1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,319 Get a Pixel. They said, "You haven't tried Android till you've had a Pixel." 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:11,120 They told me, "I don't remember the last time I had a phone that I've had to 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:15,839 force close my app so many times, that I've had my keyboard not come up, that 4 00:00:13,679 --> 00:00:19,760 I've had my voice dictation just randomly not work for as often as this 5 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:24,880 phone." Okay, it managed to work that time. But I swear to you, it breaks all 6 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:27,599 the time. And maybe the Phone 2 Pro from 7 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:33,360 CMF by Nothing is going to be the solution. The 3A Pro wasn't. But third 8 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:37,760 times the charm. I can't keep track of their numbering scheme. Maybe this is 9 00:00:34,719 --> 00:00:39,360 the third one. Who knows? Welcome to 10 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:43,680 nothing. Well, I'm not reading that. It's nothing, right? No. Sorry. Sorry. 11 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:47,920 The joke's old. Okay, what else we got here? Wait, what even is their branding? 12 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:52,000 They're not even pretending CMF is a separate brand anymore. What is the 13 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:57,280 point of it? The point of it is a decent value phone with a decent processor at a 14 00:00:54,879 --> 00:01:01,359 fair price. And compared to the CMF Phone 1, there are some key 15 00:00:59,039 --> 00:01:07,200 improvements. For one thing, the Ingress protection is significantly better. It 16 00:01:03,359 --> 00:01:09,200 is now IP54 rated instead of IP52, 17 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:14,479 meaning you can splash it from any direction. It has three rear cameras, 18 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:17,280 now a 50 megapixel wide, a 50 megapixel 19 00:01:14,479 --> 00:01:22,240 telephoto with a 2x optical zoom, an 8 megap ultrawide, and finally a 16 20 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:25,920 megapixel front camera. Other than that, they've added the same essential key 21 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:30,479 that we saw on the Nothing 3a series, which opens up a little AI notetaker 22 00:01:28,479 --> 00:01:35,600 thing. And it is apparently their slimmest phone yet, which personally I 23 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:38,960 appreciate, especially the uh smaller camera bump compared to the 3a Pro. That 24 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:42,880 was it ended up being kind of a dealbreaker for me to be honest with you. It was like hard to get in and out 25 00:01:41,439 --> 00:01:46,240 of my pocket. Let's finish off our visual tour. We've got our lock button 26 00:01:44,479 --> 00:01:49,640 on the right, noise cancelling microphone on the top, volume rocker on 27 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:55,119 the left. That's going to make taking screenshots that easy. USBC on the 28 00:01:52,560 --> 00:02:00,880 bottom that runs at USB 2 speeds. Speaker, microphone, SIM tray, and not a 29 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:05,600 whole lot else. This is not in fact a dial. Nope, sorry, not a dial. But at 30 00:02:03,439 --> 00:02:11,280 the back, we get the same modular interface that you know and love. Okay, 31 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:15,760 you probably don't know it, and odds are you probably don't love that they've 32 00:02:12,959 --> 00:02:20,080 actually changed it. So, any accessories for the original CMF phone are not going 33 00:02:18,239 --> 00:02:23,040 to work on this one. Whoops. Well, let's check it out anyway. Oh, right. Right. 34 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:28,959 The tools are apparently in here. Along with a USBC to C cable. That's a stylish 35 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:30,720 cable. Very square. I heard it's hip to 36 00:02:28,959 --> 00:02:34,319 be that. You know, I saw people get upset sometimes at how carelessly I 37 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:37,840 treat the accessories and packaging for the stuff that I unbox. Look, if they 38 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:41,599 can't handle what I'm doing to them, they are never going to survive that 39 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:46,480 trip to your house with the FedEx or UPS driver. Let's be real here, folks. Ooh. 40 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:50,480 Interchangeable lenses. A concept that has never been any good and probably 41 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:54,400 still isn't. Actually, I've heard there are some that are decent. Are there some 42 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:58,080 that are decent now? Xiaomi. Does Xiaomi have a decent interchangeable lens? 43 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:03,680 Okay. All right. Well, you know what I have to say about that? If you want to 44 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:09,120 match them, show me. Okay. What do you I'm going to figure it out. God, you 45 00:03:06,879 --> 00:03:12,720 don't tell me step one, then tell me step two. You got to do this other thing 46 00:03:10,879 --> 00:03:16,480 before step one. Are you kidding me right now? I don't even feel bad for 47 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:21,800 being confused by that. Well, where is it? You know what? We're going to try it 48 00:03:18,879 --> 00:03:27,840 later. Wallet and stand. More like mag dangerous. Going to 49 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:31,760 break your Oh, wait. Do I need this stupid thing? I need this stupid 50 00:03:30,239 --> 00:03:36,720 thing. This is what has the magnet in it. This doesn't even have the magnet. 51 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:39,280 It's a universal cut. So, the only thing 52 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:42,959 modular about the interface is you take off these screws and then you add the 53 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:48,400 interchangeable lens and the magnet feature that was supposed to have. How 54 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:50,640 much is this thing? €25. This is €25. 