Nothing Cellphone 2 has surfaced in a video on YouTube, days forward of its debut. After weeks of teasing the smartphone’s specs and design, the UK-based startup has revealed the design of handset by way of a well-liked YouTube content material creator. The smartphone bears an uncanny resemblance to the first-generation Nothing telephone together with some noteworthy upgrades to the Glyph Interface, the corporate’s distinctive LED notification system for the handset. In the meantime, the corporate can also be contemplating growing options unique to Nothing customers, in line with Pei.
In his newest YouTube video, Marques Brownlee reveals off the design of the Nothing Cellphone 2 and locations it in addition to its predecessor. Whereas the Nothing Cellphone 1 was out there in black and white color choices, the upcoming Nothing Cellphone 2 is proven in a gray colourway — we are able to additionally anticipate a white choice, primarily based on the corporate’s earlier teaser. The brand new mannequin can also be proven to have a curved rear panel, in contrast to final 12 months’s mannequin.
Whereas the Glyph Interface on the Nothing Cellphone 2 definitely appears to be like just like the first-generation smartphone from the UK-based startup, it’s proven to supply a number of notable upgrades. The LED strip across the wi-fi charging space is split into six components, in line with Brownlee. The telephone can have 33 LED lighting zones, up from 12 on the corporate’s first smartphone. These addressable LED zones might be programmed and utilized by third get together apps — the Nothing Cellphone 1 was launched final 12 months with the power to point out the charging progress on the underside LED strip.
This 12 months, the Nothing Cellphone 2 will be capable of present different settings and options, akin to a quantity indicator, or a countdown for a timer. Nonetheless, probably the most notable change with the upcoming smartphone is the inclusion of assist for different apps, akin to Uber and Zomato, which is able to be capable of use the addressable LED lighting zones on the Nothing Cellphone 2 to offer customers a visible indicator of how lengthy it can take for a pickup or meals supply. Different apps also needs to be capable of entry the Glyph Interface sooner or later.
In the meantime, Pei revealed on Twitter that the smartphone maker is considering of growing options which can be unique to Nothing smartphones and requested customers if they’d pals or household utilizing the corporate’s smartphones. Nonetheless, he hasn’t revealed any further particulars concerning the purported options akin to meant performance, or whether or not current gadgets would assist them when they’re launched.