With Nothing Phone (2), Carl Pei’s company stepped into the accelerator compared to its predecessor in all important areas: a distinctive and premium design, a larger screen and a larger chip, a winning combination in terms of improving user experience. But the cost continued to take its toll on one of the most distinctive phones on the market. Therefore, the brand plans to follow a similar strategy to Google, and this 2024 there is a very interesting launch on the horizon: Nothing Phone 2a, which is a change in quality and price and whose SoC has already been rumored and is now spreading by word of mouth. confirmed. Leaks emerged about Screen and camera features that aim high.

More screen and camera details

We had already heard that the Nothing Phone 2a would supposedly be assembled. 6.7-inch panel with 120 Hz refresh rate just like the Phone (2) but what has been published in the last few hours on SmartPrix makes it more specific: it will be of the AMOLED type, produced by Visionox and BOE and will have a resolution of 1084 × 2412 pixels

As for its cameras, it was already known that the Phone 2a would have a dual rear configuration but This new leak gives great details. Thus, it will have a 1/1.5″ and 50MP Samsung S5KGM9 main lens with a pixel size of 1.0μm, and a 50MP, 1/2.76″ and 0.6μm Samsung S5KJN1 sensor for the ultra-wide angle. If the wide-angle features sound familiar, it’s because they’re exactly the features used in the Nothing Phone (1) and Phone (2) models. On the front there is the old, well-known 32MP Sony IMX615 sensor, which is quite common among the mid-range and premium.

Considering the theoretical specifications of its lenses, it is clear that Nothing does not want to make a difference in quality and price, because on paper there is little to envy its final version; We said this in our analysis, although there was a change in the camera’s camera. It got better, it didn’t get better. It was the best under 700 Euros. But, There will be sacrifices too: The Phone 2a’s main camera would be left without OIS, an important feature that could affect its performance in low-light images.

As a compilation, the main rumors emerging about the Nothing Phone 2a indicate that it will feature MediaTek’s Dimensity 7200 under the hood and at the controls, along with 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and supposedly Android 14 and NothingOS 2.5. . As for the design, it will retain its iconic headlights, but will come with a refreshed, simpler and reduced rear design with Glyph headlights. According to leaks, all these changes will have an impact on the price. They aim not to exceed the $400 limit.

The future Nothing Phone 2a is proposed to be launched in black and white colors like the models without letter ‘a’ and the launch strategy will cover India, Japan, Europe and Global. In any case, and according to the leaks, we will have to wait for their presentation to confirm these: Nothing event At Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona on February 27th.

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