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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor

Nothing Phone 2 review: novel mobile is more than just flashing lights

Nothing Phone 2 review showing the home screen stood up on a table.
Nothing has taken its chic aesthetic further with the Phone 2, with more advanced LEDs and slick software. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian

The Phone 2 is the latest Android smartphone from Nothing, a London-based company that specialises in good value devices with a novel transparent aesthetic.

Costing £579 ($599), it offers top-phone specs for a mid-range price. After the success of its first handset, the Phone 1 last year, Nothing has stuck with its unique design, which takes the classic metal and glass slab of most mobiles and livens them up with a transparent back that exposes a series of LED strips.

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