1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,160 I have to admit it. I bought into the hype of the Nothing Phone 1 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:09,320 and I was burned. I was so excited for something from the maker 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:13,440 of the OnePlus phones that I knew and loved. I was an owner of the OnePlus 3T, 4 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:17,720 so when Nothing was announced and had this killer phone that was transparent, 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:23,080 I was excited, but with middling performance and pretty scarce availability, 6 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:27,280 it was a bit of a let down. And after using it for a few days, I actually returned it back and said, 7 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:32,280 I don't wanna use it anymore. But the Nothing Phone 2, it looks like it might solve everything. 8 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,840 With a great design and availability coming to a country near you, 9 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:40,120 I think this could be the breakthrough phone for nothing, but we've seen this before. 10 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:46,800 So let's take a look at the box and then take a look at what's different. Inside, we have this cool sim popper that's transparent. 11 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,560 And we have the matching new transparent cable. 12 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:55,440 Well, at least the connector is transparent. Other than that, we got some paperwork, 13 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,480 safety information and very small text 14 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:03,240 and that's it. So no charging brick in the box, but it's nice that they include such a cool cable 15 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:07,800 and of course a cool sim popper, which we're gonna leave out to check what's inside the phone. 16 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:11,960 Taking a look at design between the Nothing Phone 2s and the One, 17 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:15,700 it's pretty darn similar. You can see a couple differences. So the glyph is now split up into different sections. 18 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:20,240 So it gives you more options for different glyph patterns as well as some granular glyph stuff 19 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:24,240 that we'll take a look at later. And the back is now rounded. So it sits more natural in your hand. 20 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:28,080 It's rounded off slightly compared to the flat back of the Nothing Phone 1. 21 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:35,000 Otherwise, it feels and looks very similar. It's slightly larger, but pretty much the same size. 22 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:41,440 But the phone is more than the glyphs on the back. It is a 6.7 inch full HD plus LTPO OLED. 23 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:46,400 So it's an OLED screen that can go all the way down to one hurt and then zoom on up to 120 Hertz 24 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:50,280 when you're scrolling or playing games or anything like that. And that is great. 25 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:55,360 A very flagship move and something that I appreciate. Being able to have your always on screen sipping battery 26 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:58,480 while having full of refresh rate when you're playing games, I think is a great option. 27 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:02,720 Taking a look around the side, we have our lone power button with some antenna lines. 28 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,380 On the top, we have a mic hole. And again, more antenna lines. 29 00:02:06,380 --> 00:02:09,680 On the left side, we have two volume buttons, very iPhone. 30 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:14,960 And on the bottom, we have our SIM tray, mic hole, USB-C and speaker. 31 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,360 Let's take a look inside the SIM tray to see what's going on in there. 32 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:23,160 So inside we have the slot for two nano-SIMs. I prefer two physical versus the eSIM 33 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,160 as I think it's just easier to swap back and forth 34 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,720 physical SIMs and doing the whole eSIM transfer or needing to go back to provider for another eSIM. 35 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,040 Big pain in the butt. One thing I think nothing does really well is the hand feel of the phone. 36 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:38,720 So this is a large phone. I'd been using the ASUS Zenfone 10 prior to this 37 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:44,480 and it is quite a lot bigger because even though it is 6.7 inches at only 201 grams, 38 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:50,080 it's substantially lighter than the iPhone 14 Pro Max which is 240 grams and is 6.69 inches. 39 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:54,080 So they've done really well at making it look and feel premium while keeping it light 40 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:58,400 and something I actually want to hold all day, especially because they put in a 4,700 milliamp hour battery 41 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,840 which we had Labs test, but just for my daily use, seems to last really, really long 42 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,000 and I've been really impressed with that. Other than that, it's a pretty standard flagship affair. 43 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,960 It's got water resistance though, it's only IP54. It would have been great to have higher than that. 44 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,720 It's got wireless charging at 15 watts and fast charging at 45 watts. 