The unique Nothing Cellphone 1 is a crucial impartial launch, if solely as a result of the telephone world is dominated by so few gamers. With the Nothing Cellphone 2, founder Carl Pei hopes that lightning will strike many times, and this time it seems to be like he’s bringing extra of his successful authentic OnePlus formulation to the upcoming handset. 

Despite the fact that Nothing is a smaller participant within the telephone market, it has some massive title tech buyers backing the corporate, together with former Apple and Subsequent govt Tony Fadell. Nothing CEO Carl Pei constructed OnePlus from the bottom up into Oppo’s efficiency model, and based Nothing when he left. 

OnePlus began as a cut price telephone firm providing handsets with premium efficiency. It sacrificed some digicam specs and sturdiness options like water resistance in favor of quicker chipsets and dazzling shows. 

The unique Nothing Cellphone 1 regarded extra like a design idea, and the cool lighting and software program options stood out, however efficiency was significantly missing. The following Nothing Cellphone 2 seems to be to vary that formulation and compete extra straight with critical flagship telephones. 

The primary Nothing Cellphone additionally launched in restricted markets, with out US availability. Despite the fact that Nothing supplied the telephone to the US in a beta program, native carriers have been hesitant to sing its praises with out correct native testing. This yr, we anticipate the Nothing Cellphone 2 will launch extra extensively, and Pei has hinted that the US market will probably be a high precedence for the corporate. 

Reduce to the chase

• What’s it? Nothing’s sequel to its design stand-out, now with extra energy
• When is it out? Later in 2023, most likely Q3 however might be sooner
• How a lot does it value? The final 1 was low cost, however this one is extra highly effective, so…

Nothing Cellphone 2: launch date and value

The primary Nothing Cellphone 1 arrived in July, 2022, and we anticipate the sequel will take a bow a while after the primary anniversary, and doubtless later within the yr. Leaks counsel a Q2/Q3 timeframe for this yr, per the Indian native telephone market website 91Mobiles, and with the aggressive new elements we’re listening to about, we might assume a later date is a safer wager. 

The unique Nothing Cellphone 1 was accessible for £399 / €469 / AU$749 when it launched, with no US availability. The telephone was briefly accessible beneath a so-called ‘beta’ program within the States, and you may purchase the mannequin with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage for $299. The corporate’s website exhibits no fashions are at present accessible to US prospects, nonetheless. 

Nothing CEO Carl Pei has stated that not solely will the Nothing Cellphone 2 launch within the US, he expects the US market will probably be a precedence for this upcoming telephone. What does that imply? It means assist for extra US 5G bands than the Nothing Cellphone 1, hopefully, as a result of the unique telephone did not work correctly on each US community. 

We do not have particular specs for the following Nothing Cellphone, however we’re listening to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage are doubtless, no less than in a single configuration. Many premium-bargain telephone makers are consolidating the mannequin variations, so hopefully each Nothing Cellphone 2 will include loads of RAM and storage. 

Nothing Cellphone 2

• 256GB/12GB = Worth TBD

Nothing Cellphone 2: design and show

The most important thriller in regards to the Nothing Cellphone 2 needs to be the design, as a result of the design of the Nothing Cellphone 1 and its distinctive design options have been the standout motive to purchase the telephone. We do not know if Nothing will maintain the identical type of lighting options, evolve into one thing extra superior, or attempt one thing totally new. 

Rumors counsel that the following Nothing Cellphone will get a barely bigger show, as much as 6.67 inches from the unique 6.55-inch display. If the decision does not additionally enhance, that may imply the show will probably be barely much less sharp, nevertheless it should not be noticeable. We’re additionally listening to the Cellphone 2 will refresh at 120Hz, like the unique Nothing. 

In any other case we do not know if there will probably be vital new design enhancements. The unique Nothing Cellphone 1 was solely IP53 water-proof, which is sweet for a lightweight splash however not a heavy downpour. It used Gorilla Glass 5, which was Corning’s finest glass in 2016. Telephones at present have to be far more sturdy throughout. 

In any case, rumors of the brand new design may even give us an concept of the telephone’s anticipated launch and availability. We usually see near-final telephone design round three months or so earlier than launch, and the very fact we have not gotten any good hints but may imply that we’ve for much longer to attend in 2023. 

