Weekly poll outcomes: the Nothing Phone (2) is nice, but it’s too pricey

The outcomes from final week’s poll may be summarized like this – the Nothing Phone (2) is a pleasant cellphone, but it is priced too excessive. Nothing’s choice to stay near inventory Android was lauded, in reality, there was a heated dialogue about the benefits of a lean UI. That mentioned, most of the arguments for and towards the cellphone centered on value.

People have been speaking about Galaxy S23 and Pixel 7 telephones, how a lot they price of their area at launch and the way a lot they price now. Both sequence are cheaper now, after all, and Nothing might have to dial down its bold pricing if it desires to compete.

Nearly 4 in 10 voters suppose that $600/£560/€680/₹45,000 is too excessive for what the Phone (2) has to supply – and what it doesn’t. Not having a telephoto lens on this value vary is undoubtedly a draw back.

The value situation is most keenly felt in areas like Europe and Canada. In Canada, for instance, the base mannequin is C$930, whereas a straight conversion from the US value yields C$790.

Nothing made a selection for this era to develop the display measurement to six.7”. As Carl Pei himself put it: “Contrary to what we may believe living in the echo chamber, very few people buy small phones”. And it appears that evidently he was proper, solely 10% of voters are skipping the Phone (2) due to its measurement.

Anyway, we talked about the lack of a tele digicam, but the cellphone does have a number of upgrades over its predecessor – an LTPO panel for the show, a better class of chipset and enhancements to the battery. However, commenters discovered it arduous to concentrate on these upgrades when the value places the Phone (2) so near flagship territory.

Even so, a few quarter of voters might be seeking to purchase a Nothing Phone (2) because it’s simply the proper mixture of {hardware} and software program for them and they’re prepared to pay the value.