During MWC 2023, Carl Pei confirmed one of the internal specs for the Nothing Phone 2 — and it has me ecstatic.
Nothing, the buzzy consumer electronics upstart from former OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, has just announced plans for its next smartphone venture. At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023, Pei divulged that the company’s next phone will use a flagship Qualcomm chip.
Pei confirmed that the upcoming Nothing Phone 2 will come equipped with one of Qualcomm’s top-end Snapdragon 8 series processors. However, he stopped short of confirming the exact chip.Is it the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 inside?
Lewis Hopkins, Nothing’s U.S. and U.K. public relations manager, told Digital Trends that the company can only confirm a “Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Series” processor at this point in time.
It’s not hard to deduce that the chip in question likely won’t be the latest and greatest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Almost every smartphone maker out there that is using this particular chip in their phone makes a point to sing its praises in their smartphone marketing blitz. Nothing isn’t. The Qualcomm chip we expect in the Nothing Phone 2
Our safest bet would be the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, a midcycle refresh of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 system on a chip (SoC) introduced last year.
