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Nothing's affordable sub-brand, CMF, has announced a caller telephone alongside a trio of earbuds. The CMF Phone 2 Pro, which succeeds past year's CMF Phone 1, is simply a fund smartphone that takes connected the likes of the Moto G series, Samsung Galaxy A lineup, and adjacent the much costly Google Pixel 9a -- each for nether $300.
A bold plan that isn't acrophobic to experiment
The CMF Phone 2 Pro carries Nothing's signature bold look and nomenclature. The biggest upgrade is successful the optics department. Like the Nothing Phone 3a Pro, the caller Pro telephone adds a telephoto camera to the main and ultrawide-angle lenses. And similar its predecessor, it retains the modular design, truthful you tin adhd assorted screw-in accessories to person much amusive with the design.
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It tin beryllium customized successful respective ways for much personalization, creativity, and functionality. A Universal Cover, for example, lets you adhd a acceptable of antithetic camera lenses, similar fisheye oregon macro lenses, to the phone's camera. Other accessories see a kickstand attachment and a lanyard.
However, these accessories are constricted to different markets and volition not beryllium disposable successful the US, CMF tells me. Fortunately, you tin inactive 3D-print further accessories for the phone, and there's a increasing assemblage of designers there.
The caller CMF Phone 2 Pro comes successful 4 colors: Orange, Light Green, White, and Black. The archetypal 1 is agleam and has a metallic sheen connected the rear. It mightiness look tacky to some, and for them, the Light Green enactment mightiness suit better. It has a frosted glass-like texture connected the back, accompanied by a metallic frame. I emotion this colour due to the fact that it is the champion premix of elegance and boldness.
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At 7.8mm, the CMF Phone 2 Pro is Nothing's slimmest telephone to date. It has a comfy in-hand feel, acknowledgment to its lightweight 185-gram body. It is besides rated IP54 for particulate and h2o resistance.
My workfellow Kerry Wan has been investigating the CMF Phone 2 Pro -- not capable for a reappraisal but capable for hands-on impressions -- and has recovered the caller backmost screen to consciousness much sturdy and premium. "The airy sheen connected the green, especially, separates the CMF Phone from competing devices by Samsung and Motorola successful the US," says Wan.
Feature-packed fund smartphone
The CMF Phone 2 Pro features a 6.77-inch AMOLED display, which sports a 2392 x 1080 pixel solution and a 120Hz refresh rate. It is rated to present 3,000 nits of highest brightness for supported HDR contented and 1,300 nits of outdoor brightness for amended legibility nether the sun.
It is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Pro processor and paired with 8GB of RAM. You get a prime betwixt 128GB oregon 256GB of storage, with the enactment to adhd a microSD paper with up to 2TB of retention for further space. This is 1 of the uncommon phones successful 2025 to person enactment for a microSD card.
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The Phone 2 Pro comes equipped with a 50MP main camera with physics representation stabilization (EIS), different 50MP telephoto camera with EIS for 2x optical zoom, and an 8MP ultrawide-angle camera. The superior camera is claimed to present 64% much airy than Phone 1 to connection your photos a much "authentic, vibrant, and life-like" look. It tin grounds 4K videos with improved stableness implicit its predecessor. On the front, you get a 16MP selfie shooter.
The CMF Phone 2 Pro packs a 5,000mAh artillery with enactment for 33W wired charging. It is rated to past up to 22 hours connected continuous video playback connected YouTube. The marque claims its caller telephone volition clasp 90% oregon much artillery capableness adjacent aft 1,200 charging cycles, which should beryllium astir 3.5 years. We'll person to spot however it fares successful real-world testing.
It runs the aforesaid Nothing OS 3.2 (based connected Android 15) arsenic the Phone 3a Pro, truthful you get features similar Privacy Space, good-looking widgets, and creaseless animations. The caller telephone is promised to person 3 years of Android OS updates and six years of information patches.
The CMF Phone 2 Pro besides includes an Essential Key that allows you to entree Essential Space with a speedy press. For the unaware, Essential Space lets you adhd and signifier your speedy thoughts with the assistance of AI for dependable notes, screenshots, and photos. It is my favourite AI telephone feature.
The caller CMF Phone 2 Pro is priced astatine $279 successful the US and volition beryllium made disposable done Nothing's developer-focused Beta Program.
Some amusive extras
CMF Buds 2 and Buds 2 Plus
CMF has besides announced 3 caller earbuds that beryllium beneath its existing Buds Pro 2. The institution has launched CMF Buds 2a, Buds 2, and Buds 2 Plus for $49, $59 and $69, respectively.
They chiefly alteration by dependable prime due to the fact that of the antithetic operator sizes, but a fewer things basal out. For instance, the CMF Buds 2 and Buds 2 Plus connection amended artillery backup than the CMF Buds Pro 2 and improved dependable clarity connected calls, acknowledgment to Clear Voice Technology 3.0.
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The Buds 2 Plus person the champion artillery beingness of immoderate brace of CMF earbuds, with a promised artillery backup of 14 hours (ANC off) and up to 61.5 hours with the lawsuit versus 11 hours (earbuds) and 43 hours (with case) connected the CMF Buds Pro 2. All of them are sold successful a assortment of colorful options with a matte decorativeness connected the case.
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