45 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:19,520 Moving right into the phone here, we see one of the other things that makes nothing phone special, the skin of Android. 46 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,520 I really like this retro futurism. 47 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:25,520 I don't really know what you would call it. It's very monochromatic. 48 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,860 But if you don't like it, when you're sitting with the phone, you can just choose a stock Android-like experience 49 00:03:28,860 --> 00:03:33,320 where all the icons have color and everything like that. So you can really make it how you like it, 50 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:37,640 but I really like this. I think it's really slick. Let's talk specs. 51 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,640 As that was one of my complaints with the nothing phone one, it felt a little bit slow right off the bat 52 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,800 and though I get it was aimed to be a bit more mid-range, 53 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:50,000 I think heading a bit more premium is a good choice on this one. So it's a Snapdragon 8 plus gen one, which is good. 54 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,080 It's not the gen two that like all the other flagships have, but it is a huge upgrade over the phone one 55 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:58,720 which had a 778G plus, which again is mid. 56 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:03,880 Fun that there are a couple of different spec configurations. So you can get an eight gig of RAM plus 128 gigs of storage, 57 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,640 the 12 gigs of RAM 256 or 12 gigs and 512. 58 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:12,200 We have the mid-range here with 12 gigs of RAM and 256 gigs of storage, which I think is plenty. 59 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:16,840 But again, remember you cannot upgrade this with SD card. So you're stuck with what you got. 60 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:20,640 The 12 gigs of RAM I think is great. You can save a little bit of money and go for that eight gigs of RAM. 61 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:24,080 But if you want to future-proof this phone and make sure that you can have it for a long time, 62 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,920 12 gigs for Android I think is really, a really good thing to have. 63 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,920 As for OS, this is running Android 13, which is great to see. Android 14 is right around the corner, 64 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,240 but this has promised three years of Android updates and four years of security updates 65 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,280 with updates coming every two months. So no matter how good the hardware is, 66 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:42,680 if your phone's gonna be out of date, as soon as you get it, you're not really gonna wanna be rocking it 67 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,680 if you're not getting the latest features, let alone trusting your information to be on the phone 68 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,080 that could have huge security holes. All right, let's try setting up the fingerprint scanner. 69 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,840 I've been pretty vocal about liking the in-screen ones because I find it easier to unlock when it's on a table 70 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:56,480 versus having to kinda grip it like you're picking up the phone to get the ones that are in the power button, 71 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:01,280 but I've played with some that aren't great. So let's see if this is anything decent. 72 00:05:01,280 --> 00:05:04,800 All right, moment of truth. Not bad. It's a slow animation. 73 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,500 So you can tell that it's working right away, but it really takes the time to show you 74 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:12,320 that the phone is opening, which I don't necessarily mind. I usually there's ways in Android 75 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,600 to speed up this animations, but I actually really like the screen turning off one. 76 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:20,560 Editor, turn off this video. As for what's default to install on the phone, 77 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,800 I'd say pretty minimal. I like it. It's like stock Android. 78 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,080 It just has the Google suite of apps. And then obviously there's some stuff that Labs is installed, 79 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,080 but nothing crazy. There are a couple of apps like the nothing X app, 80 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,440 which is for connecting to nothing ear ones and the composer app, 81 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:37,120 which we're gonna take a look at because that's what lets you create custom ringtones 82 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:42,880 that use the glyphs on the back. Now what's your turn? Create your own glyph sequences and use them as ringtones. 83 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,480 Okay, so this is like a little drum pad. And we see it says modem. 