Introducing Phone (2a) Plus Community Edition

Natalie ✨ · 2024-10-30T11:24:00+00:00

It’s finally here. And yes. It really glows in the dark. 🧪 Back in March, we announced that we would be inviting our community to redesign Phone (2a). Wha...

NeillGeldenhuys

Natalie ✨ Wait so I live in South Africa (you do sell here through Vodacom vendor) and I participated in the community challenge and also would love to be able to register, what do I do?? Says nothing about Africa per usual to anything 🙁

lu_viathan

Just woke up at 4am to find out I can’t purchase the community edition in the US. That’s fun lol

JatinPanchal18

Natalie ✨ Are you guys planning for community meet up?

tanxtr3m3

freshj1ve man i waited an entire month to get the community edition
was gonna get a regular 2aplus but found out community edition launches oct 30 so i waited
now im still gonna have to get the regular 2aplus
😭

freshj1ve

tanxtr3m3 yeah, I’m kind of in the same boat (waited for this Community Edition annoucement).

Just wait and see what happens, hopefully with a bit of luck Nothing might listen to our feedback that 1,000 devices isn’t enough for a “Community Edition” and people are missing out. Who knows, but fingers crossed you can secure one still. 🤞

drewlipps

freshj1ve this exactly! Felt every bit of this as well watching this launch today. Just feels like another hype ad to sell another 1000 units to their select top markets versus an actual community focused product where the whole community has an opportunity to be collectively apart of… pretty unfortunate they weren’t transparent about this during the process and saved these details for the drop. Personally I was hype to see something like this and then all that hype washed away pretty instantly lol hopefully long term they become more invested in their whole community not just a select few. Otherwise it’s not truly a community… Also makes many wonder what will become of phone 3 also 😬

freshj1ve

drewlipps 100%, but I don’t believe there will be limited units for the Phone 3 as Nothing is still growing, wants more people to get familar with the brand/products and their next flagship.

MarcoVeronese

Sebastian for me from Italy same thing.. registration is stuck

Ryan-NerdzLab

The US has missed out on previous product drops from Nothing and it’s a bummer to see the Community Edition follow the pattern. I understand that the US probably isn’t the prime market, but man it makes me feel like the US isn’t considered a part of the Nothing community.

drewlipps

Ryan-NerdzLab right ?! This exactly. The explanation Carl gives about the US being ‘difficult’ is always frustrating lol we need more competition and there’s plenty of us in the community that are hype for nothing and a new brand to push products here versus more of the same from Apple, Samsung, and Google. We lost LG, HTC, etc. and I feel like there’s a great opportunity there for Nothing to capitalize on. I guess time will tell but honestly they’ve been around for a while now and just seems like there’s zero focus on the US with everything they do.

Ealesy101

Ali Fakhruddin - Probably a massive cost implication too. I cannot imagine this edition of the Phone (2a) Plus will be operating for much, if any of a profit.

I agree, it is a shame to have such a limited quantity run, and I hope those who purchase intend on using and loving the Phone, not keeping it boxed or re-selling.

Ali Fakhruddin

Ealesy101 Agreed. I completely understand the logistics part. Its easy to design or create something digital compared to an actual physical product. But glad that its out and those 1000 lucky owners will be really happy to have it nonetheless.

tanxtr3m3

this whole “community” event feels like a dissapointment now
lets cancel the company for a few reasons i shall now list
1. Only 1000 units, as @freshj1ve mentioned, “limited edition” is better name for it
2. As @lu_viathan said, many people from the US woke up at 4am to find out that they can’t get it imagine the dissapointment on their face
3. idk i just wanted one so i waited a month only to find out i cant because its limited
5. oh and as @drewlipps said, they should’ve been transparent about this earlier!!!
(no i do not suck at counting i skipped 4 deal with it)

who’s with me?

Ali Fakhruddin

tanxtr3m3 If you want to make everyone happy, go sell an icecream - Steve Jobs. What I am trying to say is, Nothing still has a long way to go. And there are things behind the scenes that not everyone can be aware of. This edition isnt available in UAE as well. But Happy that its out there for the 1000 users.

tanxtr3m3

freshj1ve im telling you lets cancel the company

tanxtr3m3

Ali Fakhruddin they shouldve been transparent about it earlier though
we wouldn’t have been this much dissapointed if they told us “so hey guys just a heads up the phone will be available to only 1k select people” like 3 months ago

OliverZimmermann

Got the e-mail. Trying to register but always get an invalid email feedback 🙁 Bad that this “limited” approach is is so often these days.

MarcoVeronese

OliverZimmermann same to me.. imho the 1000s are gone!

Ali Fakhruddin

tanxtr3m3 Yeah that was shocking to me too. And i do get it, imagine people saving up their money to buy a community edition and they wont even find it in their region. But it is what it is. Lets see how it goes. May be they might increase if they have enough profits.

freshj1ve

tanxtr3m3 I would like to see Nothing succeed as they are doing something different. I like their products (had their Phone 2a previously).

drewlipps

tanxtr3m3 haha wouldn’t go this far at all. I’m still super excited for nothing and to see what they do long term. But don’t get me wrong this whole thing just really disappointed me as a community member. Being a limited launch is one thing but then limiting it to their top profitable markets is a whole different level of disappointment. When signing up and engaging in a community you’d expect a community edition to be truly available for all in the community not ignoring portions of your community that actually engage and support you. I just hope this is more of a lesson long term as Nothing learns and grows. Maybe the next round the details can be shared upfront, more transparently. Also, maybe as they grow the opportunities like this expand to all not just a select few…

tanxtr3m3

drewlipps dw i was just joking
idon think i alone could cancel a huge company
but i do agree with you
as for me i’ll just get the 2aplus as i had intended on getting a month ago :/

Ali Fakhruddin

drewlipps Its a learning curve. I have never seen Apple or Google being involved in their community like Nothing. So let it pass. As time goes, they will surely bring more opportunities that serves the best of interests for both them and the community.

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