Nothing Phone 1 can now look more like Nothing Phone 2.

Nothing has released its latest skinned Android 13 OS for the Phone 1, handing down updated monochrome aesthetics and other software features from the newer Nothing Phone 2.

  • xerazalEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Only advantage I can think of is the faster soc and more ram on the more expensive models.

    Fairphone 5 uses the Qualcomm QCM6490 (equivalent spec to a snapdragon 778g, which is in the nothing phone 1) and has 8gb of ram. Nothing Phone 2 has snapdragon 8+ gen 1 and 12gb of ram on the $699 model, 8gb of ram on the base model that costs $599. Fairphone 5 also has a micro SD card slot coupled with the 256gb of storage, while the nothing phone 2 doesn’t have any microsd card slot and starts with 128gb of storage on the base model.

    The fairphone 5 is more expensive, but you’re paying for the ability to actually repair it and 8 years of support.

    I already have a nothing phone 2 and I’m outside the return period, but if I didn’t and had the choice between the two today, ngl I’d pay the extra for the more sustainable fairphone 5. Yes it costs more, but it’d pay off in the long-run with repairability and long-term support.