84 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:51,200 Okay, is it actually flashing on the back? 85 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:55,720 Oh, this is bug mode. 86 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,840 I don't know how you'd make anything out of this. I gotta say, Dan. 87 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,760 Why is that the Dan noise? That's what I think of Dan. 88 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:15,440 Kind of sounds like the Lego Yoda death scream just slowed down. 89 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,120 But I guess it's kind of cool to be able to do this. Like if you had a certain pattern that you liked 90 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,400 or maybe you're just more musically inclined than I am, 91 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,360 very neat option. But if you're not good at making ringtones, 92 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:33,240 I know I don't talk about this in any other phone, but the default sounds on nothing phones are pretty sick. 93 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:39,200 So you can change it between a bunch of different options of ringtones, but they also have different vibrations to match the sounds. 94 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,320 And I have to say the vibrations feel really good. 95 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:48,680 I wouldn't say it's on Apple's level of like Taptic Engine, but the different sounds have different vibrational strengths 96 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,880 and you can tell the difference. For the last thing on the glyphs in the back, there is a whole glyph section now, 97 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,200 which I think is nice to kind of keep it all together. I remember when I first saw the nothing phone, 98 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,120 it was pretty scarce what was in here, but they also have an auto brightness mode. 99 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:04,400 That means that when you're in a dark room, these won't be as bright, which is great 100 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,880 because that was another complaint. You'd be in bed, your phone's charging beside you, 101 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,120 and then there's a notification that flash bangs you in the middle of the night. 102 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,940 Versus now it realizes that the room is dark and doesn't need to brighten up quite as much. 103 00:07:14,940 --> 00:07:18,060 What's also cool is they've changed the glyphs on the back to be more granular. 104 00:07:18,060 --> 00:07:23,500 So you can set things like timers that use the glyphs on the back to show you how long is left. 105 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:27,620 Something that might be a little bit more useful than the timer though, is that it has third-party integrations 106 00:07:27,620 --> 00:07:32,340 using that same glyph progress bar. So you can have things like your Uber showing you 107 00:07:32,340 --> 00:07:38,540 how close your ride is to getting there, or when you skip the dishes orders coming, 108 00:07:38,540 --> 00:07:41,620 and you can see on the back of your phone. The only problem is, is like, 109 00:07:41,620 --> 00:07:45,480 how often are you laying your phone face down? I'm usually pretty scared 110 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:49,700 that I'm gonna be scratching up the screen, so I'm putting my phone down on its back. 111 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:53,560 It does have a built-in screen protector, which is nice, but it is something to be aware of if you're nervous about scratching up your phone, 112 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,460 is that to get a lot of these features, your phone has to be face down. 113 00:07:57,460 --> 00:08:00,660 The last thing I wanna talk about in software is the always-on-display settings, 114 00:08:00,660 --> 00:08:04,900 because since it's LTPO, you can add quite a lot too that's not gonna be using too much of your battery life. 115 00:08:04,900 --> 00:08:09,420 So you have lock screen widgets now. So you can add things to your always-on display, 116 00:08:09,420 --> 00:08:12,260 and they'll show up always. 117 00:08:12,540 --> 00:08:16,020 See, I had things like weather, time, 118 00:08:16,020 --> 00:08:22,020 and then some quick settings as well, like your flashlight. So, oh, you have a lot of different options, that's great. 119 00:08:22,020 --> 00:08:26,260 I'm gonna change it to just flashlight, because I feel like that's how many you use pretty often. 120 00:08:26,260 --> 00:08:30,380 And now, if I turn off the screen and turn it on, 121 00:08:30,380 --> 00:08:34,780 you can see them all there. The only downside is, is that you already have some information 122 00:08:34,780 --> 00:08:37,900 that's always here, so adding weather and time 123 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:44,140 just means it's on there twice, which is not super cool-looking, 124 00:08:44,140 --> 00:08:47,900 but I guess more options is better than less. 125 00:08:47,900 --> 00:08:50,380 All right, let's crab-rave. 126 00:08:51,380 --> 00:09:03,420 It sounds okay. 127 00:09:03,420 --> 00:09:07,460 It definitely gets loud, and you can hear that's coming out of both speakers pretty equally, so it doesn't feel like it's heavily towards 128 00:09:07,460 --> 00:09:11,000 this bottom side, which is fine, but the earpiece speaker did crack 129 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:16,800 a little bit at that loudest volume. You can hear it in those high notes, especially the flute whistle. 130 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,040 I don't know what instrument that is, but you can tell that it's crackling a little bit there, 131 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:24,680 which is not fantastic. As for the screen, again, I think it looks fine. 132 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:30,680 It definitely gets decently bright, but it's not the highest resolution. It's full HD+, but on a 6.7-inch screen, 133 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:33,760 you can start to notice it's not the sharpest thing. 134 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,800 It is an OLED though, and obviously the colors do look fantastic. 