Daily Authority: 👀 Could Nothing Phone 2 launch soon?

Nothing Phone 2 could arrive sooner rather than later

It looks like we could see the Nothing Phone 2 in the near future, after the phone’s model number was spotted in a certification listing.

91Mobiles reported that the Nothing Phone 2‘s model number may have appeared on the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification website — and if that’s true, it’ll be the first time the device has made an appearance in any certification database. Sadly, there are no specs or details on the phone, just the model number Nothing AIN065. From leaks, we already know the phone may pack an adaptive AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 5,000mAh battery, at least 12GB of RAM, and support for virtual RAM borrowed from 256GB of internal storage. Carl Pei also confirmed that the Phone 2 will be a “more premium” offering, and the company confirmed it’ll pack a Snapdragon 8 chip. That chip could be the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1, after an exec from Qualcomm accidentally let this slip on social media, though he later edited his post to remove the information. It looks like a release in India isn’t far off, and though we don’t know yet when the phone will launch in the US, we’re expecting to see it sometime in late 2023.

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