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After making waves with the  last year, Nothing is back for more with a more affordable version, the Nothing Phone (2a), after a . Running on a custom 4nm 8-core with either and , the new Nothing Phone (2a) has a redesigned back design and Glyph Interface (LED backlights). The dual-camera bump is now horizontal, smack in the phone's centre, encased in a NFC coil with the LED lights arranged around the coil. , and more are still present, even though there are much fewer lights: just 26 individually addressable zones compared to the Nothing Phone (2)'s 33 zones. There's a large inside, with that Nothing claims will charge the phone from 0-100% in 59 minutes.  The screen remains at  , featuring a flexible AMOLED display with a 10-bit colour and up to 1,300 nits peak brightness, all protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5. On the rear, Nothing uses a 90-degree angle unibody cover that wraps around the edges, similar to the rounded edges we saw on the Nothing Phone (2). The company says this makes the phone sturdier with notable improvements on drop test results.  On the rear, we get which seem to be the , with a wide-angle main camera (f/1.88 aperture) and an ultrawide camera (f/2.2 aperture, 114° FOV). If the cameras are the same, we could possibly get the same great photography performance as we did with the Nothing Phone (2), which would give the Nothing Phone (2a) a big boost when competing against other midrange phones in this price range. Only the 12GB+256GB model will be coming to Singapore, priced at  with preorders starting on 6 March 2024 and general availability from 9 March 2024 onwards. Find them at: Nothing is also kicking off the launch with a limited drop of 100 units with freebies like a CMF Watch Pro, custom Phone (2a) case and more at Chamber, a concept store by sneaker boutique Limited Edt.