{"id":13581,"date":"2024-03-05T13:38:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/05\/nothing-phone-2a-review-a-standout-budget-android\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T13:38:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:38:34","slug":"nothing-phone-2a-review-a-standout-budget-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/05\/nothing-phone-2a-review-a-standout-budget-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing Phone 2a review: a standout budget Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Funky design, fun software, decent performance and long battery life provide a lot of phone for the money<\/p>\n<p>London-based tech firm Nothing\u2019s latest Android attempts to shake up the budget phone market with something a little more interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Costing from \u00a3319 (\u20ac329\/A$529) the Phone 2a aims to take the cool design and intrigue that made its higher-end models stand out and package it up into something cheaper but still novel, sits alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jul\/14\/nothing-phone-2-review-novel-mobile-is-more-than-just-flashing-lights\">full-fat Phone 2<\/a> costing \u00a3579.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screen:<\/strong> 6.7in 120Hz FHD+ OLED (394ppi)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Processor:<\/strong> MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro<\/p>\n<p><strong>RAM:<\/strong> 8 or 12GB<\/p>\n<p><strong>Storage:<\/strong> 128 or 256GB<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operating system:<\/strong> Nothing OS 2.5 (Android 14)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Camera:<\/strong> 50MP main and ultrawide, 32MP selfie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connectivity:<\/strong> 5G, eSIM, wifi 6, NFC, Bluetooth 5.3 and GNSS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water resistance:<\/strong> IP54 (splash resistant)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> 162 x 76.3 x 8.9mm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weight:<\/strong> 190g<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/mar\/05\/nothing-phone-2a-review-standout-budget-android-battery-life\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f8211195937c0426535776503521e33ed2794170\/421_457_4593_2756\/master\/4593.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=964496e1af40be9bb6e0ae00df40c4b4\" title=\"Nothing Phone 2a review: a standout budget Android\" \/>Funky design, fun software, decent performance and long battery life provide a lot of phone for the money<br \/>\nLondon-based tech firm Nothing\u2019s latest Android attempts to shake up the budget phone market with something a little more interesting.<br \/>\nCosting from \u00a3319 (\u20ac329\/A$529) the Phone 2a aims to take the cool design and intrigue that made its higher-end models stand out and package it up into something cheaper but still novel, sits alongside the full-fat Phone 2 costing \u00a3579.<br \/>\nScreen: 6.7in 120Hz FHD+ OLED (394ppi)<br \/>\nProcessor: MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro<br \/>\nRAM: 8 or 12GB<br \/>\nStorage: 128 or 256GB<br \/>\nOperating system: Nothing OS 2.5 (Android 14)<br \/>\nCamera: 50MP main and ultrawide, 32MP selfie<br \/>\nConnectivity: 5G, eSIM, wifi 6, NFC, Bluetooth 5.3 and GNSS<br \/>\nWater resistance: IP54 (splash resistant)<br \/>\nDimensions: 162 x 76.3 x 8.9mm<br \/>\nWeight: 190g Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funky design, fun software, decent performance and long battery life provide a lot of phone for the money London-based tech firm Nothing\u2019s latest Android attempts to shake up the budget phone market with something a little more interesting. Costing from \u00a3319 (\u20ac329\/A$529) the Phone 2a aims to take the cool design and intrigue that made &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/05\/nothing-phone-2a-review-a-standout-budget-android\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nothing Phone 2a review: a standout budget Android<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13581"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}