The Nothing Phone (2a) will become official on March 5. It will become the company’s third smartphone ever. Nothing has just revealed the SoC that the Nothing Phone (2a) will feature, and it’s not as surprising as you may think.
Nothing deliberately created some confusion yesterday. Carl Pei and its employees said that the chip is not the MediaTek Dimensity 7200. That managed to surprise pretty much everyone, as every single rumor thus far said it was. The phone even surfaced in benchmarks with that chip.
The Nothing Phone (2a) SoC has just been revealed… officially
Well, Nothing was trolling us, kind of. The Nothing Phone (2a) is fueled by the MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro. So it’s not exactly a different processor, it’s just a more powerful variant of the rumored one.
You have never heard of that chip as it was co-engineered by Nothing and MediaTek for the Nothing Phone (2a). It’s basically just a tweaked variant of the regular chip, as already mentioned.
Nothing revealed this info via a new video shared via social media. In that video, the company’s employees are talking about the process behind processor choice, and sharing more information about the chip itself.
Phone (2a) PROcessor reveal. https://t.co/vhzwLCZLht pic.twitter.com/qAObH5RdNZ
— Nothing (@nothing) February 20, 2024
The company was also considering the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and the Snapdragon 782G. The MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro is the more powerful processor, which is why the company opted for it.
Nothing realized that it may be a hard sell in the UK, as the Snapdragon is much more powerful, but they decided to go that route either way. Nothing believes this is the right chip to fuel the Nothing Phone (2a).
The MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro is using TSMC’s second-gen 4nm process
The MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro was made using TSMC’s second-generation 4nm process. That’s actually a good thing, and that chip is actually quite powerful, albeit still a mid-range chip. This is not surprising considering the fact the Nothing Phone (2a) will be a budget-oriented phone.
In the video embedded below, Nothing also shows what seems to be internals of the Nothing Phone (2a), you can also check them out in the image below. 12GB of RAM is also mentioned, and 8GB of boosted RAM as a possibility (virtual).
2024-02-20 15:06:51