The Nothing Telephone 2 bowed in July this yr, and it appears more and more probably that Nothing could flip its consideration extra in direction of the mid-range or funds market with its subsequent smartphone launch.
Android developer Dylan Roussel (by way of Android Authority) has posted what’s claimed to be an illustration of the Nothing Telephone 2a. On the again of the gadget, we are able to see a center-aligned, horizontal twin digital camera setup and three glyphs – fewer than we’re used to from the corporate’s flagship units.
That digital camera placement matches one thing that ideas Yogesh Brar shared earlier and factors to a rear digital camera setup paying homage to the 2019 Samsung Galaxy S10. Brar suggests there are some “attention-grabbing design selections” at play.
We even have a key specification from the newest leak: the mid-range MediaTek Dimensity 7200 processor principally present in handsets bought in China, such because the Vivo V27. Roussel additionally appears to consider that the Nothing Telephone 2a may very well be launched on the Cell World Congress (MWC), which is scheduled for the tip of February subsequent yr.
Meet Nothing Telephone (2a)! Mannequin: A142. Codenames: Pacman / Aero(dactyl?). Netes’ subsequent telephone will include a Mediatek SoC for the primary time. Mediatek Dimensity 7200. It has 3 Glyph components and a model new design. Launch occasion at MWC? pic.twitter.com/UTwk2bUjjA15 December 2023
A less expensive choice
All of it provides as much as one thing that appears very a lot designed to tackle the Google Pixel 8a, which can be anticipated someday throughout 2024. In fact, most telephone makers have each flagship and mid-range choices on supply now, so there is no uncommon about what Nothing does right here in that regard.
Rumors of a Nothing Telephone 2a have been swirling because the starting of this month, after we heard that the telephone would include a 6.7-inch display screen. As our Nothing Telephone 2 evaluate will inform you, it is the identical display screen dimension because the flagship choice.
The Nothing Telephone 2 will set you again $599 / £579 / AU$1,049 – that is already comparatively low-cost for a flagship telephone, so that you’d anticipate the Nothing Telephone 2a to price considerably much less if and when it lastly sees the sunshine of day.
In the meantime, we’ve not heard something concerning the Nothing Telephone 3. Each earlier Nothing telephones went on sale in July (though the Nothing Telephone 1 was introduced in March), making July 2024 wager for the following one.