Nothing's glow-in-the-dark Phone 2a has arrived – but getting one will be tricky

Nothing has revealed a glow-in-the-dark type of its astir caller smartphone, nan Nothing Phone 2a Plus, designed successful collaboration pinch contest-winning fans.

The Nothing Phone 2a Plus Community Edition comes replete pinch green-tinted phosphorescent glow-in-the-dark decorations – that’s nan benignant that “charges” pinch ray and doesn’t require power.

The Community Edition was, arsenic nan sanction suggests, designed pinch input from nan nationalist arsenic portion of a task that garnered 900 entries from Nothing fans successful 47 countries.

As we previously reported, 5 winners were selected to thief create nan last creation of nan phone, pinch their ideas influencing aggregate stages of accumulation from conception to completion.

Astrid Vanhuyse and Kenta Akasaki worked pinch Nothing connected nan phosphorescence creation concept; Andrés Mateos utilized AI devices and integer creation to nutrient six wallpapers; Ian Henry Simmonds designed nan packaging utilizing glow-in-the-dark and reflective materials; and Sonya Palma worked pinch Nothing connected nan trading campaign, producing related video and integer assets.

The Nothing Phone 2a Plus was primitively released successful August, and is efficaciously a somewhat much powerful type of nan Nothing Phone 2a, which deed shelves backmost successful March. Both phones are successful move pared-down versions of nan flagship Nothing Phone 2.

The Community Edition comes equipped pinch nan aforesaid 6.7-inch AMOLED display, 12GB of RAM, and 256GB of retention that impressed america erstwhile testing nan telephone for our Nothing Phone 2a Plus review.

The telephone besides boasts dual 50MP wide and ultra-wide rear cameras, an exclusive MediaTek Dimensity 7350 Pro chipset, and a 5000mAh battery; a alternatively awesome spec expanse for its lower-mid-range value tag.

The Nothing Phone 2a Plus Community Edition starts astatine £399 – nan aforesaid arsenic nan regular 2a Plus – pinch nan first of only 1,000 limited-edition units disposable connected November 12 from Nothing’s official website and prime retailers. The flagship Nothing shop successful London will besides banal nan telephone from November 16.

Nothing phones are only disposable successful nan US done nan company’s US Beta program, and arsenic such, nary pricing has yet been fixed for this region. We’re waiting to perceive backmost from Nothing regarding whether nan Community Edition will person a due motorboat successful nan US.

Nothing is calling this motorboat nan “first awesome aviator to co-create hardware, software, and contented pinch its community," suggesting much organization engagement could beryllium connected nan cards for nan institution successful nan future.

If you’re willing successful entering nan adjacent Nothing contest, aliases conscionable want to support up pinch nan latest updates, beryllium judge to cheque retired our Nothing phones sum and much wide Android coverage.

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