Recently, famous tech content creator MKBHD (Marcus Brownlee) did his Smartphone Awards video on his YouTube channel. He has been making these types of videos for years where he awards some of the best smartphones launched that year in various categories.
At its Smartphone Awards 2023, MKBHD received several awards like ‘Best Camera Smartphone’, ‘Best Compact Smartphone’, ‘Best Folding Phone’ and many more, but the Nothing Phone (2) won the ‘Most Improved’ Smartphone award. The year 2023 with the iPhone 15 as an honorable mention in the category.
MKBHD justifies the Nothing Phone (2) as the winner, saying that many brands play the game safe by developing a smartphone with slightly better specifications than last year. He explains how the Nothing Phone (2) has improved over its previous generation phone (1) in both hardware and software aspects, while also mentioning that the Nothing has not changed much in the design and hardware. Because they are a brand new brand. And try to create an identity.
But they still made the design more sophisticated with a higher resolution LED back, slightly curved glass for a better handheld feel. The major upgrade was by moving to Nothing OS 2.0 and now 2.5 which is on Android 14 and brings many new and interesting features, customizations and widgets along with being smoother, faster and cleaner. They have focused on the efficiency and usability of the OS while adding new features from time to time.
Lastly, MKBHD also said that generally, he suggests people to buy last year’s phone of a brand and save some money as there are not much changes compared to the older generation, but in case nothing happens, He suggests calling on phone (2). 1) Because it is a much better and better smartphone.
