We’re weeks away from the discharge of the Nothing Telephone 2, and its design has lastly been revealed — to point out a really related telephone with some distinct adjustments.
YouTuber Marques Brownlee completely unveiled the design in a video earlier at present with a useful side-by-side comparability to the unique Nothing Telephone 1 launched in June 2022. The sneak peek did not reveal any adjustments within the software program, and anxious the look of the upcoming telephone — which inherited the flat-sided iPhone-esque look of the unique Nothing Telephone 1 — and an replace on the light-up glyph design on the again.
Except for swapping out the outdated telephone’s black rear cowl for a grey one, the most important change to the Nothing Telephone 2’s design is within the LEDs, that are nonetheless in the identical normal glyph form as the unique, however cut up aside into many smaller ones. To wit, the Nothing Telephone 1 had 12 LEDS on the again, whereas the brand new one has 33, which might nonetheless be programmed utilizing the telephone’s software program, Brownlee mentioned.
Nothing appears to have centered on these LEDs, as 16 of the 33 are positioned in a single lengthy arc close to the highest of the again cowl, which may be programmed as a progress bar — as an example, for those who flip the amount up and down utilizing the buttons on the telephone’s aspect, the bar fills and depletes, respectively. You may as well set a timer and watch the arc darken little by little. Nothing plans to open this performance up for notifications by third events, Brownlee mentioned, with signups from ride-sharing app Uber and India-based restaurant app Zomato up to now.
You are able to do extra with different components of the glyph, like protecting one strip lit till you deal with notifications or programming a sequential light-up sample as your individual customized ringtone.
And that is it for reveals in regards to the Nothing Telephone 2, however followers will not have lengthy to attend to find the remainder, as Nothing set a July 11 launch date for its subsequent huge smartphone — which has already been confirmed to be getting a US launch.
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