The Nothing Phone (2a) is the company’s first mid-ranger, so some changes to the design had to be made. The original Phone (1) and the higher end Phone (2) have aluminum frames sandwiched between sheets of Gorilla Glass on the front and back. The (2a) has Gorilla Glass 5 on the front and an aluminum mid-frame, but the back is plastic.
Does that make it less durable? A drop test by PBKreviews shows that the phone is tough as nails, even though it’s not made of nails – it’s made from 100% recycled aluminum, over 50% of the plastics are recycled as well. In fact, the Phone (2a) uses left over…
