The outcomes from final week’s ballot could be summarized like this – the Nothing Telephone (2) is a pleasant telephone, however it’s priced too excessive. Nothing’s choice to stay near inventory Android was lauded, in actual fact, there was a heated dialogue about the benefits of a lean UI. That stated, a lot of the arguments for and towards the telephone centered on worth.
Folks 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. Each collection are cheaper now, in fact, and Nothing could must dial down its formidable pricing if it desires to compete.
Almost 4 in 10 voters suppose that $600/£560/€680/₹45,000 is just too excessive for what the Telephone (2) has to supply – and what it doesn’t. Not having a telephoto lens on this worth vary is unquestionably a draw back.
The value challenge is most keenly felt in areas like Europe and Canada. In Canada, for instance, the bottom mannequin is C$930, whereas a straight conversion from the US worth yields C$790.
Nothing made a selection for this era to develop the display screen measurement to six.7”. As Carl Pei himself put it: “Opposite to what we could consider residing within the echo chamber, only a few individuals purchase small telephones”. And plainly he was proper, solely 10% of voters are skipping the Telephone (2) due to its measurement.
Anyway, we talked about the dearth of a tele digital camera, however the telephone does have a number of upgrades over its predecessor – an LTPO panel for the show, the next class of chipset and enhancements to the battery. Nonetheless, commenters discovered it arduous to concentrate on these upgrades when the worth places the Telephone (2) so near flagship territory.
Even so, a few quarter of voters shall be seeking to purchase a Nothing Telephone (2) because it’s simply the correct mixture of {hardware} and software program for them and they’re keen to pay the worth.
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