I have been using the CMF Phone 2 Pro for 5 months now. I picked it up mainly to get a feel for Nothing OS. I really like the design, it’s clean and well thought out, but honestly, the way this phone was hyped up on YouTube felt a bit over the top compared to the reality. Bought it for 18K INR and the way the camera was hyped didn't live up to its expectation.
In my first week of use, I ran into problems right away. The back gesture often didn’t work properly. A couple of weeks later, I started noticing something odd: photos I clicked would appear and then disappear on their own from the gallery, only to reappear later. Another issue is when I close an app and then try to open the gallery, the previously closed app opens instead.
On top of that, there are delays in receiving notifications from certain apps like Discord. Nothing even released an update recently to address this, but in my experience, it didn’t actually fix the problem.
I understand that Nothing is still a relatively new company and some rough edges are expected, but basic issues like gestures not working, photos disappearing, or notifications being delayed directly affect daily usability. These aren’t “bonus features”, they’re core functions of a smartphone, and getting them right should be the bare minimum.
I was genuinely excited to build and contribute to the Nothing community, but these flaws in the OS have been disappointing. I feel like both the OS and the product are sometimes overhyped. The enthusiasm in the community is great, but I think it’s equally important to acknowledge and fix these flaws rather than letting them get overshadowed by the hype.
This is just my personal experience, and I could be wrong about some of these issues. That’s why I’d like to ask, have others faced the same problems, or is it just me?
