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Nothing Phone (2): New model variant appears with Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1, 12 GB RAM and running Android 13

It appears that Nothing has created at least two Phone (2) variants. (Image source: Nothing)
It appears that Nothing has created at least two Phone (2) variants. (Image source: Nothing)
Nothing is days away from releasing the Phone (2), its first attempt at making a Snapdragon 8 series smartphone. While the company has revealed that the Phone (2) carries the A065 model number, Geekbench has thrown up another model variant, also with 12 GB of RAM and a Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1. The listings confirm that the Phone (2) will launch with Android 13, too.

Nothing will officially launch the Phone (2) on July 11. In the meantime, the company has shared numerous teasers on its social media channels, while leakers such as Kamila Wojciechowska have revealed camera and display specifications, as well as various official promotional images. Subsequently, the likes of GSMArena have discovered Phone (2) Geekbench listings, some of which we have embedded below.

To recap, the Phone (2) was first seen on the benchmarking database almost two months ago as "Nothing A065". Incidentally, a recent Nothing teaser image confirmed that "A065" is the Phone (2)'s model number, which it prints on the device's back panel. However, these new Geekbench listings relate to "AIN065", a different model number from those that surfaced previously. Potentially, "AIN065" could be an Indian-specific model; Nothing has already stated that it intends to sell the Phone (2) in India.

With that being said, there is no Indian-specific version of the Phone (1). Either way, Geekbench outlines that "AIN065" combines 12 GB of RAM with a Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset. As always, the website does not refer to the chipset by its marketing name. Instead, this can be inferred from the chipset's identifier, "ARM implementer 65 architecture 8 variant 2 part 3400 revision 0", which is consistent across other devices equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1. The same listings all but confirm that Nothing OS 2.0 will rely on Android 13 as its base, not the newer Android 14, which remains in beta.

(Image source: Geekbench)
(Image source: Geekbench)
(Image source: Geekbench)
(Image source: Geekbench)

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Alex Alderson, 2023-07- 6 (Update: 2023-07- 6)