NP2 (Underrated Flagship)

CYPHER_LYNX

The Nothing Phone (2) was marketed as a flagship when it launched, featuring a premium design, Glyph interface, and Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor. While its performance and aesthetics were impressive for the price, it didn’t fully match true flagships in areas like camera performance, long-term software support, and ecosystem strength.

With only three years of OS updates and four years of security patches, its update policy fell short compared to brands like Samsung or Google offering up to seven years. So, while the Phone (2) delivered a near-flagship experience in design and smooth performance, it was more accurately a “premium mid-range” device rather than a true flagship contender.

Surprisingly, the Nothing Phone (2a) - a model positioned below the Phone (2) - launched a year later with Android 14 and will receive updates up to Android 17.Do know the 2a released a year after but the brand should be able to provide til android 17 to phone 2 if they called it flagship, as phone 2 hardware is still more capable than 2a to handle Android 17 in future

decktion

This post wouldn’t have made sense if the nothing os 4 ( last major update for the phone 2 ) was good but we got some half baked nothing os 3.5 kind of update that doesn’t even change much and is bringing shitty changes , with all things considered this shouldn’t have been called a major update and have the phone 2 robbed of the genuine last update it deserved but we can’t say a thing now because the company won’t give us the update that we deserved , I hope they push the beta to run longer and atleast give us a good nothing os update to end of nothing phone 2 update cycle

AmanDeshwal

Its my biggest mistake to purchase a nothing device like i have a device with 8+gen 1 which can’t able to deliver its true potential like use to play bgmi for 5_6 hours a week its still on 90fps while other compititor with same processor able yo provide 120 fps and the camera let don’t talk about that 👍🏻🙂 , OS 4.0 its nothing just minimal changes look at the other devices Android 16 gave them strength and here is nothing trash update 👍🏻😋

VladyslavVozovyk

I agree with the author. Right now, I have two smartphones — the NP2 and the NF3a. I use them for different tasks. It’s nice to see that even though the 3a isn’t a flagship, it still has some advantages. These include a better display, longer battery life, and broader availability around the world (starting with the Essential features).

What really upsets me is that the NP2, with its powerful processor and camera, won’t be getting any further support from Nothing. I don’t plan to part with my NP2 anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean I’m not considering buying future Nothing flagships.

Flagship or not, the NP2 had the most advantages at the time I bought it — design, glyphs, build materials, processor, and most importantly, the price. As for the NP3, it’s definitely something new, and it’s tempting to have one. However, its price isn’t as competitive anymore. Its main advantage is really just the unique design.

So my conclusion is disappointment toward the NP2’s situation. People still see it as a beautiful device and a standard of design excellence.

CYPHER_LYNX

It’s wasn’t a complaint towards the brand in first place, it was a True nothing users’s Trust they broke. Like they did by introducing bloatware now🥹