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

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 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 stillOverall, 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!)

This phone is so different, forget the rest, buy this instead, it's sensibly priced, easy to set up and use, the screen is an amoled, and gives a decent display, the sound is reasonable for the price, and there are some really cool functions like glyph lights, the nothing phone is the only phone that has this function, the cameras are pretty good, in fact everything about it is good considering the low price . I highly recommend this phone. It's probably the best looking phone built so far anywhere. I opted for the 256gb storage, which for me is ample. It's the same size as the latest iPhone at a fraction of the cost, it's got a 5000mah battery, so it lasts longer. The phone is also very responsive so feels great to use .

This is pretty amazing when you think it about it compared to the price. It’s all you’d really ever need in a phone. The design of it looks amazing and visually pleasing, the screen looks good with the 120hz refresh rate and overall it performs pretty well. Don’t get me wrong, it’s no iPhone but it’s not a bad a phone if your looking for a decent cheap phone. Easy to set up as well, only took a few minutes, charging speed seems pretty good to, doesn’t take too long. Only thing is the camera quality isn’t amazing, but I don’t know what else you’d expect from phone with that price. Another small thing is the back of phone seems pretty easy to scratch up as it’s made out of this plastic kind of material. Other than that, this is a pretty amazing phone when you consider the price.

Fantastic value for money for what you get. The screen is fantastic, battery life is impressive too, and it gets frequent updates. The UI is fluid and I haven’t seen any lags. The design is very distinctive and all the whole the phone feels well made. Camera is okay in good light conditions but flagships are better in trickier conditions. However, given what you pay for this phone, I am not complaining.

The top of the screen went geren. Its a brilliant phone, other than this fatal flaw.Give it a Google before you buy it. Deeply disappointed as otherwise this is an amazing phone for the money.

I have had the phone for 2-3 weeks now and have got most of it under some sort of control! This comment is down to me, not the phone. It looks well, has all the features and capability you would wish for from a smart phone and has a clear screen with good technical capability. Looks and feels very well made. Everything operates in a quick and tight fashion and so far I have not witnessed any screen flickering or stalling in delivery. I can comfortably recommend this phone. What happens over the longer term is not known of course as it is a new make. Given the quality feel, I am optimistic.