Carl Pei is not holding any punches with his business ambitions. Just a year after Nothing released its first phone, Nothing already has a sub-brand called CMF by Nothing and a line of apparel. Now, there are rumors pointing to a possible budget-friendly offering from the company called the Nothing Phone (2a). While we don’t have much information on this phone at the moment, we just got a pretty significant leak of the Nothing Phone (2a). With it, we see what could be a change to the Glyph Interface.
Since this is a leak, you’ll want to take this with a grain of salt. We don’t know 100% if the company is going to be launching this phone, so there’s always the chance that the company won’t launch it. Just keep that in mind.
The Nothing Phone (2a) just got a pretty significant leak
Now, this is far from a photo of a production unit, but it’s from a trusted source, Dylan Roussel. The tipster made a post on X outlining some leaked information about the phone. According to the post, the Nothing Phone (2a) will have the model number A142. It could have the codename Pacman or Areo(dacity). That remains to be seen.
Looking at the leaked specs, we can tell that this phone will appeal to the mid-range market. The leak points to this phone using the MediaTek Dimensity 7200. This is a mid-range SoC that should still deliver some solid power.
The Glyph Interface could be wildly different
In the X post, we saw an animation of the phone’s possible Glyph Interface. Right off the bat, we see that it could look massively different from the first two Nothing Phones. Rather than having 11 different lighted segments, we only see three.
Meet the Nothing Phone (2a)!
Model: A142.
Codenames: Pacman / Aero(dactyl?).Nothing’s next phone comes with a Mediatek SoC for the first time. The Mediatek Dimensity 7200. It has 3 Glyph parts, and a brand new design.
Launch event at MWC? pic.twitter.com/UTwk2bUjjA
— Dylan Roussel (@evowizz) December 15, 2023
We see these three segments around the center-positioned camera bump. That’s also a major change from the other two Nothing Phones. The camera bump looks to be rather large and may house a dual-camera package. We see two segments on the left of the camera bump and one on the right.
Just like with current Nothing Phones, the segments will light up individually for different actions. They could flash different patterns depending on your ringtone. One segment could act as a battery bar letting you know how close your phone is to dying.
When could we see this phone?
At this point, we don’t know when/if this phone will see the light of day. However, rumor points to this phone getting an unveiling during MWC 2024. While at the event, there’s a chance that Carl Pei could also reveal the Nothing Phone (3).
2023-12-16 15:09:32