Nothing Cellphone 2: digicam and battery

One of many earliest leaks we heard in regards to the upcoming Nothing Cellphone 2 advised that it will have a brand new digicam lens and sensor, along with the 2 50MP cameras on the Nothing Cellphone 1. The following telephone ought to get a 3rd digicam on the identical decision, although we do not know something extra about its capabilities. 

The Nothing Cellphone 1 had a large and an ultrawide digicam, so it will make sense for a successor to get some stage of zoom images. Even a 3X zoom can be welcome, each for longer attain and higher portrait photographs. We additionally have not heard if the sensors themselves will get an improve for the following era. 

What sensor Nothing chooses for its new addition may make a dramatic distinction. In our Nothing Cellphone 1 evaluation, we seen that the huge digicam, which apparently makes use of a typical Sony sensor, carried out significantly better than the ultrawide digicam. The latter packs the identical 50MP, however on a a lot smaller sensor, so these pixels accumulate much less gentle. 

In different phrases, the Nothing Cellphone 2 may use higher sensors on the secondary cameras, not simply extra sensors. 

The selfie digicam is rumored to double in decision, from the 16MP photographs on the Nothing Cellphone 1 to a brand new 32MP sensor for the Cellphone 2. The unique telephone located that selfie digicam within the higher left nook of the show. We’re undecided the place the brand new selfie cam will discover itself. 

For the battery, an even bigger show means extra room for an even bigger battery, and we’re listening to the modest display enhance may even carry a modest battery enhance. The cell ought to step up from 4,500 mAh to 4,700 mAh, a marginal enhance. 

Fortunately, we’re listening to that Nothing may enhance its charging prowess, and the brand new telephone may double the wattage to a 67W wired charging fee. That ought to present a full cost in lower than thirty minutes, if Nothing Cellphone 2 expenses at a comparable fee to rivals. 

Nothing Cellphone 2: specs and options

Whereas the unique Nothing Cellphone 1 was all about design, delivering middling efficiency with a low price ticket to match, the Nothing Cellphone 2 will get an improve. Qualcomm executives lately dropped blatant hints that the Nothing sequel will get 2022’s finest Snapdragon, the Snapdragon Eight Plus Gen 1. 

In case you’re fearful that the Nothing Cellphone 2 will not rise up in opposition to 2023 flagships with the Snapdragon Eight Gen 2 platform, keep in mind that powerhouse telephones just like the OnePlus 10T and the Galaxy Z Fold Four premiered with Qualcomm’s updates Gen 1. It’ll present a critical enhance over the Nothing Cellphone 1’s Snapdragon 778 mid-range chipset. 

In any other case, little is thought in regards to the upcoming Nothing Cellphone 2 and what it might probably do. We might be certain it’s going to run the Nothing OS on high of Android, doubtless Android 13, because the timing suggests the telephone will launch earlier than builders would have an opportunity to check and improve Google’s subsequent Android iteration. 

The first characteristic on the Nothing Cellphone 1 is the LED array on the again of the telephone, which might be lit in a wide range of patterns to show particular notifications, present your battery and charging ranges, or present a lightweight for the digicam. It might be good to see Nothing take this a step additional, and it will be a disgrace if the signature LED lighting have been deserted for a subsequent era. 

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Nothing Cellphone sequence specs

	Nothing Cellphone 1	Nothing Cellphone 2 (rumored)
Dimensions:	159.2 x 75.Eight x 8.3mm	161 x 74.5 x 8.3mm
Weight:	193.5 grams	200 grams
Essential show:	6.55-inch, 1080 x 2400, 120Hz, HDR10+	6.67-inch, 1080 x 2400, 120Hz
Chipset:	Snapdragon 778G+	Snapdragon Eight Plus Gen 1
RAM:	8GB / 12GB	?? / 12GB
Storage:	128GB / 256GB	?? / 256GB
OS:	Nothing OS 1.5.3, Android 13	Nothing OS, Android 13
Major digicam:	50MP, f/1.9, 24mm, OIS	50MP
Ultrawide digicam:	50MP, f/2.2, 114-degrees	50MP
Telephoto digicam:	N/A	50MP
Entrance digicam:	16MP, f/2.5	32MP
Battery:	4,500 mAh	4,700 mAh
Charging:	33W wired, 15W wi-fi	67W wired
Colours:	White, Black	??