55 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:54,400 Okay, fine. They only sell them in the European UK. What? You can't even buy 56 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:58,319 the the universal cover here. It's not very universal then, is it? But thank 57 00:03:56,159 --> 00:04:02,319 god I can put a lanyard on it. What kind of nerd would use a lanyard in this 58 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:09,760 year? Oh my god. Who would use a lanyard 59 00:04:06,239 --> 00:04:12,640 this big on their phone? Hi, welcome to 60 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:16,639 Best Buy. I hang my phone around my neck because I literally want everyone to 61 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:22,079 know what a slave I am to my digital devices. What can I help you with? Like 62 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:26,960 seriously. Well, here's how you put it on anyway. Look at the profile of this 63 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:31,680 thing off the phone. I mean, it makes sense coming from the company. What br 64 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:35,680 you the giant camera bump coming off this high? But like, what do I tie it? 65 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:40,720 Like, do I tie it in a little bow back here? Like, what do I Is this the style? 66 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:45,759 Is this what the kids are wearing? Do they walk the runway in this in Europe 67 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:48,840 and the UK? Yeah, Mom. I'm just doing a show right now. Got to go. I said I'll 68 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:55,600 talk to you later, Mom. God, this is atrocious, 69 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:59,600 dude. Like, let me have some people like wearing it like a sling. Yeah. Like a 70 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:05,040 cross body. Cross body. We could try the Let's try the cross body cuz the No, I 71 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:10,800 look like an idiot. No longer. It's supposed to be by your hip. So 72 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:14,240 convenient. It's okay. It comes with a screen protector. Let's get the SIM tray 73 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:20,960 open. I could still be pleasantly surprised. Wo! Sim 2 micro SD. Oh. Oh, 74 00:05:18,639 --> 00:05:25,039 we got expandable storage here, folks. We got expandable storage. 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Scan the QR code on 83 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:04,160 screen or download their mobile app and you can get 15% off with code 84 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:07,680 shortcircuit. Dude, I feel like we barely scratched the surface of this 85 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:10,560 thing because it has a screen protector. Get it? Otherwise, we would have 86 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:14,479 scratched it pretty good. Okay, let's play around with the camera. I got the 87 00:06:11,919 --> 00:06:18,880 wallet working. Huh? Wallet. Kind of mediocre stand, but it's attached to 88 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:23,360 your phone already, which is so convenient. Oh, dude, there's so much still to talk about. So much. Okay, you 89 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:28,479 know what? Well, we'll get to the camera in a second, then. Let's talk performance. One of the big selling 90 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:33,440 points here is the MediaTek Demensity 7300 Pro 5G chipset, which as far as we 91 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:37,840 can tell is basically the same damn thing as the last one, but like maybe a 92 00:06:35,759 --> 00:06:41,840 couple% faster. That's not a terrible thing. It's a pretty okay chip, and it 93 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:45,759 didn't thermal throttle in any of our testing, but it wasn't much of an 94 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:49,600 improvement over last gen. So realistically, if the phone feels more 95 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:55,520 responsive, that's probably coming down to the faster touch pulling on the new 96 00:06:52,479 --> 00:06:58,000 device. So it's still 120 Hz display, 97 00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:03,280 supports variable refresh rate, but the touch polling is far more frequent, so 98 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:10,440 it could feel a little more responsive in games, and it has more AI. Also, 99 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:13,599 apparently the screen can hit 3,000 nits 100 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:16,800 now. Gosh, that's a lot of nits. Too bad 101 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:19,039 it only does that in like a special test 102 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:24,800 file in Google Photos. Hey, it's Wi-Fi 6, though. Bluetooth 5.3. Okay, that's 103 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:27,199 the same as the other CMF phone. I'm I'm going to find some stuff. I'm going to 104 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:31,759 find some stuff that's different. You just wait. It's still pretty 105 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:35,440 mind-blowing for a relatively affordable phone. I mean, we usually talk pricing 106 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:40,639 at the end, but I think it's one of the big highlights here. $280 for this 107 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:46,000 thing. That is a flipping lot of phone for the money. I mean, it even has NFC 108 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:49,280 now, and you don't need the universal stupid thing in order to have it. That 109 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:53,280 was one of my biggest complaints with the original CMF phone. And I know that 110 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:58,960 in at least one of their main target markets, India, QR codes are a much 111 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:01,759 bigger deal than NFC, but NFC is a thing pretty much everywhere else. And it's 112 00:08:00,639 --> 00:08:05,919 nice to have it. I don't want to be locked out of using it as a feature. 