Nothing has a special relationship with its community, wanting to get fans involved at a much deeper level than the typical corporations that make modern smartphones. Six months ago, it went as far as inviting the community to design a special edition of the Nothing Phone (2a) (the final design ended up being based on the Plus version instead).
The process went through four stages and
the winners of each stage got to work with the Nothing team to bring their concepts
and ideas to life. Here is what they created – a glow-in-the-dark Nothing Phone
(2a) Plus. Stage 1, hardware design, was won by Astrid Vanhuyse and Kenta
Akasaki, who worked with Nothing’s Design Director Adam Bates and
CMF Designer Lucy Birley. Fireflies were a core inspiration and lights are already a core design element for Nothing, it was a match made in heaven. The designers point out that this is purely “analog”, as in it is not powered by electricity or even the phone itself but by daylight. Next up, Andrés Mateos won Stage 2 and delivered six bespoke wallpapers to match the look of the phone.
Stage 3 winner Ian Henry Simmonds created
brand new packaging for the special edition, while Stage 4 winner Sonya Palma
dreamed up the marketing campaign – “Find your light. Capture your light.” We
have some good news and some bad news for the people who love the design of the
Nothing Phone (2a) Plus Community Edition and want to own one.
Good news first – the Community Edition is
available across all markets where Nothing op erates and this special model costs
the same as the regular one, £ 399 / € 449 / ₹ 29,999 / ¥55,800. Note: the models
bound for Japan will be based on the regular Phone (2a), not the Plus. The
units have 12GB of RAM and 256GB storage.
Now, the bad news – only 1,000 units of
the Nothing Phone (2a) Plus Community Edition will be produced. So, if you
really want one, you should register interest over at nothing.tech before the
start of open sales on November 12. If you wait too long, there might not be
any units left.
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