Nothing Phone (2) won’t have the Qualcomm chip you expect

He Nothing Phone (2) It will arrive this year with important news compared to its predecessor. At least, this has been repeatedly said by the head of the company, Carl Pei, who confirmed during the Mobile World Congress that the next smartphone will include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 chip; which belongs to a line of high-end processors from an American manufacturer. Now, thanks to the oversight of Alex Katuzian, CEO of Qualcomm’s Mobile, Compute and XR Business Unit, We already know exactly which chip model Qualcomm will have inside the second generation Nothing smartphone.. And no, it’s not what you expect.

Katuzyan, in particular, and as it turned out 9mobilesshared a post on LinkedIn congratulating Carl Pei and the Nothing team. “to launch phone (2) with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1”thus confirming the processor model that will come with this second generation of the brand’s mobile phone.

So Phone is Nothing (2) It will not ship with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.which is a Qualcomm processor designed for those high-end mobile phones to be announced in the first half of 2023. Instead, he will bet on last year’s model.

Although this is good news, considering that Nothing will stop betting on mid-range chips – let’s remember that the phone (1) has a Snapdragon 778G+ – the next Nothing Phone (2) will continue without competing head-to-head with the most important smartphones from manufacturers such as Samsung, Xiaomi or even OnePlus.who rely on the latest Qualcomm developments for their mobile devices.

That Nothing Phone (1) ships with Snapdragon 8 Gen.+ 1 shouldn’t be bad news.

Either way, it’s no surprise that Nothing is betting on last year’s SoC. In fact, the Snapdragon 8 Gen+ 1 is one of the most powerful processors on the market and offers compatibility with some of the key features the London-based company is putting into its smartphones. Among them, compatibility with 5G networks or wireless charging. In addition, it is highly likely that betting on this chip will allow the company to reduce production costs and, consequently, make Nothing Phone (2) be somewhat cheaper terminal compared to competitors.

At the moment, the release date of the Nothing Phone (2) is unknown, but it is likely that it will be announced in the summer of this 2023.. In the meantime, the company is wrapping up the presentation of Nothing Ear (2), its next high-end headphones that will come with improved sound and improved noise cancellation.