135 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:41,960 And when you're on mobile, I mean, I personally don't really care about the visual quality being absolutely peak, 136 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:46,080 but again, when you're comparing to flagships, this isn't gonna be as good. 137 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,240 We had Labs run the Nothing Phone 2 and one through the circuit see how they do, 138 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:54,160 and I have to say the Nothing Phone 2 is a huge improvement over the one, 139 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,360 and though obviously it doesn't quite compare to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 140 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,400 that are in different flagships like the Zenfone 10 and One 5, 141 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,720 you can see here that game performance does look very strong and consistent 142 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:07,400 with minimal differences between the median and 5% frame rates. 143 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,480 And again, when you're comparing it to the first Gen Nothing Phone, it blows it out of the water. 144 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:15,800 One place where the Nothing Phone does slip a little bit compared to other flagships is Apple Launches. 145 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,960 With cold Apple Launches taking up to 3 1⁄2 seconds, which is quite a bit, 146 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:23,720 but again, when compared to the last gen, you can see this is quite an upgrade. And with daily use, you won't notice too much of a delay 147 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:28,400 getting into Instagram, you fiend. Where the phone actually excelled was battery life 148 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,720 compared to both the previous Gen and to other flagships. 149 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:37,760 In the longevity test, it was able to get up to 25 hours compared to 21 in the Nothing Phone 1 and 23 150 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:41,360 in the Xperia One 5 and Zenfone 10. And in the stress test, 151 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:45,120 we're really hitting the battery hard. The phone was still able to get five hours, which is a little bit of a slip 152 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,720 compared to the Nothing Phone 1's five and a half hours, but it blows the other flagships out of the water 153 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,840 where they're getting usually around three and a half hours. 154 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:56,640 On top of the great battery life is fast charging. So in one hour, the phone was able to charge 155 00:10:56,640 --> 00:11:01,040 from zero to 100%, which is the fastest charging we've seen so far. 156 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:05,640 And as a slight upgrade over the Nothing Phone 1's one hour and 20 minute charge time. 157 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:10,560 And finally, when it comes to phone brightness, the Nothing Phone 2 was able to get to 485 nits, 158 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:14,400 which is a slight improvement over the Nothing Phone 1 and is pretty middle of the pack 159 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,840 when it comes to other flagships. Believe it or not, this phone has cameras. 160 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,560 I might have skipped it over at the start, but it has two 50 megapixel cameras, 161 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:24,760 a main shooter, which is just a standard view, 162 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,020 and an ultra-wide, which is cool. Again, I've talked about it before, 163 00:11:28,020 --> 00:11:31,800 but I prefer ultra-wide telephotos though. Obviously it would be great to have a triple. 164 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:36,120 That increases the price more and more. So I'm not surprised at leaving those for the flagships, 165 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:40,360 but I am pretty darn impressed with the camera. 166 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:44,440 That's another complaint that myself and Maria, our thumbnail artist who has Nothing Phone 1, 167 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:48,020 have made complaints about, is that the camera in the Phone 1 was not strong. 168 00:11:48,020 --> 00:11:52,200 And I actually took the Nothing Phone 2 with me over the weekend and took some photos to show you 169 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,320 because this is pretty darn impressive. 170 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,680 So I took the phone out to a local street festival we had this weekend, 171 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:04,040 and of course had to take a picture of this cute puppy therapy booth. And I gotta say, again, the details are really good. 172 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:07,920 It has even lighting while letting things in the shadow kind of drop off. 173 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:12,360 The colors are somewhat accurate. And that's kind of my biggest complaint about the phone 174 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:17,460 is it tends to run warm. It makes colors kind of fade out, 175 00:12:17,460 --> 00:12:22,400 and everything kind of look a little bit more orangy-brown than they normally were. 176 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:26,000 And I'm not really sure I prefer that warm look to something that's really cool, 177 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,440 like the Google photos or vibrant like Samsung 178 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:33,100 or even the flatness of an iPhone photo, because I'd rather apply filters to the photo 179 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:36,580 to make it look how I want, versus it just kind of look more faded out and warm 180 00:12:36,580 --> 00:12:39,700 like it's kind of giving me. But I was impressed by the video quality. 