Nothing Phone (2a) 8+128GB - Unlocked mobile phone with Nothing OS 2.5 - Milk

Absolutely love this phone!, for me it ticks every single box for my needs. The ONLY negative I will give is the lack of a case and charger, which some other companies include. But I suppose this is at a lower price, so it can be forgiven. Performance - Perfect for your day to day, though if you're use to flagship performance, you won't get that here. Though what you do get is 120hz screen, smooth responses and it'll handle most things. I think 90% of people will be happy with this. Cameras - Nothing special, but nothing too bad. I've been impressed with the low light photos from this phone. Though again, nothing special at this price, but that doesn't mean they're bad, as they're really good. Battery / Charging - Easily a 2 day battery life for me, though others may differ depending on your use case scenario. 50 watt charging speed does what it needs to do, no complaint from me here either. Screen - The screen hasn't been bad, I mean, it hasn't made me have an opinion in a negative way, so that tells you something. Very nice, bright and responsive. Conclusion - While I can't include everything in my review or I'll be here all day, I will say for the price this phone is perfect, I absolutely LOVE the phone and would recommend it with 100% confidence!

If your looking for a cheap but top phone look no further this phone will keep up with your dailys and more value for money it'll keep up with games if your interested in gaming phones very good weight holds its charge for a long time great graphics runs smoothly super easy phone to use and fully customisable phone feels great in hand hand and looks brilliant sounds is really good screen is top quality storage is brilliant a range of different colours

I have always gone for higher end handsets but decided to give the Nothing Phone 2a Plus a go, the modern design of the OS and quirky hardware appealed to me. Also since I bought my last handset the market has changed and you get more for your money in the budget/midrange end. So far I am impressed by the software experience, I like what Nothing have done here. Its fast and I like the use of widgets and the more minimalist aesthetic, plus the Glyph lights are more useful than I expected and very cool. Battery life so far is amazing, screen quality top notch and I have noticed a big step in call quality over my Oppo. Haven't really had the chance to try the camera but I expect it will be more than enough for what I need and more. I like that its a bit different and the overall hardware quality seems excellent, what's not to like :) At Last a FUN Mobile

This phone will do most things you want from a midrange phone . The operating system is very lean and is not cluttered with unnecessary apps etc . Very fast and responsive. Feels nice in your hand and I love the design and build quality. It is not heavy and cumbersome feels just right . Only one downside is the camera . It takes majority of pics well but no optical zoom but for this price you can't have everything. Would I recommend? Yes definitely. When I have had this for a couple of years maybe I will get there next top tier phone like the nothing 2 . One last thing which is essential for me is the battery life which last easily a day and half if normal usage . Love it

I have been using the Nothing Phone 2a for over a month, and after the initial settling in period of a week (for both me and the phone), I have to say I am extremely pleased with it. It had a few niggles to start, display aberrations, apps crashing and camera stutters, but with but with OS updates, these all seem to have gone. In fact, after using phones from both Apple, Google and Samsung, I would say this is a brilliant budget option. Top tier, mid range performance at a sensible price (£199 when purchased). Definitely recommend to anyone wondering about its merits.

Well thanks to the nothing phone. I am now locked out of my own bank account all over Christmas and New Year. Yes what an awesome bit of phone not if you were disabled the new reliance facial recognition or voice recognition or any type of recognition do not buy this phone unless you’re willing to sit there and literally down about 70 apps and then you phone still won’t work Nothing phone that’s what it’s worth nothing biggest pile of crap they don’t even do decent cases for it

I was looking for a mid-range phone to run the variety of apps I have loaded, and the Nothing brand had been popping up a lot on my feeds. I didn't feel the need to go up to the Nothing 2 as it was out of my price range for what I needed. Until now I've been settling around the £150-£200 mark on phones and having an okay time - they did what I needed. My Huawei ran for ages but had to drop that one due to limitations introduced. Blackview was where I went next until the phone bricked after about 2 years. So I took a punt on the Nothing 2a. I liked the idea of the simplicity and the price point was not far out of my range to hold me back. I have to say I was impressed from the first. The box was tiny compared to most with a funky embossed design on the inner carton. Paper packaging with the phone, charging cable and the usual small phone guides. Setting up was simple and I easily transferred the data from my old phone, and I was away. Nothing came with almost Nothing - the usual Android/Google basics, and some extras to run the phone and that's it - no bloatware. The interface is clean and responsive, and, having downloaded the Nothing icon pack, I also had a clean monochrome display - something I wasn't sure I'd get on with, but there's no distractions. The options to customise the home screen were the best I've experienced so far - essentially the whole home page is your playground. This is the first time I've been able to organise ALL my regular apps on one page, and I've also had room to add 3 widgets for showing key information, and altered the settings so I have 5 columns, with my most used groups set larger to easily access commonly used apps like MFA. The dot matrix style text is also clear and pleasing to read, and you can switch off the folder names to gain even more screen space. You do have the option of also reverting to the Android style interface if that's more your style, so you are not tied to the Nothing view, but I have no intention of switching! I'm also liking the Always on display option - I can mow have my basic info at a glance without unlocking the phone - time, date, next alarm, and icons to show app notifications, as well as battery level, and flipping the phone over to show the Glyphs, it flashes and minimises the battery drain. The ringtones and notification tones are in the same basic style - not overly keen on most of them, but you can add the composer app and then create your own complete with LED combos, or add in items from your music library, so you are not short of options. The camera is okay for my needs - The front camera does seem to lack some focus close up (trying to capture some text from the back of a device while using the screen to see where I was aiming) but I got round this using the rear camera, capturing a video, then using the in-built tools to grab a screenshot from the video, so problem solved. Battery for me generally lasts 2 days with the always on setup, and around 3-4 hours screen time according to the stats the phone gathers. There's plenty more for me to explore still Overall, even though I've only had it a short time, I am extremely pleased with the phone and I've already added the Nothing CMF ear buds (which for me is unusual as I dislike in-ear buds normally, but I was sold on the option of not using noise cancellation - I'll probably post a review once I have used them in earnest!)

Ok phone for the price-point. Less than a year in and I'm noticing some ghosting/screen burn, which is disappointing... I'd understand if I was a heavy user and it was at the 2-year mark, but my old phone (Samsung S20) was almost 5 years old and had no such issues. Some of the Nothing OS features are lacking, and take some getting used to, but like I said, at the price point it's okay. Would have appreciated support for output to HDMI. Camera quality is okay, but some bad AI noise correction filter makes everything look wrong when zooming in closely... It's like the noise is intermittently frozen in place, to make it less apparent, but I think it just looks odd and sometimes things warp as a result... I'd prefer the noise to be natural if you cannot remove it/smooth it out altogether. Phone is on the large size, but what phones aren't nowadays. Biggest issue by far is the screen burn... Shouldn't be like that within 1 year of owning.