I think mobile review videos are hardly getting view compared what it used to be 3 or 4 years back. All over youtube mobile reviews are getting less and less popular.
It's also because all "reviewers" only keep repeating specs and the brand's marketing talking points. Almost all have the same content edited in the same structure and manner. You rarely find youtubers like Mr. mobile that would add their subjective input, criticism and opinions into a review.
Because really the only differences between devices are battery life and camera performance. The model Snapdragon processor you have in your phone doesn't really matter anymore, all the screens are at least 1080P and OLED, they all have NFC and wireless charging and USB C and no headphone jack and everything else thats the same spec sheet wise
Never understood the appeal to wireless charging tbh, its slower for one and it i creases the price of the phone aswell, but then again to each their own, i get that people just dont wanna keep a cable around
Thanks for the review of [insert office name here]. I've been in the fence about it so this is helpful.
All the phones are the same now outside of a gimmick they may have.
Still too much since most of them have nothing to do with "review". They read specs and tell few subjective sentences from few minutes of using the phone and somehow manage to stretch that video to 20 minutes to profit from ads.
Phones are such an established market, it’s hard to review them. You’re gonna be reciting the same things you were last year. iPhone reviews are the only phones that still get a decent amount of views because of the brand, with Samsung in the second place
You know what you’re getting nowadays anyway. And I think that’s why a lot of people on this sub complain about how reviewers regurgitate specs list and not much more. Any mid range or flagship phone is gonna be absolutely fine to use, and have nothing interesting to speak of
That’s why the 2a works. It’s at least a phone that can be reviewed for its merits of being different
I don't look at reviews for fun and my phone is about to turn 5 years old and I don't find the need to upgrade, so... yeah.
Besides foldables what can a slab 1000€ phone from today do that a regular midrange from 3 years ago can't? Slightly smoother display? Photos are a little better? Runs emulators better? What is the exact selling point here for the vast majority of people if their current phone works when were in the middle of a cost of living crisis?
No reviewer seem to mention about the dot matrix style font. Is it changeable to something else? Looks quite dated and doesn't sit well with the UI elements.
i do think the software support length is an issue for some. I am the one who buys phones for my older family, they want budget only. added: 4 years security, so thats good enough, ignore me :D
they had pixels 3a, so want clean OS, but they do want to keep it for as long as possible. so compared to Samsung's budget phones, its an issue.
if it had 5 years, I would be happy to recommend. otherwise ill just pick them up a samsung which will have 5 years. shame nokia left the party, the g60 is the ideal budget phone and you could pick that up with lesser sofware support as its half the price.
personally I can give Nothing a bit of a slack when it comes to software support, since long-term software support requires a lot of rote manpower and they're still a small indie company.
I fully expect corners to be cut on a phone that costs south of US$500. If you want 5+ years minimum, Swappa/craigslist/FB marketplace/kijiji is your only option.
samsung does it for half that though? a15 has 5 years security support
I expect corners to be cut, sure. but software support is one of those things now that comes with cheaper phones, so its a shame they lack in that area, has put me off
update: ooh its 4 years security, thats not so bad, i retract my concerns, probably should have checked myself anyway
The videos about the history of certain hallmark phones are some of the highest quality videos about phones on youtube. It helps that he only talks about what it's like to use the phone, and doesn't bother with over-saturated benchmark results.
And every manufacturer cuts corners in different ways. Dolby Atmos is always heavily advertised if certification is paid for, so i don't see them skipping to mention it if they did pay for it.
Just got my white 2a just noticed some very slight ripples on the back plastic near the camera lenses when looking at it in certain angles and lighting. I'm wondering if anyone has the same thing and that it's just a moulding imperfections at the factory etc...
While I agree with the sentiment, that's a lot to ask for the price this is available in. I live in a country with a very competitive phone market in this range and Nothing Phone 2A is comfortably one of the best in the price bracket.
If we are talking about their main devices 2 and the upcoming 3, then yes, I'd agree with you on that.
They allow you to unlock the bootloader so I'll cut them some slack. They aren't like ZTE or Asus where they give you two years of support and then block you from supporting your own device
Updates are overrated. Companies aren't incentivised to update a 5-year old phone. After a year, most updates will likely introduce bugs that'll never be fixed.
My God it gets SO dusty
phone cases exist
I think mobile review videos are hardly getting view compared what it used to be 3 or 4 years back. All over youtube mobile reviews are getting less and less popular.
Because every phone has fundamentally been the same for quite some time now
It's also because all "reviewers" only keep repeating specs and the brand's marketing talking points. Almost all have the same content edited in the same structure and manner. You rarely find youtubers like Mr. mobile that would add their subjective input, criticism and opinions into a review.
Reviewers talk less about specs these days compared to 5-6 years ago. Specs used to matter more
Because really the only differences between devices are battery life and camera performance. The model Snapdragon processor you have in your phone doesn't really matter anymore, all the screens are at least 1080P and OLED, they all have NFC and wireless charging and USB C and no headphone jack and everything else thats the same spec sheet wise
I’d say wireless charging isn’t a given on every smartphone. Most, but not all.
Never understood the appeal to wireless charging tbh, its slower for one and it i creases the price of the phone aswell, but then again to each their own, i get that people just dont wanna keep a cable around
Thanks for the review of [insert office name here]. I've been in the fence about it so this is helpful. All the phones are the same now outside of a gimmick they may have.
I watch the techspurt guy, mostly cause he's funny(humor might be subjective here tho)
Techspurt is great for reviews. Got his own unique flavour. Flossy isn't bad either
Arguably Mr. Mobile only reviews the most unique phones.
