The Nothing Phone 2 is real, and it’s coming to the U.S. this year - Digital Trends

The Nothing Phone 2 volition beryllium coming to the U.S. this year, CEO Carl Pei said today. The institution antecedently launched its archetypal introduction into the smartphone marketplace successful Europe and Asia owed to assets constraints.

“We decided to marque the U.S. our No. 1 precedence successful presumption of markets,” CEO Carl Pei said successful an interrogation with Inverse. “We couldn’t bash it earlier due to the fact that we were lone successful our 2nd twelvemonth and our hands were tied gathering the squad arsenic we were gathering the products. Now arsenic we’re connected a much coagulated footing, we tin instrumentality a measurement forward.”

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The Nothing Phone 1‘s priorities revolve astir bringing backmost ‘fun’ to phones. Though its thought of amusive was a small uninspired, the institution did pat into the fervor that immoderate smartphone enthusiasts person for phones that are a small little predictable and applicable than the existent crop.

As for specifics connected the Nothing Phone 2, Pei was a small guarded successful his comment, sharing with the work that it would beryllium “more premium” with bundle being a large focus. “We’re processing a smartphone that’s much premium than the Nothing Phone 1 and bundle volition beryllium a large absorption country for us.” Software connected the Nothing Phone 1 was inoffensive and helpful, astir Pixel-like successful immoderate areas, but the company’s update cadence near immoderate to beryllium desired. That’s apt to beryllium improved, according to the interview.

As for a much premium device, the archetypal Nothing Phone 1 was criticized for its chipset, which was weaker than a comparably priced Xiaomi telephone successful Europe, oregon the Tensor-powered Pixels successful the U.S. A much almighty chipset would amended the Nothing Phone each around, arsenic good arsenic marque it much competitory successful general.

The Nothing Phone 1 was received critically by reviewers. Setting speech its gimmicks and the QA issues endemic to smaller brands, the telephone served arsenic an illustration of a competently made Android telephone with a beardown plan and fewer flaws. A U.S. merchandise could spot the cultic instrumentality marque inroads into much mainstream hands. It won’t beryllium an iPhone killer, but possibly it could effort its manus astatine getting smaller brands similar OnePlus supplanted.

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