If you find yourself in need of a cheap new phone this year — say, around $200 —you're probably not very excited about your prospects. Historically, $200 phones are pretty bad and you really need to have a positive outlook on life in order to enjoy using one at all.
But the CMF by Nothing Phone 1 is different. It's not just the best $200 I've ever used, it's one of the best phones I've used all year and a shoe-in for phone of the year because of its stunning price-to-value ratio. There's simply nothing like it on the market, and it's quite amazing what Nothing was able to pull off on such a tight budget.