181 00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:42,620 I took a video of Adam and his partner dancing. 182 00:12:48,620 --> 00:12:53,380 And the video quality and mics are quite impressive. This is a 4K 60 video, 183 00:12:53,380 --> 00:12:56,860 and there's no stuttering, the stabilization with OIS works really well. 184 00:12:56,860 --> 00:13:01,860 And it's definitely something I'll record with if I was taking a video of Sven playing in the yard. 185 00:13:01,860 --> 00:13:05,300 He's always doing that. I have a lot of plays in the yard. 186 00:13:05,300 --> 00:13:09,620 These are the kind of softball photo to see how the camera does. And I think this photo turned out really well, 187 00:13:09,620 --> 00:13:14,020 because it had the blue sky to kind of gauge what temperature should make the photo, 188 00:13:14,020 --> 00:13:17,460 because this one doesn't have the warmth problem. It allows the sky to be quite blue 189 00:13:17,460 --> 00:13:20,980 and the grass stay green, very contrasting and punchy. 190 00:13:20,980 --> 00:13:24,580 It's still not the most fantastic photo. 191 00:13:24,580 --> 00:13:28,260 I find like there is some kind of weirdness going on with this TD sign in the background, 192 00:13:28,260 --> 00:13:32,100 but overall, I think it does look quite nice. And again, it's a photo that I would share 193 00:13:32,100 --> 00:13:36,180 or edit to my heart's content. But we do need to try the selfie camera. 194 00:13:36,180 --> 00:13:39,300 See how that looks. People want to see your beautiful face. 195 00:13:39,300 --> 00:13:43,660 For the selfie photos, it's pretty similar to my complaint about the main camera. 196 00:13:43,660 --> 00:13:46,460 Things do look just a little faded again. 197 00:13:47,540 --> 00:13:52,940 I've checked the camera lens. It's not super gooey with gamer juice or anything like that, 198 00:13:52,940 --> 00:13:56,220 but it just looks like there's an Instagram filter that's kind of on it already. 199 00:13:56,220 --> 00:14:00,060 The clarity is good and it doesn't look like they're trying to soften my skin too much, 200 00:14:00,060 --> 00:14:03,820 but it's just something about the colors that looks a little off. 201 00:14:03,820 --> 00:14:09,540 And I can't quite put my finger on what it would be, whether it's my fault or just the camera itself. 202 00:14:09,540 --> 00:14:13,980 But I do think the photos look good. Just be aware again that you might have to go in 203 00:14:13,980 --> 00:14:18,380 and edit it a little bit to make it look a little bit more realistic, but I don't think it looks too bad. 204 00:14:18,380 --> 00:14:21,380 But let's check out the video I took. Here's a selfie video. 205 00:14:21,380 --> 00:14:25,700 I'm talking, I'm spinning. I mean, in the preview, it looks pretty good, 206 00:14:25,820 --> 00:14:28,300 but we're going to take a look and see how it actually did. 207 00:14:29,540 --> 00:14:32,860 Yeah. It doesn't look too bad. I think that, again, the colors are faded 208 00:14:32,860 --> 00:14:37,220 and that's just going to be the way the photos look. But as for keeping myself exposed and in focus, 209 00:14:37,220 --> 00:14:41,020 the colors look good. I don't know, the colors don't look good. The focus looks good. 210 00:14:41,020 --> 00:14:44,500 The exposure looks fine. And the mic is fine. 211 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:48,340 It's not definitely not the worst we've heard, but it's not going to be anything like an iPhone, Samsung, or Google. 212 00:14:48,340 --> 00:14:53,500 One thing David actually pointed out while I was taking that video though, is that this phone has some cool features 213 00:14:53,500 --> 00:14:58,820 using these glyphs and lights on the back. Including a tally light when you're going to take a video. 214 00:14:58,820 --> 00:15:02,260 So it'll actually, you can turn this off, but I have it turned on because I think it's cool. 215 00:15:02,260 --> 00:15:07,300 It'll flash red to let people know that you're recording. Another cool thing is that if you want to have lights on, 216 00:15:07,300 --> 00:15:10,980 you can use the traditional flash, or you can have a fill light using the glyphs. 217 00:15:10,980 --> 00:15:15,220 So you have an option of what you want to use. Of course, I think using the glyphs looks really cool 218 00:15:15,220 --> 00:15:18,980 because that's going to get people's attention. Instead of getting that one bright spot you get from a flash, 219 00:15:18,980 --> 00:15:23,020 you might get a bit more of an even fill using this wide light that goes across the whole back of the phone. 220 00:15:23,020 --> 00:15:27,220 I gotta say, overall, these phones seem to have been a big upgrade. 221 00:15:27,220 --> 00:15:32,540 Nothing has been listening and upgrading these phones. And this is a really compelling package. 222 00:15:32,540 --> 00:15:37,100 For me, the glyphs, the skins, the built-in Tesla integrations that give you features 223 00:15:37,100 --> 00:15:40,720 that other phones don't, they're really compelling features. 224 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:45,460 But when I compare it to the ASUS Zenfone 10, which has a smaller body and a skin that I prefer, 225 00:15:45,460 --> 00:15:49,580 it doesn't make it a bit of a tough choice. I think that if you like larger phones, 226 00:15:49,620 --> 00:15:53,300 if you're a Pro Max or Ultra or Plus phone user, 227 00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:57,700 this is a really compelling package. It's something that I think that you should consider. 228 00:15:57,700 --> 00:16:01,020 At $600 to $800, depending on your configuration, 229 00:16:01,020 --> 00:16:05,060 it seems to be a pretty fair price for what you're getting. You're getting performance, you're getting cameras, 230 00:16:05,060 --> 00:16:08,340 you're getting something that is just plain stylish 231 00:16:08,340 --> 00:16:12,700 at a higher price tag than before, but it is a more usable phone. 232 00:16:12,700 --> 00:16:16,380 But what do you think? Is this a compelling option? Do you think this could sway you 233 00:16:16,380 --> 00:16:19,980 from your Samsung, Google, or iPhone? Let us know down below and make sure to subscribe 234 00:16:19,980 --> 00:16:24,640 to see more content coming soon. I hear there's new Samsung flips and folds.