Desing-wise, the Nothing Phone (2a) Plus is pretty much the same as the original non-Plus version, and the only updates are the two new updated color options, Black and Grey, and the new Glyph system. It has the same dimensions, the same glass front with Gorilla Glass 5, and the same plastic back with a plastic frame. It also still uses the same "flexible" 6.7-inch AMOLED screen with 2412x1084 resolution (395PPI), 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, 1,300nits of peak brightness, and 1m:1 contrast ratio.

Nothing updated the Glyphs as well, giving it 26 LED lights, as opposed to just 3 on the original one. The rear camera system is also the same, as it gets two 50MP sensors, one behind an f/1.9 24mm wide lens with PDAF and OIS, and one behind an f/2.2 ultrawide lens. The front camera has been updated to a 50MP sensor behind the same f/2.2 lens.

The biggest update is the new 4nm Mediatek Dimensity 7350 Pro SoC, which is an octa-core SoC with two Cortex-A715 and six Cortex-A510 cores and Mali-G610 MC4 GPU. While it looks the same as the original Dimensity 7200 Pro SoC, it has higher clocks all across the board, and you can expect up to 10 percent faster CPU performance and up to 30 percent faster GPU performance, according to Nothing. Nothing is pairing it up with 256GB of storage, and 12GB of RAM with 8GB of "RAM Booster".

The battery is still 5,000mAh, but it gets faster 50W charging. It will run on Nothing OS 2.6 based on Android 14, and gets ChatGPT integration as well as the new News Reporter Widget with the voice of Nothing's CFO Tim Holbrow.

The Nothing Phone (2a) Plus starts at $399/£399.