Nothing Phone (2): Flagship pricing leaks with 512 GB storage option for Phone (1) successor
Nothing is well into its Phone (2) teaser campaign, with the company even going so far as to showcase the smartphone's USB Type-C cable. While Nothing has not even announced a Phone (2) release date yet, @billbil_kun has revealed European pricing that may surprise Nothing fans. For context, the Phone (1) starts at €469 in the Eurozone with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage.
Reportedly, Nothing will not offer the Phone (2) with 128 GB of storage. Instead, there will be 256 GB and 512 GB variants that @billbil_kun expects Nothing to mate to 8 GB and 12 GB of RAM, respectively. According to the leaker, the Phone (2) will start at €729, including taxes. Meanwhile, the 512 GB edition is said to cost €849.
Arguably, a more appropriate point of comparison with the cheapest Phone (2) SKU will be the 8 GB/256 GB version of the Phone (1), which retails for €499. Even then, the entry-level Phone (2) is €230 more expensive than the equivalent Phone (1) SKU. Hence, the Phone (2) will only slightly undercut current flagship smartphones, such as the Pixel 7 Pro and the OnePlus 11. In other words, Nothing has moved on from selling mid-range smartphones in a single generation, with a 55% price increase between the cheapest Phone (1) and Phone (2) SKUs.
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