hauntedwolf Thanks for being a part of the community.
It's very to leave Nothing family. A very unpleasant Goodbye❤️
Which device did you get?
Jitesh K I replace phones every 4-5 when the get physically destroyed. I went OnePlus One in 2014 (two broken screens) to Xiaomi Mi 10 Youth Edition in 2020 (children broke the back and then finally the SIM/speaker connection to the mainboard) to a CMF Phone 1 (2024).
It’s great bang for the buck and while I wish it had a better camera like my partner’s One Plus 12, I realised that I simply send out 99%+ of the photos I take via social media.
Can’t really justify a huge expensive flagship or even middle-spec when the CMF1 is phenomenal at its pricepoint.
Cmf phone 1 it’s really good budget phone but Nothing phone 2a/a plus is best value for money.
Nah, the 2a/2a plus are over priced for what they deliver competently Chinese competitors.
Having said that NOTHING OS is why I’m here.
I wouldn’t try to make the value-for-money argument especially with the mediocre cameras.
Satish Kumar 
Nothing is focusing on their highest selling phone, not their latest. Their latest would be the Nothing Phone 2a Plus.
Jordan MTK devices are almost updated before SD devices due to A15 integration. Only the CMF1 gets left behind due to its pricepoint/support offered.
CMF1_hacker The Phone 2a and 2a Plus are valued at a great price for what they offer!
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Jordan Nah.
The new Redmi/Poco phones offer much more at a similar/better price.
Like I said before, I’m here for NOTHING OS. Although I do find Xiaomi.EU quite good.
The glyph would be cool but the removable back of the CMF1 is great as I have a translucent cover and a glow-in-the-dark one as well 
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CMF1_hacker Why not just switch to another brand then? Nothing might not be a brand for everybody. Depends on what you are looking. I own nothing phone because I like the design and the OS, but the phone’s performance and abilities are perfect for me.
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Jordan because the CMF1 is the best value-for-money on the market.
It’s likely that NOTHING hardly broken even on it.
That cannot be said for the 2a/2a plus who had their anticipated profits subsidizing the production of the CMF1.
Also, NOS is great.
I think you’re misunderstanding my simple and pedantic statement that the 2a/2a plus are not good value-for-money, while the CMF1 might be the best value-for-money currently on the market (169 GBP in UK and around 13500 INR in India for the 8/128 variant).
Edit: it seems that the 2a is now available for £237, so I need to adjust my statement as that is an excellent deal.
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hauntedwolf that sounds like Shahrukh Khan as Raj from Bollywood movie DDLJ where he bids emotional adieu to his gf and her family. 
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I don’t really see a huge difference between the CMF1 and the 2a/+ except for the cameras. OIS is quite nice.
Not enough to justify the cost difference or what am I missing?
Comparing aliexpress price, there’s no western profit in the CMF1 and quite a lot in the 2a plus (the Ali and amazon, website prices align for the CMF1, but there’s at least 30% profit extra on the 2a plus).
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Kodak but cmf doesen’t have nfc.
CMF1_hacker all the chineese os are shitty compere to clean nothing os.
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vovan-v point made that you know nothing about Xiaomi.eu, it’s far superior to the EEA/Global release. Carry on; as you were!
I really like NOTHING OS myself, which is why I’m here, but calling MIUI shitty, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Nfc is a fair point, nfc is not mainstream in India, in here all payments are QR based, even a lot of top restaurants don’t have nfc, but almost even all the street vendors have a QR. So I kinda don’t miss the feature. But I get why it’s a deal breaker for many.
Kodak In the UK wherever there’s NFC, I used bankcard as its safer and more reliable than phone. I’ve never run into an issue where I can’t use QR code/bankcard tap instead of NFC.
Also, having banking apps on a phone is a poor idea with phone theft on the rise in the UK.
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CMF1_hacker A card can also be stolen, along with a wallet and everything else. Why carry cards when your smartphone is always at hand? Besides NFC, your smartphone lacks stereo sound and has only one camera. You have to pay for everything.
Alexshax because I don’t like having my smartphone at hand.
On the (London) tube, bankcards always work and NFC causes a slight delay.
It’s more of a pain in the as to deal with the phone.
Also, I don’t always like being contactable, so I often leave my phone at my desk/home. Being non-contactable is precious.
Cards are superior and much easier to carry.