113 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:10,400 Love to see it. No wireless charging still though. But hey, the wired 114 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:14,879 charging is reasonably fast. It'll do 33 watts, which okay, it takes a little 115 00:08:12,639 --> 00:08:20,560 over an hour to reach a full charge. But hey, it's a 5,000 mAh battery, guys. And 116 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:26,240 we got over 18 hours of video playback in our test. So, what half an hour to 117 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:30,160 run for like freaking 9 10 hours. I still like their skin. I did have some 118 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:33,440 bugs with the 3a Pro, which were part of the reason that I abandoned it. Like, I 119 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:37,839 would just get random music playback when I would disconnect it from Android Auto. It would just like play a song for 120 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:44,159 a little bit on the phone speakers, even if I didn't even have music on. And I 121 00:08:40,159 --> 00:08:47,040 don't love having to interact with this 122 00:08:44,159 --> 00:08:50,720 multiple times every single time. I want to be able to drag it all the way down. 123 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:55,839 I didn't actually realize that that's just an Android thing now. So, overall, 124 00:08:53,920 --> 00:09:01,040 my impressions of Nothing OS have been pretty positive. I didn't personally 125 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:05,279 find much use of the essential key. it just wasn't that essential for me. But I 126 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:09,440 do generally like the idea of being able to add a quick voice note that I can 127 00:09:07,519 --> 00:09:13,519 refer back to later. And just having that go somewhere organized for me as an 128 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:16,160 ADHD brain, it's pretty appealing, but it's the kind of thing that I would 129 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:21,080 really have to work to get in the habit of using. And when I haven't locked into 130 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:24,720 a phone just yet, haven't put a ring on anything, it's hard to make that a 131 00:09:23,279 --> 00:09:27,680 habit. Speaking of putting a ring on things, why don't we fire up the camera 132 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:35,760 and uh try out some of these interchangeable lenses. Mid. Quite mid indeed. Let's try 133 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:37,680 the telephoto. Less mid. More bad. You 134 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:44,240 know what though? I'm sure the lenses are going to fix this. Fix it right up. 135 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:47,120 Why would I bother with this? This is 136 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:52,000 Dude, this is trash. Look at this chromatic aberration here. It's fisheye. 137 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:55,839 Yeah, it is. I don't want to be a fish then because they apparently can't see 138 00:09:53,440 --> 00:10:02,640 so good. Let's check out the real texture on this Dbrand skin. This glow 139 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,640 circuit skin 140 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:10,800 ltttore.shortlinus.dbrand.com. Wow. You can really see that texture. Damn. The 141 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:14,720 question is, do we even need it? Could we just go in macro mode? Wait, does 142 00:10:12,959 --> 00:10:18,800 this not even have a macro mode? Well, wait. No, I get it. No. If I want if I 143 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:23,600 want my media to be macro, I got to get the 144 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:26,000 flash using the main shooter. Just 145 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:29,440 taking a shot from farther away. You know what? No. Okay. The macro lens does 146 00:10:28,079 --> 00:10:35,279 something. It does something. It does something. But hey, Mag 147 00:10:31,399 --> 00:10:37,760 Safe. Yeah. Mag Safe. All right. Selfie. 148 00:10:35,279 --> 00:10:45,040 Is it euthanizing me? No. No. Not that kind. I mean making me look more 149 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:47,279 youthful. Oh my god. If only my skin was 150 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:51,120 that smooth. I don't even need no pores. Who needs pores? That's like holes in 151 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:55,120 your skin. You don't need that. Oh, that's too bad. Did you see how good the 152 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:59,360 color looked for a second before it like bunged it? Take the 153 00:10:56,680 --> 00:11:03,600 picture. See that? It like flattened it all out. Such a fluttery photo. Don't 154 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:08,720 worry about it. Don't worry about it. Okay. Here. Here. Here. Here. Check this out. Check this out. Look at that. Like 155 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:13,000 I I looked like I was alive and then it was like, "No, dude. You old." 156 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:21,519 Retouching. Natural. Strong. Ooh. Whoa, buddy. Wa! Strong retouch. 157 00:11:19,079 --> 00:11:25,360 Damn. Oh, no. That's better. Okay, maybe it wasn't in no retouching mode. Okay. 158 00:11:23,519 --> 00:11:28,800 Okay, that seems fine. Poor choice of subject, but otherwise, good photo. Oh, 159 00:11:27,279 --> 00:11:32,800 yeah. Speakers. Okay, let's check these out. You know what? I have high hopes. 160 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:35,839 Nothing's quality for the price has generally been pretty good in my 161 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:41,720 experience. So, I feel like these speakers are going to be stereo and 162 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,720 they're going to be pretty strong. 163 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:51,360 Well, we were bound to find at least one 164 00:11:47,399 --> 00:11:53,600 reason that it is not a flagship phone. 165 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:58,000 The speaker is that reason. Those are rough. I shouldn't say those. That just 166 00:11:56,240 --> 00:12:01,360 one speaker. That that speaker that speaker is rough. We haven't talked 167 00:11:59,279 --> 00:12:05,040 about the RAM yet. It's got 8 gigs of RAM. So, if you like 1 gig of RAM, 168 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:08,000 you'll like this eight times more than that. About all you can expect at this 169 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:12,480 price point. 3 years of software updates, 6 years of security updates. Oh 170 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:16,160 yeah, and the screen is 6.77 in. For those of you who were kind of wondering 171 00:12:14,079 --> 00:12:19,680 about that before, subscribe to ShortCircuit. I'm going to keep looking at 172 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:22,720 these bezels. Decide whether to switch to this phone.