo
July 11, 2023 at 9:04 pm
what do you guys need exactly from a 600 dollars phone? the processor is 2 times better than pixel 7a, battery life is better, the display is LTPO, iphone 14+ is still 60 hz and if 15 becomes 120hz that is not gonna be dynamic but this phone can go all the way down to 1 hz, there are jo think unsymmetrical bezels and the back is completely unique and premium built, there are no fake third and forth cameras that just do macro shots in 2 megapixels, it has wireless and reverse wireless charging, the charging speed is much faster than pixel 7a, it receives os updates for 3 years and the os is literally stock android with a little different home screen launcher that you can change to stock again. and this is a western phone meaning it’s not gonna be banned by the USA like Huawei and ZTE and ….. it’s here to stay with good support
Pov
July 13, 2023 at 12:36 pm
exactly
daishing kwok
July 11, 2023 at 11:18 pm
hey this Chinese CEO he could give us nothing, but instead he give us a cool phone, I said we get a lot more than we deserve already. 😅🤣😂🙃🥲
Lmaonade
July 12, 2023 at 5:12 am
more crap chinese phones. no thanks
Super Chris
July 12, 2023 at 6:59 am
Dude. They’re from the UK lol
Mark Southwell
July 12, 2023 at 4:40 pm
It’s a UK company. Do your research before commenting
Kit
July 13, 2023 at 6:16 am
@Mark Southwellit is as U.K as butter chicken in U.K 🤣
Entire manufacturing license & design license is taken from OPPO & even manufacture in same Building as in oppo Owned OEM in India(Chennai) & major investor is Shenzhen based investment firm, Only just the registration is done in U.K to avoid 😅 US loop just like every financial house register in Ireland to avoid Taxes, while entire company just works outside as I one in work/invested in.😂
Greef_karga
July 12, 2023 at 5:32 am
For a second I thought Tiff Needell was reviewing the phone
itzmebala
July 12, 2023 at 6:36 am
Shill
Mark :-P
July 12, 2023 at 6:43 am
It’s just like all the other phones, small updates and a price increase!
Joel Conolly
July 12, 2023 at 11:50 am
Better performance is pretty much a good reason to upgrade the cost.
Super Chris
July 12, 2023 at 7:08 am
Heads up the 7a is $499 msrp. The a series got bumped up $50 this year
Graham Evans
July 12, 2023 at 10:22 am
Appropriately named
klon biles
July 12, 2023 at 10:39 am
Just get 12t pro for 520usd 256gb or f5 pro for 380usd 256gb. That phone is not worth 600
Viswanath.P. Nair
July 12, 2023 at 12:19 pm
Great video,
One comment I should say, It would have been nicer if the phones in the video were cleaned before taking the shot. Viewing in 4K really pop up the dust on the phones 😊
Nexus Yang
July 12, 2023 at 12:58 pm
Nothing Phone (2) biggest competition I believe will be Asus Zen Phone 10. The pricing as announced in Taiwan for the base model of 8GB+128GB is NTD $19,999 or $624 USD. However, the Phone 10 is rocking Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Phone (2) Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Pricing I believe will be very competitive but ultimately it will come down to what Asus will set the US distribution prices to be as that information is not yet available.
Miles Morales
July 12, 2023 at 3:37 pm
Ppl always say NOTHING beats APPLE! i guess they are right!
Laz Mako
July 12, 2023 at 4:32 pm
Great video. Just one thing to add: The camera hardware is not completely the same, they have upgraded the main camera sensor from Sony IMX766 to IMX890. But to be fair, software image processing will likely mean a bigger improvement anyway.
With that said, I’m currently using a Nothing Phone 1 and the camera is perfect for my needs already. It was good average when I bought it but I feel it’s well beyond average now after so many updates. I regularly take stunning photos with it.
Raymond Laracuenta
July 12, 2023 at 5:06 pm
Gray or white is the question. 🙂
Samyam Pradhan
July 13, 2023 at 4:17 am
Gimmicks
Rich
July 13, 2023 at 12:03 pm
Correctly pronounced ‘Z’ good to hear.
Jeffrey Weinstein
July 13, 2023 at 12:11 pm
Hey Bill … come and see my “Everything Collection.” Historical glory is the greatest reward.
Jeffrey Weinstein
July 13, 2023 at 12:13 pm
July 2023: My two creations – Facebook and Twitter – are now gone. Rebranded into Meta and Threads.
CHICITIZEN
July 14, 2023 at 4:41 am
I remember when Samsung Galaxy’s had a notification light on the top of the phone, good times.
It's Me
July 14, 2023 at 7:10 am
Great video