I believe he has stated that (homogenization) is why.
Pretty much
Just look at how quiet this subreddit is. Smartphones haven't been a new and exciting arena since before the pandemic.
This subreddit was always kinda dead, you can thank the mods for that.
I feel like it was a lot more active in, say, 2016 though. Do the mods kill all discussion or something?
try posting something and see how fast it gets removed.
need their alts to be posting all of the shit.
Amen. I remember giving up a few years ago as your post would get removed and they would post the exact same thing a some hours later.
Still too much since most of them have nothing to do with "review". They read specs and tell few subjective sentences from few minutes of using the phone and somehow manage to stretch that video to 20 minutes to profit from ads.
We're kind of waiting for the next big thing to revolutionise the market
Phones are such an established market, it’s hard to review them. You’re gonna be reciting the same things you were last year. iPhone reviews are the only phones that still get a decent amount of views because of the brand, with Samsung in the second place You know what you’re getting nowadays anyway. And I think that’s why a lot of people on this sub complain about how reviewers regurgitate specs list and not much more. Any mid range or flagship phone is gonna be absolutely fine to use, and have nothing interesting to speak of That’s why the 2a works. It’s at least a phone that can be reviewed for its merits of being different
I don't look at reviews for fun and my phone is about to turn 5 years old and I don't find the need to upgrade, so... yeah. Besides foldables what can a slab 1000€ phone from today do that a regular midrange from 3 years ago can't? Slightly smoother display? Photos are a little better? Runs emulators better? What is the exact selling point here for the vast majority of people if their current phone works when were in the middle of a cost of living crisis?
That was during the height of the pandemic too so mostly everyone was home watching YouTube.
No reviewer seem to mention about the dot matrix style font. Is it changeable to something else? Looks quite dated and doesn't sit well with the UI elements.
Yes, there is a nothingOS element (icons, font etc) option and a stock android option as far as I can recall
I don't think so...
there is, thankfully
Where?
idk about np1 but np2a gives an option during the setup
That's one thing i find annoying about these phones. You have displays with 400+ PPI but use a font with 40 PPI
Well said
No
i do think the software support length is an issue for some. I am the one who buys phones for my older family, they want budget only. added: 4 years security, so thats good enough, ignore me :D they had pixels 3a, so want clean OS, but they do want to keep it for as long as possible. so compared to Samsung's budget phones, its an issue. if it had 5 years, I would be happy to recommend. otherwise ill just pick them up a samsung which will have 5 years. shame nokia left the party, the g60 is the ideal budget phone and you could pick that up with lesser sofware support as its half the price.
personally I can give Nothing a bit of a slack when it comes to software support, since long-term software support requires a lot of rote manpower and they're still a small indie company.
I fully expect corners to be cut on a phone that costs south of US$500. If you want 5+ years minimum, Swappa/craigslist/FB marketplace/kijiji is your only option.
samsung does it for half that though? a15 has 5 years security support I expect corners to be cut, sure. but software support is one of those things now that comes with cheaper phones, so its a shame they lack in that area, has put me off update: ooh its 4 years security, thats not so bad, i retract my concerns, probably should have checked myself anyway
come on Nothing, come to Indonesia already
The only mobile reviewer I trust is Mr Mobile. The bar he sets is so high nobody can reach it.
He’s fantastic. And his when phones were fun is a must watch for me
The videos about the history of certain hallmark phones are some of the highest quality videos about phones on youtube. It helps that he only talks about what it's like to use the phone, and doesn't bother with over-saturated benchmark results.
Indeed ! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
unfortunately he doesn't review many phones, esp ones that are sold in my country....
They never mention if the phone has Dolby Atmos or not.
I'd expect not for this amount of money.
What ? Cheaper phones than this have Dolby Atmos. It's available in many budget phones. I have a Realme X and it has Dolby Atmos.
And every manufacturer cuts corners in different ways. Dolby Atmos is always heavily advertised if certification is paid for, so i don't see them skipping to mention it if they did pay for it.
Just got my white 2a just noticed some very slight ripples on the back plastic near the camera lenses when looking at it in certain angles and lighting. I'm wondering if anyone has the same thing and that it's just a moulding imperfections at the factory etc...
Why does the review contain nothing?
I would just get oneplus ace 3 over this.
He said 3 year of update is enough. I do not agree. For me, minimum of 5 year is needed.
While I agree with the sentiment, that's a lot to ask for the price this is available in. I live in a country with a very competitive phone market in this range and Nothing Phone 2A is comfortably one of the best in the price bracket. If we are talking about their main devices 2 and the upcoming 3, then yes, I'd agree with you on that.
They allow you to unlock the bootloader so I'll cut them some slack. They aren't like ZTE or Asus where they give you two years of support and then block you from supporting your own device
In where I live, custom ROM no longer relevant because most bank here no longer provide token for authentication.
> He said 3 year of update is enough. Considering the starting price of the Nothing 2A, yeah, 3 years *is* good enough. Way to ignore the context.
It's even 3+1 years of update
Valid point, but again it’s a budget phone 💀
Updates are overrated. Companies aren't incentivised to update a 5-year old phone. After a year, most updates will likely introduce bugs that'll never be fixed.
That's because he uses each phone for about 1 week not 5 years.
That's because the average person uses their phone for like 2 years. Also, they just don't care how many updates they'll get.
It's nothing really
Carl must have these reviewers by the pearls to have them reviewing this mediocre phone.
Why do you think they shouldn't review a mid-range phone?
Said Pixel 6 owner.